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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 264 to 267, inclusive, together. 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. There are currently 18,741 recipients of mortgage interest supplement and there are currently 95,904...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (15 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 268 and 319 together. A Redundancy Lump sum claim in respect of the person concerned was received on 5 July 2011. Redundancy Lump sum claims received at the end of April 2011 are currently being processed.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (15 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: A Redundancy Lump sum claim in respect of the person concerned was received on 18 July 2011. Redundancy Lump sum claims received at the end of April 2011 are currently being processed.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 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. There is no record of a rent supplement application in respect of the person concerned. If the person concerned wishes to apply for rent supplement she should contact her...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (15 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 5 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 13...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (15 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 27 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 in due course to an Appeals...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (15 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 Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The average time taken to award a claim for carer's allowance in the first 9 months of 2011 was 14 weeks. A total of 12, 657 applications were registered in this period and 10,499 were processed in the same period. There are currently 7,992 applications awaiting a decision. There are 51,659 carer's allowance claims in payment. A major service delivery modernisation project is underway to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 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 person concerned is in receipt of his full entitlement to rent supplement based on his household circumstances. Regarding the payment of arrears, the Central Rents Unit...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 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 person concerned made an application for rent supplement on 22nd August 2011 the rent was in excess of the maximum rent limit appropriate to his family composition and...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: Disability Allowance is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged between 16 and 66. This disability must be expected to last for at least one year and is subject to a medical assessment, a means test and a habitual residency test. In order to satisfy the medical conditions for receipt of disability allowance a person must be suffering from an injury,...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (15 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: Disability allowance may be payable to persons who have an injury, disease or physical or mental disability that has continued or may be expected to continue for at least one year and who, as a result of this disability are substantially restricted in undertaking work that would otherwise be suitable for a person of their age, experience and qualifications. The person concerned was refused...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was refused carer's allowance on the ground that the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full-time care and attention as prescribed in regulations. On 13 October 2011, the person in question was notified of this decision and the reason for it.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (15 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 oral hearing, disallowed the appeal of the person concerned. A copy of the Appeals Officer's report, which set out the basis on which the decision was made, was sent, on request, to the person's solicitor on 19th October 2011. The Appeals Officers...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (15 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 (15 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 27 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 11...

Written Answers — General Register Office: General Register Office (15 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The statutory responsibility for the administration of civil registration in Ireland rests with An t-Ard Chláraitheoir. His office – the General Register Office - is the central repository for all records relating births, deaths, stillbirths, marriages, civil partnerships and adoptions in the state. The Office does not engage in genealogical or family history research on behalf of...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 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. A person may qualify for payment of 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, and has household...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 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 person concerned has had her rent supplement suspended pending information regarding her current earnings. The request for further information was sent on the 30th of...

Written Answers — Croke Park Agreement: Croke Park Agreement (15 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The information sought is set out in the tables below. Of the overall total of seven projects initiated by agencies under the Department's aegis, one has already been completed by the Citizens Information Board, providing savings of €130,000 in 2010 and a similar amount in 2011 and each subsequent year. Three other projects undertaken by the Pensions Board are not yet completed but...