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

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 4 August 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 24 October...

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

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 27th 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 6th...

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

Joan Burton: In order to qualify for a JobBridge internship a potential intern must be in receipt of a live jobseekers claim and have been in receipt of jobseekers allowance or jobseekers benefit, or signing for credits, for a minimum of 78 days in the previous six months. Time spent on certain government sponsored education and training courses will be taken into account when calculating eligibility. An...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (2 Nov 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 who expressed the opinion that he was medically unsuitable for the allowance. An appeal was registered on 22nd October 2011 and in accordance with the statutory procedures the relevant department papers and the comments of...

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 strategy will have to be developed within existing available resources. In developing and implementing the strategy, the...

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

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 3rd 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 — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: I am informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that, based on 2010 figures, the average processing time for Domiciliary Allowance dealt with by way of summary decision is 26.8 weeks , while a case which requires an oral hearing takes , on average, 49.1 weeks. These processing times are calculated from the registration date of the appeal to the date of its finalisation and include all...

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

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 21st 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 — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was in receipt of illness benefit from 21 March 2011 at the maximum personal rate. On 27 September 2011 she was assessed by a departmental medical assessor who expressed the opinion that she was capable of work. Her illness benefit payment was stopped from 12 October 2011. The person concerned has been advised that she may appeal against this decision. However, to date,...

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

Joan Burton: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to review the operation of the rent supplement scheme with a view to introducing a code of conduct for rent supplement eligibility similar to that which operates for local authority tenants. The purpose of this review is to ensure that tenants who are receiving long term support from the State under the rent supplement scheme are subject to...

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

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 19th October 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 (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 29th 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 — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (2 Nov 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 (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA) scheme assists eligible categories of people with the cost of school clothing and footwear. The allowance is paid in respect of eligible children between the ages of 2 and 17 years of age and between the ages of 18 and 22 years of age if in full time education in respect of whom a qualified child allowance (QCA) is being paid and is...

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, disallowed the appeal of the person concerned by way of summary decision. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of the Appeals Officer is final and conclusive and may only be reviewed by the Appeals Officer in the light of new evidence or new facts. The Appeals...

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

Joan Burton: The 2011 estimate for the Department's schemes, services and administration as published in the 2011 REV is €20.62 billion. Expenditure to the end of October 2011 is provisionally estimated at €17.3 billion. 2011. This is subject to reconciliation and verification. Accordingly, approximately €3.32 billion of the 2011 Estimate remains unspent at this stage.

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

Joan Burton: The Office of Public Works has responsibility for the acquisition and maintenance of all office accommodation for my Department. At present, the Department administers social welfare services from Local Offices in Mullingar and Athlone, both of which are leased by the Office of Public Works. In addition, the Health Service Executive makes a number of premises available to my Department to...

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

Joan Burton: The person concerned was awarded disability allowance from 12 August 2009. He was entitled to arrears for the period 12 August 2009 to 6 September 2011. However his spouse was in receipt of a Qualified Adult payment for him as part of her social welfare payment, for the same period. Therefore his entitlement to arrears is the net amount calculated as the difference between the amount due as...

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

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 14th 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 — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (2 Nov 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 the week commencing 6 December 2011. The person concerned will be notified of the arrangements. It is open to the person concerned to apply for supplementary welfare allowance while his appeal is pending. The Social Welfare...