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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The family income supplement (FIS) is designed to provide support for employees on low earnings with families. The definition of weekly family income for FIS purposes is provided for in Section 227 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (as amended). This section of the Act also defines the items, payable under the PAYE system, which are deductible from weekly family income in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. The department is required to carry out periodic reviews to confirm that recipients continue to satisfy the conditions for receipt of the pension. Following a review of the continued medical...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on the 2 June 2015. The application is currently being processed and once completed, the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: It is a condition for receipt of a carer’s allowance (CA) that a carer must be providing full-time care and attention to a person or persons who requires such care. The application for CA from the person concerned was refused as this condition was not satisfied. The person concerned was notified on 11 November 2014 of the decision, the reasons for it and of his right of review...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The application for carer’s allowance in respect of the person concerned was awarded on 24 June 2015 and the first payment was issued to the person’s nominated Post Office on 25 June 2015. Arrears of allowance due from 22 January 2015 to 24 June 2015 were issued by cheque.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 20 February 2015. This application was refused on the grounds that the person being cared for did not satisfy the medical conditions for the scheme. It is a condition for receipt of a carer’s allowance that the person being cared for must beso incapacitated as to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The person in question has been awarded a disability allowance payment with effect from 26 February 2014. First payment was on 1 July 2015 and any arrears due will follow shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 23rd June 2015, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: As the Deputy is aware, I have asked the department to update the forms in question to ensure that a neutral wording in relation to payment options is provided and to also ensure that one payment option is not favoured over another. These amendments will be carried out over the next number of weeks. My officials have already commenced preparatory work on this process and I expect this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department was notified by the Social Welfare Appeals Office on the 17 June 2015 that the appeal for the person in question was upheld and was deemed to be medically suitable for the scheme. Her file has been passed to a deciding officer to implement the appeals officers’ decision and the person concerned will be notified in writing once full entitlement has been...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 8th May 2015. The application is currently being processed and once completed, the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is in receipt of a jobseekers transition payment (JST). The person concerned has an entitlement of €177.80 per week having regard to her means from maintenance of €80.00 per week. In addition the person concerned has been informed, that there will be a deduction of €27.00 from her weekly JST payment in order to repay an overpayment that was assessed...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: Carer's allowance (CA) is a payment made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to certain people with disabilities and whose income falls below certain limits. The department informs me that there is no application for CA by the person concerned currently registered. However I have arranged for an application form (CR1) to issue, which the person concerned should...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for and had his application for carer’s allowance backdated to the 25 July 2013. Arrears of allowance due from the 25 July 2013 to 10th December 2014 were issued to the person’s nominated bank account on the 30 June 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Identity Card (8 Jul 2015)

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 Standard Authentication Framework Environment, or SAFE for short, also provided for the introduction...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been awarded invalidity pension with effect from the 09 April 2015. Payment will issue to his nominated bank account on the 16 July 2015. Any arrears due from 09 April 2015 to 15 July 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 06 July 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Reviews (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The overall concern of Government in its Budgets has been to protect the primary social welfare rates. Expenditure on pensions at approx. €6.675 billion is the largest block of expenditure in the Department in the Estimate for 2015, representing approx. 34.4% of overall expenditure. Because of demographic changes, the Department’s spending on older people is increasing year on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 29th May 2015, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Care Services Provision (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: Child care is recognised as an issue for all working parents including lone parents. Child care policy, including the delivery and/or expansion of childcare services, is the responsibility of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. Individuals can avail if required of the subsidised childcare supports provided by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. That Department...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The person in question has been awarded a disability allowance payment with effect from 11 February 2015. First payment was on 22 April 2015 and any arrears due will follow shortly.