Results 11,341-11,360 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- 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 cut Child Benefit in the next Budget and whether tax relief will be available on Child Benefit. Child benefit is a universal payment that assists parents in both contributing to the costs associated with raising children and, together with more targeted child-related payments, in reducing child poverty. The...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The Bereavement Grant is a payment designed to assist families in dealing with death and funeral expenses. It is a scheme that relates specifically to those who have made PRSI contributions and is payable on the death of an insured person, his/her spouse and dependent children under age 18 or under age 22 if in full-time education. In 2007 the bereavement grant was extended to the next of kin...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 4th April 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 10th...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: Under the terms of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare service, an exceptional needs payment (ENP) may be made to help meet an essential, once-off cost which the applicant is unable to meet out of his/her own resources. There is no automatic entitlement to this payment. Eligible people would normally be in...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA) scheme operates from the beginning of June until the end of September each year. The administrative arrangements for the 2011 BSCFA scheme differ from those that applied in previous years. For this year, the majority of BSCFA entitlements were fully automated with no application form required from customers, 127,000 households in...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the disability allowance claim of the person concerned was disallowed following an assessment by a Medical Assessor who expressed the opinion that she was medically unsuitable for the allowance. An appeal was registered on 28 June 2011 and in accordance with the statutory procedures the relevant department papers and the comments of the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The numbers of PPS Numbers issued to non-EU citizens during 2010 and up to the end of August 2011 are 19,517 and 11,592 respectively.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The savings in the fuel allowance scheme and household benefits package were provided for last December in Budget 2011 but were not specified or announced by the Government at that time. From September 2011 the fuel allowance is to be standardised at â¬20 per week, the rate currently received by the majority of customers, with no additional allowance for living in a smokeless area. The...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the appeal made by the person concerned against the decision to disallow payment of rent supplement has been upheld by the Chief Appeals Office. The decision on this appeal was issued on 26th August.
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The overall objective of labour market policy is to provide a pathway to appropriate employment, training and education opportunities for people on the Live Register so that, as employment opportunities become available, they can be taken up by those on the Register. Given the scale of unemployment, it is essential to assist those on the Live Register to remain close to the labour market and...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: I do not tolerate social welfare fraud, regardless of the scheme involved or the position of the person claiming it. It is a crime and persons defrauding the social welfare system will be pursued by my Department. The reorganisation of Departmental responsibilities along with the addition of almost 2,000 Community Welfare Staff (CWS) and FÃS staff to my Department will enhance our ability...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: Under the terms of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive, an exceptional needs payment (ENP) may be made to help meet an essential, once-off cost which the applicant is unable to meet out of his/her own resources. There is no automatic entitlement to this payment....
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA) scheme operates from the beginning of June until the end of September each year. The administrative arrangements for the 2011 BSCFA scheme differ from those that applied in previous years. For this year, the majority of BSCFA entitlements were fully automated with no application form required from customers. Not every household had to...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The One-Parent Family Payment (OFP) is a means-tested payment for men and women who are bringing up a child or children up to the age of 14 years without the support of a partner. Lone parents are not a homogenous group. A claimant must be widowed, a surviving civil partner, separated, divorced, have a dissolved civil partnership, or be a prisoner's spouse or civil partner. The OFP is,...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: Under the terms of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive, an exceptional needs payment (ENP) may be made to help meet an essential, once-off cost which the applicant is unable to meet out of his/her own resources. There is no automatic entitlement to this payment. Eligible...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: Under the terms of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive (HSE), an exceptional needs payment (ENP) may be made to help meet an essential, once-off cost which the applicant is unable to meet out of his/her own resources. There is no automatic entitlement to this payment....
- Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The poverty impact assessment referred to in the previous Parliamentary Question was carried out in the context of developing a range of options for the future administration of the household benefits package in a de-regulated domestic energy market. While this focused on the potential impact of changing the electricity allowance from a unit base to a cash base to avail of cheaper rates...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The legislative basis which provides for the introduction of the Partial Capacity Benefit scheme is contained in the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2010, which was enacted by the Oireachtas in December 2010. The partial capacity benefit scheme will be open to people who are in receipt of invalidity pension or who have been in receipt of illness benefit for a minimum of six...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received on the 24th March 2011 from the person concerned. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that her child was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued to the person concerned on the 19th May 2011 advising her of the decision. She subsequently requested that the decision be...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 3 September 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...