Results 13,821-13,840 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (7 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: Following the reductions in the CE training and materials grant announced in the Budget, the Department of Social Protection commenced a review of the financial resources of individual schemes. This review is scheduled to be completed by the end of March and all sponsors have been contacted by Department officers to brief them on the review. Following the completion of the reviews a...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (7 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: Following the reductions in the CE training and materials grant announced in the Budget, the Department of Social Protection commenced a review of the financial resources of individual schemes. This review is scheduled to be completed by the end of March. All sponsors have been contacted by Department officers at local level to brief them on the review, discuss their returns and deal with any...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: Payment 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 s/he was capable of work. An appeal was registered on 22 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 (7 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 14 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 31...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The claim for disability allowance, by the person concerned, was disallowed by a Deciding Officer following an assessment by a Medical Assessor of the Department who was of the opinion that he was medically unsuitable for disability allowance. The person concerned appealed this decision and I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The person concerned started on a Community Employment (CE) scheme in Killarney in September 2011 and has eligibility for one year on the scheme. The full allowance for training for CE participants, before the changes announced in the 2012 Budget, was â¬500 per participant per year. The person concerned was paid â¬480 in November 2011 as a contribution towards the cost of the course she is...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 17 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 12...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (7 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 to 252, inclusive, together. 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. The scheme is intended as a temporary income support payment...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Feb 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 (7 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: To qualify for a Rent Supplement a person must have been residing in private rented accommodation (where at the commencement of the tenancy the person could have reasonably afforded the rent and has experienced a substantial change in his or her circumstances where they are now unable to pay the rent) or accommodation for homeless persons or in an institution (or any combination of these) for...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 4 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 11...
- Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (7 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: Limerick Community Services Ltd provide a very valuable service in Limerick. Budget 2012, has resulted in the following changes being made to the Community Employment (CE) scheme: a reduction in the training and materials grants from â¬1,500 to â¬500 per participant per annum; the ending of the concurrent entitlement to a CE payment and a social welfare assistance payment for new CE...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 5 January 2012. 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 11...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (7 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: It is not possible to allow household benefits to be retained if the household composition rules are not satisfied. One of the conditions for receipt of the household benefits package is that an applicant who is under age 70, must be living alone or only with excepted people. These excepted people include: a qualified adult; a dependent child or children aged between 18 and 22 years of age,...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (7 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: As announced in the Budget, from 16 January 2012, new participants on community employment (CE) schemes will not be able to simultaneously claim their original social welfare payment and a CE allowance, as per section 12 of the Social Welfare Act 2011. This measure affects those in receipt of the following payments commencing CE after that date: One- Parent Family Payment; Deserted Wife's...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (7 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: 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 â¬369 million to a provisional outturn of â¬503 million in 2011. The number of persons...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Feb 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 Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: This case has been referred to a Social Welfare Inspector for further investigation and the person concerned will be contacted shortly by the Inspector to arrange an interview. Her pension entitlement will be re-examined when the Inspector has concluded the investigation and she will be notified of the outcome.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received on 29th 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 20th January 2012 advising of the decision. In the case of an application which is refused on medical grounds, the applicant may submit...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: Under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, the Department may make a single exceptional needs payment (ENP) to help meet essential, once-off, exceptional expenditure, which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income. These ENP payments are a vital component of the SWA scheme and link the income support function of the scheme with the wider...