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Written Answers — Civil Registration Service: Civil Registration Service (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The administration of the Civil Registration Service is statutorily a matter for the Registrar General. I have had enquiries made with the Registrar General and he has informed me that the position is as follows: The provisions and procedures governing the registration of deaths in Ireland are contained in Part 5 of the Civil Registration Act, 2004. Where the death of an Irish citizen...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The back to education allowance (BTEA) is designed to facilitate people of working age on welfare payments to return to education in order to gain qualifications which will help to enhance their employment prospects. Participants in the back to education allowance scheme transfer from another social welfare payment. Because these claims are not recorded as a separate scheme until the person...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned was refused rent supplement as she was deemed as not having a housing need as she is living in accommodation provided by a local authority. The HSE has further advised that the person concerned appealed the decision to the HSE Appeals Office but that the decision was upheld. The person concerned has further appealed the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 28 April 2010. Her claim was assessed by a Medical Assessor who was of the opinion that she was not medically suitable for Disability Allowance. The Deciding Officer accepted this opinion. The person's file was sent to a Social Welfare Inspector for a means investigation. The Inspector was unable to establish how means were disposed...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned does not have a current application for disability allowance lodged with my department. However, he had been in receipt of an invalidity pension up to 3 February 2010 when his payment was stopped following a medical review of his entitlement. He has appealed this decision and the appeal was sent to the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 20 July 2010. The Appeals Office...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On 24 September 2010 the person concerned was refused carer's allowance on three separate grounds, namely, that the person being cared for does not require full time care and attention, that she is not providing full time care and attention to that person and, thirdly, that she did not fully disclose her means to an Investigating Officer. She has been notified of this decision, the reasons...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned submitted an application for Jobseeker's Allowance on 21 May 2010. A letter issued to the person concerned on 1 September 2010 requesting information regarding means to be supplied within 14 days. To date no response has been received.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Medical Review and Assessment system is the principal control mechanism for illness and disability schemes administered by the Department of Social Protection. Medical Assessors carry out desk assessments of medical evidence/ reports supplied by doctors/patients and where required, conduct in person assessments in order to provide a second medical opinion for the guidance of Deciding and...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Disability Allowance is a weekly payment made to persons with a disability whose employment capacity is substantially restricted by reason of their disability and whose means are insufficient to meet their own needs and those of their dependents. Subject to satisfying all of the conditions of the scheme, persons with a disability can be paid the Allowance on reaching the age of 16. Following...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes recommended, in its report in 2009, that concurrent entitlement to a range of schemes such as one parent family payment or disability allowance and a Community Employment payment should be discontinued. Any changes to social protection schemes generally, including changes recommended by the Special Group, will fall to be...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that a Disability Allowance appeal by the person concerned was registered in that Office on 22 June 2010. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. These papers were received back in the Social Welfare...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The information requested by the Deputy relating to the numbers of appeals decisions in relation to the Habitual Residence Condition for entitlement to social welfare payments, along with the numbers allowed, partly allowed and disallowed, are given in the following table for the years requested. I am informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that statistics in relation to the citizen...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Table: New claims average processing times in weeks: 2007 to (end-August) 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 State Pension (Contributory) 11 11 8 8 State Pension (Transitional) 10 3 3 5 Widow(er)'s Contributory Pension 5 4 2 3 State Pension (Non-Contributory) 8 9 8 9 Widow(er)'s (Non-Contributory) Pension & One Parent...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The jobseeker schemes' conditions include that a customer should be available for work and genuinely seeking work. If people do not attend for an EAP interview or, having engaged with FÁS, decline offers of employment or training, their cases are referred back to the social welfare local office for review to determine if they continue to satisfy the conditions for receipt of a jobseeker's...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is proposed to take Questions Nos. 1380 and 1381 together: It is not possible to provide statistics on the number of customers who have been in receipt of a jobseeker's payment at different points over a number of years. The system used to make jobseekers payments only records the current claim while previous claims for the same person are archived. A complete claim history for each...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned is currently in receipt of jobseeker's benefit. His entitlement to a Back to Education Allowance (Education, Training and Development Option) is currently being examined. When a decision is given he will be advised of the outcome.

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Pending the transfer of certain functions previously carried out by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation to my Department, reporting functions in relation to the National Employment Action Plan rest with the Department of Education and Skills.

Economic Strategy: Motion (Resumed) (30 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I dtosach báire, molaim Pairtí Fhine Gael as ucht an rún seo a chur síos. Tá sé thar a bheith tábhachtach go mbeidh deis again cursaí fostaíochta a bplé. I would like to praise the Fine Gael Party for putting down a very important motion. I may not agree with the terms of the motion but the question of growth in the economy and jobs is central to the issues faced by ordinary...

Vetting Applications (30 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am replying on behalf of the Minister for Justice and Law Reform. I appreciate why Deputy Shatter has raised the matter. All Members of the House will be aware of the current pressures on the Garda vetting service as a result of the increased numbers of applications it is receiving. It may be helpful if I outline briefly the background to the system of Garda employment vetting that is in...

Vetting Applications (30 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I do not have any details on that. It was not that I-----