Results 9,981-10,000 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (30 Mar 2011)
Joan Burton: An analysis of the distributive and poverty impacts on families of the tax/welfare package in Budget 2011, including the impact of the four Budgets over the period 2009 to 2011 inclusive, was carried out by my Department last December with the technical assistance of the Social Inclusion Division of the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs. I arranged to have this analysis...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (30 Mar 2011)
Joan Burton: The need for additional resources to deal with a very significant increase in the number of appeals received by the Social Welfare Appeals Office has been recognised by my Department. The annual intake of appeals has increased from 14,070 in 2007 to 32,432 in 2010, an increase of 18,362 (130.5%) and currently it appears that another 30,000 will be received during 2011. In this context, 9...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (30 Mar 2011)
Joan Burton: The Department of Social Protection operates a range of employment support measures designed to encourage and support social welfare recipients of working age to reduce their dependency on welfare payments. These include the employment support schemes, the activation programme and the Department's role in the National Employment Action Plan. The Department also supports new activation...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (30 Mar 2011)
Joan Burton: 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 no...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (30 Mar 2011)
Joan Burton: 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 a...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (30 Mar 2011)
Joan Burton: The Programme for Government states that a new National Employment and Entitlements Service will be established under the management of the Department of Social Protection. The objective is to integrate all employment and benefit support services in a single delivery unit which will provide a 'one stop shop' for people wishing to establish their benefit entitlements, seeking employment and,...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Mar 2011)
Joan Burton: The free travel scheme permits free travel on most CIE public transport services, Luas and a range of services offered by over 90 private operators in various parts of the country at an annual cost to the exchequer of some â¬74 million in 2010. As outlined in The National Recovery Plan 2011 â 2014, funding for the free travel scheme is now frozen at 2010 levels of expenditure for the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (30 Mar 2011)
Joan Burton: Illness Benefit is a short-term income support payment made to insured people who are unable to work due to illness or incapacity and who satisfy certain pay related social insurance (PRSI) conditions. It is a requirement of the scheme that a person must be incapable of work. However, for rehabilitative or occupational therapy purposes, customers, who have been in receipt of illness benefit...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Mar 2011)
Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for carer's allowance on 28 January 2011. The case is currently awaiting investigation and on completion a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Mar 2011)
Joan Burton: Under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive, an exceptional needs payment (ENP) may be made to help meet an essential, once-off cost which the applicant is unable to meet out of his/her own resources. There is no automatic entitlement to this payment. Each application is...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Mar 2011)
Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive has advised that payment of rent supplement ceased as the person concerned moved accommodation in August 2010. If the person concerned wishes to make a new application for rent supplement then she should contact the community welfare officer at her local health centre.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Mar 2011)
Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive has advised that the person concerned is in receipt of rent supplement of â¬350.70 which is her full entitlement based on her income from one-parent family payment and maintenance.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (30 Mar 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 24 January 2011. 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 in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 22...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Mar 2011)
Joan Burton: The person concerned was paid jobseeker's benefit with effect from 12 August 2010. During a review of her claim, she indicated that as she has a young child, she is available for part-time work only. In order to qualify for jobseeker's benefit, a person must, in addition to a number of other qualifying conditions, be available for and actively seeking full-time work. Her claim was...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (30 Mar 2011)
Joan Burton: The prevention of fraud and abuse of the social welfare system is an integral part of the day-to-day work of the Department. The Department processes in excess of 2 million claims each year and it makes payments to over one million people every week. The vast majority of people are receiving the entitlement due to them. The Department's Control Policy aims to minimise fraud and abuse of...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (30 Mar 2011)
Joan Burton: Recipients of jobseeker's benefit who engage in self-employment are obliged to notify my Department of each day of self-employment. Where the number of days worked in a given week of unemployment is less than four (based on a six day week excluding Sundays), the level of entitlement is reduced by one sixth of the maximum weekly rate applicable to that person for each day of employment or...
- Banks Recapitalisation and Restructuring: Statements (31 Mar 2011)
Joan Burton: The Deputy has some nerve.
- Banks Recapitalisation and Restructuring: Statements (31 Mar 2011)
Joan Burton: Because you signed the guarantee.
- Banks Recapitalisation and Restructuring: Statements (31 Mar 2011)
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- Written Answers — Departmental Committees: Departmental Committees (31 Mar 2011)
Joan Burton: The Gender Recognition Advisory Group was established in 2010 with the following terms of reference: To advise the Minister for Social Protection on the legislation required to provide for legal recognition of the acquired gender of transsexuals. In particular, to propose heads of a bill to provide for: The establishment of a process for legal recognition of the acquired gender of persons...