Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is in receipt of the households benefits payment; if a response to a letter received is required; if the payment remains suspended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9743/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned has been contacted by officials from the Household Benefits section of my Department.

All Household Benefits payments due to the person concerned will be available for collection at their preferred Post Office on Tuesday, 7th March.

I trust this clarifies the issue for the Deputy.

Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full list of social welfare payments that will be eligible for the €200 bonus payment in April; if she will provide this information in a list form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9764/23]

Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if recipients of partial capacity benefit will be considered in the forthcoming Spring cost-of-living package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9784/23]

Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if half-rate carers allowance recipients will receive the announced €200 payment to carers in April 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9916/23]

Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if illness benefit recipients will receive the announced €200 payment to social welfare recipients in April 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9917/23]

Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the €200 lump sum due in April 2023 will be paid to community employment scheme workers and jobseeker's recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10159/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 401, 403, 410, 411 and 427 together.

I recently announced a further range of measures to support families through this difficult period. This package includes a €200 lump sum payment which will be paid to over 1.3 million recipients in receipt of long-term social welfare payments. This lump sum will be paid in April and will cost approximately €261 million.

This support will be paid on a similar basis to the Christmas Bonus, including to those on jobseeker's payments or Illness Benefit for over 12 months; with the addition of recipients of the Working Family Payment. One lump sum will be paid per person. If a person receives more than one qualifying social welfare payment, they will receive one €200 lump sum payment.

The full list of schemes who will be eligible for this lump sum is in the table below:

* 12 months duration on eligible social welfare payment or scheme is required in order to be eligible for the lump sum payment. Time spent on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment is included in jobseeker qualifying period.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.