538. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that a person who is working and paying PRSI and who is also in receipt of the widow’s, widower’s or surviving partner’s pension is not entitled to illness benefit when they are unable to work due to being sick or ill; her views on whether it is fair for a person to have to pay PRSI but not be entitled to illness benefit when they are unable to work due to being sick or ill; if she will consider altering this policy in order that people in receipt of the widow’s, widower’s or surviving partner’s pension are entitled to claim illness benefit when they are unable to work due to being sick or ill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22810/22]

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538. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that a person who is working and paying PRSI and who is also in receipt of the widow’s, widower’s or surviving partner’s pension is not entitled to illness benefit when they are unable to work due to being sick or ill; her views on whether it is fair for a person to have to pay PRSI but not be entitled to illness benefit when they are unable to work due to being sick or ill; if she will consider altering this policy in order that people in receipt of the widow’s, widower’s or surviving partner’s pension are entitled to claim illness benefit when they are unable to work due to being sick or ill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22810/22]

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