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- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 6 July 2010. The medical evidence supplied with his claim was referred to one of the department's medical assessors who was of the opinion, based on the information supplied, that the person was not medically suitable for disability allowance. The deciding officer accepted this opinion and the claim was refused and the person was...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: Deductions of â¬40 per month are being made from the monthly rent supplement payable to the person concerned in respect of overpayments which occurred during the periods October 2004 to May 2006 and September 2009 to September 2010.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: A number of factors are taken into account, including household income, in establishing entitlement to rent supplement and family income supplement. The person concerned should apply to the department's representative at Clonskeagh Health Centre, Vergemount Hall, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14 (opening hours 10.00 am to 11.30 am Monday, Tuesday and Thursday) to establish if she has an entitlement to...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The person in question was refused carer's allowance on the grounds that he is self employed outside the home for more than 15 hours per week. This decision was based on the social welfare investigative officer's findings following interview with the claimant at his home address on 20 December 2011 and on 30 January 2012. He was notified of this decision on 9 February 2011. If the situation...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: Taking account of the circumstances of retained fire brigade personnel and general efforts to develop and standardise our jobseeker schemes, a departmental group was established in late 2011 to examine the position of these workers vis-Ã-vis jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance. Deliberations on this issue are currently being finalised. My officials will be in touch with relevant...
- Written Answers — Public Service Staff: Public Service Staff (23 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: Civil servants can retire under the Cost Neutral Early Retirement Scheme once they reach fifty years of age. There were no retirements in my Department of staff who were less than fifty years of age during 2011. Two Clerical Officers based in local offices outside of Dublin have retired from my Department in 2012 without reaching the minimum retirement age of fifty. Both officers retired...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (23 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: It is the policy of my Department to standardise and simplify its application forms as much as possible. However, the design and layout of application forms must also have regard to the particular requirements of individual schemes. Application forms are reviewed on a regular basis including those parts of forms that relate to the provision of medical evidence. The design of the medical...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: Who is behind the cartridges?
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: Domiciliary care allowance (DCA) has been administered by my Department since April 2009, when responsibility for the scheme transferred from the Health Service Executive. DCA cases are routinely reviewed to ensure that the conditions for receipt of the payment continue to be met. Cases are reviewed based on either the recommendation of the medical assessor (MA) when the claim was initially...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA) scheme operates from the beginning of June until the end of September each year. The person concerned was refused a BSCFA payment as her application was received in December 2011 which is after the closing date for receipt of claims. It is open to the person concerned to seek a review of this decision.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: There are currently 937 carer's allowance and benefit recipients whose spouse or partner is in receipt of FIS. Budget 2012 contained a measure which provides for the assessment of carer's benefit and carer's allowance payments in determining entitlement to Family Income Supplement (FIS). This measure brings the treatment of these two payments for FIS purposes into line with the treatment of...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Transport: Ministerial Transport (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The Government decided in March 2011 to confine the use of State cars from 1 May 2011. Accordingly, I now use my own car for official business. The travel /mileage rates payable depend on the car engine size and also incorporate a number of expense elements associated with the cost of running a car. These cost elements include insurance, full membership of AA/RAC, road tax and licence. The...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 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 25 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. When received, the appeal in question will be referred in due course to an...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an oral hearing of the appeal of the person concerned took place on 12 May 2011 and the Appeals Officer is now considering the appeal in the light of all the evidence submitted, including that adduced at the hearing. The Appeals Officer is also researching certain aspects of the case and hopes to have this research completed shortly and...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The entitlement to jobseeker's benefit of the person concerned is currently being reviewed and a decision will be made as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers. This includes ensuring that applications are processed and that decisions on entitlement are made as quickly as possible and subsequent appeals are submitted to the Social Welfare Appeals Office (SWAO) without delay. Invalidity pension is a weekly payment for people who are permanently incapable of work...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers. This includes ensuring that applications are processed and that decisions on entitlement are made as quickly as possible and subsequent appeals are submitted to the Social Welfare Appeals Office (SWAO) without delay. There has been a high volume of applicants for carer's allowance in recent years. There were...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: In the case of an illness benefit appeal it is most unusual for it to take up to a year for the file to be sent to the social welfare appeals office. However, if the deputy is aware of a particular case, my department will have the matter investigated if the necessary details are provided. Currently, the illness benefit branch is dealing with appeal cases it received in mid January of this year.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 27 July 2011. He failed on two occasions to respond to written requests for more information which was required in order for his application to be assessed. Accordingly, his claim was withdrawn on 6 February 2012 and he was notified in writing of this. With regards to his potential social welfare entitlements, it is difficult to...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Transport: Ministerial Transport (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The Government decided to confine the use of State cars from 1 May 2011. Accordingly the information requested by the Deputy in relation to the mileage expenses which I have claimed since then is set out in the following tabular statement. The basis on which Ministers record their mileage does not require them to list individual trips. Ministerial Mileage Claims Period Kms Amount...