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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for Carer’s Allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 10 August 2015. It is a condition for receipt of a CA that the person 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 supervision and frequent assistance...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: There is no application in respect of the person mentioned for carer’s allowance (CA) that is pending decision. The application for carer’s allowance in respect of the person concerned was awarded on 21 May 2015 and the first payment issued to the person’s bank nominated bank account on 28 May 2015. Arrears of allowance due from 15 January 2015 were also issued to the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 20 August 2015. The application was referred to a local social welfare inspector (SWI) on 11 January 2016 to assess the level of care being provided, assess means and confirm that all the conditions for receipt of carer’s allowance are satisfied. The delay in this case...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: I confirm that an application from the person concerned for disability allowance (DA) was received by the Department on 19 November 2015. The application has been referred to a Social Welfare Inspector (SWI) for a report on the person’s means and circumstances. Once the SWI has submitted his/her report to DA section, a decision will be made on the application and the person concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: JobPath is not a programme but a new approach to resourcing and delivering employment activation services to people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed. In this regard it complements the service provided by the Department’s own staff in Intreo Centres and by the Local Employment Service providers. Turas Nua Limited is one of two...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: The Department has no record of an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned. I can confirm that the department received an application for disability allowance from the above named person on 1 February 2016. On 18 April 2016 the person concerned was requested to complete parts of the application form which were left blank and to supply supporting documentation...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 15 February 2016. Unfortunately, the average time taken at present to decide a new application is running at 19 weeks. Additional resources have been provided to the CA section in order to improve the waiting times for new applications and they are working hard to make this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for Carer’s Allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 4 December 2015. It is a condition for receipt of a CA that the person 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 supervision and frequent assistance...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for Carer’s Allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 16 October 2015. It is a condition for receipt of a CA that the person 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 supervision and frequent assistance...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: The application for carer’s allowance in respect of the person concerned was awarded on 1 February 2016 and the first payment issued to the person’s bank nominated bank account on 4 February 2016. Arrears of allowance due from 3 September 2015 were also issued to the bank. The person concerned was notified of these details on 1 February 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the Department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on 18 February 2016. Unfortunately, the average time taken at present to decide a new application is running at 19 weeks. Additional resources have been provided to the CA section in order to improve the waiting times for new applications and they are working hard to make this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for Carer’s Allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 4 November 2015. It is a condition for receipt of a CA that the person 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 supervision and frequent assistance...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on 1 December 2015. Unfortunately, the average time taken at present to decide a new application is running at 19 weeks. Additional resources have been provided to the CA section in order to improve the waiting times for new applications and they are working hard to make this happen....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: The application for disability allowance (DA) from the person in question, based upon the evidence submitted, was refused on medical grounds and the person concerned was notified in writing of this decision on 25 February 2016. Further evidence was received on 15 March 2016 and this is currently being reviewed by a deciding officer. The person in question can expect a decision on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 4 September 2015. The person concerned was refused carers allowance on the grounds that he failed to co-operate with a social welfare inspector (SWI) and, as a consequence, the SWI was unable to complete his report or to establish means. The person concerned was notified...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: Child Benefit is a monthly payment made to families with children in respect of all qualified children up to the age of 16 years. The payment continues to be paid in respect of children up to their 18th birthday who are in full-time education, or who have a disability. Child Benefit is currently paid to around 623,607 families in respect of some 1.19 million children, with an estimated...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Parental Leave (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: Under the Parental Leave Acts, a civil servant is entitled to force majeure leave, which is leave with pay for urgent family reasons owing to the injury or illness of an immediate relative. Entitlement to force majeure leave is limited to circumstances where the immediate presence of the officer is indispensable, at the place where the ill or injured person is situated. In determining...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Maternity Leave (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: Maternity benefit is a payment made for 26 weeks to employed and self-employed pregnant women who satisfy certain pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions in order to obviate the need for them to work pre and post-delivery of their baby. The original scheme was introduced in 1970 and was extended to include self-employed mothers with effect from June 1997. In 2016 it is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: The Department is committed to ensuring that claims are processed as expeditiously as possible and that backlogs in claims are kept to a minimum. Each scheme area continuously monitors and reviews claim processing operations to ensure that customers are responded to as quickly as possible. Processing times vary by scheme but this principally reflects the fact that the eligibility...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Relief Application (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: The administration of the mortgage interest relief scheme is a matter for the Revenue Commissioners and any changes to current arrangements is a matter for the Minister for Finance. The most appropriate way in which families experiencing mortgage difficulties can be supported is through on-going engagement with their lender to explore sustainable solutions. The Money Advice and...