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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Support Services Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: Staff in the Department's local offices are available to provide information, advice and guidance in relation to education, training and employment opportunities to people with disabilities. According to Departmental records, the person concerned has availed of a number of such opportunities in the past, and is currently engaged with the Department's supported employment services for people...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Records (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 666 and 667 together. Provision has been made in the recent Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 to allow the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to act as agents for the Registrar General to provide access to the indexes of births, deaths and marriages online. The Department has been considering the issue of making...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Bullying in the Workplace (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: From 1st January 2011 policy and funding responsibility for FÁS functions in relation to employment and community employment services was transferred to this Department in accordance with the provisions of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011. All Sponsors of Community Employment schemes must ensure compliance with all statutory and legal obligations including...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 4th September 2012. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Social Protection. These papers were received in the Social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 25th March 2013. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Social Protection. These papers have been received in the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exchequer Savings (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The three statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection are the Social Welfare Tribunal, the Citizens Information Board and the Pensions Board. In addition, the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman comes under the remit of the Department but it does not have a Board. Social Welfare Tribunal No remuneration is paid to members of the Tribunal. The Tribunal...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Official Travel (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The Pensions Board, the Citizens Information Board and the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman operate under the remit of my Department. The Chief Executive Officers for each Agency and the Pensions Ombudsman in the case of the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman, each of whom is the respective Accounting Officer, are responsible for the approval of travel and the payment of travel and subsistence...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Bodies (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: A list of the non-commercial State sponsored bodies under the aegis of my Department is set out in the table below. The Citizens Information Board The Citizens Information Board is the national agency responsible for supporting the provision of information, advice and advocacy on social services and for the provision of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS). The Pensions Board...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (17 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 6th September 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 5th October 2012 refusing the allowance. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (17 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 8th July 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 these have been received from the Department, the case in question will be referred...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 137 and 138 together. The number of active participants being catered for through the supported employment programme provided under the EmployAbility Service at end 2011 was 2,903 and at end-2012 the equivalent number was 2,762. There has not been a formal review of the EmployAbility Service since it was transferred from FAS into the Department. The...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (17 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: A person interested in participating on a Community Employment Scheme should contact their local DSP Employment Services/Intreo Office which is the sole access and referral point for entry onto Community Employment. An Employment Services Officer will then ensure the referral of eligible and suitable clients to Community Employment schemes.The criteria for participating on the Community...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (17 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: Social welfare legislation provides for the disregard of certain compensation awards when assessing the means of a person for social assistance purpose, including jobseeker’s allowance. The compensation awards disregarded include awards made by the Residential Institutions Redress Board.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (17 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 141 and 142 together. Medical Assessors are all fully qualified medical practitioners with several years of experience in a variety of medical fields. The majority of Medical Assessors have additional postgraduate specialist qualifications. All are registered with the Irish Medical Council (IMC). They are employed by the DSP to provide independent,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (17 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that there is no record of any appeal by the person concerned having been received by that office. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (17 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The process of submitting a funding proposal requires that trustees arrange for an actuary to carry out a valuation of the DB pension scheme's liabilities and assets at regular intervals and submit an actuarial valuation certificate to the Pensions Board outlining the funding position of the scheme. The date of each scheme valuation must be not later than 3 years after the last date of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (17 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: Pensions legislation provides for the supervision and regulation of defined benefit occupational pension schemes and, in that context, requires schemes to meet the commitments they have made to their members. This method by which this is regulated is set out in the Funding Standard, the operation of which is supervised by the Pensions Board. Section 52 of the 1990 Pensions Act provides...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Rehiring (17 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The Department has not retained any retired civil or public servants on short term contracts without applying the normal abatement rules. Following an open competition, the Pensions Board, which is under the aegis of my Department, in November 2011 and January 2012, employed two people on 3 year temporary contracts who were previously employed by An Garda Síochána and who are in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Haddington Road Agreement Savings (17 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The measures applying to my Department and State sponsored bodies under the aegis of my Department are set out in the relevant sectoral collective agreement under Haddington Road. The Department aims to achieve maximum benefits from the provisions agreed in the Haddington Road Agreement. In this regard, a subcommittee of the Management Board has been established with the aim of identifying...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (18 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 22nd May 2013. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Social Protection. These papers were received in the Social Welfare...