Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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In order to support an application for Illness Benefit, medical certification is needed.  To date, the Department has not received any medical evidence for the person concerned. 

Medical certification for Illness Benefit is accepted in the following formats: 

- An e-Cert – sent electronically by the person's doctor to the Department. 

- A paper version of a Certificate of Incapacity for Work – available from the person's doctor.

- If the person tested positive for COVID-19 or was self-isolating as a close contact of a confirmed case of COVID-19 and has not received any vaccinations, she can provide a photo or screenshot of the HSE text message with her name on it and send to this inbox TDREPSIllnessBens@welfare.ie– the name and isolation dates should be clearly visible.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy .

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full review will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10250/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Child Benefit is a monthly payment to the parents or guardians of children under 16 years of age.  Child Benefit can also be claimed for children aged 16 and 17, if they are in full-time education or full-time training or have a disability and cannot support themselves.

In accordance with Social Welfare legislation the person with whom a qualified child normally resides is qualified to receive child benefit in respect of that child.

The person concerned received child benefit for her daughter for a period when the child no longer resided with her.  As a result, she was not entitled to payment for the period in question and a revised decision was made disallowing child benefit in respect of the period concerned (August to October 2006).  This resulted in an overpayment of €450.00. She was notified of the decision and the overpayment amount in November 2006.

The Department has already reviewed this matter as a result of an earlier PQ (reference 52235/2017) and is satisfied that the payments issued to the same Post Office as other earlier child benefit payments made to the same person.  Social Welfare payments made at Post Offices must be collected in person by the customer, who must be able to identify themselves to the satisfaction of the Post Office agent.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.