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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 16 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 17 January...
- 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 13 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 05...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: I confirm that the care recipient of the person in question satisfies the medical criteria for receipt of carer's allowance. In the interest of fairness and equity applications are processed, as far as possible, in order of the date in which they were received. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all other aspects of his case, including assessment of means,...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The social security rights of people moving around the EU are governed by EU Regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009. These Regulations, which have been in existence in one form or another since 1959, are designed to co-ordinate the social security systems of the various Member States so that people and their families are not disadvantaged when they move within the EU. There is a general duty on...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: My Department accepts reports of possible fraud from members of the public in relation to the operation of its schemes and uses both a dedicated phone number and a facility on the Department's website for this purpose. Members of the public are asked to provide as much detail as possible about the case they are reporting and they can do so anonymously. In 2011, my Department dealt with...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (28 Feb 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 the Department. My Department has a wide ranging programme to combat social welfare fraud and abuse. The Fraud Initiative 2011-2013 sets out a range of actions to ensure an integrated approach is taken to the prevention, deterrence and detection of social welfare abuse across 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 18 January 2012. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by our 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 Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 26 July 2011. The medical evidence supplied with her claim was referred to one of the department's medical assessors who was of the opinion, based on the information supplied, that she was not medically suitable for disability allowance. The deciding officer accepted this opinion. The deciding officer further decided that the person in...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The community employment (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...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The Partial Capacity Benefit scheme was formally launched on Monday 13 February 2012. Full details of the scheme have been published on my Department's website and an information leaflet has also been published. The Partial Capacity Benefit scheme provides an opportunity for people with disabilities, and assessed to have an employment capacity which is restricted when compared to the norm, to...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: Over 70 different schemes and services are administered by the Department's staff and over two million people receive a weekly payment. In addition, the Department has been faced with an unprecedented increase in the number of people accessing its services over the last couple of years. Regarding appeals and reviews, each claim presented is examined on its own merits in relation to the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Offices: Social Welfare Offices (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The increase in the Live Register over the past number of years has placed additional pressures on my Department's local offices in terms of providing a satisfactory service to the public. As a consequence of this and of the transfer of functions and staff from the HSE and from FÃS to the Department, some of the Department's buildings require refurbishment, extensions or, in some cases,...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Offices: Social Welfare Offices (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 408 and 410 to 413, inclusive, together. It is not possible to compile all the information requested within the necessary timeframe. The information will be sent to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Offices: Social Welfare Offices (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The Office of Public Works has responsibility for the acquisition and maintenance of social welfare office accommodation for my Department. Matters of leasing, landlords, and individual rents are managed by that Office.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the Partial Capacity Benefit scheme was formally launched on Monday 13th February 2012. Full details of the scheme have been published on my Department's website and an information leaflet has also been published.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The information requested in respect of carer's allowance applications is contained in the table: Year Average time to award Number awarded Number refused 2009 9 weeks 10,730 5,776 2010 8 weeks 8,769 6,972 2011 (to end Sept) 17 weeks 5,685 3,921 The Department is committed to delivering the best possible service to its customers. Figures for the last quarter of 2011 are unavailable as,...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: A redundancy lump sum claim in respect of the person concerned was received on 12 September 2011. Redundancy lump sum claims received in June 2011 are currently being processed.
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: Usually where an Irish citizen dies abroad, the death is registered by the civil authorities of the place where the death occurred, and a certified copy of the death registration is obtainable. This certificate, translated if necessary, is normally sufficient for all legal and administrative purposes here and for these reasons alone there is no necessity for the death to be registered in the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 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 — Live Register: Live Register (28 Feb 2012)
Joan Burton: The number of persons on the live register for a period not exceeding two years and aged between twenty and forty years of age at the 31st of January 2012 was 192,905. I have set out below for your information a table detailing the breakdown of this number by age and duration. Tabular statement Age Less than3 Months 3 â 6months 6 â 12 months 1 â 2years Sum: 20 3,041 1,257 1,954...