Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied); and the reason for the delay in relation to same. [41114/18]

Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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The Department administers the Illness Benefit (IB) scheme to those customers who cannot work because they are sick or ill and who satisfy certain PRSI conditions.

The above named customer exhausted her IB entitlement in July of this year and in order to requalify, she must have worked for a further 13 weeks.

Correspondence has issued to this customer for her employer to complete and return to the office and her entitlement will then be reassessed.

In the meantime, if this customer is encountering financial difficulties, she should contact her Community Welfare Service at her local Intreo Centre.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 467 of 25 September 2018, when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41119/18]

Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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My Department have been dealing with the customer in question in relation to his Illness Benefit payments over the last few weeks.

We have reviewed payments that have issued and can confirm that the payment for the pay period 28/08/2018 to 03/09/2018 is showing as having been cashed on our system.

However, we note a further payment for the week 14/08/18 is showing as having issued but not yet cashed. In this regard, we have issued a Form of Indemnity via post (with a return addressed envelope) for this payment to the customer in order that we can reissue same.

Payment for this week has issued as per the usual arrangements.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.