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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (8 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: As detailed to the Deputy in reply to Parliamentary Question No 48 of 24th September 2015, the client concerned was requested on 26 March 2015, to provide the Department with current payslips, a Rent Supplement application form and an up to date lease agreement confirming any increase in monthly rent. This documentation has not, to date, been received by the Department. On receipt of same...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Appeals (8 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: As outlined in reply to the Deputy’s question No. 33251-15 of 29 September 2015, the person concerned undertook to provide written confirmation of the loan she received to pay the bill. This documentation remains outstanding to date. On receipt of same, a decision on the application can be made.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (8 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The client concerned should make an application to be assessed for entitlement to Rent Supplement to the Mid-Leinster Rent Unit, Po Box 11758, Dublin 24. It should be noted Rent Supplement is not payable where a person or their spouse/partner is in full-time employment of 30 hours or more per week.

Deaths of Garda and Members of the Traveller Community: Expressions of Sympathy (13 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: As Tánaiste and on behalf of the Labour Party, I want to express my deepest sympathies to the families who have lost their loved ones in the terrible tragedies at Carrickmines and Omeath. This was a truly horrific weekend, a desperate weekend that affected not just one family or one community or many and it was all the more heartbreaking because it took place against a weekend which was...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax (13 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: Can we persuade the Deputy?

Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax (13 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: We have had this debate on cigarettes on many occasions in the House. I have been at odds on many occasions with Deputy Finian McGrath but I favour measures to cut down smoking to the maximum level possible as a society. Anybody who visits hospices and sees the suffering, the pain and the difficulties people go through would certainly see that smoking causes extraordinarily difficult health...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax (13 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: On those ones alone it comes to €270, which is more than €5 a week. The Deputy is clearly locked in here in the Leinster House bubble and has not seen that there are significant improvements. We have not made all the improvements that we would like. That is on the increases in payments alone.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax (13 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: In addition, for people who are on FIS there is an increase of €5 for the first child and €10 for the subsequent children. We also have the disregard for the jobseeker's transitional arrangements. So there are very specific measures. I would certainly hope that as little as possible of the increase in payments to lone parents or anyone else on social welfare would be spent on...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax (13 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: Pricing is a deterrent and the more people we can deter from smoking, the better for everyone involved.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Qualified Child Increase Payments (13 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The full year cost of increasing the weekly rate of the Qualified Child Increase by €5, €10 and €15 in 2016 is €94 million, €187 million and €281 million, respectively.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Payments (13 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is currently in receipt of a farm assist payment. Based on new information received a review of the means involved will be carried out by a social welfare inspector in due course as part of the inspector’s caseload.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications (13 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for a supplementary welfare allowance payment towards clothing on 5thNovember, 2014. This application was refused as no exceptional need was considered to exist. The person concerned was informed of and afforded the right to a review of this decision. The original decision of the designated person was upheld on review.

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

Joan Burton: Following a review of his entitlement, it was established that the person concerned had means not previously disclosed to this department. These means are derived from his spouse’s employment. On 4 September 2014, a deciding officer, decided that the person concerned had a reduced entitled to disability allowance from 23 March 2011 to 2 July 2013, because of the means from his...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Appointments to State Boards (13 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The legislative provisions governing membership of the Citizens Information Board are contained in the Comhairle Act 2000, the Citizens Information Act 2007, and the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011. The legislation provides for a quorum of 8, or such lesser number (being not less than 5) as the Board may from time to time determine. On 3rdMarch 2015, eight vacancies, including that of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (13 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: Disability allowance is in payment to the person concerned at the maximum rate. The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is currently in operation in Kilkenny. Under this scheme the Local Authority are now responsible for the housing needs and the payments for new rented accommodation and are also responsible for homeless persons in the area. All new applicants are advised to apply to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant (13 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has successfully made an application for the €100 Water Conservation Grant. The application was made on 8 October 2015 and payment will issue to the person concerned in the form of a cheque by the end of this month.

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

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 13 March 2015. The person concerned was refused CA on the grounds that she is not habitually resident in the State. She was notified on 11 September 2015 of this decision, the reasons for it and of her right of review and appeal. Following your last representation,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (13 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The Department has not, to date, received an application for Rent Supplement from the client concerned. The client should forward an application to be assessed for entitlement to the Mid-Leinster Rent Unit, PO Box 11758, Dublin 24.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (13 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been refused jobseeker's allowance as he is not habitually resident in the state. The person concerned was given a detailed list of the reasons why the payment was refused on 27thJuly 2015; he was also advised of his right to appeal this decision to the independent Social Welfare Appeals Office. An appeal is currently being considered by an Appeals Officer who will...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (13 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The client's rate of Rent Supplement entitlement was reassessed and increased accordingly on 21st August 2015. The client concerned is in receipt of their full entitlement to Rent Supplement based on their monthly rent, weekly income and family composition.