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Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (21 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: My Department has not received a notification of redundancy in respect of the individual concerned.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: To date, the Department has not received a claim for State pension (contributory) from the person concerned. He has been forwarded a claim form. On receipt of the completed claim form, his entitlement to pension will be fully examined and he will be notified of the outcome without delay.

Written Answers — Programme for Government: Programme for Government (21 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: My Department is establishing a new National Employment and Entitlements Service, as provided for in the Programme for Government, which will integrate employment and benefit payment services within the Department. As part of the process of establishing and developing this new service, the Department has commenced a major and comprehensive programme of change management entailing the...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (21 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: There are three State Boards for which the Minister for Social Protection has responsibility - the Citizens Information Board, Pensions Board and the Social Welfare Tribunal. In addition, while the Pensions Ombudsman comes within the remit of the Minister for Social Protection, this statutory body does not have a board. When filling vacancies to these State Boards every effort is made to...

Written Answers — Departmental Equipment: Departmental Equipment (21 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: For its IT operations, the Department utilises 344 servers with 774 processors and total memory of 4,271 Gigabytes. All storage is served from a Storage Area Network (SAN) and this has a total capacity of 600 Terabytes. The relevant information in relation to Agencies under the Department's aegis is not held in the Department. It is however, being compiled and will be furnished to the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (21 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 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 08 June...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (21 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned was refused rent supplement and that this decision was upheld by the HSE Appeals Office. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised that they have received an appeal from the person concerned and that no decision has yet been made on this appeal. The person concerned will be notified of the outcome of their appeal...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (21 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received on 14th January 2011. It was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found the child not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued to the person concerned on 14th February 2011 advising her of the decision. In the case of an application which is refused on medical grounds, the applicant may submit...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Payments: Social Welfare Payments (21 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The position is as stated in my reply to the Deputy on the 5th July 2011. Neither I nor my Department have any function in relation to deciding an individual's entitlement. The Health Service Executive Appeals Office has advised that there is no record of an appeal from the person concerned.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (21 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: Three statutory agencies have been established by the Minister for Social Protection since 1997 – Comhairle (now known as the Citizens Information Board), the Family Support Agency and the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman. Comhairle, which was established on 12 June 2000 under the provisions of the Comhairle Act 2000, replaced the former National Social Services Board. Under the...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (21 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: Due to the nature of the information requested by the Deputy, it is not possible to provide a full reply in the time permitted. My Department has now engaged in compiling the information sought by the Deputy and will revert to him at the earliest possible opportunity.

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (21 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: From the references supplied it has not been possible to answer the Deputy's question. Information in relation to the request made by the Deputy will be forwarded when the details of the persons involved are supplied to the Department.

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (21 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The Department of Social Protection does not fund trade unions per se. However, the Department facilitates the deduction and remission of union subscriptions by staff in respect of their union memberships to the following unions – - Association of Higher Civil and Public Servants (AHCPS) - Association of Secretaries and Higher Grades - Public Service Executive Union (PSEU) - Civil...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (21 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: While the primary responsibility for job creation rests with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and agencies under its remit, the Department of Social Protection has a role in supporting people from welfare to work and operates a range of employment support measures designed to encourage and support social welfare recipients of working age to reduce their dependency on welfare...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (21 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: Tús is a community work placement initiative aimed at providing up to 5,000 short-term, quality work opportunities for those who are unemployed for more than a year. The initiative is being delivered through the network of local development companies and Údarás na Gaeltachta in Gaeltacht areas – referred to as Implementing Bodies. This initiative, with its clear focus on providing work...

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (21 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: As the maximum annual remuneration paid to any member of a State Board for which the Minister for Social Protection has responsibility does not exceed €12,000, there would be no savings to the Minister for Social Protection arising from the proposed reduction in remuneration.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (14 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: The most recent coverage figures available from the Central Statistics Office indicate that just over half of workers aged between 20 and 69 had a pension at the end of 2009. The fact that supplementary pension coverage continues to be relatively low is of major concern to the Government. That is why the Programme for Government includes a commitment to achieve universal coverage, with a...

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

Joan Burton: The query referred to by the Deputy asks whether the Government has any plans to raise the level of income support for families with children in the context of a named person's concerns that it is necessary for the Government to make efforts to support middle income families with children and to make efforts to support families with the cost of child-care. The Department of Social Protection...

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

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 286 and 287 together. The position in relation to the digitisation of historic civil registration records is that all the records are in digitised format and all index records are in electronic format. All birth records from the commencement of the registration of births in 1864 are available on the live computer system. Marriages from 1920 and deaths from...

Written Answers — Exchequer Savings: Exchequer Savings (14 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: The employee PRSI annual earnings ceiling of €75,036 was abolished in the 2011 Budget. It is estimated that this measure will provide a return to the Exchequer of €100m in 2011 and €145m in a full year.