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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: Rent supplement is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive (HSE), as part of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. The Executive has advised that a notification of a change of address, in relation to the Jobseeker Allowance claim of the person concerned, was issued in error to the Community Welfare Officer dealing with...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The estimated annual cost of Jobseeker's Allowance and Jobseeker's Benefit of each 1,000 extra entrants onto the Live Register is around €11.5 million in a full year.

Written Answers — Child Support: Child Support (9 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: There is no delay in processing the majority of Child Benefit applications. Awards on behalf of Irish-born children are processed either automatically or in a partially automated way using the child's birth details when they are registered with the General Registrar's Office. Parents are contacted by the Child Benefit office within two days of the registration of their child's birth. The...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: Rent supplement is administered on behalf of the Department by the Health Service Executive (HSE), as part of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. Rent supplement is subject to a limit on the amount of rent that an applicant may incur. Rent limits are set at levels that enable the different eligible household types to secure and retain basic suitable rented accommodation, having...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: Rent supplement is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive (HSE), as part of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. The Executive has advised that the person concerned applied for rent supplement in respect of his current address on 3 October 2008. His application has been approved and payment will issue as soon as...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: An application for State Pension (Non Contributory) was received from the person concerned in the Department on 23 September 2008. The application was forwarded to the local Social Welfare Inspector for investigation on 1 October 2008. The inspector will be in contact with the customer in the near future to arrange an interview. On receipt of the inspector's report a decision will be made...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 180 to 183, inclusive, together. The information sought by the Deputy is contained in the following table. Measure Estimated Cost €m (in a full year) Double the rate of the living alone allowance 67.8 Increase the rate of fuel allowance by €12 per week 108 Increase the rate of the qualified child increase by €4 per week 75.4 Increase all weekly...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which includes mortgage interest supplement, is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive. A mortgage interest supplement provides short-term income support to eligible people who are unable to meet their mortgage interest repayments in respect of a house which is their sole place of...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: According to the records of the Department, the person concerned will not reach 66 until 29 January 2012. He has been provided with a copy of his contribution record together with an information guide on State Pension (Contributory). In general credited contributions are awarded on foot of periods of illness, unemployment and caring which are reckonable for pension entitlement. If the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: In order to qualify for a range of Social Welfare payments, including Child Benefit, applicants are required to satisfy the Habitual Residence condition (HRC), which was introduced on 1 May 2004. The HRC requires the applicant to satisfy the deciding officer that they meet certain conditions, including that their centre of interest is in Ireland and that their future intentions, as...

Seanad: Money Advice and Budgeting Service: Statements (9 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Tá an-áthas orm bheith anseo sa tSeanad ar maidin chun labhairt ar an ábhar seo. In recent times we have all become conscious of the fact that many people are in need of guidance and assistance on financial matters. They include people who have been unfortunate enough to lose their jobs recently and who may have mortgages or rent to pay as well as...

Seanad: Money Advice and Budgeting Service: Statements (9 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leis an Seanadóirí a thug an méid sin tacaíocht do MABS agus a aithnigh cé chómh tábhachtach agus atá an seirbhís sna hamanta atá againn anois. The increased numbers calling into MABS looking for advice is a sign of its success but it is also a sign of the difficult times for individuals and their families. As all Senators said, we are...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (14 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The National Social Services Board (NSSB) transferred to the Department of Social and Family Affairs from the Department of Health and Children in June 2000 under the Comhairle Act, 2000. Comhairle (established in June 2000) replaced the NSSB and the information service provided by the National Rehabilitation Board with a new mainstream information and support service. The Citizens...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The legislative provisions for Disability Allowance are contained in Parts 1 and 2 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 and Articles 141 to 158 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 as amended. Means are assessed on the claimants own means and that of their spouse/partner subject to certain exceptions. The person concerned applied for...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: Under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive, an exceptional needs payment may be made to help meet an essential, once-off cost which the applicant is unable to meet out of his/her own resources. There is no automatic entitlement to this payment. Each application is...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: Under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme (SWA), which is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive, an exceptional needs payment (ENP) may be made to help meet an essential, once-off cost which the applicant is unable to meet out of his/her own resources. The principal consideration in making a single payment of SWA to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The person concerned was in receipt of jobseeker's allowance at the weekly rate of €207.10. This payment was based on an assessment of weekly means of €194.00, derived from the capital value of a dwelling. He appealed this means assessment and following a review, a Deciding Officer assessed his means at nil from 1 May 2008. This decision is based on an Inspector's report to the effect...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, which is administered by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive (HSE), is designed to provide immediate and flexible assistance for those in need who do not qualify for payment under other State schemes. Under the legislation governing the scheme, the HSE may make a single payment to meet an exceptional need to people...

Written Answers — Information Obligations: Information Obligations (14 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: Lists of information obligations have been compiled in the Department in relation to a variety of obligations imposed on employers by 14 Sections of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005. The obligations cover, for example, cooperation with Social Welfare Inspectors in relation to PRSI inspections, notifying the Department of the commencement of employment and furnishing the Department...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (14 Oct 2008)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 and 229 together. No EU Directives have been transposed into Irish legislation by the Department of Social and Family Affairs within the past 12 months. In addition, there are no outstanding EU directives within the competency of the Department that have not been transposed into law.