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Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: I understand that is expected later this year.

Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: I understand the legislation may be later this year. The protocol I mentioned in response to earlier questions from the Sinn Féin deputy leader is working very well and has now been extended throughout the country.

Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: As the Deputy knows, we have committed €4 billion, probably the largest amount of funding in the history of the State, to a social house building programme. That will be critical in addressing the kind of housing need about which the Deputy is speaking.

Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: As I said before, I understand that Bill will come before the Government in the next few weeks.

Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: I understand the heritage (amendment) Bill will be later this year. The Deputy asked a detailed question about points around the country. I suggest he take that up directly with the Minister. I can answer on a few points, but I cannot answer for every location in the country.

Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: I understand the concerns expressed in the Deputy's area.

Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: I do not have those details available to me now.

Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: The Bill will come before the Dáil in the next period of time. I do not have an exact date.

Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: I was very happy to attend a ceremony in the ESB for the launch of its programme to train 300 apprentices and to meet some of the young people involved in taking on the apprenticeships. It is a great sign of recovery in the economy to see the ESB taking on 300 apprentices. I understand the Minister of State, Deputy English, is awaiting submissions on the apprenticeship council and he will...

Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: I do not have a date for publication on the Aarhus Convention Bill.

Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: As the Deputy is aware, SOLAS is seeking proposals on new areas of apprenticeships. In Ireland we have a very confined number of traditional apprenticeships whereas other countries have a much wider range of apprenticeships. With the establishment of the apprenticeship council, SOLAS and the apprenticeship council are entering discussions and receiving submissions regarding broadening it...

Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: I do not have a date for that as yet.

Membership of Committees: Motion (26 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: I move:That Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy be discharged from the Select Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht and that Deputy Helen McEntee be appointed in substitution for her. That Deputy Helen McEntee be appointed to the Select sub-Committee on Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Respite Care Grant Eligibility (26 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: The respite care grant (RCG) is an annual payment made to full-time carers who satisfy certain conditions. The grant is payable automatically to carers who are in receipt of carer’s allowance on the first Thursday in June of the relevant year. The person in question was not paid a RCG for 2014 automatically because their carer’s allowance was awarded from 11thSeptember 2014...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (26 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: As explained in the previous answer to the Deputy’s question (PQ 6583-15), because the person concerned was not in receipt of a jobseeker’s payment immediately prior to the commencement date of her course in September 2014, her application for BTEA cannot be approved. There is no new information available apparent that would give rise to a reconsideration of this decision,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Magdalen Laundries (26 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: Details of the Social Welfare Regulations Statutory Instruments 155, 156 and 157 of 2014 were circulated to all staff of the Department of Social Protection in April 2014 through a number of information channels. These Regulations extend the list of compensation payments that are to be disregarded for the purposes of the means test applying to social assistance payments and also the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (26 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: There are arrears due to the person concerned. However, as the person has an overpayment outstanding, on 23 February 2015 the Department has written to hm with proposals for the recovery of the overpayment and the releasing of his arrears. His comments have been invited and will be considered before any decisions are made by the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Living Alone Allowance (26 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: According to the records of the Department, the application from the person concerned for invalidity pension was disallowed as the qualifying conditions were not satisfied. Instead, the person concerned qualified for disability allowance including an increase for living alone. In 2007, while in receipt of disability allowance, the person concerned applied for and was awarded state pension...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (26 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 17th February 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (26 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 5th January 2015. 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...