Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of claims submitted and the number of persons that have received enhanced illness benefit for Covid-19; the number of persons that were in payment for two, four, six, eight and ten weeks, respectively; the number of persons who transferred over to illness benefit after the ten week payment period had expired; the number of these claims that were in payment for more than two weeks; the number that were transferred over to disability allowance after the ten week payment period had expired; the number of these claims that were in payment for more than two weeks; the number of such claims that were rejected or pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33101/22]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Responsibility for the administration and processing of COVID-19 illness benefit claims falls to my colleague, the Minister for Social Welfare and her Department. Therefore my Department is not in a position to supply any details on the matter.