Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if and when a one parent family payment might be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42331/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned submitted a Jobseekers Transition application on 20/09/2024.

As the person is self-employed the Department has been in contact with her requesting her Revenue Self Assessment for 2023. To date she has been unable to supply this and the case has been assigned to a Social Welfare Inspector to establish if means from self employment need to be assessed.

My Department will monitor this application to ensure it is followed up as quickly as possible.

Once the Inspector completes their investigations, a decision will issue on the pending JST claim.

If the person concerned is experiencing financial difficulty, they may apply for Supplementary Welfare Allowance which is a means tested payment on household income.