Written answers
Thursday, 7 December 2023
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Isolation
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the scope of a partnership with a body like An Post to continue the sort of well-being support offered to people at risk of isolation, which was so successful during Covid, becoming a permanent feature in our communities. [54195/23]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department has not considered to date entering into such a partnership with a body such as An Post.
The contract my Department has in place with An Post is for the provision of cash payment services to welfare recipients and is an important contract both for An Post and my Department as it provides that welfare recipients may access their welfare payment in their local Post office. This is an important support to those welfare recipients and indeed local Post Offices.
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