Results 13,321-13,340 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The Deputy will be aware that a very wide range of community services and works can be delivered with the support of the programmes and schemes that are funded by my Department. However, the Department of Social Protection does not provide the form of grant suggested by the Deputy and has no proposals to do so. My information is that funding for this type of work is likely to be more...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The level of funding which was allocated to the Dundalk ICTU centre under Community Employment over the past three years is as follows:- Mar 2009 - Mar 2010 â¬686,119.85 Mar 2010 â Mar 2011 â¬628,228.70 Mar 2011 â Mar 2012 â¬495,789.47 (to date) At this point the budget for 2012 has not been finalised. A financial review of Community Employment is currently underway to establish...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The Ages and Stages Creche at Mullagharlin Park, Dundalk is not a direct recipient of funding under Community Employment. They are, however, one of a number of sub-sponsors on the Dundalk ICTU Centre CE Scheme. The Dundalk ICTU Centre received the following funding during the period in question:- Mar 2009 - Mar 2010 â¬686,119.85 Mar 2010 â Mar 2011 â¬628,228.70 Mar 2011 â...
- Written Answers — Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 388 and 408 together. Creating jobs and tackling poverty are two of the key challenges that we face. It is essential that our tax and social protection systems play their part in addressing these issues and ensure that work is worthwhile. To this end, I established an Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare in June of last year with the aim of harnessing...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned has not been received by that office. A form for the opening of an appeal has been forwarded to the person concerned and requesting him to state the grounds for his appeal. On receipt of his reply the appeal will be opened and processed in the normal manner. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (11 Jan 2012)
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 start of May 2011 are currently being processed.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: There is currently no scheme under the social welfare code designed to assist individuals toward the payment of residential property management fees and there are no plans to introduce such a scheme.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: There is no record of a carer's allowance application ever having been received in respect of the above named. On 9 January 2012 a claim form and return envelope issued to him at the above address. Upon its completion and return to carer's allowance section, his application will be processed.
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: From January 2012 the appropriate rate of mortgage interest supplement payable to the person concerned is â¬1,332.60 per month.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 14th December 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 — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the names and salaries of each person directly appointed by me or my predecessors within the Department, at the stated dates, are set out in the following tabular statement. TABULAR STATEMENT 1 December 2009 â i.e. Minister Mary Hanafin, T.D., from 8 May 2008 to 23 March 2010 Ministerial Appointments Name ...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: JobBridge is a new National Internship Scheme that provides work experience placements for interns for a 6 or 9 month period. The aim of the National Internship Scheme is to assist in breaking the cycle where jobseekers are unable to get a job without experience, either as new entrants to the labour market after education or training or as unemployed workers wishing to learn new skills. The...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: Applications for domiciliary care allowance were received from the person concerned in respect of two children on 29th September 2011. These applications were referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the children were not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on 26th November 2011 advising the person concerned of these decisions. In the case of...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The average time taken to award a claim for carer's allowance to end Sept 2011 was 14 weeks. The average time to award for the last quarter of 2011 is unavailable as, due to the phased introduction of a new claims processing system in the carer's allowance area, new claims are being processed on the new system while older claims are still being processed on the old system. A total of almost...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 10th 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 — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: Changes to the allowances paid to certain participants on the Community Employment programme will come into effect on January 16th 2012. The changes to the payment of concurrent allowances to Lone Parents and Persons with a Disability will only apply to new entrants after January 16th . A new entrant is a person who has not participated on Community Employment in the preceding 12 months....
- Written Answers — Registration of Deaths: Registration of Deaths (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: Usually where an Irish citizen dies abroad, the death is registered by the civil authorities of the place where the death occurred, and a certified copy of the death registration is obtainable. This certificate, translated if necessary, is normally sufficient for all legal and administrative purposes here and for these reasons alone there is no necessity for the death to be registered in the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned were 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 (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 18th 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 3rd...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The Department is subject to annual audit by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. As part of this audit, the level of annual overpayments and recoveries is examined. Set out below are relevant statistics for the 5 year period 2006 â 2010. As the 2011 Comptroller and Auditor General's audit is currently underway, the Department is not yet in a position to provide data on...