335. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the respite care grant is only awarded to persons in receipt of carer's allowance, carer's benefit, domiciliary care allowance or prescribed relative's allowance on the first Thursday of June each year; her views that this is very unfair on persons who may have been in receipt of these payments but the person they were caring for passed away in the period leading up to the first Thursday in June and are therefore no longer entitled to the respite care grant yet the grant will still be awarded to someone who passes away in the period immediately after the first Thursday; if she will introduce a phased payment of the grant for those who pass away in the period leading up to this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25627/14]

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335. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the respite care grant is only awarded to persons in receipt of carer's allowance, carer's benefit, domiciliary care allowance or prescribed relative's allowance on the first Thursday of June each year; her views that this is very unfair on persons who may have been in receipt of these payments but the person they were caring for passed away in the period leading up to the first Thursday in June and are therefore no longer entitled to the respite care grant yet the grant will still be awarded to someone who passes away in the period immediately after the first Thursday; if she will introduce a phased payment of the grant for those who pass away in the period leading up to this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25627/14]

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