Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9996/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

Disablement Benefit is one of the benefits payable under the Occupational Injuries scheme to an insured person who suffers a loss of physical or mental faculty as a result of an occupational accident or prescribed occupational disease, on or after 1 May 1967. In order to qualify for Disablement Benefit, the person must be in employment which is insured at PRSI Class A, B, D, J or M.

The person concerned applied for Disablement Benefit on the 11 October 2022. Their entitlement to this payment is currently under investigation and has been referred to a Social Welfare Inspector (SWI) to ascertain if they satisfy all the conditions for receipt of this scheme.

No decision has issued to the person concerned regarding their entitlement to Disablement Benefit and therefore no appeal has been registered regarding same.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.