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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 16th February 2012. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by or on behalf 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: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 24th November 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. When received, the appeal in question will be referred in due course...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that an application for carer's allowance was received from the above named. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all aspects of his claim, a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

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 21st September 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 03rd...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: Further to my response to Parliamentary Question's Ref. No. 2234/12 & 2250/12 on 17 January 2012, I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that there is no update to the information given previously. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions on...

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 28th 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...

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 08th September 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 10th...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that an application for carer's allowance was received from the above named. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all aspects of his claim, a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that an application for carer's allowance was received from the above named. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all aspects of his claim, a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that an application for carer's allowance has been received from the above named. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all aspects of his claim, a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

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 21st September 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 21st...

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 24 August 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 1 February...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: Invalidity pension is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and who satisfy the contribution conditions. This department received a claim for invalidity pension for the person concerned on 21 June 2011. The medical evidence provided by the claimant in support of her claim was examined by a medical assessor who was of the opinion that...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was refused carer's allowance on the grounds that the care recipient is not so invalided or disabled as to require full-time care and attention as laid down in legislation. On 30 November 2011 he was notified of this decision and the reasons for it. The person in question appealed the decision and submitted additional medical evidence in support of his claim. This...

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 06 December 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 17...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: Community Employment Supervisors are employed by the Community Sponsors directly and all their terms and conditions are set out in their contract of employment with their employer. There has been no change to the CE grant allocated to fund supervisor salaries, this has remained unchanged in recent years.

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The National Internship Scheme provides internship opportunities of either 6 or 9 months for unemployed individuals on the Live Register, in organisations in the private, public and community voluntary sectors. The scheme is limited to individuals who are currently on the Live Register and have been in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance/Benefit or are signing on for credits for at least 3 of...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 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...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 393 and 394 together. My Department is committed to providing a high quality service to our customers. In most cases, we offer a range of payment options to customers including payment at a local post office via electronic information transfer (EIT), payment through a bank, building society account or certain credit unions via electronic funds transfer (EFT)...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: €84m has been allocated to Tús for 2012. It is anticipated that these funds which are required to meet the pay costs of participants and supervisors, provision of materials, insurance, health and safety training and related operational costs will be adequate to cover the 2012 costs and allow for the maximum utilisation of the initiative.