Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) who has requested that their payment resumes and who has provided the appropriate documentation in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39534/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Disability Allowance (DA) is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged 16 or over and under the age of 66. This disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, means test and Habitual Residency conditions.

This DA payment ceased in February 2023 when this individual informed my Department that he had entered employment. The DA section then received correspondence from the person concerned on 17 July 2023, notifying of a change in his circumstances. Following a review of his DA entitlement, the person concerned has been awarded DA with effect from 5 July 2023. The first payment was made by their chosen payment method on 13 September 2023. Arrears of payment due from 5 July 2023 to 12 September 2023 also issued to the person concerned on the 13 September 2023

The person concerned was notified of this decision in writing on 5 September 2023.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.