173 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason so many persons suffering from mental health issues are being refused invalidity benefit without a medical assessment and are left without any money or clear alternative options as to the benefit they might be entitled to apply for, particularly when the community welfare officer also refuses to give an emergency payment and recommends that they go on jobseeker’s benefit, which is not an option as their general practitioner will not sign them off as fit for work; and when they have exhausted all those options, if she will clarify the other options available in order that they are not left destitute and without money to survive and purchase medication. [40630/11]

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173 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason so many persons suffering from mental health issues are being refused invalidity benefit without a medical assessment and are left without any money or clear alternative options as to the benefit they might be entitled to apply for, particularly when the community welfare officer also refuses to give an emergency payment and recommends that they go on jobseeker’s benefit, which is not an option as their general practitioner will not sign them off as fit for work; and when they have exhausted all those options, if she will clarify the other options available in order that they are not left destitute and without money to survive and purchase medication. [40630/11]

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