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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (24 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: Rulings of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the Insolvency Directive (2008/94) have implications for any defined benefit pension scheme where on the date of the wind up both the scheme and the employer are insolvent (double insolvency) and where the date of wind-up was after the date of the ECJ ruling in the UK Robins case of 25th January 2007. The Social Welfare and Pensions (No.2)...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (24 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 201 to 203, inclusive, together. There are currently approximately 800,000 people in Ireland in receipt of free travel at an annual cost of €77 million per annum. The free travel scheme is available to all people aged over 66 living permanently in the State. Applicants who are under age 66, including those with learning disabilities, must be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Activation Projects (24 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: The project to which the Deputy refers is one of 14 Disability Activation Projects (DACT), which are being jointly funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Department. The DACT projects commenced at the end of 2012 and will end on 30 April 2015, as the ESF portion of the funding was provided under the Human Capital Investment Operational Programme 2007- 2013 and this programme has...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (24 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: According to the Department’s records the person concerned has received the maximum amount payable in line with ENP guidelines.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (24 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: According to departmental records, the person concerned has received a payment in line with ENP guidelines.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (24 Feb 2015)

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 full-time employment. The 2015 Estimates for the Department provide for expenditure this year on the jobseekers’ schemes of €3.01 billion. In the case of persons aged under 25 years of age, the means test for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (24 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: An application for disability allowance (DA) from the person concerned was disallowed by a deciding officer (DO) on 4 February 2012 on the grounds that his weekly means exceeded the statutory limit allowable in his case. The person concerned was notified of that decision and the reasons for it on the same date. There is currently no DA application registered for the person concerned. If...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Registration of Births (24 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: Part 1 of the First Schedule to the Civil Registration Act 2004 sets out the required particulars to be entered in the Register of Births. These are as follows: Date and place of birth. Time of birth. Sex of child. Forename(s) and surname of child. Forename(s), surname, birth surname, address and occupation of mother. Former surname(s) (if any) of mother. Date of birth of mother....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Development Projects (24 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: The scheme in question has been sponsored and managed by the City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB). This Department was advised in December 2014 that, following a strategic review of all their services in the community, the CDETB had decided to wind up the community employment (CE) project that encompassed the Finglas Arts Project. To facilitate an orderly closure the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (24 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: A jobseeker’s payment is paid for days of unemployment where the person is not in receipt of holiday pay and satisfies the conditions of the scheme. School secretaries who are employed on a temporary basis and who have already been in contact with the Department are issued with a repeat jobseeker’s application form and holiday form in advance of the school holiday periods....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Relocation (24 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: As the Deputy will appreciate, as Minister I have no role or function in relation to the assignment of staff of the Department to particular offices or functions. For operational reasons in the context of the development of the Intreo services for clients from a number of areas the south of Dublin, the Department, decided to close its offices in Tara Street and Thomas Street and relocate the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (24 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for domiciliary care allowance in respect of three children on the 17th November 2014. The applications were not allowed as the children were not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance. A letter issued on the 18th February 2015 advising of these decisions. In the case of an application which was refused on medical grounds the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Applications (24 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: All liable relatives associated with every new One Parent Family (OFP) claim must be examined in accordance with the relevant legislation. The Department’s Maintenance Recovery Unit cannot pursue liable relatives who are living outside the Republic of Ireland, or those who cannot be traced based on the information provided by the parent claiming OFP. In certain cases, the Unit are...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (24 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 20th January 2015. This application has been forwarded to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors for their medical opinion. Following receipt of this opinion, a decision will be made by a Deciding Officer and notified to the person concerned. It can currently take 10 weeks to process...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions Payments (24 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: The over 80 allowance is an increase of €10 per week on the basic pension rate, which is automatically awarded to qualified pensioners on attaining 80 years of age. In the year ending 2014, the following were in receipt of the allowance at a total cost of approximately €75 million in a full year: - 71,070 State pension (contributory) pensioners, - 34,156 State pension...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (24 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 15 January 2015. 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 were received in the Social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff (24 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: The Department of Social Protection administers over 70 separate schemes and services serving a wide and diverse group of customers daily including families, people in employment, unemployed people, people with disabilities, carers, and older people. The overall aim of the Department is to provide people with the information, financial support and other services that they require in a timely...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: This is an important reforming legislation and as Tánaiste and leader of the Labour Party I have no hesitation in commending it to the House. As an independent State, our record in Ireland in dealing with children and in using the law to protect and enhance the lives and the rights of children has been patchy at best. There have been important pieces of progressive legislation, such as...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card Provision (25 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: The conditions for receipt of social welfare benefits, including Child Benefit, are provided for in social welfare legislation. These include a requirement to authenticate one’s identity on request and in the manner prescribed. The registration process to authenticate identity usually involves the capture of an individual’s photograph and signature and the verification of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (25 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an oral hearing of the appeal of the person concerned took place on 18 February 2015 and that the Appeals Officer is now considering the appeal in the light of all of the evidence submitted, including that adduced at the oral hearing. The person concerned will be notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision when the appeal has been...