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- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (27 Jan 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Further to my response to PQ 41314/08 on 18 November 2008, which set out the mechanisms by which a decision of an Appeals Officer may be reviewed, I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that no request for such a review has been received from the person concerned. The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an office of the Department that is independently responsible for determining...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Jan 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The person concerned made a claim for Jobseekers Benefit on 13 February 2008 and sought to have his claim backdated. Under social welfare regulations a claim may only be backdated where the claimant can prove that there was good cause for the delay in making the claim. The Deciding Officer considered that he had not shown good cause to have his claim backdated and payment was duly awarded...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Jan 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme is administered on behalf of the department by the Health Service Executive. The Executive has advised that it has no record of an application for supplementary welfare allowance from the person concerned. As advised in my reply of 16th December 2008 to the Deputy, the person concerned has been refused rent supplement as she is regarded as not...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Jan 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme is administered on behalf of the department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive (HSE). The South-Eastern area of the HSE has advised that the person concerned was refused basic SWA in September 2008 on the basis of non disclosure of means. The person concerned has been advised by the HSE that his claim cannot be...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Jan 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which is administered on behalf of the department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive, an exceptional needs payment (ENP) may be made to help meet an essential, once-off cost which the applicant is unable to meet out of his/her own resources. There is no automatic entitlement to this payment. Each application is...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Jan 2009)
Mary Hanafin: This department's role is to assist social welfare recipients with heating costs, both through their basic payments and through the household benefits package with fuel, electricity and gas allowances. The national fuel allowance scheme assists householders on long-term social welfare or health service executive (HSE) payments with meeting the cost of their heating needs during the winter...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Jan 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA) scheme is administered on behalf of the department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive. Applications for the allowance may be made between the beginning of June and the end of September each year. The Executive has advised that it has no record of an application for BSCFA from the person concerned for...
- Written Answers — National Carers Strategy: National Carers Strategy (27 Jan 2009)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 953, 979 and 995 together. The development of a National Carers' Strategy is a Government commitment in both the national partnership agreement Towards 2016 and the Programme for Government. A working group, chaired by the Department of An Taoiseach, was established to develop the strategy. My Department provides the secretariat to the working group which...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Jan 2009)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 954, 984 and 1005 together. Supporting and recognising carers in our society is, and has been, a priority of the Government since 1997. Over that period, weekly payment rates to carers have greatly increased, qualifying conditions for carer's allowance have significantly eased, coverage of the scheme has been extended and new schemes such as carer's benefit...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (27 Jan 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The total amount spent by the Department on foreign travel in 2008 was Euro 263,189. This figure which includes travel and subsistence costs, is provisional pending completion of statutory accounts.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (27 Jan 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Jobseeker's allowance is a means tested payment made to those who do not qualify for jobseeker's benefit which is based on PRSI contributions. The means test involves an assessment of the person's savings and investments, any property s/he may own, apart from the family home and any other income such as a pension from a former employer or from another country. Generally, self-employed...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (27 Jan 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The person concerned is in receipt of jobseeker's allowance at the weekly rate of â¬18.30. This payment is based on a means assessment of â¬186.00 per week derived from self-employment in the fishing industry. It is open to him to appeal this decision and a form for this purpose was issued to him on 11 December 2008. However, to date no appeal has been received. Under Social Welfare...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (27 Jan 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Further to my response to PQ No. 414 on 18 November 2008 and PQ No. 399 on 17 December 2008, I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that there is no update to the information given previously. Every effort will be made to have this appeal dealt with as quickly as possible. The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an office of the Department that is independently responsible for...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Jan 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Disability Allowance is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged over 16 and under 66. The disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to both medical assessment and a means test. Disability Allowance was awarded to the person concerned on 8 December 2008 with effect from 22 October 2008. Her first payment...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (27 Jan 2009)
Mary Hanafin: An application for carer's allowance by the person concerned was disallowed by a Deciding Officer of the Department on the grounds that the people being cared for were not so invalided as to require full-time care and attention. She submitted additional medical evidence to the Chief Medical Adviser on 15 August 2008, who expressed the opinion that this evidence did not affect the previous...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (27 Jan 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The person concerned is currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance at the maximum weekly rate of â¬204.30. Following an appeal, his case was reviewed by a Deciding Officer and his weekly means of â¬883.00 from self-employment were revised to nil from 24 June 2008. Further means derived from earnings from insurable employment were revised from â¬47.00 to nil from 25 August 2008. Both...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (27 Jan 2009)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 962 and 963 together. The claim for jobseekers allowance, by the person concerned, was refused by a Deciding Officer of the Department on the grounds that she was not available for or seeking full-time employment. An appeal was opened on 8 September 2008 and I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office, that in accordance with the statutory requirements,...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Jan 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The person concerned applied for Carer's Allowance on 5 September 2008. Following investigation an interim refusal issued on 31 October 2008 on the grounds that full time care and attention was not required in this case. She was afforded the opportunity to submit, within 21 days, any further medical evidence available to the Department for review. Additional medical evidence was received,...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (27 Jan 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The Department recently undertook a review of the staffing levels in Local Offices due to the continued increased number of claims for jobseekers payments. An additional 115 staff, at Clerical Officer (CO) and Staff Officer (SO) levels, are to be assigned and arrangements are in train to assign these resources. There will be no recruitment of additional staff for those posts. Staff are...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Jan 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The person concerned is in receipt of jobseeker's allowance since 4 March 2008. Following the introduction of a new method of assessment of benefit derived from parental income, his means were revised from â¬58.00 to nil with effect from 27 April 2008 and his weekly rate of payment increased to â¬197.80. His personal weekly rate of jobseeker's allowance is now â¬204.30. However, since...