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- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (4 May 2011)
Joan Burton: Under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, mortgage interest supplement is not payable where one of a couple in a household is engaged in full-time employment. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that in January 2011 it refused a mortgage interest supplement in this case on the grounds that the spouse of the person concerned was engaged in full time employment. The HSE has...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (4 May 2011)
Joan Burton: Under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, an exceptional needs payment (ENP) may be made by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to help meet an essential once-off cost which the applicant is unable to meet out of his or her own resources. There is no automatic entitlement to this payment. Each application is determined by the HSE based on the particular circumstances of the case....
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (4 May 2011)
Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all the evidence, disallowed the appeal of the person concerned by way of summary decision. The person concerned has been notified of the decision. The legislation provides that an Appeals Officer may decide a case before him/her on the basis of the documentary evidence. This course of action...
- Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (4 May 2011)
Joan Burton: PRSI differs substantially from the Universal Social Charge in that the Universal Social Charge is a tax on gross income whereas PRSI represents a contribution by, and in respect of, workers, which allows those workers to establish entitlement to a range of short and long term social insurance benefits. The basis and rationale for charging PRSI and the Universal Social Charge also differ...
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (4 May 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. Supports available include the back to work schemes, community initiatives and the part time job incentive scheme. The Back to Work Enterprise Allowance (BTWEA) is designed to provide a...
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (4 May 2011)
Joan Burton: The National Employment Action Plan is the main activation measure for jobseekers and provides for a systematic engagement of the employment services with unemployed people. Under the Plan, all persons between the ages of 18 and 65 years who are approaching three months on the Live Register are identified by the Department of Social Protection and referred to FÃS for interview with the aim...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (4 May 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 the employment support services currently provided directly by the Department of Social Protection with those currently provided by FÃS into a single service. This service will also process...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (4 May 2011)
Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive has acknowledged receipt of an appeal from the person concerned and has advised that a decision on the matter will be made in due course.
- Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (5 May 2011)
Joan Burton: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is a human rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. Compliance is monitored by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. Governments of countries that have ratified the Convention are required to report to, and appear before, this committee periodically to...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (5 May 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 the employment support services currently provided directly by the Department of Social Protection with those currently provided by FÃS into a single service. This service will also process...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (5 May 2011)
Joan Burton: A Child Benefit claim was received from the person concerned under EU Regulations 883/04 and 987/09 on 30 July 2010. Child Benefit was awarded for the period 01/08/2010 to 31/08/2010 while she resided in the United Kingdom and her spouse was employed in Ireland. Her claim was disallowed from 01/09/2010 as it was decided that the person concerned did not satisfy the Habitual Residence...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (5 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. There has been a very significant increase in the number of appeals received by the Social Welfare Appeals Office since 2007 when the intake was 14,070 to 2010 when the intake rose to 32,432. This has significantly...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (5 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. There has been a very significant increase in the number of appeals received by the Social Welfare Appeals Office since 2007 when the intake was 14,070 to 2010 when the intake rose to 32,432. This has significantly...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (5 May 2011)
Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for jobseeker's allowance on 6th November 2008 and her application was disallowed on the grounds that she was not habitually resident in the state. The decision was upheld on appeal in December 2009. On 3rd September 2009 she applied for one parent family payment. The application was also disallowed on the grounds that she was not habitually resident in the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 May 2011)
Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 25 January 2011. In order to determine her weekly means her file was forwarded to her local social welfare inspector. I understand the inspector will call to the person shortly to carry out a means assessment. A final decision on her entitlement to disability allowance will be given on receipt of the social welfare inspector's report....
- Expenditure Reviews (10 May 2011)
Joan Burton: The Revised Estimates volume, published by the previous Government in February, provides for total expenditure on social welfare schemes and services of â¬20.615 billion in 2011. This sum incorporates the effect of a range of savings measures announced in budget 2011. The estimate for jobseekers' payments contained in the Revised Estimates volume was based on a weekly average live register...
- Expenditure Reviews (10 May 2011)
Joan Burton: The Estimates for budget 2011 were prepared by the previous Minister and Government.
- Expenditure Reviews (10 May 2011)
Joan Burton: As I recall, the former Minister was Deputy à CuÃv and the Government was made up of Fianna Fáil and the Green Party. The critical issue was the provision in the Estimates for an expectation of 405,000 people on average to be on the register during 2011. As I stated, for the year to date the weekly average live register has been 441,000. Later today, my colleague, the Minister for...
- Expenditure Reviews (10 May 2011)
Joan Burton: The reality is that when I came into the Department, the Department's estimates, which were the estimates of the previous Minister in the Department and the Minister for Finance in the previous Government, projected an unemployment figure of 405,000 in 2011. The actual figure has turned out to be 441,000 on average in the year to date. This is the major reason for the difference. The...
- Employment Support Services (10 May 2011)
Joan Burton: The then Minister for Finance announced the introduction of a community work placement initiative for up to 5,000 people in the Budget Statement to Dáil Ãireann on 7 December 2010. The initiative, known as Tús, was launched on 21 December 2010 and work on developing the necessary implementation structures has been underway since then. Tús will provide short-term, quality work...