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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the individual amount of overtime paid in the case of each political/Ministerial appointee for the period 2007 to date in 2013 relative to my Department, is set out in tabular statement below. No overtime has been paid to the Special Advisers or the Secretary Generals within the Department of Social Protection during the period 2007 to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 15th April 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 the 9th...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The Revised Estimates for my Department provide for expenditure of nearly €935 million on the one parent family payment scheme in 2013. When assessing means for the one parent family payment, account is taken of all cash income which the person is receiving. Where a recipient has earnings from employment, the first €110 per week is disregarded and the balance is assessed at...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Activation Measures (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The Department has significantly increased the volume and efficiency of activation referrals in recent years by bringing groups of customers to information sessions prior to one-to-one engagement. Through this Group Engagement process, referrals in the first four months of 2013 were 38,100, as compared with 18,500 in 2012. One-to-one referrals (including direct referrals and post-Group...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: In order for a child under 16 years to be deemed eligible for carer's allowance, domiciliary care allowance must be in payment for that child. In those circumstances, the child is deemed to be automatically medically eligible for carer’s allowance. Once the child reaches 16 years and is no longer entitled to domiciliary care allowance, a review of the continuing entitlement to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Live Register Numbers (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy is not routinely collated by my Department. However the Central Statistics Office (CSO) publishes breakdowns in respect of the live register on their website each month. I attach a tabular statement detailing the number of persons on the live register in the Bandon social welfare branch office which has been extracted from the CSO’s website and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Numbers (14 May 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 which is laid before the Dáil when published and copies lodged in the Oireachtas library. Furthermore these reports are available to the public at www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Annual-Statistical-Information-Repor...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Work Initiatives (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: As the Deputy will be aware, INTREO is the name for the new service model of the Department integrating the employment services and community programmes formerly of FÁS, and the Community Welfare Services (CWS) formerly of the HSE and the income support services provided by the Department itself. INTREO’s one-stop-shop offices includes a single integrated decision-making team...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Reform (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The issue of how the assets of a pension scheme are distributed on the wind-up of a pension scheme is a sensitive and complex issue and one which requires careful consideration before any change is made to the current provisions. My officials have undertaken a detailed review of this matter. This review involved consultation with all stakeholder representatives and the engagement of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: European Court of Justice Rulings (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The ruling by the European Court of Justice was in response to a reference by the High Court seeking clarification of the interpretation of European law emanating from EU Directive 2008/94EC on the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer. Following the ECJ ruling, the matter will now revert to the High Court for consideration. Given this matter remains before...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: Child benefit is a universal payment that assists parents with the cost of raising children and it contributes towards alleviating child poverty. The estimated expenditure on child benefit in 2013 is around €1.9 billion and it is currently paid to around 611,000 families in respect of some 1.16 million children. The Government is conscious that child benefit, as a universal payment,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (15 May 2013)

Joan Burton: Under the EU Commission’s recent call for proposals for preparatory actions under the 'Youth Guarantee', the Department of Social Protection in conjunction with local groups has sought EU funding to pilot a Youth Guarantee Scheme in a local area. The pilot YGS will look to develop an activation approach tailored to the needs of young people in a deprived urban area and then test it...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (15 May 2013)

Joan Burton: PRSI credited contributions are an integral part of the social insurance system. For the most part they are linked to having an underlying entitlement to a social welfare payment while temporarily detached from the labour force or having entitlement to statutory leave e.g. parental or maternity leave. The primary purpose of PRSI credits is to secure social welfare benefits and pensions of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (15 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 29th April 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 case in question will be referred to an Appeals Officer who will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service Funding (15 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The Money Advice and Budgeting Service ( MABS), under the aegis of the Citizens Information Board, provides a high quality personal service to assist people who are over-indebted and need help and advice in coping with debt problems, in particular those on low incomes and people living on social welfare payments. Responsibility for MABS transferred to the Citizens Information Board (CIB) in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (15 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 13th March 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 case in question will be referred to an Appeals Officer who will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (15 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal, by the person concerned, was registered in that office on 27th March 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. When received, the case will be referred to an Appeals Officer who will...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (15 May 2013)

Joan Burton: Payment of illness benefit to the person concerned was disallowed by a Deciding Officer following an examination by a Medical Assessor of the Department, who expressed the opinion that he was capable of work. An appeal was registered on 3rd April 2013 and the Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that, in accordance with statutory requirements, the Department was asked for the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (15 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The Family Income Supplement (FIS) payment is designed to provide cash income for employees with families who are on low earnings. Once the level of FIS payment is determined, it continues to be payable at that rate for a period of 52 weeks, provided that the person remains in full-time employment. However, the rate of payment will not change if there is an increase or decrease in the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (15 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 13th March 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 01st May...