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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Credit Union Lending (4 May 2016)

Joan Burton: A Personal Micro Credit Scheme has been developed under the auspices of the Citizens Information Board and the Social Finance Foundation and supported by the Department of Social Protection. The Scheme, which is currently being piloted, provides for small scale loans by Credit Unions to borrowers who have difficulty accessing low cost credit. The loans under the scheme range from...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (4 May 2016)

Joan Burton: The Government is committed to the maintenance of the Post Office network and to the development of a Standard Bank Account by An Post. Mindful of the current and ongoing discussions on Government formation any further development of policy will be a matter for the incoming Government. The current position is that the Department has a cohort of jobseeker customers who are classified as...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (4 May 2016)

Joan Burton: A review of the decision to disallow Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) was requested on 10th September 2015 and the person concerned was notified on 11th December 2015 that following an examination of the file the original decision was upheld. Subsequently, the person concerned lodged an appeal on 6th January 2016. The application together with additional information supplied with the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (4 May 2016)

Joan Burton: Social welfare payments can be broadly divided into two main categories – contributory social insurance payments, which are based on the social insurance contributions paid by the claimant and non-contributory social assistance payments, which are subject to a means test. The social welfare supports available to returned emigrants will therefore depend on the person’s...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (4 May 2016)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the Department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 14 January 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 Delays (4 May 2016)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the Department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 27 January 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 (4 May 2016)

Joan Burton: The application for carer’s allowance in respect of the person concerned was awarded on 25 April 2016 and the first payment is due to issue to the person’s nominated post office on 5 May 2016. Any arrears of allowance due will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (4 May 2016)

Joan Burton: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means tested social assistance payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has a disability such that they require that level of care. The Department informs me that to date there is no record of the receipt of an application for CA from the person concerned. An application form for CA has issued to the person concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (4 May 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 Delays (4 May 2016)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 9 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 (4 May 2016)

Joan Burton: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has a disability such that they require that level of care. Where a person can show to the satisfaction of a deciding officer that adequate care has been provided for the care recipient in their absence, they can engage in employment,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (4 May 2016)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence including that adduced at the oral hearing, has decided to disallow the appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (4 May 2016)

Joan Burton: The application for carer’s allowance in respect of the person concerned was awarded on 12 April 2016 and the first payment issued to the person’s bank nominated bank account on 21 April 2016. Arrears of allowance due from 26 November 2015 were also issued to the bank on 21 April 2016. The person concerned was notified of these details on 12 April 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (4 May 2016)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 8 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: Family Income Supplement Appeals (4 May 2016)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 31stMarch 2016. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Social Protection. These papers have been received in the Social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Agencies Board Appointments (4 May 2016)

Joan Burton: The legislative provisions governing Board membership of the Citizens Information Board (CIB) are contained in the Comhairle Act 2000, the Citizens Information Act 2007, and the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011. The Board of CIB has seven (7) members at present, including a Chairperson. There are eight (8) vacancies on the Board. In accordance with the Government’s agreed new...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (4 May 2016)

Joan Burton: The application for disability allowance (DA), based upon the evidence submitted, was refused on the grounds that the person in question does not satisfy the medical conditions for the scheme. The person in question was notified in writing of this decision on 14 April 2016. Recently, the person in question has lodged an appeal with the independent Social Welfare Appeals Office (SWAO)....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (4 May 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 10 December 2015. The person concerned was refused IP on the grounds that the medical conditions for the scheme were...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (4 May 2016)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for Carer’s Allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 20 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: Social Welfare Payments Administration (4 May 2016)

Joan Burton: The department issues cheques across a range of schemes and at different frequencies, cheques can issue on a weekly, monthly or yearly basis and in response to emergency needs. Once the department has issued a cheque it is a matter for the customer how they wish to realise its value. Customers who are paid by cheque may cash them at financial institutions, including post offices, or lodge...