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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Mar 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received on 25th February 2011. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for DCA. A letter issued on 18th April 2011 refusing the allowance. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this decision. She was informed by the Social...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Mar 2012)

Joan Burton: Applications for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance scheme (BSCFA) are made between the beginning of June and the end of September each year. In general, a person may qualify for payment of BSCFA if he or she is in receipt of a social welfare payment, is participating in an approved employment scheme or attending a recognised education or training course, and has household...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Mar 2012)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all the available evidence, including that adduced at oral hearing, allowed the appeal of the person concerned from 27 October 2011. 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...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Mar 2012)

Joan Burton: As previously stated the purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide 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. The overall aim is to provide short term assistance, and not to act as an alternative to the other...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (14 Mar 2012)

Joan Burton: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income support to assist with reasonable accommodation costs of eligible people living in private rented accommodation who are unable to provide for their accommodation costs from their own resources and who do not have accommodation available to them from another source. Since 2005, rent supplement expenditure has increased...

Written Answers — Sochair Leasa Shóisialta: Sochair Leasa Shóisialta (14 Mar 2012)

Joan Burton: Rinne an duine i dtrácht iarratas ar liúntas míchumais ar 29 Meitheamh 2010. Ón fhianaise liachta a soláthraíodh leis an éileamh, atreoraíodh í go dtí duine de lia-mheasúnóirí na Roinne. Tar éis an fhianaise sin a léamh, mheas an lia-mheasúnóir nár cháiligh an t-iarratasóir don liúntas míchumais ar chúiseanna liachta. Ghlac an t-oifigeach breithiúnachta leis an...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Mar 2012)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all the available evidence, including that adduced at oral hearing, allowed the appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned was notified of the Appeals Officer's decision on 10 March 2012. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Mar 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received on 19th October 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 5 January 2012 advising of the decision. In the case of an application which is refused on medical grounds, the applicant may submit additional...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Mar 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 registered on 2 March 2012 and the Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that, in accordance with statutory requirements, the Department was asked for the...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (14 Mar 2012)

Joan Burton: My Department is not involved in the leasing or renting of property. The Office of Public Works has responsibility for the acquisition and maintenance of office accommodation for my Department. Matters of leasing and individual rents are managed by that Office.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (14 Mar 2012)

Joan Burton: Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is a monthly payment to the parent/guardian of a child with a disability so severe that the child requires care and attention and/or supervision substantially in excess of another child of the same age. This care and attention must be provided to allow the child to deal with the activities of daily living. The child must be likely to require this level of...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (15 Mar 2012)

Joan Burton: Insolvency payment claims for 27 former employees of the company were received on 16 August 2011. The Department is currently processing claims received at the beginning of July 2011, and these claims will be processed in due course. These payments will be made from the Social Insurance Fund.

Written Answers — Money Advice and Budgeting Service: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (15 Mar 2012)

Joan Burton: The Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS), under the aegis of the Citizens Information Board, assists people who are over-indebted and need help and advice in coping with debt problems. They provide an excellent service, in particular to those on low incomes and people living on social welfare payments. There are 53 independent MABS companies with voluntary boards of management...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (15 Mar 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 (15 Mar 2012)

Joan Burton: State pension (transition) (SPT) and State pension (contributory) (SPC) are social insurance payments made when a person reaches 65 and 66 years of age respectively. They are both based on the person's social insurance record (PRSI) from employment or self employment. To qualify a person needs to (a) enter insurable employment by age 55 for SPT and age 56 for SPC, (b) have paid 260 full rate...

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (15 Mar 2012)

Joan Burton: The Deputy will be aware that in the immediate aftermath of the severe flooding experienced in October 2011, the Government put in place a humanitarian aid scheme to assist households affected by that flooding. Since these floods, the Department has been providing individuals with emergency payments to offset their immediate needs such as the purchase of food, clothing, fuel and household...

Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (15 Mar 2012)

Joan Burton: I am very conscious of the need to provide efficient and effective customer facing services at a local level for clients of the Department. However, as the Deputy will be aware, there is currently a moratorium on recruitment across the civil and public service. Where vacancies arise, I assure the Deputy that the Department is expending every effort to continue to source available staff to...

Written Answers — Fire Service: Fire Service (15 Mar 2012)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy is not held by the Department. While occupation codes are in use they apply to employment groupings rather than specific jobs.

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (15 Mar 2012)

Joan Burton: In order to qualify for an internship, an individual must be in receipt of a live jobseeker's claim and have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit, or signing for credits, for a minimum of 78 days in the previous six months. Time spent on certain government sponsored training may also be taken into account when calculating eligibility. Providing they fulfil all...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (15 Mar 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...