Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date in the determination of an application for illness benefit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6111/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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In order to qualify for Illness Benefit, a person must have 39 PRSI contributions paid or credited in the second last complete tax year from which the claim is made, or they must have 26 reckonable PRSI contributions paid in both the second last complete tax year and the year prior to that. They must also have at least 13 PRSI contributions paid in one of the past 5 years from which the claim was made.

As advised in Parliamentary Question 402 which was answered on 16 November 2021, the person concerned does not meet the PRSI conditions necessary for payment of Illness Benefit and a letter issued to her explaining the situation.

My Department currently has no record of an application for Disability Allowance from the person concerned. If she expects to be incapable of work for at least one year, she should make an application so that her entitlement can be determined.

I trust this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit in Fingal, County Dublin from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6158/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The data requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Note that the recipient numbers refer to the number of persons with Jobseeker Benefit claims registered in the following social welfare offices: Balbriggan, Blanchardstown, and Swords. Recipients who attend these offices may reside outside the bounds of the Fingal local authority area; there may also be recipients residing within the bounds of the Fingal local authority area who attend a different office.