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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 19th June 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 12 weeks to process an...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The appeal of the person concerned against a refusal of carer’s allowance (CA) has been allowed and the application was awarded on 9 July 2015. The first payment of CA is due to issue to the nominated bank on 16 July 2015. The arrears of allowance due from 3 April 2014 to 15 July 2015 will also issue on that date. The person in question was notified of these details on 9 July 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Appointments to State Boards (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: For the Deputy's information, in accordance with Government policy, my Department, through the Public Appointments Service (PAS), advertises for board vacancies as they arise where I as Minister for Social Protection have nominating rights. Applications are made through the dedicated website www.stateboards.ie and an assessment process is undertaken by PAS leading to the creation of a list of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Funding (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The total current and capital funding allocated to the Department of Social Protection in 2015 and the year to date provisional position to the end of June 2015 is outlined in the table. YTD position to end of June 2015 - 2015 REV Estimate spend profile variance variance spend as % of estimate €m €m €m €m % % Current 19,353 9,777 9,688 89 0.9% 50.5%...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: My Department serves a wide and diverse group of customers including families, people in employment, unemployed people, people with disabilities, carers, older people and employers. The Department administers over 70 separate schemes and services which impact on the lives of almost every person in the State. The full range of online services which are currently available to customers is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for disability allowance from the above named person on 26 June 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: Child Benefit Administration (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: As part of the review process associated with the child benefit scheme a system generated continuing eligibility certificate was automatically issued to the person concerned on the 29 June 2015. The issue of this continuing eligibility certificate although it coincided with the claim review referred to had no relationship to that review and had been set to issue in any event as part of a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Reports (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The 2014 Annual Report of the Department of Social Protection was laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas on 22 May 2015, and was published on the 25 May 2015. The 2014 Annual Report is available for download on the Department’s website at .

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 106 and 107 together. An initiative was announced in Budget 2015 in October 2014 to assist those in receipt of the Household Benefits Package and the Fuel Allowance Scheme from my Department with water costs. This would have involved a payment of €25 per quarter to approx. 660,000 customers at an estimated cost of €66 million in 2015. On 18...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Postal Services (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: Increasing the scale by which State payments are delivered directly into a client’s bank account is a key objective of a number of Government policies. These include the National Payments Plan, the Department’s Payment Strategy, the Public Sector Reform Plan, the e-Government Strategy and other Government policies. These policies support improved customer service, reflect...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: Self-employed persons who earn €5,000 or more in a contribution year are liable for PRSI at the class S rate of 4%, subject to a minimum payment of €500, and are entitled to access long-term social insurance benefits such as State pension (contributory) and widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's pension (contributory) as well as guardians payment (contributory),...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: In order to qualify for jobseeker’s benefit a person must satisfy certain conditions. The governing legislation sets out certain circumstances where it is possible for a person to be engaged in insurable employment or self-employment and still satisfy the unemployment condition. One of these circumstances is where the person has what is defined as ‘subsidiary...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (16 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 23rdJune 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 and is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned has been referred to an Appeals Officer 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 and is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The Department of Social Protection does not seek or receive personal details from the Health Service Executive in order to establish Social Welfare entitlements.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank you and the members of the committee for the invitation to be here today. In my written statement, I've set out in detail my analysis of the causes of the banking crisis. In brief, I agree with the assessment in the Regling and Watson report that while the crisis, clearly, had an international dimension, this was very much, unfortunately, a...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: Well, Deputy, for a number of reasons. First of all, the Labour Party manifesto was very much prepared in conjunction with other Labour Party colleagues, including, obviously, the then leader of the Labour Party, Deputy Rabbitte. But in the documents that you sent me, I just want to highlight two quotes from the ESRI reports which, when I read, just brought me back to the atmosphere of that...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: Sorry, sorry, I am answering your question.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: Actually, I have, Deputy.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: Sorry, Deputy, am I allowed to answer?