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- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received on 10th February 2011. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for DCA. A letter issued on 7th April 2011 where the person concerned was advised of the decision to refuse the allowance. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The annual licence and maintenance costs for CorePay and related online products â Payslip online, online Overtime, online P60, PRD60 and Income Levy Cert for 2011 was â¬48,209.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an oral hearing of the appeal of the person concerned took place on 18 October 2011 and the Appeals Officer is now considering the appeal in the light of all the evidence submitted, including that adduced at the hearing. The person concerned will be notified of the Appeals Officer decision when the appeal has been determined. The Social...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the disability allowance claim, of the person concerned, was disallowed following an assessment by a Medical Assessor of the Department who expressed the opinion that he was medically unsuitable for the allowance. An appeal was registered on 23 September 2011 and in accordance with the statutory procedures the relevant department papers...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned were registered in that office on 12th September 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 5th...
- Written Answers — Internship Programme: Internship Programme (25 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: JobBridge - the national internship scheme is a voluntary scheme which provides internship opportunities of either 6 or 9 months for unemployed individuals on the live register, in organisations in the private, public and community voluntary sectors. The scheme is limited to individuals who are currently on the Live Register and have been in receipt of jobseekers allowance/benefit or are...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (25 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: Under the Local Training Initiative Juniors Programme (16-19 year olds), FÃS has funded 18 places with this youth centre for the last 10 years with a budget of â¬67,384 per year excluding training allowances. In 2009, FÃS approved an additional 16 placements for a Local Training Initiative Seniors Programme (18-25 year olds) in the youth centre with a budget of â¬59,896 per year...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The back to education allowance (BTEA) scheme is a second chance education opportunities scheme. As such its function is to facilitate persons who, earlier in their life, could not fully avail of educational opportunities now access further education. Qualification criteria are required to ensure that the allowance does not, of itself, become a factor for signing-on the Live Register in the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: Since 2005 mortgage interest supplement expenditure has increased from â¬6.3 million to â¬66 million in 2010. The budget for 2011 is â¬77m. The number of households claiming the allowance has increased from 3,200 at the end of 2005 to over 18,700 at the end of September 2011. This represents a 480% increase in the number of households receiving support. My Department has no information on...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The Government has provided various types of support to people affected by the November 2009 flooding. Humanitarian Aid payments were made, both in the immediate aftermath of the flooding and subsequently to enable eligible households to resume living at their home. Flood relief works were also undertaken in some of the affected areas and other works are at an advanced state of preparation....
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (25 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 09 August 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 (25 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 21 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 in due...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy is in the attached tabular statement. There were 71,064 claimants aged under 25 on Jobseeker's Allowance and 9,424 on Jobseeker's Benefit Number of Claimants aged under 25 on Jobseeker's Benefit and Jobseeker's Allowance Age 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total Jobseeker's Benefit 23 171 554 1,253 2,004 2,519 2,900 9,424 Jobseeker's Allowance 5,222 8,724...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: Since January 2010 the maximum amount of supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) payable to a person less than 22 years of age is â¬100 per week. The person concerned has been awarded his maximum entitlement under the SWA scheme.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (25 Oct 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 — Departmental Records: Departmental Records (25 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. A statement of her rent supplement payments for 2010 will issue to the person concerned shortly.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (25 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The prevention of fraud and abuse of the social welfare system is an integral part of the day-to-day work of my Department which processes in excess of 2 million claims each year and makes payments to some 1.4 million people every week. However, it is important to recognise that the vast majority of people are receiving the entitlement due to them. Fraud control figures are compiled in the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 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 Department has advised the person in question what information is currently outstanding in order to process his application. The person concerned should contact his...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal, by the person concerned, was registered in that office on 20 October 2011 and will be referred, in due course, to an Appeals Officer who will decide whether the case can be decided on a summary basis or whether to list it for oral hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 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 rent supplement on the grounds that she is living in private rented accommodation for less than 183 days prior to her application and...