Results 10,801-10,820 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (21 Jun 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 26th May 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 Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Jun 2011)
Joan Burton: Self-employed workers are not insured for short-term benefits such as illness and jobseeker's payments â these are only available to persons covered by PRSI Classes A, E, H and P. This reflects the need for coverage for various contingencies, the rate of contributions that self-employed persons pay, the practicalities of administering and controlling access to short-term payments and the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (21 Jun 2011)
Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all the evidence, including that adduced at oral hearing, disallowed the appeal of the person concerned. Notification of the Appeals Officers decision was issued on 11 April 2011. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of the Appeals Officer is final and conclusive and may only be...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (21 Jun 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that a child benefit appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 07 December 2010 and a domiciliary care allowance appeal was registered on 26 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...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (21 Jun 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that a disability allowance appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 12 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...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (21 Jun 2011)
Joan Burton: Invalidity pension is a payment made to people who satisfy the social insurance contribution conditions and who are permanently incapable of work. The claimant was awarded an invalidity pension from 24th January 2008. Following a review of the customer's medical eligibility, it was decided in 2009 that she no longer satisfied the medical criteria for invalidity pension. Accordingly, the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (21 Jun 2011)
Joan Burton: The annual costs incurred in providing the current social welfare office services in Portlaoise are â¬848,404. While staff of the CWS are currently on secondment to the Department, the costs of their accommodation are met in the first instance by the HSE, and reimbursed by the Department as part of the overall funding arrangement between the two bodies. It was not possible to disaggregate...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (21 Jun 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 an oral hearing. The person concerned has been notified of the decision. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of the Appeals Officer is final and conclusive and may only be reviewed by the Appeals Officer in the...
- Written Answers — Money Advice and Budgeting Service: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (21 Jun 2011)
Joan Burton: Responsibility for the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) transferred to the Citizen Information Board (CIB) in July 2009. As part of the ongoing review of its services the Board have put a new organisational structure in place, since April 2011, which enables CIB regional managers to get a greater insight into the nature of supports required by MABS companies on the ground to deliver...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Jun 2011)
Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received on 15 March 2011. 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 24 May 2011 advising of the decision.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (21 Jun 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that a carer's allowance appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 23 August 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. Following further investigations by a Social Welfare...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (21 Jun 2011)
Joan Burton: Carer's allowance is a means tested social assistance scheme operated by my Department. For means test purposes, account is taken of the income and assets of both the claimant and his or her spouse/partner. Where a spouse/partner has earnings from employment, earnings less PRSI contributions, pension contributions and trade union subscriptions are assessed as means. The applicant is not...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Jun 2011)
Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive has advised that the person concerned is in receipt of a rent supplement at a rate of â¬771 per month.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 Jun 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 a summary decision. The person concerned has been notified of the decision. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of the Appeals Officer is final and conclusive and may only be reviewed by the Appeals Officer in...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 Jun 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 (22 Jun 2011)
Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that it has not received an application for rent supplement from the person concerned. The HSE has forwarded a rent supplement application form to the person concerned.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 Jun 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that a child benefit appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 07 December 2010 and a domiciliary care allowance appeal was registered on 26 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...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (22 Jun 2011)
Joan Burton: 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 (CE) programme. The administration of individual cases under CE is a day-to-day matter for FÃS as part of its responsibility under the Labour Services Act, 1987, as amended by Part 3 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 Jun 2011)
Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer having fully considered all the evidence, including that adduced at oral hearing, has partially allowed the Carer's Allowance appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned has been notified of the decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the...
- Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (22 Jun 2011)
Joan Burton: The Government has provided various types of support to people affected by the November 2009 flooding. Humanitarian Aid payments were made, both in the immediate aftermath of the flooding and subsequently to enable eligible households to resume living at their home. Flood relief works were also undertaken in some of the affected areas and other works are at an advanced state of preparation....