Results 13,541-13,560 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- 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 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 06th...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: Since 1st October 2011, mortgage interest supplement appeals are dealt with by the Social Welfare Appeals Office and should be made to that office at D'Olier House, D'Olier Street, Dublin 2. The LoCall telephone number for the Office is 1890 74 74 34. There are, as yet, no figures available as to the number of weeks appeals for mortgage interest supplement are taking. However, overall, the...
- 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 8th November 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 (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The disability allowance claim of the person concerned was disallowed by a Deciding Officer following an assessment by a Medical Assessor of the Department who expressed the opinion that he was medically unsuitable for the allowance. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal was registered on 06th August 2011 and in accordance with the statutory procedures the relevant...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The Rent Supplement application for the person concerned has been decided and the payment including arrears effective from 1 October 2011 will be paid on 30 January 2012.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal from the person concerned was registered on 30th November 2011 and she was afforded an opportunity of setting out the complete and up to date grounds of her appeal. Following her response the relevant departmental papers were requested from the Department on 15th December 2011 and on receipt of these papers the case will be...
- 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 — 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 Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The purpose of the rural social scheme (RSS) is to provide income support for farmers and fisherpersons who have an entitlement to specified social welfare payments. Persons are engaged for 191â2 hours per week to provide certain services of benefit to rural communities. The scheme currently provides work opportunities for around 2,600 participants and 130 supervisory staff. The funds...
- 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 29th January 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 24th...
- 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 — 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 Code: Social Welfare Code (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: Under the governing legislation for receipt of carer's allowance the following conditions must be satisfied in order to meet the medical criteria. The person being cared for must: · Need continuous supervision and frequent help throughout the day with their personal needs, such as walking and getting about, dressing, washing, eating and drinking or · Need continuous supervision to avoid...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 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 that the vast majority of people are receiving the entitlement due to them....
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The person concerned has recently had their rent supplement claim reassessed, as they were being paid at an incorrect rate. All outstanding monies owed will be paid to the person concerned at the end of the calendar month. The Department has also informed the client of their correct entitlement.
- 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 15th 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 24...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (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. New maximum rent limits came into force on 1 January 2012. These new limits are in line with the most up to date market data...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 391 to 394, inclusive, together. The redundancy payments scheme makes payments from the Social Insurance Fund. The following amounts, relating to rebates paid to employers and lump sums paid to employees, were paid from the Fund in the relevant years. Year Total Rebates Lump sums 2010 â¬469,968,466 â¬373,253,295 â¬96,715,171 2011* â¬312,734,888...
- Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The Deputy refers to Question No 418 of 11 January 2012, and requests verification of the ownership arrangements of properties of any of the agencies under the aegis of my Department. Since responding to his earlier Question on 11 January, I have been made aware that the Citizen Information Board owns five properties. I wish to apologise to the House for this inadvertent error and wish to...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The circular issued by FÃS in December 2011 reflected the announcements made in Budget 2012. The Budget 2012 sets out the reductions in the CE budget and changes to Social Welfare Payments that may also affect current and new CE participants (e.g. reduction in Materials & Training grant to â¬500, removal of concurrent payments, etc.). Changes to CE allowances for new CE Participants take...