Results 15,101-15,120 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (24 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The total expenditure on the statutory redundancy scheme since 2005 is set out in the table below. YearExpenditure2005â¬149.17m2006â¬166.48m2007â¬183.33m200 8â¬193.71m2009â¬335.86m2010â¬469.97m2011*â¬312.68m *The 2011 figure is provisional and has yet to be finalised.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The person concerned was refused carer's allowance on the grounds that, based upon the medical evidence supplied in support of the application, the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full time care and attention as prescribed in regulations. On 11 January 2011, she was notified of this decision and the reason for it. Additional medical evidence has subsequently been received and...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office is independently responsible for determining appeals against decisions on social welfare entitlements â including schemes with medical criteria. Appeals Officers are statutorily appointed by the Minister to act as administrative Tribunals and are required to exercise their functions in a quasi-judicial manner. There is no requirement that a person be...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA) scheme provides a one-off payment to eligible families to assist with the extra costs when their children start school each autumn. The allowance is not intended to meet the full cost of school clothing and footwear but only to provide assistance towards these costs. In 2011, over 196,000 individuals received a back to school...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 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 4 April 2012. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When received, the appeal in question will be referred in due course to an Appeals Officer...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (24 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: A key objective of current labour market activation policy is to prevent the drift into, and reduce, long-term unemployment. The aim is to implement an activation policy which engages with every unemployed individual and, in particular, those at risk of long-term unemployment in order to provide them with a pathway to work. This means that the State will provide supports, where appropriate,...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: Payment of disability allowance, to the person concerned, was refused by a Deciding Officer following an assessment by a Medical Assessor of the Department who expressed the opinion that he was medically unsuitable for disability allowance. I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an appeal has been opened and in the context of that appeal, his case was reviewed by a second...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (24 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: A redundancy lump sum claim in respect of the person concerned was awarded and payment will issue by cheque to the person concerned in the coming weeks.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received on 16 November 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 2 February 2012 refusing the allowance. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this decision. As part of the appeal process, the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office (SWAO) has advised me that the appellant was in receipt of illness benefit up to 15 December 2012 when her entitlement expired. She then applied for invalidity pension and this claim was disallowed from 21 December 2012 and this disallowance carried a right of appeal. An appeal was received in the SWAO on 23 February 2012 which referred to her illness benefit...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 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 20 March 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 to an Appeals Officer...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (24 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The three statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection are the Social Welfare Tribunal, the Citizens Information Board and the Pensions Board. In addition, the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman comes under the remit of the Department. None of the above statutory bodies have an internship scheme in place for young graduates.
- Written Answers — European Jobs and Advice Fairs: European Jobs and Advice Fairs (24 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The local, regional, national and European Jobs and Advice Fairs which the Department have been conducting are organised to give job seekers and employers the opportunity to meet and to avail of all employment and employment related supports in the locality. In addition the Fairs seek to promote employment opportunities in the Single European Labour Market. The Fairs are organised with...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Apr 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 on 30 April 2012. The person concerned has been notified of the arrangements for the hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Apr 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 — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (24 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a temporary, fixed term basis. CE helps unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a work...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 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 15 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 16...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The person concerned, who has one dependent child, was in receipt of rent supplement in respect of a rent which was â¬900 per month. The appropriate maximum amount of rent in respect of which a rent supplement is payable has been set at â¬875 monthly, since 1 January 2012. As the person concerned has income from part-time employment she is in a position to meet the balance of the rent...
- Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (24 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2001-2016 (NAPinclusion) identifies a wide range of targeted actions and interventions to achieve the overall objective of reducing consistent poverty. My Department has recently completed the third annual report on social inclusion. This report will outline progress in implementing the NAPinclusion over the two-year period from January 2009 to...
- Written Answers — Money Advice and Budgeting Service: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (24 Apr 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, in particular those on low incomes and people living on social welfare payments. I am fully satisfied that MABS has sufficient resources to assist and support its clients. This is borne out by the data...