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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (28 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: It is understood that the Deputy is enquiring about employment supports that can be accessed by jobseekers while they are on the JobPath programme. JobPath will deliver some of the Government’s employment services aimed specifically at the long-term unemployed and those most distant from the labour market. It will be delivered by private/third party contractors on a payment by results...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (28 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on the 10th December 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 papers have been received from the Department, the case in question...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility (28 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: There is no record of an application for an exceptional needs payment from the person concerned. However, an officer from the Department will call to the person concerned to assess eligibility for a payment.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (28 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: As outlined previously to the Deputy in Parliamentary Question 45021-13 on 23rd of October 2013 the person concerned is in receipt of full entitlement. As the Deputy is aware changes in Budget 2014 increased the minimum contribution towards Rent and Mortgage Interest Supplement for couples by €5 per week, from €35 to €40 for new and existing recipients. This equates to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (28 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was received in that office on the 30th September 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. These were requested from the Department on 6th November 2013.. When these papers...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Appeals (28 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was previously in receipt of a one-parent family payment. An annual review form was issued to her on 11th November 2013 for completion, however, the form was not returned. On 2nd December 2013 her payment was suspended and as she did not make any contact with her local office, her claim was subsequently closed on 17th December 2013. The person concerned submitted a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Data (28 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: A total of 410,725 live register claims were closed 2013. Information relating to the total number who found full-time or part-time employment is not available in my Department. However, the breakdown of closure reasons as offered by people when they signed off is set out in the attached tabular statement along with the duration of their claim on exiting the live register. In relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Bodies (28 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The Department, as part of its overall governance systems has an Audit Committee which operates under a written charter (or rules). There are currently five members, three of whom are external to the Department. One of the external members is chairperson to the committee. Members are not required to hold a professional qualification but in line with the recommendations of the Mullarkey...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (28 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 431 to 434, inclusive, together. The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income support to assist with reasonable accommodation costs of eligible people living in private rented accommodation who are unable to provide for their accommodation costs from their own resources and who do not have accommodation available to them from...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (28 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of the number of appeals currently on hand and the average waiting time for each category of social welfare payment is contained in the table below. The average processing time for all appeals peaked in 2011 at 52.5 weeks for an oral hearing and 25.1 weeks for a summary decision. In 2012, processing times improved by 10.3 weeks when the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (28 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the deputy is detailed in the tabular statement. Claim applications for State Pension Non- Contributory and State Pension Contributory 2011, 2012 and 2013. Scheme 2011 2012 2013 State Pension (Non-Contributory) 7,344 9,035 9,429 State Pension (Contributory) 36,281 35,198 39,215

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (28 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: I established the Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare in 2011 to harness expert opinion and experience to address a number of specific issues around the interaction of the tax and social protection systems, recommend cost-effective solutions as to how employment incentives can be improved and better poverty outcomes achieved. The Advisory Group is currently progressing its final module...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (28 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy is not segregated from the total number of jobseekers allowance claims pending decision, which I am informed was 10,148 at the end of December 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Data (28 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the tabular statement. Live Register Year end and average for 2011, 2012 and 2013 - 2011 2012 2013 Total Live Register 434,784 423,733 395,411 Change from previous year -2,295 -11,051 -28,322 Percentage change over the previous year -0.5% -2.5% -6.7% Monthly Average for the Year 444,905 436,254 418,950

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (28 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 5th April 2013. This application was referred to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors, who provided an opinion that the child was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on the 5th June 2013 advising of the decision to disallow the application. The person concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card (28 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The Public Services Card (PSC) has been introduced to enable individuals 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. The PSC is designed to replace other cards within the public sector such as the free travel pass and the social services card of this Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Appointments to State Boards (28 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Board, the Pensions Ombudsman (which does not have a board) and the Social Welfare Tribunal. Details of appointments to the Boards over the last three years are set out in the following table: Agency/Board Number of appointments made as a result of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Consultancy Contracts Data (28 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: My Department engages a range of consultants (individuals or organisations) to provide intellectual or knowledge based services (expert analysis and advice). The majority of consultancy expertise is to support the Department in implementing a multi-annual service delivery modernisation (SDM) programme to enhance the efficiency and quality of delivery of services to the customer. This...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (29 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: According to the records of this Department there are currently no applications pending for an exceptional needs payment in the case of the person concerned. It is open to the person concerned to make such an application to her local Community Welfare Service.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has completed 221 weeks to date on Community Employment (CE) and is currently a participant on Sandymount CE Scheme. Prior to his commencement on Community Employment he was in receipt of Job Seekers Allowance to the value of €342.60 with additional Fuel allowance of €20.00 which totals to €362.60 per week. The calculation of his entitlement on CE...