Results 22,021-22,040 of 28,255 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned was approved for a back to education allowance on 7 September 2010. Payment of the allowance will be processed through his bank account with effect from 7 October 2010. The annual allowance towards the cost of his studies will issue to him in the next few weeks.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned was in receipt of mortgage interest supplement of €445.70 per month based on the household income from jobseekers benefit and earnings from part-time employment. The HSE has further advised the person concerned is now in receipt of mortgage interest supplement of €399.40 per month as both the person concerned and...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned applied for Disability Allowance on 11 November 2008. On 18 June 2009 he was awarded disability allowance from 12 November 2008 and he is currently in receipt of the maximum weekly payment of €196.00, plus an increase for three qualified children of €89.40 and a fuel allowance of €20.00. The person applied to have his claim backdated to July 2008 as he had ceased...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned made an application for rent supplement on 29 June 2009 and was awarded rent supplement from 1 July 2009. The HSE further advised that the person concerned has not requested rent supplement to be payable from June 2008. If the person concerned wishes to make an application for arrears of rent supplement he should...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned has no current jobseeker's allowance application. She is attending a VTOS course.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: An application for Domiciliary Care Allowance was received by the Department on 16th September 2010. This application together with medical reports has been forwarded to one of the Department's Medical Assessors for a medical opinion on the case. Upon receipt of this opinion a decision will issue to the person concerned. Currently it takes approximately eight weeks to process an application.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (7 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Progress has been made in recent years in securing the position of older people in Irish society. Increases in the State pension (contributory) have brought the personal rate of pension to a maximum weekly rate up to â'¬230.30 per week. A pensioner couple would be eligible for a weekly income of â'¬436.60. These pension increases exceeded increases in prices over the period so that...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 263 and 270 together. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned was refused basic supplementary welfare allowance and rent supplement as she did not meet the habitual residence condition. The HSE further advised that the person concerned appealed the decision to the HSE Appeals Office but that no decision has been made on her...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 264 to 266, inclusive, together. The supplementary welfare allowance scheme provides for a weekly or monthly supplement to be paid in respect of mortgage interest to any person in the State whose means are insufficient to meet their needs. The supplementary welfare allowance scheme is administered by the community welfare service of the Health Service...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (6 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The introduction of a new auto-enrolment scheme is a key element of the National Pensions Framework. Employees aged 22 or over, who earn above a certain income threshold will be automatically enrolled into this new scheme, unless they are already in a more favourable occupational pension scheme. Self-employed people will not be enrolled into the scheme. For those employees who are included...

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (6 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Unemployment figures are released by the Central Statistics Office in their publication "Quarterly National Household Survey". This data is published on a regional and a national level only. I have included a table which shows the unemployment rate both in the South East region, which includes Tipperary south, and on a national level from 2006 to 2010. I have also included a table showing...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The average number of weeks taken to decide a disability allowance claim last month (September 2010) was 10.69 weeks. People awaiting a decision on a claim for disability allowance who have urgent income support needs can apply for the means tested supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) from their local Community Welfare Officer in the Health Service Executive. To be eligible for disability...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (6 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Details of the annualised pensions paid by the public bodies under the remit of the Department are shown in the following tabular statement. TABULAR STATEMENT Highest Annualised Pension Amount Number in Receipt €000 of this Level of Pension Pensions Board 53 1 Citizens Information Board (CIB) 52 1 Office of the Pensions Ombudsman ...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, landlords are legally obliged to register tenancies with the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB). The Department is working closely with the PRTB to ensure that all tenancies where rent supplement is in payment are registered with the PRTB. To that end, the Department provides details of new rent supplement payments to the PRTB to enable them...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned has been referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing in the case. The person concerned will be informed when arrangements have been made. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that as part of one of a number of new initiatives brought in recently to improve the service offered to its customers, a new Phonebank system was installed in the Office from 23 August 2010. Staff training has been provided and the new service is being monitored. Any improvements required will be implemented as feasible.

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (6 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available within my Department. I can, however, provide the Deputy with data in relation to approvals and refusals for all claims made by customers in the Social Welfare Local and Branch Offices in county Mayo. I have attached a table which breaks down the approvals and refusals by scheme type. I am unable to provide a detailed...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (6 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The provision of a quality customer service in Irish has been a priority of my Department for many years. A range of supports have been made available to staff to facilitate the provision of services through Irish to the Department's customers, including training in spoken and written Irish. The overall objective of these training supports is to equip front line staff with the necessary...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme is administered on behalf of the Department by the Community Welfare Division of the Health Service Executive (HSE). A number of groups are specifically excluded in legislation from receiving assistance under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme including rent supplement. These include people in full-time education. Where a person is in...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Statistics are not available on the number of rent supplement recipients that are in receipt of a reduced rate rent supplement payment because means have been assessed against them.