Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disabled person (details supplied) who is a primary medical certificate holder will receive the cost-of-living disability support grant payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50489/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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As part of Budget 2023, the social protection budget has been designed to assist people with cost of living increases through a mix of lump sum payments, increases to weekly payment rates and an expansion of the fuel allowance scheme.

The measures introduced include the provision of a one-off €500 Cost-of-Living Disability Support Grant, which will be paid in November 2022 to recipients of the Disability Allowance, Blind Pension, Invalidity Pension and the Carer's Support Grant. Recipients who are in receipt of one (or more) of these payments will qualify for the €500 payment.

As the person concerned is in recipient of state pension non-contributory, they are not eligible for the Disability Support Grant. They will however receive a double payment of their pension on 21 October 2022 under the Autumn Cost-of-Living Support measure I also announced in the recent Budget and will receive a Christmas Bonus double payment on 9 December 2022.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.