Results 4,801-4,820 of 28,255 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív
- Written Answers — Penson Provisions: Penson Provisions (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: State Pension (Non-Contributory) is a means tested payment for persons over 66 years of age. All income is assessable as means including income from employment or self-employment, private pensions, foreign pensions, the value of any property (excluding the claimant's own home) and the value of any investments, monies held in financial institutions and capital which the claimant may have. A...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: The supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme administered by the Health Service Executive on behalf of the Department is designed to provide immediate and flexible assistance for those in need. The scheme is the "safety net" within the overall social welfare system in that it can, subject to conditions, provide assistance to persons in the State whose means are insufficient to meet their...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Due to staff action currently being taken in the HSE, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Under the recently announced changes in ministerial responsibility, the employment and community services programmes of FAS are being transferred to my Department, the Community Services programme and the Rural Social Scheme are transferring from the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and responsibility for the payment of redundancy and insolvency payments is transferring...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 666 and 721 together. The estimated total costs for St. Patrick's Day 2010 in respect of the visit of my predecessor Minister Mary Hanafin and her official delegation to the United States are set out in the following table: Cost Type Minister (â¬) Private Secretary (â¬) Flights 2,759 1,778 Accommodation 453 453 Travel & Subsistence 450 265 Car Hire...
- Written Answers — Disability Advocacy Services: Disability Advocacy Services (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: The Citizens Information Board (CIB), under the aegis of the Department of Social and Family Affairs, is responsible for supporting the provision of information, advice, and advocacy on a wide range of public and social services. Advocacy services are provided through a Community and Voluntary programme involving 46 projects which focuses on representative advocacy for people with...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: In view of the transfer of responsibility for the "Family" to the Department of Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs, a name change was necessary. The Department is not yet in a position to assess the full requirements and implications of the change of name of the Department in relation to the changes in signage, stationery etc. A full assessment of the requirements is underway with a view...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Disability Allowance is a weekly Allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged over 16 and under 66. The disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, a means test and a habitual residency test. The person concerned applied for and was awarded a reduced rate Disability Allowance from 14 March 2007. The...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that Office. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Social Welfare Services on the grounds of appeal be sought. These papers have not yet been provided but as soon as they are received, the appeal in question will...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: The Family Income Supplement (FIS) is designed to provide support for people with families who are on low earnings. This preserves the incentive for them to remain in employment in circumstances where they might only be marginally better off than if they were claiming other social welfare payments. The person concerned made an application for family income supplement in April 2009. As part...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Due to staff action currently being taken in the HSE, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that Office on 27 January 2010. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Social Welfare Services on the grounds of appeal be sought. In that regard the appeal for the person concerned was sent to Carer's Allowance...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Due to staff action currently being taken in the HSE, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: The Department has an automated system which sends out a letter to claimants four weeks in advance of their Jobseeker's Benefit exhausting. The letter sets out the claimant's entitlement options. Along with this notification, the Department includes an application form for Jobseeker's Allowance. The person in question is a casual worker. This automated system does not apply to casual workers...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned has been awarded jobseeker's allowance at the maximum weekly rate of â¬100, the rate applicable for persons under 20 years of age, less applicable weekly means from 19 December, 2009. He has been assessed as a casual worker on his jobseeker's allowance claim with a weekly non-earning means of â¬49.00 and a daily earnings means of â¬18.00 per day worked. Therefore, his...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Social welfare legislation, with certain exceptions referred to below, lies within the area of competence of the individual Member States. National legislation in such matters therefore does not require approval of the EU and does not constitute EU law. The freedom of movement for workers, enshrined in the EU Treaties, results in EU Regulations governing social security for people who have...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Due to staff action currently being taken in the HSE, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Due to staff action currently being taken in the HSE, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Due to staff action currently being taken in the HSE, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Departmental Equipment: Departmental Equipment (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Details as requested by the Deputy are contained in the table below: Name of Statutory Body Number of PersonalComputers Currently Deployed Number of Laptops Currently Deployed Department 6841 481 General Registrars Office 68 2 Office of the Pensions Ombudsman 4 7 The Pensions Board 48 9 Family Support Agency 81 3