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

Joan Burton: The persons concerned have been awarded their back to school clothing and footwear allowance and a payment issued to their nominated account on 30 August 2011.

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

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned has been awarded mortgage interest supplement of €112.46 per week which is his full entitlement based on his personal circumstances. Payment of €1,012 issued on 9 September for the period from 11 July 2011 to 10 September 2011.

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 Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: The claim for child benefit, by the person concerned, was disallowed by a Deciding Officer of the Department on the grounds that she did not satisfy the habitual residence conditions. Her application for one parent family payment and supplementary welfare allowance was similarly disallowed. I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer having fully considered all...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: There are currently six credit cards in use by officers of the Department and one by the Pensions Ombudsman who operates under aegis of the Department and for whom the Department makes administrative payments. Details of the cardholders and the expenditure on each card for the past four years are set out in the following tables: Grade Section Company Monthly Credit Limit 1 Assistant...

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

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received for the person in question on the 19th July 2011. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the child was medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on the 7th September 2011 informing the person in question that the claim has been allowed and payment will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (14 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 341, 342 and 343 together. Firstly, there is no Minister of State attaching to my Department. The position in regard to the number of persons employed in the private and constituency offices of my Department, including the number of special advisers, and the annual amount paid in salaries in regard to each, for 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011, is set out in...

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

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) advised that the persons concerned were awarded mortgage interest supplement for a 12 month period which ended in July 2011. This payment was made as an exceptional measure as the amount of mortgage interest payable by the claimant was in excess of the amount the HSE consider reasonable to meet his or her residential needs. The HSE advised that the persons...

Written Answers — Job Protection: Job Protection (14 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: It is presumed that the Deputy is referring to JobBridge – the National Internship Scheme. In recent times JobBridge has received media attention concerning the measures in place to minimise displacement. In order for an application from a host organisation to be approved it must meet a number of criteria so as to ensure that the potential internship is one of quality. These include the...

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

Joan Burton: The purpose of the Back to School Clothing & Footwear Allowance (BSCFA) scheme is to assist families on social welfare and Health Service Executive payments towards the cost of uniforms and footwear for children who are attending school. The administrative arrangements for the 2011 BSCFA scheme differ from those that applied in previous years. This year the scheme is being administered...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: The capital allocation for the Department (including the General Registrar's Office) for 2010 in respect of IT equipment was EUR 5.42m and the allocation for 2011 is EUR 4.1m. The procurement of any IT equipment by the Department is carried out via a competitive tendering process, in which value for money is a key factor. The Department also makes use of framework contracts placed centrally...

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

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 19th January 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 18th February 2010 refusing the allowance. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against the decision....

Written Answers — Expenditure Reviews: Expenditure Reviews (14 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: Departmental submissions to the CRE are a central part of the overall pre-budget deliberations of the Government. As such, release of these documents could not be considered in advance of Government decisions on the forthcoming Budget. The Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform has already indicated that it is his intention to publish the Reports submitted as part of the CRE process...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (14 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: The maximum participation limits for the community employment schemes (CE) are 3 years in total for those under 55 years of age, and 6 years in total for those of 55 to 65 years of age. Off-shore islander clients are exempt from CE participation caps. Persons in receipt of a qualifying disability-related payment from my Department are eligible for one additional year on top of these two...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tables below. It should be noted that the expenditure data to end-August shown in the tables are provisional. These are subject to change as adjustments may be required following further detailed analysis or if further relevant information on expenditure is provided, for example by the Department's payment agents. Table 1: VOTE 38:...

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

Joan Burton: The social security rights of people living and working in the EU are governed by EU Regulations which co-ordinate social security systems and are designed to ensure that people are not disadvantaged by moving within the EU to take up work. For the purposes of EU Regulations, Irish Child Benefit is classified as a Family Benefit and there are specific rules governing the payment of these...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (14 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: The person concerned submitted an application for Back To Education Allowance. A condition for receipt of Back To Education Allowance is that a person must be in receipt of a social welfare payment for 234 days prior to commencement of the course. Another criteria for receipt of Back To Education Allowance is that a person must be commencing the first year of an approved course of study....

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (14 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: The staff of the Community Welfare Service (CWS) was seconded to my Department from the HSE at the beginning of this year and the intention is to have staff fully integrated within the Department by the beginning of next month. The main function of the Community Welfare Officers (CWOs), who make up the CWS, is to administer the Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) Scheme on behalf of my...

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

Joan Burton: Under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) scheme an exceptional needs payment (ENP) 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. There is no automatic entitlement to this payment. Each application is determined by the HSE based on the particular circumstances of the case....

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

Joan Burton: My Department is committed to providing a high quality service to our customers and to ensuring that all payments are made available on their due date. We offer a range of payment options to customers including payment at a local post office or to a bank or building society account or certain credit unions that have been authorised by the banking and credit union regulators. While the...