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- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that the Appeals Officer has decided to re-schedule a further oral hearing. However, it is not possible to give a date when this hearing will be heard, but the person concerned will be informed when the new arrangements have been made. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received on 24th February 2010. 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 22nd April 2010 refusing the allowance. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this decision. She was informed by the Social...
- Written Answers — Live Register: Live Register (29 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: At the end of February 2012 there were 31,485 persons signing for credits. This group are included in the live register and represented approximately 7% of the total number of persons on the register at that date.
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (29 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: There are no plans for devising an alternative scheme for disability clients who have completed their maximum time on Community Employment (CE). Persons in receipt of any of the four CE-qualifying disability payments (disability allowance, illness benefit, invalidity pension or blind pension) can currently avail of one additional year on CE compared to other qualifying clients, i.e. the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Mar 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. An integral part of the family income supplement (FIS) scheme is that once the level of payment is determined, it continues to be payable at that rate for a period of 52 weeks, provided...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (29 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: Traditional employment practices where an employee works with the same organisation for their entire career through to retirement are no longer the norm and employees are more likely to accrue pension rights through a number of different employments during their working life. The introduction of the personal retirement savings account (PRSA) in the Pensions Act 2002 was designed to enable...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (29 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: The trustees of a defined benefit (DB) or a defined contribution (DC) scheme are required to issue an annual benefits statement to each member of the scheme. The Pensions Act 1990 sets out the terms under which the trustees of occupational pension schemes must give information to schemes members and others about their personal entitlements. Information about the running of the scheme and...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer having fully considered all the available evidence disallowed the appeal of the person concerned by way of summary decision. The person concerned was notified of the Appeals Officer decision on 27th March 2012. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that in reference to the oral hearing of the disability allowance appeal of the person concerned which took place on 21 March 2012, the Appeals Officer is now considering the appeal in the light of all the evidence submitted, including that adduced at the hearing. The person has been deemed to habitually resident for social welfare purposes...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: A review of the decision to disallow basic supplementary welfare allowance to the person concerned will be carried out.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: A State pension (contributory) is payable to applicants, aged 66 years or over, who satisfy certain social insurance contribution conditions. A person aged 65 years who has retired from insurable employment, and who satisfies certain qualifying conditions, may be eligible for a State pension (transition), where the person concerned: · has entered into insurable employment before reaching...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 24 January 2011. The medical evidence supplied was referred to a medical assessor who was of the opinion that the person was not deemed to be medically suitable for disability allowance. The deciding officer accepted this opinion and refused the claim and the person was notified in writing of this decision on 13 April 2011. If the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: The person concerned has been asked to submit documentation as part of a review of his entitlement to basic supplementary welfare allowance. He has been advised that payment will discontinue if he fails to submit the documentation requested.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: No overpayment has been assessed on the jobseeker's allowance or the back to education allowance claims of the persons concerned.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: Following a review, the rent allowance payable to the persons concerned has been reduced to â¬255.79 per calendar month to take account of an increase in their household income.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: An application for a one-parent family payment from the person concerned has been disallowed as she failed to show that her means do not exceed the statutory limit. She has lodged an appeal against the decision and her file has been referred to an inspector for review as part of the appeal process.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: An application for a one-parent family payment from the person concerned has been disallowed as she failed to show that her means do not exceed the statutory limit. She has lodged an appeal against the decision and her file has been referred to an inspector for review as part of the appeal process.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: The jobseeker's allowance application from the person concerned has been awarded for payment.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: The person concerned made an application for rent supplement on the 25th of January 2012. He has submitted information to the Department stating that he is a joint guardian to one of his children. However, this order also states that the mother is the sole custodian and primary carer of the relevant child. Hence, the person concerned is only entitled to the single limit as the needs of the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: The Department does not have a current pending application for mortgage interest supplement in respect of the persons concerned.