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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Inquiries (28 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: Tribunals of inquiry are established by resolution of the Houses of Oireachtas to enquire into matters of urgent public importance. Commissions of investigation can investigate matters of significant public concern and are set up by Government order. Such commissions are currently provided for by the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004. This Department has not been responsible for any...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Ministerial Allowances (28 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: All expenses claimed by Minister of State, Kevin Humphreys and I, including mileage during the current Dáil Éireann are outlined in tables A and B below. I have claimed no mileage since my appointment as Tánaiste on 4 July 2014, because I have been provided with a state car and Garda Driver, the cost for which is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (28 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The Department of Social Protection’s media monitoring covers the Department’s entire range of schemes and services. Following a Request for Tenders by the Department for the provision of a media monitoring service a new contract was entered into in October 2012. The enhanced media monitoring service under this new contract includes daily notices of ‘situation...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (28 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 4thJanuary 2016. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When these papers have been received from the Department, the case in question will be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (28 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The person in question is in receipt of disability allowance (DA). An increase in his DA in respect of a child dependant over 18 years old ceased in May 2015 as the department had certification of college attendance up to that date which indicated that the course of study had completed. If the dependant is still in full-time education, the person in question should forward certification...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (28 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on 10 November 2015. The application is currently being examined and once completed, the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (28 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance. She advised her Local Office that she had commenced casual employment in November 2015. Her payment was then suspended pending the receipt of documentation from her employer. When the documentation was provided the payment of the person concerned was reinstated and any arrears owing paid.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (28 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 57 to 62, inclusive, together. The purpose of the redundancy payments scheme is to compensate workers, under the Redundancy Payments Acts, for the loss of their jobs by reason of redundancy. Compensation is based on the worker’s length of reckonable service and reckonable weekly remuneration, subject to a ceiling of €600 per week. It is the...

Establishment of a Statutory Commission of Investigation into a Foster Home in the South East: Statements (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: I must state that on reading the reports in the media in recent days and weeks on this case, I felt a sense of dread, worry and, to be frank,déjà vuabout yet another story that appears to have its origins in the early 1980s and which went on for a considerable time. This has been one of the motifs of the last five years of this Oireachtas, namely, all the different stories of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: An application for carer’s allowance (CA) was received from the person concerned on 27 May 2015. Carer’s allowance was awarded to the person concerned on 18 November 2015 and the first payment issued to his nominated post office on 19 November 2015. Arrears of allowance due from 28 May 2015 to 18 November 2015 have also issued.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been awarded invalidity pension with effect from the 05 November 2015. Payment will issue to his nominated post office on the 11 February 2016. Any arrears due from 05 November 2015 to 10 February 2016 (less any overlapping social welfare payment and/or outstanding overpayment) will issue in due course. The person in question was notified of this decision on the 29...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant Eligibility (2 Feb 2016)

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: Invalidity Pension Applications (2 Feb 2016)

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. The department received a claim for IP for the person concerned on the 24 November 2015. The deciding officer (DO) is satisfied that the medical conditions for the scheme are satisfied. ...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: Reduced rates for younger jobseeker’s allowance recipients were first introduced in 2009, and extended in subsequent Budgets. A weekly jobseeker’s allowance rate of €100 applies to jobseekers aged 18-24 and a weekly rate of €144 applies to jobseekers who are 25 years of age. These measures are targeted activation measures, aimed at protecting young people from...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 9th November 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: Illness Benefit Payments (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for and was awarded illness benefit from 4 September 2015. At that time the person concerned did not make a claim in respect of a qualified child dependent(s). An application form to claim for a child dependent increase has issued to the person concerned on 29 January 2016. Their entitlement to a child dependant increase will be definitively determined on return...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: The family income supplement (FIS) provides support for employees, with families, who have low earnings in relation to their family size. The department does not maintain statistics in relation to the number of single-parent families in receipt of FIS. However, from the records available, the number (estimated) of families in receipt of FIS who are headed by a single-parent (as at the end...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for Jobseeker’s Allowance on 14 January 2016, having exhausted her entitlement to Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment on 13 January 2016. As she failed to provide all necessary information on her initial application, it was necessary to re- issue an additional form. This has now been received and a decision will issue in the coming week.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 17th November 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 3rd December 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...