Results 13,401-13,420 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1An official from my Department contacted the company concerned to establish the position in relation to redundancy claims and to ensure that the workers of the company are in a position to access any redundancy payments to which they may be entitled. Redundancy payments are made from the Social Insurance Fund. The company submitted 34 applications online on 22 December 2011 and hard copies...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1Under the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995, all civil servants, and public servants in prescribed public bodies, at Principal Officer level and above are required to make Annual Statement of Interest returns. In addition, board members of prescribed public bodies and certain less senior staff in prescribed 'designated positions' in the civil service or prescribed public bodies, e.g. staff...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1A total of 117 officers retired from my Department during 2011. The total amount of the lump sums paid to these officers in accordance with their entitlements was â¬6,394,810.88. The annual estimated gross pension costs associated with these persons in 2012 is â¬2,056,652.38, which does not include the Public Service Pension Reduction. With regard to the agencies under the auspices of my...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1The measure introduced in Budget 2012 will reduce the period of time from 12 months to 6 months for the backdating of a claim and will not allow for further proportionate backdating. This measure is timely as I am satisfied that customers are more likely now than before to have had an attachment to the workforce thus ensuring more awareness of their entitlements arising from their social...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 14th January 2012. 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 — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1The estimate of expenditure in 2011 for schemes, services and administration for the Department of Social Protection, amounts to â¬20.62 billion. At the end of 2011 provisional outturns for individual subheads, Social Insurance Fund income items, and Social Insurance Fund expenditure items are set out in the tables below. The outturn figures are provisional, pending final certification by...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 6th January 2012. 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 (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1I confirm that the Department is in receipt of an application for disability allowance from the above named person. On completion of the necessary investigations on all aspects of the claim a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome. The average time taken to process a claim to completion, including assessment of the claimant's means, medical...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all the evidence, has disallowed the appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned has been notified of the decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 12th January 2012. 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...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1A person on jobseekers allowance may work for a few hours per week without losing their payment depending on the circumstances of the case. In order to qualify for jobseeker's allowance, a person must be unemployed for at least three days in a six day period and satisfy a means test. In assessing means, account is taken of any cash income (including earnings) of the customer and his/her...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1Payment of illness benefit, to the person concerned, was disallowed by a Deciding Officer following an examination by a Medical Assessor of the Department who expressed the opinion that he was capable of work. An appeal was registered on 10th October 2011 and the Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that, in accordance with statutory requirements, the Department was asked for the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 17 October 2011 and was referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing on 24 January 2012. The person concerned was notified of the arrangements. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1The above named was refused carer's allowance on grounds that the department's Medical Assessor expressed the opinion that the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full-time care and attention as prescribed in regulations. She was notified of this decision, the reason for it and of her right to a review/appeal within 21 days. Additional medical evidence was received and forwarded...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an oral hearing of the appeal of the person concerned took place on 16th January 2012 and the Appeals Officer is now considering the appeal in the light of all the evidence submitted, including that adduced at the hearing. The person concerned will be notified of the Appeals Officer decision when the appeal has been determined. The...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 4I confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for carer's allowance from the above named. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all aspects of his case a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 2057I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer having fully considered all the available evidence allowed the appeal of the person concerned by way of summary decision. The person concerned was notified of the Appeals Officer decision on 13th December 2011. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 2057The 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 and 2011 when the intake rose to 32,432 and 31,241...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 2057The 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 on 20th January 2012. The person concerned has been notified of the arrangements for the hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 2057The 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 on 17th January 2012. The person concerned has been notified of the arrangements for the hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the...