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- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive has advised that rent supplement has been re-instated to the person concerned from 8th August 2011.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: A person wishing to pursue back to education allowance (BTEA) scheme will have to satisfy a number of conditions such as being a certain age, in receipt of a prescribed social welfare payment for a specified time period, pursuing a full time course of study leading to a recognised qualification in a recognised college and progressing in the level of education held by the client with reference...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (20 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228, 240 and 257 together. 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 has been standardised at â¬20 per week, the rate currently received by the majority of customers, with no...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (20 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: There are no plans to introduce a scheme as outlined by the Deputy. 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). As announced in the National Pensions Framework,...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (20 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. A person may qualify for a BSCFA payment if he or she is in receipt of a social welfare or health service executive payment, is participating in an approved employment scheme or attending a recognised education or training course, and has household income...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (20 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: An application for carer's allowance from the person concerned was received in respect of two care recipients. Her application was refused on the grounds that the care recipients were not so disabled as to require fulltime care and attention. A letter has issued to person concerned informing her of the decision and the reason for it.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: An automatic payment of a back to school clothing and footwear allowance was made to the spouse of the person concerned on 24th June 2011.
- Written Answers — Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (20 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 (20 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 the 10th September 2011.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (20 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the illness benefit claim of the person concerned was disallowed following an examination by a Medical Assessor who expressed the opinion that he was medically unsuitable for the benefit. An appeal was registered on 21st July 2011 and in accordance with the statutory procedures the relevant department papers and the comments of the Social...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (20 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that, the appeal from the person concerned has been referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing on 26 September 2011. The person concerned has been notified of the arrangements. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (20 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 3rd August 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 14th...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (20 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 29th July 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...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 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 (20 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received on 12th August 2011. This application has been forwarded to one of the Department's Medical Assessors for their medical opinion. Upon receipt of this opinion a decision will issue to the customer. Currently it takes approximately eight weeks to process an application.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (20 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: To be eligible to participate on the national internship scheme a person must be currently in receipt of jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's credits and have been unemployed for a minimum of 78 days in the preceding 6 months and be actively seeking employment. The person concerned does not satisfy the criteria to qualify for this scheme.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (20 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The focus of Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) scheme is to assist those who are most marginalised and distant from the labour market to acquire the necessary education to improve their chances of becoming independent of the social welfare system. The BTEA scheme can offer participation in second and third level education by enabling eligible people on social welfare to continue to receive a...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (20 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: A person wishing to pursue back to education allowance (BTEA) scheme will have to satisfy a number of conditions such as being a certain age, in receipt of a prescribed social welfare payment for a specified time period, pursuing a full time course of study leading to a recognised qualification in a recognised college and progressing in the level of education held by the client with reference...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (20 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 — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The amounts paid to medical practitioners in respect of medical certificates and reports required to support claims for illness benefit and other medical-related payments made by the Department are as follows: 2007 â¬26.8M 2008 â¬30.4M 2009 â¬30.3M 2010 â¬28.7M It is not possible to distinguish between payments made to general practitioners and payments made to other medical practitioners.