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- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (12 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 12 May 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 Appeals Office on 7 July 2011...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (12 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 29 March 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 Appeals Office on 9 May 2011...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (12 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 16 December 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 18...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (12 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The three statutory bodies operating under the aegis of my Department are the Social Welfare Tribunal, the Citizens Information Board and the Pensions Board. In addition, the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman comes under the remit of the Department. On 1 July 2009, the Combat Poverty Agency merged with the Office for Social Inclusion to form the Department's Social Inclusion Division. The...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that payment of rent supplement was refused in this case as the person concerned failed to supply the necessary supporting documentation in order that his entitlement to rent supplement could be determined. The person in question should contact his local Community Welfare Officer if he wishes to pursue his claim further.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (12 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 237 and 241 together. The current free travel scheme operated by the Department provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for those eligible under the scheme. These include road, rail and ferry services provided by companies such as Bus Ãth Cliath, Bus Ãireann and Iarnród Ãireann, as well as Luas and services provided by over...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (12 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The National Employment Action Plan (NEAP) is the main activation measure for jobseekers and provides for a systematic engagement of the employment services with unemployed people. Under the plan, all eligible 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 a FÃS...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (12 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The National Employment Action Plan (NEAP) is the main activation measure for jobseekers and provides for a systematic engagement of the employment services with unemployed people. Under the plan, all eligible 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 a FÃS...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (12 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The National Employment Action Plan (NEAP) is the main activation measure for jobseekers and provides for a systematic engagement of the employment services with unemployed people. Under the plan, all eligible 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 a FÃS...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: Family income supplement (FIS) is designed to provide income for employees on low earnings with families. This preserves the incentive to remain in employment in circumstances where the employee might only be marginally better off than if he or she were unemployed and claiming other social welfare payments. To qualify for payment of FIS, a person must be engaged in full-time insurable...
- Written Answers — Liúntais Gaeltachta: Liúntais Gaeltachta (12 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: Baineann an cheist seo le roinnt mÃreanna i dtaobh aistriú na seirbhÃse leasa shóisialaigh go dtà an Roinn Coimirce SóisialaÃ, mÃreanna atá tarchurtha go dtà an Chúirt Oibreachais lena gcinneadh go ceangailteach. Bhà éisteacht ann sa Chúirt Oibreachais ar 11 Iúil 2011. Nuair a bheidh an cinneadh ar fáil in am trátha socróidh sé stádas an liúntais Ghaeltachta a Ãoctar i...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (12 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 22 June 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 Appeals Office on 28 June...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (12 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The FÃS Supported Employment Service is a labour market initiative which aims to assist people with a disability to secure and maintain a job in the open labour market. The programme provides a range of supports to employers and people with a disability through Job Coaches. The total actual expenditure on the programme in 2010 was â¬8.468 million. The budget for 2011 has been increased to...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (12 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive has advised that it has received an appeal from the person concerned against the decision to refuse a mortgage interest supplement. It has further advised that a decision on entitlement in this case will be made shortly.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that there is no record of an application for rent supplement from the person concerned. The HSE has further advised that the Community Welfare Officer has discussed the matter with the person concerned and has advised him to find private rented accommodation and then to make a formal application.
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (12 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: JobBridge, the national internship scheme, is open to host organisations in the private, public and community and voluntary sectors. As such it is open to vocational education committees to offer internship(s) under the scheme. JobBridge is a work experience scheme designed to provide those seeking employment with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience, maintain close links with...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: My Department operates a wide range of schemes under which a person may be entitled to receive a payment if they satisfy all of the various conditions for receipt of that payment. The conditions for receipt of a primary weekly payment, such as Disability Allowance or State Pension, typically include experiencing a prescribed contingency, such as unemployment, disability or old age, and...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (12 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: Under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme an exceptional needs payment 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. The HSE has advised that an application from the person concerned for an exceptional needs payment to assist with funeral costs was refused as the need was...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (12 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 251 and 261 together. I am informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that the overall average waiting time for an appeal dealt with by way of a summary decision in 2010 was 27.4 weeks, while the average time to process an oral hearing was 45.6 weeks. These processing times are calculated from the registration date of the appeal to the date of its...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that following a review of this case the person concerned has been awarded rent supplement of â¬29.30 per week which is her full entitlement based on her personal circumstances. The HSE has further advised that due to an error made at the last review of this case the person concerned was paid an amount of â¬91.40 per week for the period from...