Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an illness benefit payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47354/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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To qualify for payment of Illness Benefit a person must satisfy certain PRSI contribution conditions, including the requirement to have at least 104 weeks of PRSI contributions paid since first starting work.

Up until the end of the 2017 contribution year the person concerned has 103 weeks of PRSI contributions paid.

If the person concerned has PRSI contributions paid in the current (2018) contribution year they should submit a statement from their employer indicating the type and number of PRSI contributions and the amount of PRSI paid. Their entitlement will be re- examined on receipt of this information.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.