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Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (30 Jun 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. There has been a 46% increase in the number of appeals received by the Social Welfare Appeals Office in 2009 when compared to 2008, which in...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned claimed one parent family payment from 1 April 2010. Her claim has been sent to an inspector for investigation of her means. The inspector will interview her in the next few weeks and a decision will be made on her claim as soon as the inspector has completed her report. The person concerned is currently in receipt of supplementary welfare at the weekly rate of €186.40.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The living alone increase is an additional payment of €7.70 per week made to people aged 66 years or over who are in receipt of certain social welfare payments and who are living alone. It is also available to people under 66 years of age who are living alone and who receive payments under one of a number of invalidity type schemes. The priority has been to increase personal rates of...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned submitted an application for Jobseeker's Allowance on 19 December 2009. The payment of Jobseeker's Allowance is subject to a means test. The means of the person concerned were found to be excess of the prescribed limits for receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance and they were notified of this decision on 10 March 2010. An appeal has been received and the file is currently with...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (30 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In assessing means for social assistance purposes, account is taken of any cash income the person may have, together with the value of capital and property (except the home). Capital may include the following: Stocks and shares of every description, which are assessed according to their current market value; Savings certificates / bonds / national instalment savings, which are assessed...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Social welfare changes for 2011, including any changes to State pensions, will be considered later this year in the context of next year's Budget preparations, having regard both to needs and to the resources available to meet those needs. The current Government policy in relation to pensions is laid out in the National Pensions Framework which was launched in March of this year. The...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned has made an application for rent supplement but that no decision has been made on his application to date. The Executive has further advised that there are a number of outstanding issues in relation to this application that require clarification and they will be in contact with the person shortly.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jul 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 statutory means test and a habitual residency test. The application for disability allowance, by the person concerned, was disallowed by a Deciding Officer...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (1 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department encourages people to engage in voluntary work within the State. Any person who engages in voluntary work may continue to be entitled to jobseeker's benefit or allowance provided that, in engaging in the voluntary work, the customer continues to satisfy the statutory conditions of being available for and genuinely seeking work. Examples of voluntary work in which jobseeker's may...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (1 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all the evidence, disallowed the appeal of the person concerned by way of summary decision. The person concerned has been notified of the decision. 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 Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned claimed jobseeker's benefit from 15th June 2010. On the 24th June 2010 a form was issued to her requesting details of her holiday pay entitlements. A decision will be made on her claim when the details requested have been received.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: A claim for Child Benefit was received from the person concerned in June 2008, in respect of three children, and a further claim from his partner in September 2008. Further information was requested in relation to the Habitual Residency Condition. The requested information was not supplied and the claim consequently lapsed. A new application form was issued automatically on 9th November...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned has been furnished with a copy of their full social insurance contribution record. This is a full representation of customer social insurance contribution record as held by the Department. If the person concerned feels there are gaps or omission in his record he should contact the Departments Records section.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Under the back to education allowance scheme a person eligible for the scheme can transfer entitlement to his or her qualified adult. As the person concerned is a qualified adult on her spouse's jobseeker's allowance claim she may be entitled to avail of this provision. An application form for the back to education allowance was sent to the person concerned on 29 th June 2010 which she...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The payment of child benefit was suspended in this case because the person concerned was absent from the State with her children. Child benefit forms have issued to the person concerned today on foot of the enquiry from the Deputy.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme provides for a weekly or monthly supplement to be paid in respect of mortgage interest to any person in the State whose means are insufficient to meet their needs. The scheme is administered by the community welfare service of the Health Service Executive on behalf of the Department. Mortgage interest supplement provides short-term income support to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (1 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The current arrangements for assessing the income from employment of a claimant for jobseeker's allowance have applied since the end of September 2007. The first €20 of earnings for each day worked, up to a maximum of €60 per week, is disregarded from the average net weekly earnings, and 60% of the balance assessed. Net earnings are gross earnings less deductions for PRSI,...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (1 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There are currently almost 95,700 tenants benefiting from a rent supplement payment - an increase of over 58 per cent since the end of 2005. The total cost of the rent supplement scheme for 2009 was €511m. Rent supplements are subject to a limit on the amount of rent that an applicant for rent supplement may incur. Rent limits are set at levels that enable different types of eligible...

Written Answers — Tax Audits: Tax Audits (1 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 223 to 225, inclusive, together. As part of its ongoing working relationship with the Revenue Commissioners, the Department is occasionally asked to respond to requests for clarification on the returns it makes to that office. The Department is not aware of and has no record of any audit by the Revenue Commissioners of this Department for the period in...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned has been furnished with a copy of their full social insurance contribution record. This is a full representation of customer social insurance contribution record as held by the Department. If the person concerned feels there are gaps or omission in his record he should contact the Departments Records section.