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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (28 May 2013)

Joan Burton: An unemployed person may qualify for jobseeker's benefit or jobseeker's allowance. Jobseeker's benefit is based on a person's social insurance record and jobseeker's allowance is based on weekly means. A fundamental qualifying condition for a jobseeker's payment is that a person must be available for full-time work. Under EU Regulations, in certain circumstances a person on jobseeker's...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (28 May 2013)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an oral hearing of the appeal of the person concerned took place on 26 April 2013 and the Appeals Officer is now considering the appeal in the light of all the evidence submitted, including that adduced at the hearing. The person concerned will be notified of the Appeals Officer decision when the appeal has been determined. The Social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (28 May 2013)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an oral hearing of the appeal of the person concerned took place on 26 April 2013 and the Appeals Officer is now considering the appeal in the light of all the evidence submitted, including that adduced at the hearing. The person concerned will be notified of the Appeals Officer decision when the appeal has been determined. The Social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (28 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 28 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 these are received, the appeal in question will be referred to an...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (28 May 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 29 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: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (28 May 2013)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 21st March 2013. 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 21st May 2013 advising of the decision. In the case of an application which is refused on medical grounds, the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (28 May 2013)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the evidence, has allowed the appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned has been notified of the decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (28 May 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 refusing the allowance. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (28 May 2013)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the evidence, has allowed the appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned has been notified of the decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (28 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 15 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. When these are received, the case will be referred to an Appeals Officer...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (28 May 2013)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an oral hearing of the appeal of the person concerned took place on 9 October 2012. Following this hearing the Appeals Officer requested clarification on certain issues from the Department of Social Protection. Following receipt of the Department's response to his request, the Appeals Officer has considered the matter further and is of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare (28 May 2013)

Joan Burton: Creating jobs and tackling poverty are two of the key challenges that Ireland now faces. It is essential that our tax and social protection systems play their part in addressing these challenges. To this end, and in line with commitments contained in the Programme for Government, I established an Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare, with the aim of harnessing expert opinion and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (28 May 2013)

Joan Burton: In regard to invalidity pension (IP), there is no backlog of invalidity claims at present. As at the end of April 2013 there were 2,788 IP claims registered, actioned and awaiting information to finalise a decision. These mostly relate to reviews and appeals. In addition, approximately 660 cases are being investigated under EU regulations or bilateral agreements. These cases are more...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Reforms (28 May 2013)

Joan Burton: As part of the forthcoming Social Welfare and Pensions Bill, 2013, I am introducing reforms to the Jobseeker's Allowance (JA) scheme to ease the transition of former recipients of the one-parent family payment (OFP) scheme with young children onto the JA scheme. These reforms will create a transitional arrangement specifically for former OFP recipients with children under 14 years of age who...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pathways to Work Strategy (28 May 2013)

Joan Burton: Pathways to Work represents the single biggest ever change to how the State engages with, and provides services to, people who are unemployed. It is delivering on the Programme for Government commitment to set up a National Employment and Entitlements Service and involves a multi-annual programme of complex legislative, organisation, process, people, and work change running to the end of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (28 May 2013)

Joan Burton: I can confirm that Carer's Allowance was awarded from 7th July 2005 to the person concerned. Payment was stopped on 25th May 2010 when the Department became aware that the person being cared for had entered a nursing home. An overpayment was assessed against the person concerned for the period 12th March 2009 to 26th May 2010. The Department wrote to the person concerned notifying them of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (28 May 2013)

Joan Burton: Defined benefit pension schemes are required to satisfy the Funding Standard requirements as set out in the Pensions Act 1990. Under EU law (Directive 2003/41/EC on the Activities and Supervision of Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision, the Act provides that defined benefit pension schemes may be excluded from the requirements of the Funding Standard if they are Exchequer...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (28 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The EU Council Recommendation on a Youth Guarantee received political agreement at the EPSCO Council meeting on 28 February 28 and was formally adopted by the Council last month. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (28 May 2013)

Joan Burton: In the first instance, the Government’s primary strategy to tackle youth unemployment is to create the environment for a strong economic recovery by promoting competitiveness and productivity. Economic recovery will underpin jobs growth. Past experience suggests that youth unemployment, which tends to rise relatively rapidly in a downturn, can be expected to fall relatively rapidly...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Agencies Funding (28 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The Office of the Pensions Ombudsman, established in April 2003, is a State agency which comes under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection. The total cost of the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman for each year of its operation to 2012 inclusive is set out in the following table. Year Amount € ...