Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is in receipt of a reduced rated of illness benefit. [48343/19]

Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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The Person concerned is in receipt of Illness Benefit at the graduated rate of €91.00 per week.

The rate of payment depends on the person's level of earnings in the relevant tax year, in this case the relevant tax year is 2017. Where the average weekly earnings are less than €300 per year a graduated rate applies. This person's earning's in 2017 were €0.00.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.