Results 14,901-14,920 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The person concerned was refused carer allowance on the grounds that, based upon the medical evidence provided, the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full time care and attention as prescribed in regulations. He was notified accordingly and of his right of review/appeal within 21 days. He subsequently appealed the decision and submitted additional medical evidence in support of...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 25th 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 02nd ...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (18 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: A redundancy lump sum claim in respect of the person concerned has been awarded and a cheque payment will issue directly to the person concerned in the coming weeks.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The person concerned has been awarded disability allowance with effect from 7 March 2012 Payment commenced on 4 April 2012 and arrears due for the period 7 March 2012 to 3 April 2012 issued to the person on 12 April 2012. The Department is committed to delivering the best possible service to its customers and works to ensure that claims are processed in the most efficient and expeditious way...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 11th 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,...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The Department is committed to delivering the best possible service to its customers. In the interests of fairness and equity applications are processed, as far as possible, in order of the date on which they were received in the Department. A major service delivery modernisation project is underway to address the large increase in the claim-load and to improve the efficiency of...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal was registered in that office on 27th February 2012 and the person concerned was asked to submit his grounds of appeal. These were received on 10th March 2012 and in accordance with the statutory requirement of the appeals process the Departmental papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: Child Benefit is currently in payment to 4,928 families in respect of a total of 7,741 children who are resident elsewhere in the EU. The cost of payments to customers in this category was â¬15.4 million in 2011.
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (18 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: My Department continues to monitor and review the operation of the JobBridge scheme including its eligibility criteria on an on-going basis. In relation to possibility of utilising the JobBridge Programme for graduates to secure the experience necessary to secure professional accreditation, this matter is still under review.
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (18 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The Department is establishing a new National Employment and Entitlements Service, as provided for in the Programme for Government, which will integrate employment and benefit payment services within the Department. While significant progress has been made to date in establishing the new service, because of the scale of transformation required, full implementation will involve a multi-annual...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The staffing needs for all areas within the Department are continuously reviewed, having regard to workloads, management priorities and the competing demands arising, to ensure that the best use is made of all available resources with a view to providing an efficient service to those who rely on the schemes operated by the Department. A limited community welfare service was provided at the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on 19th October 2011. The application was refused as the child was not considered to satisfy the medical criteria for the allowance. The person concerned requested a review of this decision and submitted additional supporting information. The application, together with the new information was reviewed by...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (18 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: A redundancy lump sum claim in respect of the person concerned has been awarded and a cheque payment will issue directly to the person concerned in the coming weeks.
- Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (18 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: For the period 1 January 2012 to 31 March 2012, the Department handled 3538 written parliamentary questions. Replies were provided to 1393 questions. 2145 questions were withdrawn on the basis that the Department provided the information in writing directly to the Deputy concerned. It is not possible to identify which parliamentary questions related to personal matters.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The person concerned was refused on the grounds that the Department's Medical Assessor expressed the opinion that the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full time care and attention as prescribed in regulations. On 16 January 2012, she was notified of this decision and of her right of review and/or appeal to the Chief Appeal's Officer within 21 days. Additional medical evidence...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 09th 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. These papers were received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 29th ...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The person concerned was granted payment of domiciliary care allowance following a successful appeal. They were notified of this decision on 22nd March 2012. Arrears issued by cheque on that date and the normal monthly payments will commence on 17th April.
- Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (18 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 593 and 595 together. The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the names and salaries of my Special Advisors is set out in the tabular statement below. There is no Minister of State attached to my Department. TITLE NAME ANNUAL SALARY Press Advisor Kathleen Barrington â¬86,806 Special Advisor Edward Brophy â¬127,796 Kathleen Barrington...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Apr 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 February 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,...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (18 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: In relation to the sentiments outlined in the correspondence from Mr. Myles O'Brien I would like to acknowledge that Community Employment (CE) schemes provide a very important and valued contribution to social employment, training and progression for unemployed people. Furthermore, many Community Employment schemes provide vital community services right across the country. CE schemes play an...