Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a widows grant in respect of a dependant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21787/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Widowed Parent Grant is a once-off payment for widows, widowers or surviving civil partners with qualified children, following the death of their late spouse. This scheme only applies to widows, widowers or surviving civil partners with at least one qualified child, at the time of death of their late spouse.

There is no record of any application for the Widowed Parent Grant or Widows Contributory Pension, having been received to date from the person concerned, in my Department. I have arranged for application forms for the Widowed Parent Grant and the Widows Contributory Pension to be posted to the person concerned. When the completed application forms are received in my Department, a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified of outcomes without delay.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy