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Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (10 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The person concerned should contact their local office of FÁS to verify the reasons that that they are ineligible to participate in the community employment programme. The eligible criteria are published by FÁS and are available locally. As Minister for Social Protection I do not have a role in determining the eligibility of individual cases in regard to the operation of CE. The...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (10 May 2011)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that, the appeal from the person concerned has been referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing on 10 May 2011. The person concerned has been notified of the arrangements. 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 Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 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/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 — Expenditure Reviews: Expenditure Reviews (10 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The Programme of Financial Support for Ireland will be monitored through quantitative performance criteria and structural benchmarks. There are quarterly reviews of the arrangement with the EU/ECB & IMF. The reviews will assess progress in implementing the programme and reach understandings on any additional measures that may be needed to achieve its objectives. My Department provides...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (10 May 2011)

Joan Burton: Payment of illness benefit, 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 advised by...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive has advised that the application for rent supplement has been refused as the person concerned has not provided documentary evidence from the relevant local housing authority to show she has been assessed as having a housing need.

Written Answers — Vóta na Roinne: Vóta na Roinne (10 May 2011)

Joan Burton: Bhí mionteagasc ar na Meastacháin don bhliain 2011 san áireamh sa Mhionteagasc Aire a d'ullmhaigh an Roinn dom ar mo cheapadh im' Aire Coimirce Sóisialaí. Tá an mionteagasc sin ar fáil ar shuíomh Gréasáin na Roinne. Foilsíonn an Roinn Airgeadais anailís mhíosúil ar an nGlanchaiteachas Vótáilte de réir Vót-Ghrúpa. Mí Aibreáin atá faoi chaibidil san anailís is déanaí...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: 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 persons in his Budget statement to Dáil Éireann on the 7th December 2010. The initiative, known as Tús, was launched on the 21st December 2010 and work on developing the necessary implementation structures has been underway since then. The aim of Tús is to provide...

Written Answers — Work Placement Programme: Work Placement Programme (11 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The work placement programme provides up to 9 months work experience to unemployed individuals, including graduates. The programme is open to all sectors of the economy, including the private and public sectors, as well as the community and voluntary sectors. The aim of the programme is to assist unemployed people, including graduates, to establish or maintain links to the labour market and...

Written Answers — Departmental Accommodation: Departmental Accommodation (11 May 2011)

Joan Burton: At present, social welfare services in Portlaoise are provided from a Branch Office by an independent contractor and also through the Social Welfare Inspectors Office in Government Buildings. The Branch Office services include a general information service for the public, accepting all forms of social welfare claims; registration and maintenance of jobseekers claims including processing of...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 May 2011)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 92 and 93 together. Under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, landlords are legally obliged to register tenancies with the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), however, not all tenancies are required to be registered with the PRTB as the relevant legislation, the Residential Tenancies Act, provides for certain exceptions. Where registration is...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 May 2011)

Joan Burton: An application for jobseeker's allowance, by the person concerned was refused by a deciding officer of the Department on the grounds that she did not satisfy the habitual residence conditions. Similarly, her application for supplementary welfare allowance was also refused by a Community Welfare Officer of the HSE. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that appeals by the person...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (11 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The table below shows a breakdown, by grade, of the number of full-time equivalent posts in the Department at 1st April 2011. GRADE 1.4.2011 Secretary General 1 Deputy Secretary 1 Assistant Secretary 7 Chief Appeals Officer 1 Medical Advisor 1 Deputy Medical Advisor 1 Medical Assessor 22 Principal Officer 37.4 Assistant Principal 194.93 Administrative Officer 11.4 Higher...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (11 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The challenges facing the Irish pension system are significant. In particular, the task of financing increasing pension spending will fall to a diminishing share of the population. There are currently six workers for every pensioner and this ratio is expected to decrease to less than two to one by 2050. Increasing State pension age is one of the ways in which we can sustain the pensions...

Written Answers — Grants Payments: Grants Payments (11 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The Departments records, which are only readily available from 1998 onwards, show that a small number of payments totalling €45,371 were made to the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) since 1998 in respect of corporate membership subscriptions, the Student Summer Job Scheme, reimbursement of costs of teas and coffees for meetings and the purchase of a publication. The...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (11 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 25 March 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 — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (11 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The application for carer's allowance by the person concerned was received on the 26 January 2011. On the 25 February 2011, following examination of the medical evidence by a medical assessor, she was refused on the grounds that the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full time care and attention as prescribed in regulations. She was notified of this decision, the reasons for it...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (11 May 2011)

Joan Burton: A claim for Jobseeker's Allowance by the person concerned was disallowed by the Deciding Officer on the grounds that he did not satisfy the Habitual Residence Condition. 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...

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (12 May 2011)

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Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (12 May 2011)

Joan Burton: This Government was elected with a mandate to sort out the country's extremely difficult fiscal and banking crises. I do not believe anybody expects that will be done in an incredibly rapid period. Rather it will be a piece of work whereby actions are taken across a series of different fronts, with the aim of getting people and business back to work. That is the critical issue. Although...