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Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (25 May 2011)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 112 and 113 together. The qualifying conditions for State pension (contributory), as set out in Section 109 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, require an applicant to · have entered insurable employment before attaining the age of 56 years. · have at least 260 paid contribution weeks, from employment or self-employment, since entry into...

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

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that it has refused an application for rent supplement from the person concerned on the grounds that the amount of rent payable was in excess of the prescribed rent limit of €94 per week for a single person. The decision has been appealed to the HSE's designated Appeals Officer and a decision on entitlement will be made in due course. The HSE...

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

Joan Burton: Under the SWA 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. Eligible people would normally be in...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (25 May 2011)

Joan Burton: Late last year agreement was reached between the Health Service Executive (HSE) and unions representing the Community Welfare Officers that the staff of the Community Welfare Service (CWS) would transfer to the Department of Social Protection with effect from 1 January 2011 on a secondment basis initially. The period of secondment is to last for 9 months until the end of September 2011....

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

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that they do not hold statistics on reasons for allowing appeals. However, that office works with the Department on an ongoing basis to ensure that initial decision making in the Department is improved. This is achieved through meetings with various areas of the Department, including, in particular the Decisions Advisory Office which exercises...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive has advised that the person concerned is in receipt of a basic supplementary welfare allowance payment at the appropriate rate based on his particular circumstances. The assessment that was carried out by the Community Welfare Officer (CWO) was based on audited accounts that were provided by the person concerned. The HSE has further advised that the person...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (25 May 2011)

Joan Burton: From July 2009, a new condition for rent supplement was introduced which required that in order to qualify, a person must have been residing in private rented accommodation or accommodation for homeless persons or an institution (or any combination of these) for a period of 183 days within the preceding 12 months of the date of claim for rent supplement. A person may also qualify for rent...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The HSE advised that the person concerned received rent supplement at a higher rate than that to which she was entitled thus incurring an overpayment. This transpired as she had extra household income from her participation on a Community Employment scheme and her rent supplement entitlement was not reduced accordingly. The person concerned appealed the decision to raise an overpayment...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (25 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The profiling model has been developed by the ERSI and is set out in their 2009 report "National Profiling of the Unemployed in Ireland". Following on from this my Department has, in conjunction with the ESRI, developed the necessary technological functionality to provide for the capture of profile data from jobseekers and the calculation of each person's probability of exit from the Live...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned is in receipt of her full entitlement to rent supplement based on her household income.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The person's claim for jobseeker's allowance was disallowed on the basis that her means were in excess of her entitlement. The means assessed against her are derived from parental income. The person would have been notified of this decision and of her right of appeal.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 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. Eligible...

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

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that it has received the documentation required to make a decision in relation to the rent supplement entitlement of the person concerned. The HSE has further advised that its designated Appeals Officer will make a decision on entitlement shortly.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 May 2011)

Joan Burton: Under current legislation, a person is not entitled to receive jobseeker's allowance while attending a course of study. A person aged 18 or over is regarded as attending a course of study: (a) for 3 months immediately following the completion or the leaving by that person of second level education or the completion by him or her of the leaving certificate examination whichever is the later,...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 May 2011)

Joan Burton: Under the supplementary 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. Eligible...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The position remains as advised in question number 253 which was answered for the Deputy on 17 May 2011 Under the supplementary 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....

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 May 2011)

Joan Burton: In order to have her entitlement to mortgage interest supplement considered the person in question should contact the community welfare officer dealing with her case and provide the documentation requested.

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (26 May 2011)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 39 and 40 together. Tús is a community work placement initiative which will provide up to 5,000 short-term, quality work opportunities for those who are unemployed for more than a year. Some €30 million has been provided in the Department's Estimates in 2011 to fund the roll-out of the initiative. This initiative is delivered through the network of...

Written Answers — Jobs Initiative: Jobs Initiative (26 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The National Internship Scheme is a key part of the Government's Jobs Initiative. It will provide up to 5,000 unemployed people with an internship opportunity ranging from 6 to 9 months in an organisation in the private, public or community and voluntary sectors. Under the National Internship Scheme, internship opportunities should provide participants with valuable work experience, which...