Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 24 September 2020, if a weekly diet supplement payment can be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27588/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned applied for a Diet Supplement on 29/11/2019 and his application was refused on the grounds that Diet Supplement is closed to new applicants since 2014.

He can apply for a payment under the Exceptional Needs Payments Scheme if he has  once off exceptional needs which are not of an unexpected or recurring nature.