Results 12,041-12,060 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The community welfare service (CWS) and the community welfare officers providing it transferred formally to the Department of Social Protection (DSP) from 1 October 2011. The service and the staff are now part of the DSP. The person concerned has made an application for rent supplement and has been requested to provide further information in order to process her claim. A decision will be...
- Written Answers — Live Register: Live Register (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tabular statement. The breakdown of teaching professionals between primary and post-primary teachers and information regarding their teaching qualifications is not available. Live Register 2010 Numbers % of Live Register 2011 Numbers % of Live Register Jobseeker's Allowance 4019 .91% 4,185 .96% Jobseeker's Benefit 3,735 .84%...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The criteria for participating on community employment are based on individual circumstances related to age, length of time unemployed or absent from the labour market and in receipt of qualifying social welfare payments. The person referred to by the Deputy can establish their eligibility with FÃS at the Newbridge Employment Services Office, Main Street, Newbridge (045 431372). It is a...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The rent supplement expenditure for the years 2000 to 2010 is set out in the tabular statement below. Rent Supplement Recipient Numbers & Expenditure: 2000 to 2010 Year Recipients Cost â¬000 2000 42,683 150,590 2001 45,028 179,438 2002 54,213 252,203 2003 59,976 331,471 2004 57,874 353,762 2005 60,176 368,705 2006 59,861 388,339 2007 59,726 391,466 2008 74,038 440,548 2009...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: Invalidity pension is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and who satisfy the contribution conditions. An invalidity pension application form was received for the person concerned. All medical documentation relating to the application was referred to a medical assessor. The opinion of the medical assessor is that the person concerned...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The purpose of the mortgage interest supplement scheme is to provide short term support to eligible people who are unable to meet their mortgage interest repayments in respect of a house which is their sole place of residence. The supplement assists with the interest portion of the mortgage repayments only. At the end of December 2010 there were 17,974 people in receipt of mortgage interest...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The Government is acutely aware and appreciative of the societal contribution made by carers and recognises this in social welfare provision. The estimated expenditure for carers in 2011, including carer's allowance, carer's benefit and respite care grant is approximately â¬658 million compared to just under â¬100 million in 2000. This does not include the cost of the household benefits...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA) scheme provides a one-off payment to eligible families to assist with the extra costs when their children start school each autumn. The allowance is not intended to meet the full cost of school clothing and footwear but only to provide assistance towards these costs. Expenditure on the scheme in 2010 was â¬77.4m with some 162,500...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The community welfare service (CWS), and the community welfare officers providing it, formally transferred to the Department of Social Protection (DSP) from 1 October 2011. The service and the staff are now part of the DSP. The Department's representative administering the supplementary welfare allowance scheme has refused the person concerned a mortgage interest supplement payment as it is...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The community welfare service (CWS) and the community welfare officers providing it transferred formally to the Department of Social Protection (DSP) from 1 October 2011. The service and the staff are now part of the DSP. At the end of December 2010 there were 17,974 people in receipt of mortgage interest supplement, an increase of 337% over the 2007 figure. There are currently over 18,500...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 02 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 23...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The community welfare service (CWS) and the community welfare officers providing it transferred formally to the Department of Social Protection (DSP) from 1 October 2011. The service and the staff are now part of the DSP. The entitlement to mortgage interest supplement of the person concerned is currently under review. A decision will be made on her entitlement shortly.
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: JobBridge, the national internship scheme, was launched on 29 June 2011 and came into operation on 1 July 2011. It will provide up to 5,000 unemployed people at any one time with an internship opportunity of 6 or 9 months in an organisation in the private, public or community and voluntary sectors. It is our hope that as many as possible eligible unemployed people on the Live Register...
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The three statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department are the Social Welfare Tribunal, the Citizens Information Board and the Pensions Board. In addition, the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman comes under the remit of the Department but it does not have a board. The members of the Social Welfare Tribunal are not in receipt of an annual remuneration. The Tribunal meets if...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (19 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: Claims under the Insolvency Payments Scheme may be processed if the company is insolvent within the definition of the Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) Act 1984 and a "relevant officer" â normally, a receiver or liquidator â has been appointed and certifies the claims. It is usually the case that the liquidator collates all employee claims and submits them on behalf of the...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (19 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: As part of the reorganisation of functions and services in support of people who are unemployed, the community and employment support services of FÃS are being transferred to the Department of Social Protection. The legislative changes to give effect to these changes have been put in place and FÃS staff will complete the transfer to my Department in January 2012. As a consequence of these...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (19 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: Payment of illness benefit to the person concerned was disallowed by a Deciding Officer following an examination by a Medical Assessor of the Department who expressed the opinion that he was capable of work. I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that, in accordance with statutory requirements, the Department was asked for the relevant documentation in the case and the Deciding...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (19 Oct 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 (19 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA) scheme provides a one-off payment to eligible families to assist with the extra costs when their children start school each autumn. The allowance is not intended to meet the full cost of school clothing and footwear but only to provide assistance towards these costs. The provision for the 2011 scheme is â¬82m. In light of the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (19 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 30 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...