Written answers
Friday, 6 September 2019
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Illness Benefit Applications
Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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1864. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the average wait time for applicants to receive illness benefit; the length of time applications are taking to process; if the process is handled in a timely and efficient manner; her plans to streamline the process further; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36111/19]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Currently, the average time to award an Illness benefit claim is one week. Applicants for Illness Benefit who are due a payment, and whose medical certificates and claims are in order, receive their payment promptly.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
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