Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an illness benefit claim submitted on 24 September 2018 (details supplied) which has not been lodged or processed by her Department; if she will immediately investigate the reason certificates for the said application have not been processed despite being physically submitted weekly since the claim date to her Department Office in County Sligo; the further reason neither the application or certificates have been processed in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49552/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned has been processed and arrears owing to him will issue in the coming week.

The claim for the person concerned is certified up to the 18th November 2018 and paid up to the 17th November 2018.

If the person concerned remains ill and unfit for work, a further medical certificate should be submitted to the Department as soon as possible in order for further payments to issue.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.