Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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744. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37442/18]

Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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Partial Capacity Benefit (PCB) allows a person who has been in receipt of Illness Benefit for six months and who may not have full capacity for work, to return to employment and continue to receive a partial or full payment from the Department. An Illness Benefit customer who applies for PCB will, in the first instance, be assessed by a Medical Assessor who will review the restriction, if any, on their capacity for work. A person assessed with a moderate level of work incapacity will receive 50% of their current payment, a person assessed with a severe level will receive 75% of their payment and a person assessed with a profound level will get full payment.

An application for PCB was received on 19/06/2018 from the person concerned and was referred for assessment to the Medical Adviser (MA) 25/06/2018. The medical opinion was recorded by the medical assessors on 10/08/2018 and the decision to award PCB was made by a deciding officer in PCB section on 04/9/2018. The person concerned is in receipt of 50% of payment by way of PCB the incapacity being assessed as moderate.

Having contacted the customer it seems he does not wish to review his Partial Capacity Benefit result and is satisfied with outcome.