Cork disability benefit delay
The claimant received disability benefit and later maternity allowance; delayed disability payments resulted from late notification of incapacity and an incorrect RSI number on some certificates.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare the reason for the delay in paying disability benefit to a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
Comment on this
The person concerned claimed disability benefit from 29 August 1981 and was paid from 2 September, fourth day of incapacity, at the maximum appropriate rate. All disability benefit and pay-related benefit due to 17 October 1981 has issued. She claimed maternity allowance from 19 October and payment is being issued to her regularly each week. The delay in payment of disability benefit was due to the fact that the notification of incapacity was not received in my Department until the end of September. In addition, the RSI number quoted on some of the certificates submitted subsequently was incorrect and it was necessary to make inquiries to establish the correct number before payments could be made on these certificates.
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