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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 320 to 325, inclusive, together. Since the 1st April 2009 this Department has been accepting new claims for domiciliary care allowance (DCA). Statistics relating to the period prior to April 2009 are not held by this Department as the scheme was the responsibility of the Health Service Executive (HSE) until that date. The main change to the qualifying...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 07 August 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 06...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned has been registered in that office. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Social Welfare Services on the grounds of appeal be sought. When received, the appeal in question will be referred to an Appeals Officer for consideration....

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The jobseeker's allowance claim from the person concerned was disallowed on the grounds that he is registered as a student for the academic year 2010/11.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned has been registered in that office. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Social Welfare Services on the grounds of appeal be sought. When received, the appeal in question will be referred to an Appeals Officer for consideration. The...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned has not been received by that office. A form for the opening of an appeal has been forwarded to the person concerned and requesting him to state the grounds for his appeal. On receipt of his reply the appeal will be opened and processed in the normal manner. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On 24 August 2010 the person concerned was refused carer's allowance on the grounds that full time care and attention is not required in this case. She was notified of this decision, the reason for it and of her right to appeal to the Social Welfare Appeals Office. She has appealed this decision and an appeal has been opened in this case. On 14 January 2011 her carer's allowance file was...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned applied for holidays in respect of the period from 20th December 2010 to 27th December 2010 to travel abroad. He is not entitled to payment of jobseeker's allowance for this period as he had already availed of his full holiday allowance for 2010.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On 09 December 2009, payment of carer's allowance to the person concerned was stopped on the grounds that she was working more than 15 hours per week, contrary to the conditions for receipt of that payment. She was notified of this decision and the reason(s) for it. She appealed the decision and her file was referred to an investigative officer of this Department for review. On completion...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned has been registered in that office. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Social Welfare Services on the grounds of appeal be sought. When received, the appeal in question will be referred to an Appeals Officer for consideration. The...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Department assists social welfare recipients with heating costs, through their basic payments, through the fuel allowance scheme and through the household benefits package of electricity and gas allowances. The national fuel allowance scheme assists householders on long-term social welfare or health service executive payments with meeting the additional cost of their heating needs during...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned has been referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing in the 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...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (18 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 338 and 339 together. A community work placement initiative, to be known as Tús, was launched by me on the 21st December 2010, an event to which all Local Development Companies were invited and to whom details were circulated after the launch. The aims of Tús are to provide short-term, quality work opportunities for those who are unemployed for more than a...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (18 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Special advisers are appointed under the Public Service Management Act 1997. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tabular statement. TABULAR STATEMENT Adviser to Minister Mary Hanafin T.D. - Period Covered – 1 Jan 09 to 23 March 2010 Name: Averil Power Title: Special Adviser Annual Salary Scale: 1/1/09 to 31/12/09: €86,168 - €100,191 1/1/10 to 23/3/10:...

Written Answers — Official Travel: Official Travel (18 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 341 and 343 together. The costs and details of foreign trips made by me in the year 2010 and to date in 2011 are set out in Table 1. Details of hotel accommodation used while on official business within the state from 2009 to date are set out in Table 2. Table 1 Location Luxembourg Dates (from – to) 6/6/2010 – 7/6/2010 Flight costs (type of air...

Written Answers — Official Travel: Official Travel (18 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Details of expenditure on foreign travel and subsistence for the Department from 2009 to date in 2011 are set out in Table 1. The Department receives money from the EU as reimbursement (or partial reimbursement) of travel expenses incurred when officials travel to attend meetings in Brussels related to EU business. Table 1 – Details of foreign travel and subsistence for the Department...

Written Answers — Official Travel: Official Travel (18 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The information requested is currently being compiled within the Department and will be made available to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Charities Regulation: Charities Regulation (18 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: While the Department makes payments to organisations under schemes such as the Activation and Family Support Programme and the Disability Activation Project, it does not have information as to the charitable status of payees. Any payments made to organisations or agencies with charitable status under these schemes are to co-fund training/education initiatives and not to provide funding to...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (19 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On 1 January 2011, the Department assumed responsibility for making redundancy payments from the Social Insurance Fund. There are two types of redundancy payment made from the fund i.e. rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I can confirm that...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (19 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I understand the individual concerned took a case for unfair dismissal against his employer before the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) in July 2009. The Tribunal found in favour of the claimant that he was unfairly dismissed and awarded him an amount equivalent to two years' salary. It is the duty of the employer in the first instance to make such payments to the employee. I understand...