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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 23rd August 2012. This application was referred to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on the 28th September 2012 advising of the decision not to allow the application. The person concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The Pathways to Work policy provides for more regular and on-going engagement with jobseekers to enable them to return to employment through the provision of the most appropriate support interventions. Much of the initial focus of the policy has been on the development and roll-out of Intreo - the new integrated employment activation and supports service model that was launched last...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: As part of the review of rent limits, the Department has received information from the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) from its register of tenancies. This data exchange is provided for by legislation under Section 146 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 and Section 261 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005. The data snapshot provided contains details of registered...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The Department has annual contracts for the provision of job club services with over 40 companies. Each contract is reviewed on an annual basis. As part of the review process the Department undertakes a structured appraisal of that provider’s performance with each element of provider performance being scored against a common rating scale used to assess all Job Clubs. Following an...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Yield (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The introduction of a new employers’ PRSI contribution rate of 15.75% on the portion of salary paid in excess of €100,000 is estimated to yield €91.5 million in additional funding in a full year for the Social Insurance Fund.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 12th February 2013. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When received, the appeal in question will be referred to an Appeals Officer who will...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 13th March 2013. This application has been forwarded to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors for their medical opinion. Upon receipt of this opinion, a decision will issue to the person concerned. It can take up to 8 weeks to process an application for DCA.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing in this case. Every effort will be made to hear the case as quickly as possible and the appellant will be informed when arrangements have been made. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 314 and 331 together. My Department recorded control savings of €669 million in 2012. The savings target for 2013 is €710 million, an increase of over €40m on 2012. Control savings are used as a performance indicator for year-on-year activities and are an estimate of the value of the various control activities across the schemes in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 22nd April 2013. The application is with a deciding officer for a decision. Once processed, the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The EU Council Recommendation on a Youth Guarantee received political agreement at the EPSCO Council meeting on February 28thand was formally adopted by the Council last week. The Recommendation is that Member States should: Ensure that all young people under the age of 25 years receive a good-quality offer of employment, continued education, an apprenticeship or a traineeship within a period...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that the information sought by the Deputy is not available. Processing times in relation to appeals are measured and reported by an ICT system in the Appeals Office. Reviews by the Chief Appeals Officer are not tracked on this system. When a review is requested, the files in question are recalled from the Department and, following the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The person concerned submitted an application for jobseeker’s allowance on 8th April 2013. However, as she is currently employed 2 days per week with weekly assessable earnings of €218.44 which equates to weekly means of €107.00, her claim was disallowed on the basis that her weekly means exceeded that amount of jobseeker’s allowance that would have been payable to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 17th January 2012. The application is with a deciding officer for a decision. Once processed, the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 2nd April 2013, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy is collated at county level only by my Department annually for inclusion in the Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services report. The number of persons living in Galway County in receipt of a Social Welfare payment, where available, is listed by each category of payment in the attached tabular statement for the years 2007 to 2012. Recipients of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 26th February 2013. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. These papers were received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 4th...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 2nd April 2013, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation and not to act as an alternative to the other social housing schemes operated by the Exchequer. There are currently over 86,000 rent supplement recipients for which the Government has provided over €403 million for 2013. It is essential that State...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Administration (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: There are currently in excess of 745,000 customers eligible for free travel and when spousal and companion passes are taken into account, there are over 1.1 million customers with some free travel eligibility. Expenditure on this scheme was frozen at 2010 levels by the previous Government. Expenditure for the free travel scheme in 2013 is set at €77 million. The free travel scheme...