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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy is aware, Community Employment (CE) aims to help the long-term unemployed to re-enter the workforce by breaking their cycle of unemployment through a return to a regular work routine. To this end, CE also provides training and development to participants. With the ongoing welcome reduction in the Live Register, issues such the appropriate level of expenditure, the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card Provision (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The Public Services Card (PSC) has been introduced to enable individuals to gain access to public services more efficiently and with a minimum of duplication of effort, while at the same time preserving their privacy to the maximum extent possible. A PSC is currently issued following a registration process which involves the capture of an individual’s photograph and signature and the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Core to the Programme for Government is improving the position of the self-employed generally, including the commitment to introduce an enhanced PRSI scheme for the self-employed. Making progress on this commitment has been one of my key priorities since becoming Minister in this Department. On Budget Day, I was pleased to announce a number of important measures which will benefit the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The jobseeker's benefit scheme provides income support for people who lose work and who have the required number of qualifying social insurance contributions. The 2017 Estimates for my Department provide for expenditure on jobseeker’s benefit of €343 million. The PRSI contribution classes that count towards qualifying for jobseekers benefit are PRSI Class A, H and P....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has a disability such that they require that level of care. It is a condition for receipt of CA that the carer must be resident in the State and can only leave the State on holidays for 3 weeks in any calendar year. It is a further condition for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Reviews (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Payment of jobseeker’s allowance in the case of the client concerned was suspended due to concerns regarding address. As the client provided proof of address and evidence to the Social Welfare Inspector her payment suspension has been lifted. The client concerned has been requested to provide up to date documentation relating to her rent supplement claim. On receipt of same, her...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The person concerned first received child benefit in respect of her eldest children from June 2001, the month after her arrival in the State. Payment in respect of her next two children commenced in each case from the month following their birth. In May 2016, a claim was received in respect of two additional children; who were born in 2011 and 2013. No reference had been made to these...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: As detailed to the Deputy in reply to Parliamentary Question No 108 of 26th January 2017, the client concerned was requested to provide documentation on 6/1/17 and 24/1/17 relating to the financial settlement received from the sale of the former family home. The requested documentation has not, to date, been received by the Department. As also detailed in that response, Rent Supplement is a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The person concerned has received financial assistance on three occasions from the Department in relation to housing relocation, furniture and appliance needs, the latest being the 9 August, 2016. According to the records of the Department, the person concerned has not submitted a recent application for financial assistance towards the cost of housing relocation. It is open to the person...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The person concerned was previously approved for Back to Education Allowance in July, 2014. Following a review of her claim in November 2016, it was discovered that the person concerned dropped out of their course and was no longer entitled to a BTEA payment. The child of the person concerned is now over 7 years old and under the guidelines for a One Parent Family payment (OFP) when the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: In order to qualify for Family Income Supplement (FIS) the person concerned must be engaged in full-time remunerative employment as an employee for at least 38 hours per fortnight (19 hours per week). Also, the weekly family income must be below the set income limit for the family size which is based on the number of qualified children in the family. Entitlement to FIS can only be determined...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Applications (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: An application for jobseeker’s benefit was submitted in the case of the person concerned with effect from 16 January 2017. This status of this application is currently pending. Further information was requested from the person concerned in order to complete the application process. The application will be examined and a decision will issue on receipt of the outstanding information....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: According to the records of the Department, the person concerned has not submitted an application for a basic supplementary welfare allowance payment. It is open to the person concerned to contact the local Community Welfare Service in order to make an appointment either by phoning 01 6303196 or by emailing cwscelbridgekilcock@welfare.ie. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the disability allowance appeal of the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who decided to hold an oral hearing in this case on 6 December 2016. However, the hearing was adjourned in order to allow the provision of additional information. On receipt of the additional evidence the Appeals Officer will schedule a further...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who has decided to hold an oral hearing in this case on 1 February 2017. The person concerned has been notified of the arrangements for the hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I confirm that my department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 4 November 2016. The application was referred to a local social welfare inspector (SWI) to assess the level of care being provided, composition of the household, assess means and confirm that all the conditions for receipt of carer’s allowance are satisfied. Additional...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: An application for carer's allowance (CA) was received from the person concerned on 3 November 2016. CA is a means-tested social assistance payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has a disability such that they require that level of care. A person can be considered to be providing full-time care and attention where they are engaged in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: An application for carer's allowance (CA) was received from the person concerned on 29 November 2016. CA is a means-tested social assistance payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has a disability such that they require that level of care. A person can be considered to be providing full-time care and attention where they are engaged in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I confirm that my department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person in question on 26 October 2016. It is a condition for receipt of a CA that the person being cared for must have a disability whose effect is that they require full-time care and attention. This is defined as requiring from another person, continual supervision and frequent assistance...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that appeals by the person concerned were referred to an Appeals Officer on 24 January 2017, 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...