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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 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 made an application for an exceptional needs payment on 3rd October 2011. Additional information has been requested in respect of the application and a...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 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 position remains as advised in the question which I answered for the Deputy on 18 October 2011.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 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 was refused a basic supplementary welfare allowance payment as the Department's representative who administers the supplementary welfare allowance...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (20 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: No statutory bodies, state boards or quangos have been established or abolished by the Department of Social Protection since February 2011. Three statutory bodies operate under the aegis of the Department. They 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.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: The current range of payment options offered by my Department offers choice to most scheme customers in how they are receive their welfare entitlement. The options include payment at a local post office or through a bank, building society or certain credit unions or payment by cheque. The post office is the preferred choice of the majority of customers for the receipt of their social welfare...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (20 Oct 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. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer's decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (20 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 3 October 2011. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Department on the grounds of appeal be sought. When received, the appeal in question will be referred to an Appeals Officer for consideration....

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (20 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 Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (20 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: I have no current plans to appoint additional social welfare inspectors to the Department. However, I recently launched a new Fraud Initiative aimed at ensuring an integrated approach to the prevention, deterrence and detection of social welfare abuse across the social welfare system. I intend to implement this initiative through the refocusing of current inspector resources towards the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (20 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that both appeals by the person concerned were registered in that office on 8 February 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 21...

Written Answers — Community Employment: Community Employment (20 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: I have already indicated to this House that I wish to consider improvements to the operation of a number of programmes and initiatives funded by the Department of Social Protection to support people who are unemployed to get back into work, further training and/or education. Significant institutional changes have been made with the transfer of responsibilities for the community and...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 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 was refused an exceptional needs payment towards fuel costs as the Department's representative who administers supplementary welfare allowance was not...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (20 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: The purpose of rent supplement is to provide short-term support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation, whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. Rent supplement is subject to a limit on the amount of rent that an applicant may incur. Rent limits are set at levels that enable...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was awarded Child Benefit under domestic legislation from 1 July 2000. In May 2011, the Department was advised that her spouse is employed in Germany, which gave rise to a review of her claim under EU Regulations. Under EU Regulations, Family Benefits are paid by the country of employment, even when the family reside in another EU Member State. In this case, as her...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 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 was refused an exceptional needs payment towards a gas bill in June 2011 as the Department's representative was not satisfied that an exceptional need...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 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 made an application for rent supplement but his rent was in excess of the maximum rent limit for his family size. The person concerned was advised to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 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 of the person concerned to rent supplement is currently under review as the person concerned has been refused back-to-education allowance and is in...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 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 was refused a basic supplementary welfare allowance payment as he did not satisfy the habitual residence condition.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 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 position remains as advised in question number 97 which I answered for the Deputy on 6 October 2011. That is, the designated Appeals Officer upheld the decision not to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 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 was in receipt of rent supplement in respect of an address in Waterford but this claim is currently suspended. If the person concerned wishes to...