Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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335. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a reduced debt repayment plan on an overpayment will be accepted from a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28651/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Overpayments of social welfare assistance and benefit payments arise as a consequence of decisions made under the relevant sections of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 2005 (as amended). Customers who have been overpaid social welfare have a liability to refund the overpayment as they have been in receipt of a payment to which they were not entitled.

The customers referred to by the Deputy was issued a notification to repay an overpayment on the 14^th June 2024. Also included in that notification was a FORM A which allows the customer, who has been overpaid, an opportunity to put forward any facts or circumstances that he wished to be taken into consideration regarding the recovery of the overpayment.

The FORM A should be completed by the customer and returned to Department of Social Protection, Central Debt Unit, Shannon Lodge, Carrick On Shannon, Co. Leitrim. Proof of his personal insolvency arrangements should also be provided. A decision, taking into consideration the facts of the case, on a suitable recovery plan will then be made.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.