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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned made an application for an exceptional needs payment in respect of funeral costs on 19 January 2011. The HSE further advised that the person concerned was requested to provide further information in order to process his application. The person concerned did not provide the requested information and accordingly the claim...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (13 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: Self-employed workers may establish entitlement to assistance-based payments such as Jobseeker's Allowance. They can apply for the means-tested Jobseeker's Allowance if their business ceases or if they are on low income as a result of a downturn in demand for their services. In general their means will take account of the level of earnings in the last twelve months in determining their...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive has advised that the person concerned has been awarded a rent supplement of €104 per calendar month from 1st June 2011.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The administrative arrangements for the 2011 back to school clothing and footwear allowance scheme differ from those that applied in previous years. For this year, the majority of back to school clothing and footwear allowance entitlements were fully automated with no application form required from customers. As the person in question was not one of the customers who received an automated...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Jul 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 Code: Social Welfare Code (13 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The free travel scheme is available to people aged 66 years or over, those in receipt of carer's allowance and carers of people in receipt of constant attendance or prescribed relative's allowance, regardless of their age. It is also available to people under age 66 who are in receipt of certain disability type welfare payments, such as disability allowance, invalidity pension and blind...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Jul 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 (13 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: In the time frame available, I regret that my Department is not in a position to reply to this question. My Department will be in contact with the Deputy over the coming days and will reply in full to the question raised.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The Government provided various types of financial support to families in the aftermath of the November 2009 floods. Assistance was provided towards: · immediate needs such as clothing, food, bedding and emergency accommodation. · essential household items such as carpets, flooring, furniture and white goods, · essential repairs and · meeting individual's ongoing accommodation...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: In the time frame available, I regret that my Department is not in a position to reply to this question. My Department will be in contact with the Deputy over the coming days and will reply in full to the question raised.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The person concerned claimed one parent family payment from 27 July 2006. Following a review, her claim was disallowed by a deciding officer from 2 June 2011 on the grounds that she failed to submit documents requested by an inspector and that she is co-habiting with her partner. She was informed of her right to appeal this decision but no appeal has been received to date.

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (13 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: Details of the insurance record for the person concerned were forwarded to the UK authorities on 26 November 2010.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme is administered on behalf of the Department by the Community Welfare Services division of the Health Service Executive (HSE). The HSE has advised that the person concerned is currently in receipt of a weekly basic supplementary welfare allowance payment while her entitlement to a disability allowance payment is determined. Her claim for disability...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (13 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: My Department incurred a total expenditure of €1.1bn during 2010 in respect of the One-Parent Family Payment scheme in 2010. The total number of persons in receipt of this payment in 2010 was 92,326 of which there were 2,156 male and 90,170 female recipients. Further information on this scheme, and on all of my Department's schemes, is available in the Department's Annual Statistics...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (13 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The Department does not have staff working exclusively on monitoring EU policy developments. This function is undertaken by the EU/International Section of the Department which is responsible for ensuring that Ireland meets all its international obligations in the social welfare area. This includes monitoring EU developments, as well as taking part in a number of EU-level groups/committees...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme (SWA) is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive (HSE). Neither I nor my Department has any function in relation to individual cases. The HSE has advised that the payments under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme have been withdrawn from the person in question as she is not...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The administrative arrangements for the 2011 back to school clothing & footwear allowance scheme differ from those that applied in previous years. For this year, the majority of back to school clothing and footwear allowance entitlements were fully automated with no application form required from customers. As the person in question was not one of the customers who received an automated...

Written Answers — Civil Registration: Civil Registration (14 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The procedures for registering births in the State are contained in the Civil Registration Act 2004. Under that Act, there is no provision to provide for the amendment of an existing birth entry, or for the creation of a new birth entry to reflect the acquired gender of persons who wish to have their new gender recognised in the State. The provision of births certificates to transgendered...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The purpose of rent supplement is to provide short-term support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation, whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. Under the legislative provisions governing rent supplement, the Department's relationship is with the tenant; the tenant makes the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: According to the records of the Department no application for a back to education allowance has been received from the person concerned.