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Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: 1The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that a Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeal by the person concerned was on the basis of a revised decision on 22 December 2011. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that a One Parent Family Payment appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 7 October 2011. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (17 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: 1The social welfare system is primarily a contingency-based system, with entitlement based on defined contingencies, such as sickness, unemployment, old age or widowhood. Primary social welfare legislation provides that only one social welfare payment is payable at any one time. While it can happen that a person may experience more than one contingency at the same time - for example, an...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: 1The person concerned was refused carer's allowance on the grounds that the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full –time care and attention as prescribed in regulations. On 10 January 2012, she was notified of this decision and the reason(s) for it.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: 2057An application for domiciliary care allowance was received on 12 December 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 currently it can take up to 9 weeks to process an application.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (17 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: 1As announced in Budget 2012, the payment of two qualified child increases per child where the person is employed on a Community Employment (CE) scheme and in receipt of One Parent Family Payment, Deserted Wife's Benefit/Allowance or Widow(er)'s Pension, will be discontinued for existing participants and new entrants in January 2012. New entrants to CE are defined as persons who have not...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (17 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: 1The Community Employment programme provides a very important and valued contribution to social employment, training and progression for unemployed people. Furthermore, many Community Employment schemes provide vital community services right across the country. There are currently 1,143 CE schemes in operation nationally with 23,300 participants. The overall estimated budget stands at...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (17 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: 1The Community Employment programme provides a very important and valued contribution to social employment, training and progression for unemployed people. Furthermore, many Community Employment schemes provide vital community services right across the country. There are currently 1,143 CE schemes in operation nationally, with 23,300 participants. The overall estimated budget stands at...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: 1The 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 Code: Social Welfare Code (17 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: 1The information in this reply was included in the reply to Question No. 363 to Deputy Robert Troy on 11 January 2012. The recently announced changes to the rates of payment for State pension are necessary if we are to ensure the sustainability of pension provision into the future. People are living longer and healthier lives and growing numbers of people want to work, or may need to work...

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 1 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 25...

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 available evidence, including that adduced at oral hearing, disallowed the appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer decision. 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: 1The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 5 October 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 14...

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 available evidence, disallowed the appeal of the person concerned by way of summary decision. The person concerned was notified of the Appeals Officer decision on 13 January 2012. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (18 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: JobBridge is a 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 — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (18 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: The Deputies will be aware of the position as set out in my reply to question numbers 99, 89 & 102 on 1st December 2011. I do not accept that any loophole exists in the current arrangements with respect to this matter. Supervisors and assistant supervisors are employed by sponsor organisations in contract with FÁS (now the Department of Social Protection) for the operation of community...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: The Community Welfare Service was transferred from the HSE to my Department on 1 October last and the Employment and Community Services were transferred from FÁS on 1 January last. The offices in my Department in Dublin South Central are set out below. Staff numbers are set out in terms of full-time-equivalent units. In the light of these recent transfers, an examination of all the premises...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (18 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: Participants on Community Employment (CE) schemes are contracted on temporary, fixed-term annual employment contracts with the relevant CE Sponsoring organisation. Secondary benefits are generally retained by participants on CE, provided they continue to satisfy the qualifying conditions, depending on their individual circumstances. Expiration of their CE contracts has no effect on the...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (18 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: There are currently 1,143 Community Employment Schemes (CE) in operation with 23,300 participants. Under the designated ring-fenced places for Community Employment Drugs Rehabilitation places, there are over 800 CE places activated in support and rehabilitation of participants referred with Drug addiction issues. These places provide much needed support for those in recovery and provide a...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received on 22nd September 2011. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on 24th November 2011 advising of the decision. In the case of an application which is refused on medical grounds, the applicant may submit...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Jan 2012)

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 and 2011 when the intake rose to 32,432 and 31,241...