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

Joan Burton: The client concerned is in receipt of Rent Supplement which is assessed based on her weekly One Parent Family payment. The Department notes this client may be commencing a full time PhD, which would remove entitlement to Rent Supplement as it is not payable where the person is in education that is not an approved government education programme as defined by the Back to Education Allowance Scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: There are currently almost 414,000 customers in receipt of the electricity/gas allowance as part of the household benefits package. In 2014, my Department spent in excess of €176 million on the electricity/gas allowance. This report seems to have arisen where a customer misread the amount of their allowance on their energy bill, then contacted the media and a number of outlets...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: DSP customers who receive payment by electronic funds transfer must retain a clear choice of what financial institutions they wish to use. Customers who wish to change their payment arrangements can contact the relevant scheme area - details of which are available from the department's website .

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been awarded disability allowance (DA) with effect from 8 October 2014. The first payment issued by his chosen payment method on 4 November 2015. The person in question was in receipt of another social welfare payment during the period 8 October 2014 to 3 November 2015. Consequently, the amount of social welfare already paid requires to be calculated and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The person in question was in receipt of another social welfare payment during the period 3 September 2014 to 26 May 2015. Consequently, the amount of social welfare already paid required calculation and was deducted from any arrears due. This process was completed by the Department as quickly as possible. Disability allowance arrears issued to the person in question on 7 September 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: Where a person in receipt of disability allowance dies, the payment may continue for a period of six weeks after death in certain circumstances. The main provisions relating to payments after death are contained in Section 248 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 2005. In order to get six weeks payment after death, the deceased person must be getting - an increase for a qualified adult...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: Illness benefit is a payment for people who cannot work due to illness and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (prsi) contribution conditions. The prsi conditions are that a person must have a minimum of 39 reckonable contributions paid or credited in the tax year governing the claim. Claims made in 2015 are governed by the 2013 tax year, and only Classes a, e, h, and p...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 7th October 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Sector Staff Redeployment (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The staff who transferred from FÁS into my Department in 2012 were in a variety of FÁS grades. These grades were mapped against Civil Service grades in accordance with pay scales and were approved by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and were duly agreed with the FÁS unions. In respect of the FÁS Grades 11G, 11H, 11K, 11L, 11P, the pay scales for these...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Sector Staff Redeployment (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: There are currently 523 staff serving in my Department’s office in College Road, Sligo. The temporary staff to whom the Deputy refers were recruited on fixed purpose contracts i.e. they were recruited to assist with specific projects. In accordance with the relevant employment legislation, once the purpose for which they were recruited ends, the Department is obliged to give...

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

Joan Burton: Carer's allowance (CA) is a social assistance payment made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to people who have a disability such that they require that level of care and who satisfy a means test. The means test includes any income belonging to the carer and their spouse, civil partner, or cohabitant, property, (except their own home) or any asset that could...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Applications (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The department has reviewed the entitlement of the person in question to the national fuel scheme and this allowance has been awarded with effect from 14 October 2015. The first payment reflecting this increase was on 28 October 2015 and arrears also issued on that date.

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

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department has received an application for carer's allowance (CA) from the person concerned. The application was referred to a social welfare inspector (SWI) on 23 October 2015 to assess the level of care being provided, assess means and confirm that all the conditions for receipt of CA are satisfied. Once the SWI has reported, a deciding officer will make a decision on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: Whilst the Department of Finance is ultimately responsible for policy regarding the rules around allowing access to the Approved Retirement Fund option for Buy Out Bonds whose values have transferred from Defined Benefit pension schemes, I can confirm that officials in my Department are involved in the consideration of this issue as part of a wider review of pension savings vehicles. ...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant Applications (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The eligibility criteria for the Water Conservation Grant are set out in the Water Services Act 2014 (Water Conservation Grant) Regulations 2015. Under regulation 5(1) a person who registers with Irish Water, as required under section 5(2)(a) of the Water Services Act 2014, on or before 30 June 2015 shall be eligible to receive the grant for 2015 if they were normally resident at the...

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

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on 30 September 2015. Once processed, the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

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

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 1 July 2015 in respect of two care recipients. It is a condition for receipt of a CA that the person(s) being cared for must have a disability whose effect is that they require full-time care and attention. This is defined as requiring from another person, continual...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (10 Nov 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. A claim for IP was received from the person concerned on the 16 June 2015. The person concerned was initially refused IP on medical grounds. However, following review, the deciding...

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

Joan Burton: Following a review of the entitlement of the person in question, disability allowance (DA) was disallowed with effect from 8 July 2015 as she was deemed to have means in excess of the statutory limit for her circumstances. Further information was supplied by the person in question with a request to review her entitlement. The deciding officer reviewing this case upheld the decision to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (10 Nov 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),...