167. Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, who will lose a one-parent family payment on 24 June 2015. [24731/15]

The person in question has been awarded a disability allowance payment with effect from 24 June 2015 as she is financially better off to remain on her current payment to this date. First payment will be on 24 June 2015.