Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the €400 one-off payment announced in Budget 2025 will be given to an individual (details supplied) who was in receipt of invalidity pension prior to transferring to the State pension earlier this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41252/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned was awarded state pension (contributory) with effect from 29 April 2024.

As part of Budget 2025, I announced a €2.6 billion Social Protection package to support families, pensioners, carers and people with disabilities. This package will assist households through a mix of cost-of-living payments, targeted supports and across the board increases to weekly payments. There was a total of 10 Cost of Living payments including a €400 Disability Support Grant for people receiving Invalidity Pension, Disability Allowance or Blind Pension.

As the person concerned is no longer in receipt of the Invalidity Pension, they will not receive the Disability Support Grant. They will however receive a double pension payment on 1 November 2024, the €300 Fuel Allowance lump sum on 8 November 2024, the €200 Living Alone lump sum on 15 November 2024, a Christmas double payment on 6 December 2024 and an increase of €12 to their weekly State Pension (contributory) commencing in January 2025.

I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.