Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is no longer eligible for an incapacity supplement as an increase to their disablement benefit pension; the reason this has resulted in such a significant reduction in their payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28023/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Incapacity Supplement (I.S.) is an increase to Disablement Pension where a person is considered to be permanently incapable of work as a result of an occupational accident/disease and does not qualify for another Social Welfare benefit.

It is a qualifying condition for I.S. that a Person must not be in receipt of any other Social Welfare Benefit or Assistance.

The person concerned is in receipt of State Pension Contributory since 2 March 2018 and so does not meet the qualifying conditions for I.S. This was communicated to the person concerned and he was afforded natural justice before a disallow letter issued to him on the 3 March 2021 notifying him that his I.S. was to stop and giving him the right of review and appeal. The person concerned did not reply to any of the letters issued to him and to date no request for an appeal or review has been received from him.