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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned requested a medical review of this decision on 26th January 2012 and submitted additional supporting information. The application has been forwarded to one of the Department's Medical Assessors for review of the original medical opinion. Upon receipt of the review report, a decision will issue to the customer.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (7 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The primary purpose of the redundancy payments scheme is to compensate workers, under the Redundancy Payments Acts, 1967 to 2011, for the loss of their jobs by reason of redundancy. Compensation is based on the worker's length of reckonable service and reckonable weekly remuneration, subject to a ceiling of €600 per week. It is the responsibility of the employers to pay statutory...

Private Members' Business: Community Employment Schemes: Motion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: On a point of order, I have heard everything the Deputy has stated. I could repeat, word for word, what he just said.

Private Members' Business: Community Employment Schemes: Motion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: If Deputy Ó Caoláin wants me to repeat what Deputy Stanley just said, I can do so. I listened carefully and respectfully-----

Private Members' Business: Community Employment Schemes: Motion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: If someone were to test mine and Deputy Ó Caoláin's memories, I am sure I could predict who could quote verbatim what Deputy Stanley said. I cannot speak in the same way for the Deputy's memory as I can for my own.

Private Members' Business: Community Employment Schemes: Motion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: I also noted all of the misstatements Deputy Stanley has made.

Private Members' Business: Community Employment Schemes: Motion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The Deputy's figures are wrong.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (8 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 10 March 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 23...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (8 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: Tús is a community work placement initiative aimed at providing up to 5,000 short-term, quality work opportunities for those who are unemployed for more than a year. The initiative is being delivered through the network of local development companies and Údarás na Gaeltachta in Gaeltacht areas – referred to as Implementing Bodies (IBs). Work placements are being identified in the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (8 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 13 January 2012. 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 — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for Jobseeker's allowance on 4 October 2011. Based on the information supplied by the applicant it was decided that she did not satisfy the Habitual Residence Condition. The deciding officer in this case has decided that the person's centre of interest is not in the State. If the person is not satisfied with the decision of the deciding officer, more documentary...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned had her rent supplement payment temporarily suspended due to the transfer of her primary social welfare payments. When the transfer was completed her claim to rent supplement was immediately reassessed. The person concerned was then issued with an exceptional needs payment on 1 February for rent arrears that were owed. The person concerned is in receipt of her full...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) scheme is considered the "safety net " within the overall social welfare system in that it provides assistance to eligible people in the State whose means are insufficient to meet their needs and those of their dependants. The main purpose of the scheme is to provide immediate and flexible assistance for those in need who do not qualify for payment...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (8 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: Individuals who were previously employers, are generally regarded as self-employed for the purposes of PRSI. Self-employed persons are liable for PRSI at the Class S rate of 4% which entitles them to access long-term benefits such as State pension (contributory) and widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's pension (contributory). Ordinary employees who have access to the full range...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (8 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The CE scheme enables lone parents to return to the workforce by offering them part-time and temporary placements in work positions based within local communities.Prior to Budget 2012, lone parents who entered CE were entitled to retain their one-parent family payment (OFP). From 16 January, 2012, new participants on CE will not be able to claim a social welfare payment at the same time. As...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (8 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 she was capable of work. An appeal was opened and in the context of that appeal her case was reviewed by a second Medical Assessor who also expressed the opinion that she was capable of work. I am advised by...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (8 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 30 September 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 (8 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all the evidence, disallowed the appeal of the person concerned by way of summary decision. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of the Appeals Officer is final and conclusive and may only be reviewed by the Appeals Officer in the light of new evidence or new facts. Following the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (8 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 98 and 100 together. A table showing the average processing times in 2011 of appeals for carer's allowance, disability allowance, illness benefit, invalidity pension, state pension, job seekers allowance, and job seekers benefit are given in the attached table. These processing times are calculated from the registration date of the appeal to the date of its...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: A person who is fully unemployed and has been in receipt of jobseeker's benefit in this country for at least 4 weeks, may have their benefit paid to them while residing in the United Kingdom for up to 13 weeks, provided they are seeking employment in that country. Payment is dependent on the customer continuing to satisfy the conditions of the jobseeker's scheme.