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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (13 May 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 8thApril 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (13 May 2015)

Joan Burton: The State pension (contributory) is a very valuable benefit and is the bedrock of the Irish pension system. Therefore, it is important to ensure that those qualifying have made a sustained contribution to the Social Insurance Fund over their working lives. To ensure that the individual can maximise their entitlement to a State pension, all contributions paid over their working life from...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (13 May 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for disability allowance from the above named person on 16 April 2015. On completion of the necessary investigations on all aspects of the claim a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome. The processing time for individual disability allowance claims may vary in accordance with...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (13 May 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been awarded invalidity pension with effect from the 05 February 2015. Payment will issue to his nominated bank account on the 28 May 2015. Any arrears due from 05 February 2015 to 27 May 2015 (less any overlapping social welfare payment and/or outstanding overpayment) will issue in due course. The person in question was notified of this decision on the 12 May 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (13 May 2015)

Joan Burton: In order to have the rate of recovery of their overpayment reviewed, the person in question should forward a proposal on the amount of repayment they consider to be appropriate and affordable. In support of this proposal they should submit relevant details of their income and outgoings. These details should be forwarded to Debt Recovery Unit, Department of Social Protection, Government...

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: I welcome our friends from the Bundestag in Germany. We had a banking collapse, which people know happened on the watch of the Deputy's party and cost the country much money. We are in the process of recovering much of that. Nonetheless, a strong element in the portfolio of lending built up by the banks comprises tracker mortgages on which the banks are losing money. Part of the action of...

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: However, they do have a problem in relation to tracker mortgages and anyone who looks at the issue must consider all of the problems faced by the banks.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: Well, Timmy, you seem to be a bit of a Clare Bourbon. I do not know how much Deputy Dooley remembers and how much he has forgotten, but he certainly seems to have learned very little. Ireland needs a banking system that functions properly.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: When we came into office, we faced the depredations of Fianna Fáil which its representatives seem, like the Bourbons in France, to have forgotten completely.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: Deputy Dooley is the Clare version of it. Deputy Dooley said he wants a properly functioning banking system.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: I am not sure Fianna Fáil is converted to that idea yet, but it is absolutely critical.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: What we have in this country are banks with two particular portfolios of mortgages; tracker mortgages and variable rate mortgages.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: I hope some of the bankers are listening. I know Fianna Fáil invited them in when it was in government.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: The bankers were in there on the evenings the fatal decisions were made that wrecked the banks. That was Fianna Fáil's contribution to what happened. When it comes to the banks, I do not expect them to fetch up being grateful to the Irish people as they seem to have collective amnesia at times.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: Fianna Fáil arranged a mortgage called the promissory note of €30 billion for this country, which was to be paid within ten years.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: By the way, Fianna Fáil took an interest holiday on the first two years, which were the last two years of its Government, and left us to renegotiate that.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: When it comes to renegotiating better deals for our taxpayers in relation to banking, we have done so with the promissory notes. People from Fianna Fáil and other parties told us the changes would not work but they have ended up saving the country an enormous amount of money.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: As we resolve this issue with the banks, the people who are paying those rates will receive reductions. If they do not, there are other mechanisms. One of those is a levy, but there are others as well.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: I am resolved to see that if the banks continue to turn a deaf ear to the discussion that is ongoing, expressed by both the Minister for Finance and the Central Bank, those banks will have to face other consequences.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: First, I also express my sympathy with the families who lost children and who very bravely met the Minister over a prolonged period yesterday in Portlaoise. I understand from media reports that they told him their personal stories.