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- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The 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 (24 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 19 May 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 13 December...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: It was announced on Budget Day that income from weekly carer's payments will be included for the purposes of calculating entitlement to Family Income Supplement in line with other welfare payments. The measure will be implemented on a phased basis over 3 years with one third of the income from carer's allowance and carer's benefit payments assessed in 2012, two thirds in 2013 and full...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: Since 2005 rent supplement expenditure has increased from â¬369 million to a provisional outturn of â¬503 million in 2011. The number of persons claiming the allowance increased from almost 60,200 persons in 2005 to over 96,800 as at end 2011, a 61% increase. Landlords are legally obliged to register tenancies with the PRTB within one month from the start date of the tenancy or at a later...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, it is not possible to give a reply, however my office will be in touch with the deputy very shortly.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide 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. At the end of 2011, there were 2,734 households in Co Louth and 2,723 households in Co Meath in receipt of rent...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: A variety of measures have been introduced to protect the intern and to ensure the integrity of the JobBridge scheme. In order for all applications from host organisations to be approved they must meet a number of criteria so as to ensure that the potential internships are of sufficient quality. These include the following: that the internship does not allow the intern to work unsupervised;...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The person concerned was overpaid rent allowance in respect of the period from 1 August 2008 to 31 July 2009 and was advised accordingly on 7 October 2009. To date, part of the overpayment has been recovered by agreement with the person concerned. She was contacted in December 2011 and January 2012 regarding the balance of the overpayment outstanding and her response is awaited.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 320 to 334, inclusive, 381 and 382 together. The prevention of fraud and abuse of the social welfare system is an integral part of the day-to-day work of my Department which processes in excess of 2 million claims each year and makes payments to some 1.4 million people every week at a cost of some â¬21 billion per annum. However, it is important to recognise...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: Due to the current economic circumstances and the need for the Department of Social Protection to find savings of â¬475 million in Budget 2012, it was necessary to examine all aspects of Departmental expenditure. Under the Comprehensive Review of Expenditure in 2011 undertaken by my Department in September of last year, the effectiveness and value for money of spending programmes was...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 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...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The purpose of rent supplement is to provide short-term income 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. Limits are already in place that impose a maximum amount of rent that is payable to landlords in respect of individual tenancies.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 338 and 375 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. The Department currently funds approximately 40% of private sector rented accommodation....
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: Payment of invalidity pension to the person concerned was disallowed by a Deciding Officer following an assessment by a Medical Assessor of the Department who expressed the opinion that she was medically unsuitable for invalidity pension. I am informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an appeal has been registered and that the person concerned has been afforded an opportunity of...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 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 1 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 — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: Community Employment schemes provide 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. I have protected the number of places on CE so that...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The 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 — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: There are no new budgetary provisions announced for 2012 which alter the main qualifying conditions for State pension (contributory) in respect of claimants who have been either employed or self-employed. The qualifying conditions for State pension (contributory) require the claimant to - have entered insurable employment before attaining the age of 56 years. - where the claimant reaches...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received on 8 November 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 16th January 2012 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 Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 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 6 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...