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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (23 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 10 February 2017. In order to qualify for CA where the care recipient is aged less than 16 years of age, domiciliary care allowance (DCA) must be in payment in respect of them. As DCA is not in payment in respect of this care recipient, the application for CA has been refused....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (23 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 336 to 341, inclusive, together. As the deputy will be aware, the State’s Public Employment Service is managed by my Department and delivered directly by its own Intreo service as well as by contracted private companies, such as JobPath, Local Employment Service and Job Club providers. The Department has contracts in place with in excess of 60...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (23 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011 provided that State pension age will be increased gradually to 68 years. This began in January 2014 with the abolition of the State pension (transition), which had been available from 65 for those who satisfied the qualifying conditions, thereby standardising State pension age for all at 66 years. This is the current State pension age. It will...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (23 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I confirm that my department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 7 February 2017. It is a condition for receipt of CA that the carer must provide full-time care and attention to a person who has a disability such that they require that level of care. Social welfare legislation defines a person as requiring full time care and attention...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (23 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: There are two State pensions. Firstly, the State pension (non-contributory) is a means tested pension and is funded by general taxation. Secondly, the State pension (contributory) is not means tested and is paid from the Social Insurance Fund. It is important to ensure that those qualifying for a contributory pension have made a sustained contribution to the Social Insurance Fund over...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (23 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Family Income Supplement (FIS) Section is unable to provide any further information over and above the number of Defence Force members in receipt of a FIS payment. The information provided by the customer to the Department on a FIS application includes confirmation provided by the customer’s employer that they are in remunerative employment. The Department does not require the customer...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (23 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The number of Public Servants in receipt of Family Income Supplement (FIS) is 3,629. The most recent aggregate data (based on pay bands) available to the Department indicates that some 93% of all public service staff are on salary points in excess of €25,000 per annum.The commonly referenced living wage rate of €11.50 per hour, based on the Civil Service 37 hour standard net...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (23 May 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, assess means and confirm that all the conditions for receipt of carer’s allowance are satisfied. The SWI has confirmed that the report...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (23 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an oral hearing of the appeal of the person concerned took place on 26thApril 2017 and that the Appeals Officer is now considering the appeal in the light of all of the evidence submitted, including that adduced at the oral hearing. The person concerned will be notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision when the appeal has been...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (23 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I confirm that my department received an application for Carer’s Allowance from the person concerned on 1 March 2017. Additional information was requested from the person concerned on 18 May 2017. Once the information is received the application will be processed without delay and he will be notified directly of the outcome. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (23 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I confirm that my department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 30 January 2017. The application was referred to a local social welfare inspector (SWI) on 14 March 2017 to assess the level of care being provided, assess means and confirm that all the conditions for receipt of carer’s allowance are satisfied. Once the SWI has...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (23 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: An application for carer’s allowance (CA) was received from the person concerned on 13 January 2017. This application has been awarded for the period from 19 January 2017 to 25 January 2017 and payment issued to the nominated post office on 26 April 2017. The person concerned has no entitlement to carer’s allowance from 26 January 2017 as another person was awarded...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (23 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Carer’s allowance was awarded to the person concerned on 28 April 2017 and the first payment issued to their nominated post office on 11 May 2017. Arrears of allowance due from 15 December 2016 to 10 May 2017 also issued to the post office. The person concerned was notified of these details on 28 April 2017. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (23 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Overpayments of benefit or assistance arise where a person is paid in excess of their entitlement or paid where no entitlement exists. At the end of 2016, the outstanding value of these overpayments was €482.4m in respect of 174,440 persons involving 191,600 individual overpayments. The breakdown sought by the Deputy is provided in the following table. TABLE: Overpayment outstanding...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (23 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Overpayments of benefit or assistance arise where a person is paid in excess of their entitlement or paid where no entitlement exists. In 2016, the Department overpaid customers by €110 million. Of this, customer fraud accounted for €41 million and relates to cases where customers were deemed to have intentionally provided incomplete or inaccurate information in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Memoranda of Understanding (23 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of Social Protection and the Revenue Commissioners have a Memorandum of Understanding which governs the exchange of all information between the two bodies, including all redundancy and insolvency scheme liaison and communication. The employer PAYE number provided by the Revenue Commissioners is used to identify a company or business which is subject to redundancy or...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Fund Data (23 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Employers pay into the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) at a rate of up to 10.75% of employee salaries. This payment is designed to contribute to the cost of benefits paid out of the social insurance fund. One of the benefits funded by the SIF is the provision of redundancy related payments in circumstances where the employer making the redundancies is unable to fund these payments itself –...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (23 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: It is the policy of the Department to seek recovery of overpayments. The client concerned accrued an overpayment of rent supplement during the period 1/6/12 – 28/2/13 as her combined household income from one parent family payment, family income supplement and maternity benefit during this period, exceeded her rate of rent supplement entitlement. While the client concerned has repaid...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (23 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The information requested by the Deputy is not captured by the information systems of my Department. However, the department will revert to you in due course with an estimate in response to your question.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Legal Costs (24 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The Chief State Solicitors Office has provided the following details of its expenditure on the case referred to by the Deputy. Brian Murray SC €90,558.30 Eoin Carolan BL €82,480.74 Maurice Collins SC €64,993.54 Nathan Reilly BL €15,277.46 Stenographers fees €2,021.42 Foreign Travel €1,174.82 Travel €1,195.58 General Law Expenses (...