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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (1 May 2014)

Joan Burton: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme/intervention designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons (including lone parents, recovering drug misusers and those with a disability) with an opportunity to engage in useful part-time work within their communities on a temporary, fixed-term basis. CE helps unemployed people to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Dismissals (1 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned, who was an employee of the Department for 23 years, was suspended on full pay from the 25thOctober 2011 until his dismissal from the Civil Service on the 22ndFebruary 2013. All entitlements due to the person concerned were considered in full at the time of his dismissal and were paid accordingly. No arrears in respect of overtime or untaken annual leave were due for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (1 May 2014)

Joan Burton: Legislation provides that penalties in the form of reduced payments may be imposed by a Deciding Officer where clients fail, without good cause, to comply with activation measures. Activation measures include the requirement to attend group or individual meetings, and/or avail of suitable education, training or development opportunities, or specified employment programmes ( e.g. Community...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (1 May 2014)

Joan Burton: Legislation provides that penalties in the form of reduced payments may be imposed by a Deciding Officer where clients fail, without good cause, to comply with activation measures. Activation measures include the requirement to attend group or individual meetings, and/or avail of suitable education, training or development opportunities, or specified employment programmes, which are...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (1 May 2014)

Joan Burton: JobBridge is a voluntary scheme and sanctions are not applicable where a jobseeker decides not to avail of it. Therefore, no penalty rates or reductions have applied to date for failure to avail of the scheme. Under the Youth Guarantee Implementation Plan, the Department is developing a variant of the JobBridge scheme for the most disadvantaged young people. Under this variant,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (1 May 2014)

Joan Burton: Gateway is a work placement initiative for county and city councils. The initiative aims to improve the employability and maintain the work readiness of those who have been unemployed for 24 months or more. Similar to Tús, participants are selected by a random process conducted by the Department from those persons in receipt of a jobseekers allowance payment for 24 months or more....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (1 May 2014)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 and 96 together. A host organisation is permitted to reimburse an intern for out of pocket expenses incurred as part of the internship. However, expenses should not be provided for normal activities such as travel to and from the intern's base and normal personal expenditure. Payments other than out of pocket expenses by a host organisation are likely to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Statistics (1 May 2014)

Joan Burton: It is not possible to provide a breakdown of the number of companies that have made applications for statutory redundancy payments from the Department. However, details in relation to the number of persons in respect of whom applications were received are being compiled at present. This information will be sent to the Deputy in writing as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (1 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned together with the relevant Departmental papers were received by that office on 27 February 2014 and that the case was referred to an Appeals Officer on 28 April 2014 who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Oifigí Leasa Shóisialaigh (1 May 2014)

Joan Burton: Níl aon cinneadh déanta oifig leasa shóisialaigh a oscailt i nGaeltacht Chonamara. Tá seirbhís ar fáil anois ó oifigí na Roinne i gcathair na Gaillimhe agus sa Chlochán. Tá baill foirne sna hoifigí sin atá in ann seirbhís Ghaeilge a chur ar fáil agus beidh sé sin amhlaidh feasta. Féadann custaiméirí...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (1 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on the 7thApril 2014 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (1 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The client should apply for a housing needs assessment from the Local Authority within the area of Dublin he wishes to reside. Once a housing need is verified and the client is placed on the housing list, he can seek private rented accommodation within this local authority area and be assisted with a rent supplement allowance.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (1 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on the 31stMarch 2014 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (1 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned does not have a current pending application for jobseeker’s allowance registered with this Department. A previous application dated 18 December 2013 was disallowed on the basis that the person concerned did not demonstrate that her means were not in excess of the prescribed limit. She did not appeal the decision. It is open to the person concerned to submit a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (1 May 2014)

Joan Burton: No application has been received by the relevant rent Unit of the Department. Should the client wish to make application they may contact the Unit directly (contact details supplied below) to discuss the eligibility criteria for rent supplement.Email: Fax: 01 4131018 Lo-call:1890 800 698

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Payments (1 May 2014)

Joan Burton: Invalidity Pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and who satisfy the contribution conditions. The person concerned was awarded IP with effect from 18 April 2013 at a weekly rate of €193.50 and an additional €20.00 per week during the fuel allowance season. The person concerned has an outstanding balance of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Appeals (1 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The Department has no record of having received an application for Guardian’s payment from the person concerned. In order to examine their possible entitlement, the person concerned should complete and submit an application form for Guardian’s payment. An application form can be requested by telephoning LoCall 1890 66 22 44 or can be downloaded from the Department’s...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (1 May 2014)

Joan Burton: An application from the person concerned for disability allowance, based upon the evidence submitted, was refused on medical grounds and the person concerned was notified in writing of this decision on 1 April 2014. In the letter notifying the person concerned of the decision, the available options of seeking a review by a deciding officer or of appealing the decision to the Social Welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (1 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned met with a case officer from the Employment Services, Maynooth on Tuesday 29 April 2014. A further appointment has been arranged for Thursday 8 May 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Applications (1 May 2014)

Joan Burton: According to the records of this Department, the person concerned has not submitted an application for a one parent family allowance. She is currently in receipt of a basic supplementary welfare allowance. If she feels she meets the criteria for receipt of the one parent family payment she can submit an application and her entitlement will be assessed.