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

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that a carer's allowance appeal, by the person concerned, was registered in that office on 31 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...

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 01 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 — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (16 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: From 1st January 2011 policy and funding responsibility for FÁS functions in relation to employment and community employment services was transferred to the Department of Social Protection in accordance with the provisions of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010. FÁS remains responsible for the day to day operation of community employment in accordance with the terms of a...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: A redundancy lump sum payment in respect of the person detailed was awarded on 14th November 2011 and a cheque will issue shortly.

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (16 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: There are three statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection, namely the Social Welfare Tribunal, the Citizens Information Board and the Pensions Board. In addition, the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman comes under the remit of the Department. The information sought regarding location, staff numbers and funding allocated to the above statutory bodies...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (16 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 03 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 in due course to an Appeals...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The community welfare service and the community welfare officers providing it, transferred formally to the Department of Social Protection from 1 October 2011. The person concerned was in receipt of a monthly rent allowance of €812 up to September 2011 when she commenced a community employment scheme. Her entitlement to rent allowance was reviewed due to her change in circumstances and a...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (16 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 made an application for rent supplement on the 10th of October and has been requested to provide further information in order to process her claim....

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (16 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 26 October 2011. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Community 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 (16 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 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 in due course to an Appeals...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (16 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that the appeal from the person concerned has been referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing on 23 November 2011. The person concerned has been notified of the arrangements. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (16 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 02 November 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 Code: Social Welfare Code (16 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: Social welfare legislation provides that a person must satisfy the conditions of being available for and genuinely seeking work in order to be entitled to jobseeker's benefit or jobseeker's allowance. Any person who fails to satisfy these conditions is not entitled to a jobseeker's payment. Part-time firefighters are entitled to a jobseeker's payment in respect of days that they are engaged...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (16 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The three statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection are the Social Welfare Tribunal, the Citizens Information Board and the Pensions Board. In addition, the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman (which does not have a board) comes under the remit of the Department. Mr. Eugene McErlean was appointed to the Citizens Information Board on 7 September 2011....

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (16 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The community services programme co-funds the services delivered by around 440 community-based not-for-profit enterprises across the State. Some €47.4 million has been allocated to the programme in 2011, supporting 2,800 people in full-time and part-time employment. A key requirement of the programme is that the service provider must generate a significant element of their turnover from...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Offices: Social Welfare Offices (16 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 162 and 163 together. The Department operates a network of local and branch offices throughout the country. Each of these offices is manned during normal working hours and is open to the public from Monday to Friday each week during the hours indicated in the attached table. Each office has dedicated officers who are available to explain supports and...

Written Answers — Social Insurance Fund: Social Insurance Fund (16 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table: Year Income Expenditure Surplus / Deficit As % of expenditure €000 €000 €000 2007 7,834,147 7,250,990 583,157 8.0% 2008 8,144,410 8,399,739 -255,329 -3.0% 2009 7,297,601 9,784,225 -2,486,624 -25.4% 2010 6,709,681 9,460,835 -2,751,154 -29.1% 2011 7,148,371 9,054,539 -1,906,168 -21.1% The information...

Written Answers — Social Insurance Fund: Social Insurance Fund (16 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 165 and 166 together. The Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 2005 requires regular actuarial reviews of the financial condition of the Social Insurance Fund. The last such review was published in 2007 and was based on the position as at 31 December 2005. The key objectives of the review were to project future contribution income to and benefit outgo fro the...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (16 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: JobBridge, the National Internship Scheme, is open to organisations in the public, private and community and voluntary sectors. In order to participate in JobBridge an organisation must employ at least one full time employee who works for a minimum of thirty hours per week. The aim of this criterion is to ensure that a participating organisation has the capacity to monitor and provide the...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (17 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 128, 130 and 133 together. The Labour Court recommended in July 2008 that an agreed pension scheme should be introduced for community employment (CE) scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors, and that such a scheme should be adequately funded by FÁS. Notwithstanding the positions of the Department in rejecting that liability for these costs falls to be...