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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (3 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The Department 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. The back to work enterprise allowance (BTWEA) is designed to provide a monetary incentive for people who are long term dependent on social welfare payments to make self employment financially attractive and...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (3 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 11th April 2011. 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...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (3 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The Department 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. In the main, to qualify for participation on these schemes an applicant must, inter alia, be in receipt of a relevant social welfare payment for a minimum specified period. In general, activation policies...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (3 May 2011)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received on the 10th November 2009. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the child in question was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on the 14th December 2009 where the customer was advised of the decision. The customer subsequently lodged an appeal against this...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (3 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive has advised that it has requested the person concerned to provide further information in order to process her application for rent supplement. A decision will be made on her application when the requested information has been provided.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (3 May 2011)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that the average waiting time for a domiciliary care allowance appeal dealt with by way of a summary decision in 2010 was 26.8 weeks, while the average time to process an oral hearing was 49.1 weeks. These processing times are calculated from the registration date of the appeal to the date of its finalisation. These include all activities...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (3 May 2011)

Joan Burton: 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 — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (3 May 2011)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 307 and 333 together. As Minister for Social Protection I do not have a role in the administration of individual cases in regard to the operation of the Community Employment programme. The administration of individual cases under Community Employment is a day-to-day matter for FÁS as part of its responsibility under the Labour Services Act 1987 as amended by...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (3 May 2011)

Joan Burton: 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 (3 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 05 November 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 in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 02 March...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (3 May 2011)

Joan Burton: 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 (3 May 2011)

Joan Burton: 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 (3 May 2011)

Joan Burton: 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 — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (3 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The names of those seeking to transfer to various offices in my Department, including that in Donegal Town, are recorded on the relevant transfer list. They are added to when a member of staff applies for a transfer. The transfer lists are only referenced when a vacancy, fillable by transfer, arises. The person placed highest on the list, who is deemed suitable for transfer, is contacted to...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (3 May 2011)

Joan Burton: Up to the end of 2009, the community services programme provided a non-wage grant to contract holders. Due to the worsening public finances, this non-wage grant was discontinued to ensure that available resources were used to maintain and add to the number of persons supported in employment by the programme. A review mechanism was provided that afforded each contract holder the opportunity...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (3 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive has advised that it received an application for rent supplement from the person concerned in February 2010. The HSE further advised that it requested the person concerned to provide further information in order to process his application for rent supplement. A decision will be made on his application when the requested information has been provided.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (3 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 11 October 2010. In order to determine his weekly means, his file was forwarded to his local social welfare inspector. A final decision on his entitlement to disability allowance will be given on receipt of the social welfare inspector's report. The customer will be notified directly of the outcome. As regards the processing of...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (3 May 2011)

Joan Burton: No application for domiciliary care allowance has been received from the person in question. If an application is received it will be referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors for a medical opinion and a letter will issue advising of the decision.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (3 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has not made an application to Back to Education Allowance and therefore entitlement can not be determined. If he wishes to make an application he may do so by calling to his Local Social Welfare Office to complete the necessary forms and a decision will be given on any application made as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (3 May 2011)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received on the 11th June 2010. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on the 12th August 2010 where the customer was advised of the decision. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this decision and...