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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm an application for disability allowance (DA) was received from the person in question on 16 December 2014. The application was refused by a deciding officer as she was deemed ineligible for the scheme on both medical and habitual residency grounds. Notification of this decision issued on 25 March 2015. The person in question appealed the disallowance of her DA application to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: Previous PQs 35112, 40320, 42139 refer. The jobseekers allowance application of the person concerned was disallowed as he was not available at his stated address and as such his means could be determined. The person concerned was requested to provide the Department with documentation to support his application and to date has not provided same. He has been informed of his right to appeal this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was notified on the 27 November 2015 that her application for domiciliary care allowance was successful and that the allowance has been awarded from the 1 October 2015. The first payment of the allowance, along with arrears due, will issue on 15 December 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Commencement of Legislation (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: The Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 was signed into law in December 2014 and contains a wide range of provisions. The provisions related to preventing marriages of convenience taking place in the State were commenced on 18 August 2015. However, due to industrial action by staff of the Civil Registration Service in the Health Service Executive (HSE), the scheduling of interviews,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: As detailed to the Deputy in reply to various previous Parliamentary Questions relating to this case, the client concerned has been requested on numerous occasions to provide the Department with details of all capital accrued from the sale of the family home. This documentation has not, to date, been received by the Department. A final reminder has issued to the client and this claim for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been in receipt of One Parent Family allowance payment since March, 2011. Upon review, the payment was suspended as the Department was unable to contact the person concerned. When contact was established the person concerned has been asked to supply documentation, to support her continued entitlement to the payment, which remains outstanding. The person concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: All changes in circumstances should be immediately notified to the Department. The client concerned should contact their local Social Protection office to advise them of same. An assessment on the other clients continued entitlement cannot be made without their details being submitted to the Department. Should there be a change to this clients family composition and weekly income, they...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Applications (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: A claim for child benefit was received in respect of the child concerned from his mother in October 2015 which stated that the child arrived in the State in July 2015; documentation was requested in support of the claim. Documentation has been provided confirming the child’s presence in the State from September 2015 and child benefit has been awarded accordingly. Payment of child...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: According to the Department’s records there is no application for disability allowance registered by the person concerned. A jobseeker’s benefit application was registered on 27 November 2015 and is currently being processed. The person concerned will be notified of the decision in due course.

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: I commiserate with all the individuals and families affected by the very difficult weather conditions. I visited Counties Kerry and Cork on Thursday and Friday. Anyone looking at the rivers in the area will have understood the amount of rain that has fallen in a short period and the difficulty this has presented. The Department of Social Protection closely monitors weather forecasts...

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: Reference was made to small businesses and the development of a €5 million fund to assist them in the run-up to Christmas, when many businesses would have been anticipating an active and successful Christmas season. That fund will be administered on behalf of the Government through the Irish Red Cross. It will allow for maximum flexibility of the type described by a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (8 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: I am pleased to inform you that disability allowance arrears issued to the person in question on 2 December 2015.

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

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been in receipt of CA since 15 July 2010 and is on a reduced rate of payment based on her husband’s earnings. The person concerned will be requested to submit up to date information on her means so that her entitlement may be reviewed to ensure that it remains valid and correct.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant Eligibility (8 Dec 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 in 2015 if they were normally resident at the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant Eligibility (8 Dec 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 in 2015 if they were normally resident at the...

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

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 4 September 2015. The application was referred to a local social welfare inspector (SWI) on 4 November 2015 to confirm the number of hours worked by the applicant and to determine if adequate care was provided for the care recipient while the person concerned was working....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (8 Dec 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. One of the PRSI conditions is that a person must have a minimum of 39 reckonable contributions paid or credited in the governing contribution year. Claims made in 2015 are governed by the 2013 tax year, and only PRSI Classes A, E, H, and P...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Investigations (8 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: It is evident that the vast majority of social welfare recipients are legitimately entitled to the payments they receive. However social welfare fraud undermines public confidence in the entire social protection system as well as being unfair to other recipients of social welfare payments and to taxpayers. Control of fraud and abuse of the social welfare system is one of the three key...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (8 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: It is the Department's policy to consider for prosecution cases of fraud against the social welfare system. The Department ensures that all cases that merit prosecution are forwarded for consideration of legal proceedings and must ensure that all necessary evidential proofs are available. In considering, or when referring, cases of social welfare fraud for legal proceedings the...

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

Joan Burton: The person concerned is in receipt of carer's allowance (CA) in respect of the care of her son since 2012. I confirm that on the 27 October 2015 the department received an application for CA from the person concerned in respect of a second care recipient, her daughter. The application is currently being processed and once completed, the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.