Social Welfare Schemes
Dail Éireann — 2022-03-22
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Emer Higgins (FG), Dublin Mid-West

I welcome that review. A constituent contacted me who is in receipt of disability allowance and the occupational injuries benefit because of an accident they had in the 1990s. Their spouse is also in receipt of the invalidity payment. Even though they as a couple are below the assessable income threshold, they cannot receive the fuel allowance because of those two benefits. The reviews being undertaken will help some people in this situation. I welcome the work the Minister is doing on this and the fact she is keeping this under review.

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Sitting date: 2022-03-22