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Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (5 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that, following receipt of the relevant Departmental papers including comments on the grounds of appeal, the appeal from the person concerned will be referred to an Appeals Officer for consideration. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (5 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that, in accordance with statutory requirements, the relevant Departmental papers and comments on the grounds of appeal in the case of the person concerned have been sought. When received, the appeal in question will be referred to an Appeals Officer for consideration. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person in question is currently in receipt of one parent family payment at a weekly rate of €225.80 (personal rate €196 plus €29.80 for one child dependant). The arrears of €3,402.10, due to the person for the period 12 November 2009 to 10 March 2010, will issue to her bank account early next week.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (5 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Records of past employments of staff are not captured in such a way as to provide a dedicated basis for compiling the information requested by the deputy. Accordingly, the specific information requested is not available.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (5 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The back to school clothing and footwear allowance (BSCFA) scheme provides a one-off payment to eligible families to assist with the extra costs when their children start school each autumn. The allowance is not intended to meet the full cost of school clothing and footwear but only to provide assistance towards these costs. The income limits for 2010 are €563.60 for a couple with one child...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 May 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 (6 May 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 — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (6 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: A claim for State Pension (Contributory) submitted by the person concerned is currently being processed. He will be notified of the outcome of a decision on his entitlement in due course.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (6 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is intended to propose to make a number of amendments to the Civil Registration Act 2004 and, in this context, I will review the current provisions in relation to the registration in this country of deaths of Irish people which occur outside the State.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (6 May 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 and this includes cash income, 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 or his/her spouse may have. The...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (6 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Pay related social insurance (PRSI) was extended to self employed people from April 1988, as Class S PRSI. Class S benefits cover a range of pensions including State pension (contributory). At the same time, a concession was made to those who first started paying Class S insurance from April 1988, which allowed any previous social insurance record they may have had to be disregarded when...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (6 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: A Bereavement Grant at the maximum rate of €850 has been awarded and a cheque will issue shortly. Due to staff action currently being taken, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy in respect of Widow's Pension.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that, following receipt of the relevant Departmental papers including comments on the grounds of appeal, the appeal from the person concerned will be referred to an Appeals Officer for consideration. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 109 to 111, inclusive, together. The average time taken to process all appeals in 2009 was 24 weeks (22 weeks in 2008). That processing time reduces to 15.8 weeks (14.5 weeks in 2008) if allowance was made for the 25% most protracted cases. These figures cover all appeals, whether decided summarily or following an oral hearing. Separate figures are not...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (11 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned has been referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing in the case. The person concerned will be notified when the necessary arrangements have been made. There has been a 46% increase in the number of appeals received by the Social Welfare Appeals Office in 2009 when compared to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This decision to limit the funding available to the Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) was made in view of the current position of the public finances and the 60% increase in expenditure in the DTSS over the past five years. The HSE has introduced measures to contain DTSS expenditure at the 2008 level of approximately €63 million. This reflects the imperative to achieve overall...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 May 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 Insurance: Social Insurance (11 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The current budgetary position necessitated the changes made to social welfare benefits, including treatment benefits, in Budget 2010. From 1st January 2010, treatments available under the optical and dental elements of the scheme are limited to the free examination. There has been no change to the medical appliances element of the scheme. Over 2 million PRSI contributors are eligible for...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The estimated cost of rebranding the Department in terms of stationery costs, website amendments, changes to signage, information booklets, etc. is €35,000 approx. Amendments to application forms and information leaflets will take immediate effect following the annual print, which was deferred in this instance from April until May to take account of the change of name. There will be no...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The back to school clothing and footwear allowance scheme (BSCFA) is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive (HSE). The scheme operates from between the beginning of June to the end of September each year. It is estimated 340,000 children will benefit from the scheme in 2010 at a cost of almost €83m.