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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 13 June 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 2nd August...

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

Joan Burton: Applications for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) were received on the 13th May 2011 in respect of the children in question. These applications were referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the children were not medically eligible for domiciliary care allowance. Letters issued to the person in question on the 19th August 2011 advising her of the decision to refuse...

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

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been awarded a back to school clothing and footwear allowance and a payment issued to her nominated account on 6 September 2011.

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

Joan Burton: There is no record of an application for widow's pension from the person concerned. I have arranged for an application form to issue to-day. Upon receipt of the completed application form, her entitlement will be assessed and she will be notified of the outcome without delay .

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

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the One Parent Family Payment appeal, by the person concerned, was registered in that office on 26 March 2011. The case was referred to an Appeals Officer for consideration and the Appeals Officer has referred this case back to the Social Welfare Services Office for clarification on certain issues. On receipt of their response, the case...

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

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that payment of mortgage interest supplement was suspended as the HSE had requested information from the person concerned. The HSE further advised that the person concerned has recently provided the information requested and a decision on his future entitlement to mortgage interest supplement will be made shortly.

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

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for one-parent family payment from 16 December 2010. Her file was forwarded to a Social Welfare inspector in order for an assessment of her means to be carried out. The person concerned was interviewed recently by the inspector. The inspector will complete his report as quickly as possible and forward the file to a Deciding Officer for a decision. The person...

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 rent supplement of €637.35 per month which is her full entitlement based on her personal circumstances. To qualify for rent supplement the person concerned was required to provide a Housing Need Assessment (HNA) from the Local Authority. The HSE has further advised that the person concerned provided a...

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

Joan Burton: The designated Health Service Executive's Appeals Officer has upheld the decision of the Community Welfare Officer to refuse a mortgage interest supplement to the person concerned. The HSE has further advised that the person concerned has appealed this decision to the Social Welfare Appeals Office. A decision on entitlement will be made in due course.

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

Joan Burton: The Department accords the same rights of privacy to personal information held by it relating to living and deceased persons. Such information will only be released to appropriately entitled individuals and in certain circumstances for example the personal representative of the deceased's estate acting in the administration of the estate, a person performing a legal function in relation to...

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 to the end of September each year. The administrative arrangements for the 2011 Scheme are different from those that applied in previous years. For this year, the majority of Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance entitlements will be fully automated with no application form required...

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

Joan Burton: Former miners who have suffered an occupational injury or prescribed occupational disease are entitled to apply for disablement benefit under the occupational injuries scheme. Since the Department met with the National Coalminers Group in the summer of 2010, we have received 458 applications from former miners. Of these, 128 are complete, 309 are awaiting the provision of information from...

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

Joan Burton: Community employment schemes make an important contribution to the delivery of local services to communities across the country and provide significant employment and training opportunities for those engaged. The initiative provides opportunities for innovation in the way services and resources are deployed locally. I do not envisage any change to the initiatives that would impact on the...

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

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer having fully considered all the available evidence disallowed the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision. Notification of the Appeals Officers decision issued 24 May 2011. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of the Appeals Officer is final and conclusive and may only be reviewed by the...

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

Joan Burton: Tús, the community work placement initiative provides short-term community-based work opportunities for people who are fully unemployed for more than a year. The person concerned, who completed a Back to Education Allowance Scheme in June this year, does not satisfy the eligibility criteria for participating on TUS or for recruitment as a full time TUS Supervisor/Team Leader.

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, 127,000 households in...

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

Joan Burton: In order to qualify for family income supplement (FIS), a person must (inter alia) be an employee who is engaged in remunerative employment which is expected to last for at least 3 months and be working for a minimum of 19 hours per week or 38 hours per fortnight. When a person is absent from work due to illness and claims illness benefit (IB), both FIS and illness benefit are only payable...

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 27 June 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...

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

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the appeal by the person concerned against the suspension of mortgage interest supplement is ongoing. On 9 July the HSE appeals office requested further documentation from the person concerned in order to process her appeal. The HSE will be able to make a decision on her appeal when the requested documentation has been received.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Sep 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.