Results 12,201-12,220 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Carers Strategy: Carers Strategy (2 Nov 2011)
Joan Burton: The Government is committed in the Programme for Government to developing a carers' strategy. It will consider how best to progress the development of the strategy, taking into account the prevailing economic realities and the work that was carried out previously. The Department of the Taoiseach chaired an interdepartmental group in 2008 which undertook work, to develop a National Carers'...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)
Joan Burton: A person may qualify for payment of back to school clothing and footwear allowance (BSCFA) 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, has household income at or below certain specified levels and is in receipt of a qualified child allowance (QCA)...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 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. Those customers who did not receive an automated payment were required to complete and return an application form to the Department. In all cases a letter issued to applicants informing them of the decision and, where payment has been awarded, when and...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 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 (SWA) scheme has advised that additional documentation has been requested from the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 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. Payment of rent supplement has ceased as the person concerned is engaged in full-time employment.
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (2 Nov 2011)
Joan Burton: The community services programmes (CSP) co-funds the services delivered by around 440 community based not-for-profit enterprises across the State. Some â¬47.4 million has been allocated to the programme in 2011 supporting some 2,800 people in full and part time employment. A key requirement of the programme is that the service provider must generate a significant element of their turnover...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 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's representative will contact the person concerned shortly with a decision in relation to his rent supplement entitlement.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)
Joan Burton: The person concerned submitted a claim for carer's allowance in respect of her parents. She was refused on two separate grounds, firstly, that one of the care recipients is not so disabled as to require full- time care and attention as prescribed in regulations. In addition, following appropriate investigation, it was decided that, while the person concerned is providing some care and...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)
Joan Burton: The person concerned is in receipt of his full entitlement to jobseeker's allowance based on the information available to the Department.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)
Joan Burton: The person applied for jobseeker's allowance on 2 November 2010. Her jobseeker's allowance claim has now been decided and the person will be notified accordingly.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)
Joan Burton: One of the qualifying conditions for the back to education allowance (BTEA) is that a person must have established an entitlement to the relevant social welfare payment prior to commencing an approved course of study. The person applied for jobseeker's allowance on 2 November 2010. Her jobseeker's allowance claim has now been decided and a decision in relation to the BTEA will now be...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)
Joan Burton: The position remains as advised in the question which I answered for the Deputy on 20th October 2011.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)
Joan Burton: According to the records of the Department the person concerned is not in receipt of one-parent family payment.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (2 Nov 2011)
Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all the evidence, including that adduced at the oral hearing, disallowed the appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned has been notified of the decision. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of the Appeals Officer is final and conclusive and may only be reviewed by the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (2 Nov 2011)
Joan Burton: A decision to disallow an application for jobseeker's allowance from the person concerned was made on 11th October 2011. The reply to the parliamentary question cited by the Deputy was prepared before the decision was made.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)
Joan Burton: There are currently over 18,500 households benefiting from mortgage interest supplement, for which â¬77.2m has been allocated for 2011. The Department's review of the administrative, policy and legal aspects of the mortgage interest supplement scheme was published in July 2010 in conjunction with the interim report of the Mortgage Arrears and Personal Debt Review Group. The final report of...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)
Joan Burton: Since 2005 rent supplement expenditure has increased from â¬369million to â¬516million in 2010. The number of persons claiming the allowance increased from almost 60,200 persons in 2005 to some 95,700 as at October 2011, a 59% increase. There are 1,460 recipients of rent supplement in County Carlow. My Department has no information on the number of letting agents or rent supplement...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (2 Nov 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. Notification of the Appeals Officers decision issued on 29th June 2011. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of the Appeals Officer is final and conclusive and may only be reviewed...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 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 my reply to the Deputy on 18th October 2011. The person concerned was requested to provide further information in order to process...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (2 Nov 2011)
Joan Burton: As the Department does not record nor compile information / statistics in the format sought by the Deputy in relation to all of the specific questions submitted, it has not been possible to provide a response in each case. However, I can inform the Deputy that, in 2010, a total of â¬373 million was paid in rebates to employers who paid their employees lump sum payments. A further â¬96.7...