AQW 28728/17-22


Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford


Tabled Date: 26/01/2022
Answered On Date: 02/03/2022
Priority Written: Yes


Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) why the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit has not been paid since the 5 January 2022; (ii) how many people have been affected; and (ii) what action is being taken to ensure ongoing staffing issues do not cause the weekly payment to stop.


Answer:
My Department’s Industrial Injuries Branch is not impacted by staff shortages and continues to make Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit payments