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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The jobseeker’s allowance schemes provide income support for people who have lost work and are unable to find alternative full-time employment. The Revised 2015 Estimates for the Department provide for expenditure this year on the jobseekers’ schemes of €3.01 billion. In line with other EU and OECD jurisdictions reduced rates for jobseeker’s allowance...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is a new approach to employment activation that will support people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. Participants on JobPath will receive intensive individual support to help them address barriers to employment and to assist them in finding jobs. Each person is assigned to a personal...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Immigration Policy (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The general principles underpinning the application of the habitual residence condition which applies, amongst other criteria, in determining entitlement to certain social welfare payments centre on the overall assessment of a person’s situation, including consideration of the following factors: - the length and continuity of residence in Ireland or in any other particular country, ...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Data (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is responsible for defining, and publishing data series for, both ‘unemployment’ and the ‘potential labour supply’ in strict compliance with standards set down by the International Labour Organisation (LIO) and the EU. The definitions used by CSO are fully in line with International Labour Organization (ILO) standards and the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme Data (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The back to work family dividend (BTWFD) aims to help families to move from a weekly social welfare payment into employment. It gives financial support to people with children who were in receipt of a jobseeker or one-parent family payment and who take up employment, increase their hours of employment or become self-employed. There were just over 10,000 applicants with approximately 9,700...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The primary responsibility for provision of accommodation for homeless persons rests with local authorities. The Department’s role with regard to people who are homeless is mainly income maintenance. Rent supplement plays a vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme currently supporting approximately 63,000 people at a cost of over €298 million in 2015....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Poverty (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The CSO Survey on Income and living Conditions for 2013 shows that 11.7 per cent of children were in consistent poverty, a slight but not statistically significant increase on the 2012 rate. The Survey also found that the at-risk-of-poverty for children decreased from 18.8 per cent in 2012 to 17.9 per cent in 2013. Social transfers, such as welfare payments and child benefit, play a key role...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The table below shows the numbers of CA refusals from 2010 to 2014 and since the introduction of the Act in May 2015: Year: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015* Refusals: 6,972 5,227 6,827 9,881 7,078 3,513 As a % of processed applications: 42% 38% 37% 35% 33% 36%*6/5/2015 to 31/10/2015, Change in the act only became effective from May 2015. Carer's allowance (CA) is a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: My Department is currently making inquiries regarding this matter and I will get back to directly regarding this.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Treatment Benefit Scheme Applications (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The medical appliance benefit available under the Department’s treatment benefit scheme is based on a person’s PRSI contribution record. PRSI paid at classes A,E,H, or P counts towards eligibility. The person concerned is self-employed and is paying class S contributions. This is a reduced-rate contribution which does not count towards treatment benefit; as a result he is not...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on 31 July 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: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is paid in respect of children who have a severe disability requiring constant care and attention substantially in excess of that needed by a child of the same age without the disability. The need for the additional care and attention must be likely to last for at least 12 months. Eligibility for DCA is not based on the type of disability, but on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person in question on 28 October 2014. The person concerned was refused CA on the grounds that her means exceeded the statutory limit. She was notified on 4 June 2015 of this decision, the reason for it and of her right of review and appeal. The person concerned has appealed this decision to the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is a new approach to employment activation that will support people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. All decisions regarding a person’s welfare entitlements while on JobPath will be taken only by Departmental officials and not by the JobPath companies. The JobPath companies may neither...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is a new approach to employment activation that will support people who are long-term unemployed and those most distant from the labour market to secure and sustain full-time paid employment. Participants on JobPath retain their social welfare entitlements. JobPath has no impact on the eligibility criteria for jobseeker’s allowance. If a client is in part-time or casual work...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is a new approach to employment activation that will support people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. JobPath is one of the range of activation supports, including schemes such as CE and Tús, catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers. In general, and JobPath is not an exception, it...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, has decided to allow the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer's decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer's allowance from the person concerned on 3 September 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: Respite Care Grant Administration (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 125 and 145 together. The Department provides a range of income supports to carers including carer’s benefit, carer’s allowance, domiciliary care allowance and the annual carer’s support grant (formerly the respite care grant). The total expenditure on carers in 2015 is estimated at €822 million. Carers receive significant...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is a new approach to employment activation that will support people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. All participants on JobPath have a right to be treated fairly and in a professional manner. As part of the contractual arrangements with the providers they are required to honour a service...