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Written Answers — Daylight Savings Time: Daylight Savings Time (9 Nov 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: No costs were incurred in my Department in changing clocks from summer time to winter time and vice versa in the Department's offices

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Nov 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Payment of invalidity pension, to the person concerned, was disallowed by a Deciding Officer following an examination by a Medical Assessor of the Department who expressed the opinion that she was capable of work. An appeal was opened and in the context of that appeal, her case was reviewed by a second Medical Assessor who also expressed the opinion that she was capable of work. I am...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Nov 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing in this case. The person concerned will be informed when arrangements have been made. There was a 46% increase in the number of appeals received by the Social Welfare Appeals Office in 2009 when compared to 2008, which in itself...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Nov 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned was awarded an increase in respect of fuel allowance and arrears due issued to her on 4 November 2010.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (10 Nov 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing in this case. The person concerned will be informed when arrangements have been made. 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 (10 Nov 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an 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 Appeals Office on 16...

Written Answers — Departmental Estimates: Departmental Estimates (10 Nov 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Details of Estimate Provision and outturn in respect of Vote 38 Department of Social Protection and the Social Insurance Fund for 2002 to 2009 and up to 30 September, 2010 are set out in the tables. Social Insurance Fund outturn figures provided for 2009 and 2010 and Vote 38 outturn figures for 2010 are provisional and subject to audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General. To end...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (10 Nov 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Pensions Board is a regulatory body operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection. The statutory role of the Board is to monitor and supervise the operation of the Pensions Act 1990. The Board was established in 1991 under the provisions of the Pensions Act, 1990, as amended, and comprises a chairperson and 16 ordinary members appointed by the Minister for Social...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (10 Nov 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Pensions Board is a regulatory body operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection. The statutory role of the Board is to monitor and supervise the operation of the Pensions Act 1990. The operations of the Pensions Board are largely financed by annual fees payable to it by occupational pension schemes and by providers of Personal Retirement Savings Accounts and trust...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (10 Nov 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Department's Inspectorate, appointed under Section 250 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 2005, is responsible, inter alia, for ensuring that employers and self-employed people comply with the Act in relation to Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) contributions. Employer compliance, in this regard, is monitored through employer enquiries and inspections which include detailed...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (10 Nov 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned has notified them that she no longer wishes to claim rent supplement in County Meath but does wish to make a claim for rent supplement in Dublin. The HSE has advised the person concerned to make an application for rent supplement to the community welfare officer in the area where she intends to reside.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (10 Nov 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The claim for disability allowance, by the person concerned, was disallowed by a Deciding Officer of the Department on 23 April 2010 following an assessment by a Medical Assessor who expressed the opinion that she was not medically suitable. An appeal was opened on 30 June 2010 and the Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that, in accordance with statutory requirements, the Department...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (10 Nov 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Activation and support for those who are unemployed is a key priority for Government. Earlier this year, the Taoiseach announced a number of changes to improve the delivery of employment, training and community services to the public by bringing together related responsibilities in these areas. These changes included the restructuring of Departmental responsibilities with the objective of...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (10 Nov 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing in this case. The person concerned will be informed when arrangements have been made. There was a 46% increase in the number of appeals received by the Social Welfare Appeals Office in 2009 when compared to 2008, which in itself...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (10 Nov 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing in this case. The person concerned will be informed when arrangements have been made. There was a 46% increase in the number of appeals received by the Social Welfare Appeals Office in 2009 when compared to 2008, which in itself...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Nov 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income support, to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. There are currently over 96,200 tenants benefiting from a rent supplement payment - an increase of 61 per cent since...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Nov 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is a condition of any applicant's entitlement to a rent supplement that s/he has not refused to accept, within any continuous 12 month period commencing on or after 27 July 2009, a second offer of accommodation, provided by either a housing authority (including accommodation offered under the Rental Accommodation Scheme) or any body approved by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (10 Nov 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: A total of 55 people in my Department availed of incentivised career break arrangements. However, as all of these people were replaced by way of redeployment of surplus staff from other Departments to take account of the significant increase in the Live Register, it is not possible to measure the net savings to the Exchequer.

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned made an application for mortgage interest supplement in September 2009 and that his application was refused as the loan was not taken out for the purchase, repair or essential improvement of the sole or main residence. The person concerned appealed the decision to the HSE Appeals Office and the decision to refuse...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 Nov 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The organisation referred to by the Deputy was approved for funding from the Community Services Programme and is currently being funded under the Community Services Programme. Their contract will expire at the end of December 2010 in line with all contracts under that Programme. I am currently considering proposals to extend the contracts for organisations providing services under the...