PQ 593
593. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider changing the eligibility criteria for fuel allowance given the increasing numbers of adults living at home, where a single pensioner (details supplied) who lives alone falls well below the income threshold and is eligible for the payment, however if they have an adult child living with them no matter their income then they are no longer eligible for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65306/25]
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593. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider changing the eligibility criteria for fuel allowance given the increasing numbers of adults living at home, where a single pensioner (details supplied) who lives alone falls well below the income threshold and is eligible for the payment, however if they have an adult child living with them no matter their income then they are no longer eligible for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65306/25]
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Fuel Poverty
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