Results 11,321-11,340 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for Back to Education Allowance at the start of August 2011. The application is currently with a Local Officer for decision and this will issue as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: State pension (transition) (SPT) is currently paid to people aged 65 who have a minimum yearly average of 24 social insurance contributions and who have retired from work. Currently it ceases at age 66 when the claimant transfers to State pension (contributory) (SPC). In 2010, there was an average of 8,955 recipients of State pension (transition) with expenditure of â¬108 million. This...
- Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 291, 320 and 412 together. These questions address the issue of access to unemployment payments, such as Jobseekers Benefit, for self-employed individuals or those who were previously self-employed. Self-employed workers are liable for PRSI at the Class S rate of 4% which entitles them to access long-term benefits such as State pension (contributory) and...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The extent to which social insurance contributions made in other countries are taken account of when eligibility for Irish benefits is being considered depends on where the contributions were made and if there are bilateral social security agreements in place. In relation to EU countries the social security rights of people living and working in these countries are governed by EU Regulations...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The appropriate level of overall expenditure by my Department in the years ahead will be considered in the context of Budget 2012 and subsequent Budgets. This consideration will be informed by the commitment in the Programme for Government to maintain social welfare rates. Sustainable public finances are a prerequisite for future economic stability and growth. To this end, the State must...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: Under the legislative provisions governing rent supplement, the Department's relationship is with the tenant; the tenant makes the application for rent supplement and payment is made to the tenant. Rent supplement is specifically for the benefit of tenants to assist them with their temporary accommodation needs. Legislation provides for the making of a rent supplement payment to another...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: In the case in question an application for domiciliary care allowance was received on the 20th April 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 the 2nd July 2011 advising of the decision. In the case of an application which is refused on medical grounds, the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received for the person concerned on the 18th October 2010. 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 the 17th January 2011 refusing DCA. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against the decision. She was...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: In the case in question an application for domiciliary care allowance was received on the 20th June 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 the 26th July 2011 advising of the decision. In the case of an application which is refused on medical grounds, the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Sep 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 (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The HSE has advised that the rent supplement payment to the person concerned ceased due to a change of address. The HSE has further advised that arrears of rent supplement were paid to the person concerned on 21st of July and that a rent supplement claim is currently in payment in respect of her new address.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The PPS No is the individual's unique reference number for all dealings with Government Departments and public bodies. This covers its use for DSP purposes as well as use by other agencies (in accordance with legislation - Section 262 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 2005 provides the basis for the allocation, use and sharing of the PPS No.). These numbers are issued by my...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 302 and 304 together. The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA) scheme operates from the beginning of June until the end of September each year. A BSCFA is not payable in respect of foster children. The financial support available to foster parents from the Department of Children & Youth Affairs includes assistance with the cost of clothing...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 303 and 338 together. The annual expenditure on taxis for the last number of years is as follows: 2007 â¬48,011 2008 â¬46,517 2009 â¬34,796 2010 â¬28,511 2011 to date â¬16,288 The provision...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 19 March 2010. His claim was referred to one of the department's medical assessors who was of the opinion that the person was not medically suitable for disability allowance. The deciding officer accepted this opinion and refused the claim and the person was notified in writing of this decision. The person subsequently appealed this...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: Currently Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) is administered by the Community Welfare Service of the Health Service Executive (HSE) on behalf of the Department. The person concerned applied for supplementary welfare allowance in February 2011, this application was refused as in the opinion of the HSE he was deemed not to be habitually resident based on an assessment of his particular...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Sep 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 (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 309 and 352 together. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned was refused rent supplement on the grounds that his partner is in full time employment and because both the person concerned and his partner had owned dwelling houses which were voluntarily transferred/willed to family members. The HSE Appeals Office has advised that...
- Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: As the Deputy is aware 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...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: Qualification for domiciliary care allowance is dependent on the child having a severe disability requiring continual or continuous care and attention substantially in excess of the care and attention normally required by a child of the same age and likely to require this level of care for at least 12 months. In advance of the transfer of the scheme from the HSE to the Department of Social...