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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: My Department is not in a position to provide the information that the Deputy is requesting as statistics regarding bankrupt persons are not available.

Written Answers — Courts Service: Courts Service (26 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: My Department does not have the information that the Deputy is requesting. This is a matter for the Department of Justice and Equality.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (26 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 26 August 2011 and was referred to an Appeals Officer on 13 October 2011, 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 — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (26 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: A redundancy lump sum claim in respect of the person concerned was received on 19 July 2011. Redundancy lump sum claims received during April 2011 are currently being processed.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: This application was reviewed by one of the Department's Medical Assessors on 24th October 2011, who found that the child was not medically eligible for Domiciliary Care Allowance. The appeal file is currently being prepared for the Social Welfare Appeals Office and will shortly be forwarded for their consideration.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (26 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 Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (26 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 23 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...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (26 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: The aim of JobBridge is to assist unemployed individuals to bridge the gap between unemployment and the world of work. JobBridge aims to offer individuals of all skill levels, ranging from those who left school early to highly qualified graduates, a unique opportunity to develop new skills and earn valuable experience. JobBridge can offer a diverse range of jobseekers a chance that will at...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (26 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: JobBridge is an administrative scheme and as such does not come under any specific legislation. Section 16 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011 provides for changes to previous social welfare legislation in relation to the internship scheme.

Written Answers — Community Employment: Community Employment (26 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: Community employment helps long-term unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to work routine. The focus of CE is on developing technical and personal skills to enable a person to return to the open labour market. Persons engaged are provided with work and training placements of 191⁄2 hours duration per week with a...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (26 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: All applications for internships are made directly by the individual to the host organisation. If an individual is selected by a host organisation, his/her eligibility must be confirmed by my Department before he/she can participate on the scheme. If an individual has previously completed a Work Placement Programme with a host organisation, he/she are not eligible to undertake a JobBridge...

Order of Business (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: Yes.

Social Welfare Code: Motion (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: I move amendment No. 2: To delete all words after "Dail Eireann" and substitute the following: " ----- recognises the severe impact on families, individuals and communities as a result of the closure of businesses and loss of employment arising from the economic collapse caused by the policies of the previous Government; -----recognises the vital role played by spending on social welfare in...

Social Welfare Code: Motion (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: I will acknowledge that the current Fianna Fáil spokesperson on social protection supported my measure to re-introduce and re-instate the minimum wage. As we all know, overall Government spending in 2011 will be roughly €18 billion more than this year's overall Government income. The Government will get €42 billion from tax and PRSI this year. My Department alone is expected to spend...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: Under the Redundancy Payments Scheme all eligible employees are entitled to a statutory redundancy lump sum payment on being made redundant. In this case no claim appears to have been submitted for the individual concerned.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: A Redundancy Lump sum claim was received on 26 May, 2011. Redundancy Lump sum claims received during April 2011 are currently being processed.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The Redundancy Payments system indicates that a lump sum payment was authorised for the individual concerned on the 9 March, 2011 and a cheque was issued for an amount of 21,072.66 euros. If the applicant has not received his payment a re-issue of his cheque will be arranged as a matter of urgency. .

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The focus of the back to education allowance (BTEA) 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 back to education scheme covers a large range of full-time courses of education in approved colleges spanning basic foundation courses to third...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received on the 28th September 2011. This application has been forwarded to one of the Department's Medical Assessors for their medical opinion on the case. Upon receipt of this opinion, a decision will issue to the customer. It should be noted that it is currently taking up to ten weeks to process an application.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The Department's representative administering the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme has advised that the person concerned has been refused SWA as she does not satisfied the habitual residence condition (HRC). Once off exceptional needs payments (ENP) may be made to eligible applicants without reference to the habitual residence condition. These payments may be made to help meet an...