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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 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 service and staff are now part of the Department. The factual position is that there is no current claim for supplementary welfare allowance in respect of the person concerned. The person concerned should contact the...

Written Answers — Information Technology: Information Technology (22 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: For its internal IT operations, the Department utilises 344 servers with total memory of 4,271 gigabytes. The annual maintenance cost for these servers is EUR60,000. The maintenance contract is due for renewal in 2012 and in that context the Department will be seeking to reduce the costs of server maintenance. Three statutory bodies operate under the aegis of the Department; they are the...

Written Answers — Information Technology: Information Technology (22 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The Document, Record and Information Management (DRIM) programme is a key part of my Department's ongoing change and modernisation programme. An objective of the DRIM programme is to eliminate, as far as possible, all paper from the administrative process and to store, retrieve and process records in an electronic format. By scanning documentation, certificates and customer application...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (22 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: Illness Benefit is an income support payment for people of working age who are unable to work due to illness and who satisfy certain social insurance conditions. The scheme is intended to provide income replacement for insured persons during short spells of incapacity or illness, while other payments are available to people who are unable to work long-term because of a disability or a...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received on 19th October 2011. This application has been forwarded to one of the Department's Medical Assessors for their medical opinion. Upon receipt of this opinion a decision will issue to the customer. The Deputy should note that it currently take up to nine weeks to process an application.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 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 July 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 26 October...

Written Answers — Civil Registration: Civil Registration (22 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The administration of the system of civil registration in the State is the responsibility of an tÁrd Chlaraitheoir (Registrar General). I have made enquiries of the Registrar General and he informs me that six individuals have applied to have new birth certificates issued to them, since the judgment referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (22 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: Self-employed persons are liable for PRSI at the Class S rate of 4% which entitles them to access long-term benefits such as State pension (contributory) and widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's pension (contributory). Ordinary employees who have access to the full range of social insurance benefits, including jobseeker's benefit, pay Class A PRSI at the rate of 4%. In addition,...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: Following a review of the means of the person concerned, a back to school clothing and footwear allowance has been awarded in this case. Payment will issue to the person concerned shortly.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 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 13 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 2 August...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 269 and 270 together. 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...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been in receipt of illness benefit since 13 October 2006. She is in receipt of the maximum personal weekly rate less a deduction of €20 towards the recovery of an overpayment. She has applied for a qualified adult increase in respect of her spouse and for qualified child increases in respect of two children. In order for it to be decided whether these increases...

Written Answers — Public Procurement: Public Procurement (22 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The Department of Social Protection has not awarded any construction project contracts to companies registered within or outside the State in the period 2009-2011. Responsibility for the acquisition of office accommodation for the Department rests with the Office of Public Works.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 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 (22 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: Payment of a bonus this December would cost in the region of €230 million. The 2011 Estimates for my Department do not include such a provision and, given the need to control Government expenditure generally, it will not be possible to re-introduce a bonus payment this year.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (22 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The estimates for Department are published in the Revised Estimates for Public Services each year. The section on the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) shows income from contributions, expenditure on SIF schemes and administration and the overall net position (difference between expenditure over income) of the Social Insurance Fund. The section on total expenditure on Social Protection shows the...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (22 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: My Department continues to monitor and review the operation of the JobBridge scheme, including its eligibility, on an ongoing basis. However, there are no plans to amend the following participant eligibility criteria: · Currently be in receipt of a live claim (Jobseekers Allowance/Jobseekers Benefit/Signing for Social Insurance Contribution Credits) on the Live Register, and · Have...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 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 13th 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 19th...

Written Answers — Infrastructure Investment Plan: Infrastructure Investment Plan (22 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: My Department has no specific projects for County Donegal arising from the Government's Infrastructure and Capital Investment Plan 2012 – 2016.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 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 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 to an Appeals Officer for...