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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Applications for Domiciliary Care Allowance are processed by date of receipt and it currently takes approximately seven weeks to process an application. In the case of an application which is refused, the applicant may appeal the decision directly to the Social Welfare Appeals Office within 21 days. It is at the discretion of the Appeals office to accept an appeal outside of this timeframe....

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Health Service Executive has advised that the person concerned had been in receipt of rent supplement of €44.80 based on the household income from maternity benefit and jobseeker's allowance. Following a review of her rent supplement claim she has been awarded rent supplement of €68.30 per week based on the household income from illness benefit and jobseeker's allowance and this rate...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned was refused basic SWA and rent supplement as she did not furnish the documentation and information requested by the community welfare officer for the purposes of deciding entitlement to basic SWA and rent supplement. If the person concerned is not satisfied with the decision of the HSE she can appeal to the HSE Appeals...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person in question was awarded invalidity pension with effect from 01 May 2008. He is currently in receipt of invalidity pension at the maximum weekly rate of € 201.50 and an increase of € 14.90 weekly for one qualified child. Arrears of invalidity pension for the period 01 May 2008 to 18 November 2009 amounting to €135.01 issued to the customer on 18 February 2010. The total...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Invalidity Pension is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and who satisfy the contribution conditions. Entitlement to Invalidity Pension is determined on receipt of a completed application form. An application form for Invalidity Pension was sent directly to the customer in question on Thursday 7 October 2010. On receipt of the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The claimant, who was in receipt of carers allowances for two carees, had her payment reduced as a result of a medical review of her claim. The payment was reduced with effect from 1 July 2010 as it was found that the caree no longer satisfied the conditions for full time care. An appeal was subsequently lodged with the Department and this was forwarded to the Social Welfare Appeals Office...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: An application for Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) was received on the 21st June 2010 from the person in question. This application was referred to one of the Departments Medical Assessors who found that her child was not medically eligible for DCA. A letter issued to the person in question on the 3rd September 2010 where she was advised of the decision to refuse DCA. In the case of an...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned against the disallowance of Disability Allowance was registered in that office on 16 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...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 17 February 2009. He was examined by a medical assessor who was of the opinion that he was not medically suitable for disability allowance. The deciding officer accepted that opinion and refused his claim and a letter issued to the person on 18 June 2009 advising him of this decision and of his right of appeal to the Social Welfare...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (12 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned has reached pension age and has been sent a claim form. On receipt of the completed claim form, her entitlement to pension will be fully examined and she will be notified of the outcome without delay.

Fuel Poverty: Motion (13 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghlacadh leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle as ucht deis a thabhairt dom cúpla focal a rá ar an gceist seo. Is í fadhb an bochtanais breosla ceann de na fadhbanna is mó lena bhfuil mé ag plé mar Aire Coimirce Sóisialaí. Is ceist an-chasta í, ar ndóigh, os rud é go gcaitheann go leor daoine go leor airgid ar teas ach go dtéann an teas sin amú orthu....

Fuel Poverty: Motion (13 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I do not have a script.

Fuel Poverty: Motion (13 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have notes, which the Deputy may have.

Fuel Poverty: Motion (13 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: With all the swapping of scripts that takes place in the House, I often believe we could all stay at home and save ourselves a great deal of time.

Fuel Poverty: Motion (13 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Private Members' business should be about debate. A second issue I have been considering is the fact that a high percentage of those who suffer fuel poverty live in rented accommodation. As Deputies are no doubt aware, a high percentage of rented accommodation, especially that rented by those on low incomes, is paid for indirectly through the rental subsidy scheme. In conjunction with the...

Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: First, I thank Deputy Tom Sheahan for raising the question on the Adjournment. I assure him that, within the law and the terms of the scheme, every effort is being made to deal with all applications under the various schemes as expeditiously as possible. As he is probably aware, there was a significant increase in the number of applications under the various schemes in recent years. There...

Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I could get that detail. My understanding is they are medical practitioners. On that matter, the Chief Medical Officer, the person with whom I mainly have had dealings in the Department, is a very fine medical practitioner and I understand is very experienced in occupational medicine, and I have found him to be a very fair minded person. He is working to try see how all of these procedures...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (13 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: For a child requiring full-time care who is under age 16, a domiciliary care allowance of €309.50 per month may be paid to the parent or guardian. This payment is not means tested and is to provide for the additional costs involved in providing care and supervision that is substantially more than that normally needed by a child of the same age. This may include additional travel costs. A...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I attach a tabular statement on current recipients of rent supplement by duration. Expenditure on rent supplement is not available on a county basis. Number of Recipients of Rent Supplement by Claim Duration (1), 1 October 2010 Years Recipients 0-1 48,299 1-2 27,979 2-3 8,772 3-4 3,608 4-5 2,384 5+ 5,058 Total 96,100 (1) Claims with duration of precisely 1 year are recorded under...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Technical Assistance and Training Scheme allows the Department of Social Protection to provide support to Back to Work Enterprise Allowance recipients who are engaging in self employment projects, to enhance their chances of success to become independent of the social welfare system. This is a discretionary scheme and there is not an entitlement to the Technical Assistance and Training...