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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: Jobseeker’s allowance is a means-based social assistance scheme for unemployed people in respect of a week of unemployment, which is defined in law as a period of four days of unemployment in seven consecutive days. A person working five days per week would not satisfy this condition and jobseeker’s allowance would not be payable. The social welfare system provides a number...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned will receive her final one parent family payment on the 26thof June. The family income support payment will be increased as a result of the termination of one parent family. This change will happen automatically.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 458 and 465 together. You will appreciate that it is not appropriate for me to comment on matters relating to an individual pension scheme. Defined benefit pension schemes in Ireland are generally established under trust and the trustees of such pension schemes have a fiduciary duty under Trust Law toact in the best interests of all scheme members. A member...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 7th April 2014. This application has been forwarded to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors for their medical opinion. Upon receipt of this opinion, a decision will be made and notified to the person concerned. It can currently take 10 weeks to process an application for DCA.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Cessation (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: I can confirm that FÁS did not make funding available to pay enhanced redundancy to community employment supervisors in circumstances where a sponsor closed the project on its own initiative.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, has decided to disallow the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The application, based upon the evidence submitted, was refused on means grounds and the person concerned was notified in writing of this decision and the reason(s) for it on 9 April 2014. If the person has further information he wishes to submit his claim will be sent to a social welfare investigator for review.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 464 and 473 together. As the person concerned has been on a career break from his previous employment, he has been contacted and asked to supply a letter from his employer stating that they currently have no position to offer him. A decision on his jobseeker’s allowance application can be made as soon as this information is received.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: New applications for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) continue to be processed in the Department since the judgement referred to was delivered. However, scheduled eligibility reviews of DCA claims already in payment, which have not been carried out since the review of the administration of the scheme was announced in May 2012, remain suspended pending further consideration of the judgement...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Work Allowance Eligibility (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has the requisite claim paid days on the live register. However for all other eligibility conditions he must contact his local office who can advise him in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The Carer’s Allowance Scheme is administered from the Department’s offices in Longford. Claims are referred by Carer’s Allowance Section to local Social Welfare Inspectors to carry out means assessments and reviews. The Balbriggan Inspectorate does not currently have a significant backlog of Carer’s Allowance applications for assessment or review. There are...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 27th January 2014. The application is currently with a social welfare investigative officer for assessment of means and confirmation that all the conditions for receipt of carer’s allowance are satisfied. The person in question also submitted additional information on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Applications (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers. This includes ensuring that applications are processed and that decisions on entitlement are made as quickly as possible. In the case of Family Income Supplement (FIS) the Department has been working to build an awareness of the scheme through its engagement with employers and jobseekers and through the use of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: Any individual who incurs an overpayment from the Department of Social Protection has a liability under law to refund the amount involved. They have received monies to which they were not entitled and every effort will be made to recover the amounts due through all available means. The overpayment in question is currently being recovered at the rate of €20 per week.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (28 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 27thMarch 2014. 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 to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Death Certificates Issues (28 May 2014)

Joan Burton: I have made enquiries in relation to this case with the General Register Office and have been informed that the death has not yet been registered. A death may only be registered in the Register of Deaths in Ireland on foot of a certificate from a registered medical practitioner or a Coroner's certificate.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (28 May 2014)

Joan Burton: JobBridge Internships are open to jobseekers who have been in receipt of an eligible Social Welfare payment (Jobseekers Allowance, Jobseekers Benefit, One Parent Family Payment, Disability Benefit) or signing for credits for 3 months (78 days) out of the previous 6 months. The scheme has been launched in this targeted way to allocate scarce exchequer resources to make maximum impact for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (28 May 2014)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 and 78 together. Given the scale of unemployment levels, the key objective of activation policy and labour market initiatives is to offer assistance to those most in need of support in securing work and achieving financial self-sufficiency. This policy objective prioritises scarce resources to those in receipt of qualifying welfare payments. Accordingly...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance schemes provide income support for people who have lost work and are unable to find alternative employment. The revised estimates for the Department of Social Protection provide for expenditure of €3.3bn in 2014 in respect of the jobseeker's schemes. Subject to scheme conditions, and as is the case in respect of a range of other...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Semi-State Bodies (28 May 2014)

Joan Burton: There are no commercial semi-State organisations operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection.