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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (12 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: The department received an application for carer’s benefit from the person in question for one care recipient on the 27thMarch 2014. The person concerned was refused carer’s benefit on the grounds that PRSI conditions and employment conditions were not satisfied as laid down in carer’s benefit legislation. He was notified of this decision on the 13thMay 2014. The person...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Education and Training Provision (12 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned currently holds asylum seeker status and should contact local employment services office in Newbridge for further information.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (12 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: The Department of Social Protection has no record of any application for a PPS Number from the person mentioned. In order for a person to be allocated a PPS Number, she or he must verify his or her identity and also demonstrate the requirement for one to be issued, i.e., that a transaction with a specified public body is to be carried out. Generally, application for a PPS Number requires...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (12 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: Following on from receipt of a rent supplement application from this client, a request for further information issued from the Department on the 6thJune 2014. On receipt of this information, the application will be fully assessed and a decision notified to the client.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Education and Training Provision (12 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been invited to a meeting with a case officer this week in order to discuss the training options available to her.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (12 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: In accordance with Department of Social Protection guidelines all debts are pursed with the aim of recouping the debt within the shortest possible timeframe. To this end the Department may withhold all arrears due to a customer and implement weekly deductions of up to 15% of the personal rate without the written consent of the customer in order to recover a debt. As you are aware from...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (12 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: The jobseeker’s allowance for the person concerned was reviewed in April 2014. It is open to the person concerned to appeal this decision to the Social Welfare Appeals Office.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (12 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: The client concerned has not made application to the Department for rent supplement. An application has now issued to the client, who should complete same and return it to the Mid Leinster Rents Unit, PO Box 11758, Dublin 24 for assessment and reply.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (17 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: Under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, the Department may make a single exceptional needs payment (ENP) to help meet essential, once-off and unforeseen expenditure which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income. The Government has provided €31.3 million for the ENP scheme in 2014. There is no automatic entitlement to a payment...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (17 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 24th 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 12 weeks to process an application for DCA.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (17 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: The family income supplement (FIS) is an in-work support which provides an income top-up for employees on low earnings with children. FIS is designed to prevent child and family poverty and to offer a financial incentive to take-up employment as compared to social welfare payments. There are currently some 44,000 families with some 99,000 children in receipt of FIS. Expenditure on FIS is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (17 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 316 and 384 together. In July 2013 the Government approved the introduction of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP). Under HAP, responsibility for recipients of rent supplement with a long-term housing need will transfer from the Department of Social Protection to housing authorities. Officials are working closely with those in the lead Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (17 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned made an application for rent supplement on 21stMarch 2014. She was requested by the Rents Unit to provide further specified information and documentation in order that her claim could be processed. A letter reminding the person concerned that this information was still outstanding was issued in April 2014 but no response was received, and a further reminder was sent on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (17 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is not eligible to participate on a community employment scheme at this time. Casual jobseekers can only have worked less than 90 days within the previous 36 months or 30 days within the last 12 months to be eligible for community employment. The person concerned has worked 93 days in the last 36 months and 31 days in the past 12 months. He is, therefore, ineligible...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Data (17 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: Information relating to a claimant's address is not currently coded to the geographical location of the address. As such it is not possible to accurately report persons on the live register living in a particular area at present. Location information in respect of people on the live register is however recorded on the basis of the local office/intreo centre which is used to serve their...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (17 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: At the outset, I should point out that the financial supports available to carers in Ireland, are among the highest rates of income support in Europe, and overall expenditure on carers has increased significantly in recent years. In 2014 it is estimated to be €806 million, compared to €773m in 2012. In relation to rates, the Government has protected core social welfare rates...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Reform (17 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: At the outset, the Deputy may wish to note that the terms and conditions of employment of civil and public servants, including the age at which they may be required to retire, and the public service pension they may qualify for, are the responsibility of my colleague, Mr Brendan Howlin, T.D. Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The Social Welfare and Pensions Act, 2011 provides that...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Reform (17 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: Child benefit is currently being paid to over 600,000 families in respect of over 1.16 million children on a universal basis. The cost of administration of the scheme is in the order of €7.5 million per annum. The Department has not estimated the cost of administration of means testing the scheme as no decision has been taken to introduce means testing to the scheme. Any decision...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (17 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: As part of the Budget 2012 measures, new entrants to the Community Employment (CE) scheme who commenced on or after 16 January 2012 were disqualified from simultaneously receiving their original social welfare payment and CE allowances under Section 12 of the Social Welfare Act 2011 (dual payments). This measure only affected those new CE entrants in receipt of One Parent Family Payment,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (17 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: The Government published a National Carers’ Strategy in 2012 to signal its commitment to recognizing and respecting carers as key care partners and to respond to their needs, across a number of policy areas. The Department, in meeting its commitments under this Strategy, provides a range of income supports to assist with the financial burden of caring. These include Carer's...