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Seanad: Pathways to Work Strategy: Statements (25 Sep 2013)

Joan Burton: They can do that.

Seanad: Pathways to Work Strategy: Statements (25 Sep 2013)

Joan Burton: We brought that in last year.

Seanad: Pathways to Work Strategy: Statements (25 Sep 2013)

Joan Burton: I am happy to co-operate but that is a matter for the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Seanad: Pathways to Work Strategy: Statements (25 Sep 2013)

Joan Burton: That is not the work of the Department of Social Protection.

Seanad: Pathways to Work Strategy: Statements (25 Sep 2013)

Joan Burton: I thank all the Senators who contributed so thoughtfully to the debate. Some people said there are no jobs. That is not actually true. Some 280,000 jobs were taken up by unemployed people in the past year. Senator Daly will be aware there is much seasonal employment in Kerry in hotels. A person who is unemployed for, say, five months may get a job in the hotel business for another five...

Seanad: Pathways to Work Strategy: Statements (25 Sep 2013)

Joan Burton: That is an independent process, although it falls within the remit of the Department of Social Protection. I expect that as we improve IT platforms, that system will improve. Those in the appeals system have been working to clear the backlogs, some of which arose due to the fact that when the economy hit the wall there was an enormous upsurge in applications, under every heading, for social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (26 Sep 2013)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 17th June 2013. The application was disallowed as it was considered that the child does not meet the eligibility criteria for the allowance. A letter issued on the 19th July 2013 advising of the decision. In the case of an application which is refused on medical grounds the applicant may submit...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Issues (26 Sep 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the representations submitted by the Deputy have been accepted as grounds of appeal in respect of the person concerned. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (26 Sep 2013)

Joan Burton: JobsPlus which was launched on 8th July 2013, is a new incentive to encourage employers to recruit and employ persons who have been unemployed for long periods. This incentive replaced this Department’s Employer Job PRSI Incentive Scheme and Revenue’s Job Assist Scheme. Subject to meeting the eligibility criteria and creating a full-time position, employers will receive a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (26 Sep 2013)

Joan Burton: The following are the projected costs at the time of the implementation of the measures in July 2011: Measure Yield/Cost 2011 €m Yield/Cost Full Year €m Halving of the lower rate of PRSI until end 2013 on jobs that pay up to €356 per week -85 In 2012: -190 In 2013: -183 In 2014: -15 Abolition of employer PRSI on share based remuneration -9.5 -17.7 in each year...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Garda Vetting Applications (26 Sep 2013)

Joan Burton: Approval to work, or train to work, with children and/or vulnerable adults is granted upon successful completion of the recruitment and selection process which includes appropriate vetting checks with the Garda Central Vetting Unit. No individual may work or train with children and/or vulnerable adults pending the outcome of the Garda vetting process. Applicants already sign a declaration...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (26 Sep 2013)

Joan Burton: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. There are currently over 82,500 rent supplement recipients for which the Government has provided over €403 million...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (26 Sep 2013)

Joan Burton: The Back To Education Allowance (BTEA) is a second chance education opportunities scheme designed to support jobseekers and other categories of social protection payment recipients to improve their skill base and re-enter the labour market. Recipients of the allowance must be in receipt of a qualifying social protection payment immediately prior to the commencement of a course of study. ...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (26 Sep 2013)

Joan Burton: No decisions have yet been taken by the government in relation to overall social welfare expenditure for next year, and any such decision in relation to specific social welfare schemes will only be considered in the context of framing Budget 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (26 Sep 2013)

Joan Burton: As the Deputy will be aware, Intreo is the new integrated employment activation and supports service model delivering on the 'Pathways to Work' policy. The 'Pathways to Work' policy commits to the provision of more regular and on-going engagement and greater targeting of activation places and job opportunities for those who are unemployed. It also aims to increase engagement and incentivise...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (26 Sep 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 30th 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 have been received in the Social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Issues (26 Sep 2013)

Joan Burton: PRSI credited contributions (“credits”) 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Relations Contracts Expenditure (26 Sep 2013)

Joan Burton: The Department's press office deals with all media queries and public relations matters. No money has been spent by my Department on public relations consultancy during the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (26 Sep 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an invalidity pension appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 09th 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 have been...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (26 Sep 2013)

Joan Burton: The recently published Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) Thematic Report on the Elderly shows that, in 2011, as in 2010, the elderly had the lowest at risk of poverty rate when compared with other age groups. This was in contrast to 2004 when the elderly had the highest at risk of poverty rate. The at risk of poverty rate for people over 65 fell from 27.1% in 2004 to 9.7% in...