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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Widow's Pension Appeals (4 Nov 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 appeal was disallowed on the basis that the contribution conditions applying to the scheme were not satisfied. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: When determining the amount of jobseeker’s allowance payable, earnings from employment are assessable, including income derived from polling day duties, regardless of whether the earnings belong to the customer or to a qualified adult. In the case of income from this employment source, the earnings are assessed after a daily disregard of €20 is applied for a maximum of 3 days a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Review (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The Government made clear in the “Statement of Government Priorities, 2014-2016” that it is committed to the full retention of the Free Travel Scheme. The Free Travel Scheme provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for approximately 800,000 people, elderly, disabled and carers. Funding for the Free Travel Scheme was capped by the previous...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Investigations (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 155 and 210 together. This matter is the subject of ongoing investigation in the Department. It would not be appropriate for me to comment on the likely outcome of these investigations at this stage.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The initiative to which the Deputy refers is the EmployAbility service - an employment service dedicated to improving employment outcomes for job seekers with a disability. The service was originally established in 2000 under the aegis of An Foras Áiseanna Saothair (FAS) and was formerly known as the Supported Employment Programme. Responsibility for the programme transferred to the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: To qualify for Water Support a person must be in receipt of either the Household Benefits Package or in receipt of fuel allowance from the Department. As Job Initiative Scheme participants do not meet the criteria for either of these measures, they also do not meet the criteria to receive Water Support.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (4 Nov 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 allow 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 Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 7th April 2014. This application was referred to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors who did not consider that the child met the medical criteria for the allowance. A letter issued on the 5th July 2014 outlining the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance. The person...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: Domiciliary care allowance (DCA) is payable in respect of qualified children to age 16 years, after which they may apply for disability allowance (DA) in their own right. The DCA review group made a recommendation in its report that the age limit for DCA should be extended to 18 years for all qualified children, with entitlement to DA starting from age 18 years. The report was published in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (4 Nov 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 14thJuly 2014. 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: Carer's Allowance Applications (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 11th June 2014. The application was sent to a social welfare investigative officer for assessment of means. The onus is on all applicants to cooperate with the Department and to demonstrate that his/her means are below the statutory limit for the scheme in question. The...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (4 Nov 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 1stOctober 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 papers have been received from the Department, the case in question will be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card Registration (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The Department of Social Protection has developed, in conjunction with a number of other Government Departments, a rules based standard for establishing and authenticating an individual’s identity for the purposes of access to public services. This programme of work, which is known as the Standard Authentication Framework Environment or SAFE for short, also provided for the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (4 Nov 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 allow 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 Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Appeals (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, decided to disallow the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision. The Appeals Officer’s decision issued in November 2013. Following the submission of additional evidence the Appeals Officer has set aside his decision and has re-opened...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: I am informed that the Department has no trace of an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question. If the person in question wishes to apply for carer’s allowance, she should complete and return an application form CR1 to the Department as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (4 Nov 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 16thOctober 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 papers have been received from the Department, the case in question will be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: Child benefit is a universal payment made to families with children. It assists those families with the cost associated with raising children. It is paid to almost 1,200,000 children in over 600,000 families. The estimated expenditure in 2014 will be €1.9 billion. Child benefit is of crucial importance to families, particularly middle-income families. For that reason, child benefit...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The appeal for the person in question was allowed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office and the application for an increase in respect of a second care recipient was awarded on the 9th September 2014. Arrears of allowance due from 27th March 2014 to 10th September 2014 were issued to the bank on 18th September 2014. The person in question was notified of this decision on 9th September 2014...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 13thMay 2014. 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...