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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that there is no record of an application for rent supplement from the person concerned. If the person concerned wishes to make an application for rent supplement then she should contact the Community Welfare Officer at her local health centre.

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: An application for Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) was received on the 26th February 2010 from the person in question. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for DCA. A letter issued to the person in question on the 23rd April 2010 where she was advised of the decision to refuse DCA. In the case of an...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned applied for jobseeker's allowance on 19 February 2010. The investigation of the person's means has been completed and the file is with a deciding officer for immediate decision.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned was awarded jobseeker's allowance from 8 June 2010 at the maximum weekly rate of €196. A payment of €620.70 covering the period from 8 June 2010 to 29 June 2010 was issued to him on 2 July 2010.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Carer's allowance is a social assistance payment which provides income support to people who are providing certain older people or people with a disability with full time care and attention and whose incomes fall below a certain limit. Persons who are in receipt of carer's allowance also receive the annual respite care grant, the household benefits package and the free travel pass. In the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is open to the person concerned to make an application for jobseeker's allowance at his Social Welfare Local Office. Until such time as an application is received and processed, no determination can be made with regard to her entitlement.

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: Appeals from young persons who have had their social welfare cut for any reason by a Deciding Officer of the Department, including on the basis that they do not accept a reasonable offer of education or training, may appeal such a decision to the Social Welfare Office which provides an independent appeals service for persons who are dissatisfied with such decisions. Appeals Officers,...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am aware of the draft Mid-West Homeless Framework Plan, produced by the Mid-West Homeless Forum. Receiving the full adult rate of a jobseekers payment without a strong financial incentive to engage in education or training can lead to welfare dependency. While many young people with low levels of education and training were able to get work in construction and other areas when the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The estimated savings, based on the number of recipients at the end of May 2010, arising from the introduction of age related rates of jobseeker's allowance in May 2009 and January 2010, is €20.6m. No age related reductions was applied to the jobseeker's benefit scheme either in 2009 and 2010. There are further savings which cannot be readily quantified arising from the fact that some...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (6 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The estimated cost of raising the rate of qualified child increase by €5 per week is €100 million per annum.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (6 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Where a person in receipt of a disability-related payment, such as Invalidity Pension, Illness Benefit or Disability Allowance, continues to satisfy the qualifying conditions for that scheme, the pension or allowance will continue to be paid up to age 66, at which point the person can apply for a State Pension (Contributory) or State Pension (Non-Contributory) as appropriate.

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received on the 1st December 2009 from the person in question. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that her child was not medically eligible for DCA. A letter issued to the person in question on the 25th January 2010 where she was advised of the decision to refuse DCA. In the case of an...

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that mortgage interest supplement was refused as the means of the person concerned were in excess of the mortgage interest payable. The person concerned appealed the decision of the Executive to the HSE Appeals Office. The Executive has further advised that no decision has been made on the appeal. The HSE Appeals Office will contact the person...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In order to qualify for a rent supplement a person must have been residing in private rented accommodation or accommodation for homeless persons (or any combination of these) for a period of 183 days within the preceding 12 months of the date of claim for rent supplement. A person may also qualify for rent supplement where an assessment of housing need has been carried out within the 12...

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 450 and 451 together. The National Pensions Framework which was launched in March 2010 will introduce a system of homemaker's credits to replace the current system of disregards from 2012 and allow backdating to 1994 for the purpose of the averaging system that will continue until 2020. This means that people reaching pension age after the credits are...

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office there are currently 21,622 appeals being processed. The receipt of each appeal is acknowledged and appellants are kept informed of the progress of their appeals. However, given the volume of appeals, it is not possible to estimate the length of time before a case is determined. During 2009, the average time taken to process all appeals (i.e....

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The farm assist application from the person concerned is currently with a Deciding Officer. A decision will be made as soon as possible and he will be notified of the outcome.

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that, following receipt of the grounds of appeal from the person concerned, the relevant Departmental papers and comments of the Department have been sought. On receipt of its response the case will be referred to an Appeals Officer for early consideration. There has been a 46% increase in the number of appeals received by the Social Welfare...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (6 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I fully appreciate that the changes made in the welfare area are not easy for people but I believe that if the Government had not taken the steps now to reduce overall public expenditure and restore stability to the public finances, we would have run the risk of making the economic and social situation far worse for everyone, particularly welfare recipients, in the medium term. Despite the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: An application for Domiciliary Care Allowance was received by the Department on the 21st June 2010. This application together with medical reports has been forwarded to one of the Department's Medical Assessors for their medical opinion on the case. Upon receipt of this opinion a decision will issue to the person concerned. Currently it takes approximately eight weeks to process an application.