Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Recovery of Benefits and Assistance (RBA) Scheme recovers the value of certain illness-related social welfare payments, which includes Illness Benefit, from compensation awards made to a person as a consequence of personal injury claim. The benefits are recovered from the compensator, not from the injured person.

These benefits are recovered by the Department of Social Protection to ensure that a person is not compensated twice in respect of the same accident or injury. A customer’s Illness Benefit claim is unaffected by the payment of recoverable benefits.

Illness Benefit is paid without the deduction of tax and is paid directly to the customer by the Department of Social Protection. Revenue will take account of the amount of Illness Benefit paid and will adjust a person's tax credits, as necessary.

I trust this clarifies the position for the Deputy.