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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Poverty (9 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The indicator of poverty used in the UNICEF report is misleading and does not capture the actual level of child poverty in Ireland using official indicators. The official indicator of poverty in Ireland is consistent poverty. The rate of consistent poverty for children in 2013 was 11.7 per cent, based on official statistics from the Central Statistics Office. This compares with an average of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pay Related Social Insurance (9 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: Employee PRSI is not charged where weekly earnings are €352 or less. Where weekly earnings exceed €352, employees become liable to pay PRSI which is charged at the rate of 4% on all earnings. The fact that PRSI is charged on all income once the €352 threshold is exceeded causes what is referred to as the “step effect”. The Department is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Commissions of Investigation (9 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 277 to 279, inclusive, together. No commissions of investigations have been established by my Department since the Commissions of Investigation Act, 2004, came into effect or during the term of the current Government. Accordingly, the completion and publishing of reports of such investigations does not arise.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (10 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 10th December 2014. The person concerned was refused carers allowance on the grounds that the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full time care and attention as prescribed in regulations. She was notified on the 27th of February 2015 of this decision, the reason...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (10 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: On the basis of your representations, a review of the entitlement of the person concerned is currently being processed. The person concerned will be notified in writing when a decision has been made.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (10 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm the department received an application for disability allowance which was refused on medical grounds. Notification of this decision issued on 5 January 2015. Subsequently, the person concerned submitted an appeal to the social welfare appeals office. Notification that the appeal was allowed was received by the department on 5 June 2015. The file will be assigned to a deciding...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (10 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received applications for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 12th March 2015. The applications are currently being processed and once completed, the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (10 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: An application was received from the person concerned on 20/5/2015 for a rent supplement based on a rent of €900 per month. The person concerned presented as a single person having recently moved from accommodation for which he had been receiving a rent supplement. According to the records of this Department the person concerned did not make contact or provide any reasons for leaving...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (10 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: No application for disability allowance has been made to date by the person concerned. I have issued an application form for disability allowance today to the person in question. He should complete the application form and return it in the envelope provided, upon the receipt of which, his entitlement to a disability allowance payment will be examined.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Citizen Information Services (10 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The Citizens Information Service operated a LoCall telephone service for a number of years. Due to the deregulation of the telephony market and the introduction of different packages and plans for residential customers, as well as the rise in numbers of people owning mobile phones, the costs to customers of calling this LoCall service could vary and in most cases were proving expensive. ...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: Every hospital management has to be alerted to the issue of elderly patients being on trolleys for unacceptably long periods of time, which was mentioned by the Deputy. I know the Minister is absolutely determined to ensure such cases should not actually occur. I want to sympathise with those affected by the recent cases, including their families. As the Deputy knows, €5 million is...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: These decisions are made for medical and business reasons by the doctors' practices and the many medical companies that are involved in this sector nowadays. Very good progress has been made with this initiative, which has been discussed in this country over a long period of time. The number of GPs signing up has actually been very good in my constituency and in most of the suburbs on the...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The task force on overcrowding and trolleys in hospitals and emergency departments has been allocated an additional €74 million to ease the difficulties. It is not acceptable to have somebody of an advanced age on a trolley for anything longer than a number of hours. This is something that hospital management must address. Anybody who has experience of waiting with an elderly person...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: I invite the Deputy as a health spokesperson to go and see the building, which is more than 50% complete.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: That is what will deliver primary health care around the country.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: Furthermore, for all those parents of the 270,000 children who are going to benefit from the general practitioner medical card, it will ensure that those children, from birth to six years of age, will have a very good primary health care service through GPs.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The Deputy has a difficulty because it has taken time. During his party’s period in charge of the Health Service Executive, which his party leader helped to create, notwithstanding the funding that was available-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: -----and throwing money at the problem, the outcomes were much less than those now being achieved.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: If the Deputy goes back over the history of mother and child health care in this country, to the period of Dr. Noël Browne, it has always been necessary and appropriate to negotiate with GPs.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: My message to GPs around the country is to engage with the HSE and to give the 270,000 children-----