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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: The Department has been accepting new claims for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) since 1st April 2009. The number of applicants for DCA that were received, awarded and refused in 2010 and 2011 (to end November) is detailed in the table below. There has been no significant change in the overall rate of refusal for the allowance. Domiciliary Care Allowance applications - 2010 – Nov 2011...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is in receipt of his full entitlement to rent supplement based on his household circumstances. A payment issued to the person concerned in December and will continue to issue from January onwards as the necessary documentation was recently received.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (19 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 13th 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 2nd...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (19 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for invalidity pension, by the person concerned, was disallowed by a Deciding Officer of the Department on 6th September 2011. I am informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that there is no trace of appeal against this decision by the person concerned. In the normal course, an appeal against the decision of a Deciding Officer must be made within 21 days of a decision...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: I do appreciate the important role that free travel plays in promoting social inclusion and preventing the isolation of elderly people. Funding for the scheme was frozen by the previous Government at 2010 levels of expenditure as outlined in the National Recovery Plan 2011-2014 and the 2011 Budget. This cap was confirmed in the 2012 Budget. The Department, therefore, is not in a position to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (19 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 22nd 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 in due course to an Appeals...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (19 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that there is no registered appeal for the person concerned. However, because of the large number of appeals currently being lodged, there is a backlog in the office in registering appeals. If the appeal has been submitted in recent weeks the appeal will be registered and acknowledged in due course. The Chief Appeals Officer has assured me...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: I can confirm that the Department is in receipt of an application for disability allowance from the person concerned. 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 for disability allowance to completion, including assessment of the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was refused a disability allowance on the ground that, based upon the medical assessor's assessment of the medical evidence supplied in support of the claim, the person is not medically suitable for disability allowance. The deciding officer accepted this opinion and the person was notified in writing of this decision on 5 September 2011. Further medical evidence was...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received on 31 May 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 26th October 2011 advising of the decision. In the case of an application which is refused on medical grounds, the applicant may submit additional...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has an appointment at her local social welfare office on 18 January 2012 regarding an application for jobseeker's benefit. Once all details are to hand a decision will be made on her claim as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received on 18 July 2011. The person concerned informed the Department that additional information would follow. However, no additional information was received. The application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for the allowance and a decision to this effect issued...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: The Department currently has two civil servants at Assistant Principal level based in Brussels in the following roles: Title: : Attaché seconded to the Department of Foreign Affairs working in the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union Function: The officer represents and promotes the concerns and interests of the Department of Social Protection to the EU Institutions and...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (24 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: My Department received 49,762 claims in respect of statutory redundancy payments in 2011. The Department does not maintain statistics in relation to the number of companies with regard to their inability to pay or otherwise. However, as lump sums are paid where companies refuse to pay or are unable to pay, an indicator which may be useful to the Deputy in this regard is the level of lump...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 305, 352 and 353 together. Rent supplement provides short-term support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation, whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. Since 2005, rent supplement expenditure has increased from €369 million to a provisional...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (24 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: The data is shown in the table below. Analysis of projects in the North East as at 31/12/2011 Eligibility (Multiple Items) Count of CDB Number Region Sponsor Project No Total Project No Address Line 1 Address Line 2 Address Line 3 Address Line 4 NE ALZHEIMER SOCIETY NE REGION 241122651 27 241122651 N.E.REGIONAL OFFICE 6 LISCARTON VILLAS KELLS RD NAVAN, CO MEATH...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: The disability allowance payment of the person concerned was suspended on 11 November 2011, as her whereabouts were not known to the Department. I understand that the person has since returned to Ireland and her disability allowance has been put back in payment from 25 January 2012. She has been informed in writing of this decision and any arrears due to her will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (24 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: A redundancy lump sum claim in respect of the person concerned has been awarded. A cheque payment will issue in the near future.

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (24 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: Public servants employed before April 1995 pay a reduced PRSI contribution which does not qualify them for any of the benefits in question. Public servants employed after that date (April 1995) pay PRSI at the Class A rate. As a result they may qualify for optical, dental, and audiology benefits on the same basis as any other person paying PRSI at Class A. When they have paid sufficient...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (24 Jan 2012)

Joan Burton: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Questions Nos. 89, 99 and 102 of 1 December 2011. The position remains unchanged.