Written answers

Tuesday, 6 October 2020

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the entitlement to the Covid-19 payment in the case a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28275/20]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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If a person is advised to medically self-isolate they can apply for Illness Benefit for COVID-19 absences.

To receive the enhanced payment, a person must be:

- self-isolating on the instruction of a doctor or the HSE due to being a probable source of infection or diagnosed with COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and

- absent from work and confined to their home or a medical facility

An Illness Benefit claim form must be submitted (online or by post) and a Certificate of Incapacity for Work must be provided by the person’s GP or relevant HSE documentation provided.

According to records of my Department, the person concerned made an application for Illness Benefit on 2/9/2020. A letter issued to the person concerned on 14/9/2020 requesting medical evidence in support of her application. No evidence was received so the claim was withdrawn.

If the required medical evidence is submitted by the person concerned, her application will be processed and she will be advised of the outcome.

I trust this clarifies the matter.

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