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Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (3 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 12th 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 to an Appeals Officer who will make a...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (3 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeal Office has advised me that in accordance with the statutory requirements the person concerned has been contacted asking him to set out the complete grounds of his appeal. On receipt of a response from the person concerned, his appeal will be processed.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (3 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 29th July 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 have been received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office and the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (3 May 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 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 to an Appeals Officer who will make a...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (3 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 12th 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 to an Appeals Officer who will make a...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (3 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 31st 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 20th...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (3 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was refused carer's allowance on the grounds that the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full-time care and attention as laid down in carer's allowance legislation. On 4 April 2012, she was notified of this decision and the reason for it. Additional medical evidence was subsequently received and forwarded to the medical assessor for further consideration....

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (3 May 2012)

Joan Burton: One civil servant from Waterford city and county retired from my Department since the beginning of the year. There were no retirements during this period from any of the agencies under the aegis of my Department, namely The Pensions Board, The Office of the Pensions Ombudsman and The Citizens Information Board.

Private Members' Business. Domiciliary Care Allowance: Motion (8 May 2012)

Joan Burton: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "recognises that the Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) scheme represents a very important support to people who live with and care for children with disability and notes that: — the allowance is now in payment in respect of 26,000 children, an increase of over 2,000 since the Department of Social...

Private Members' Business. Domiciliary Care Allowance: Motion (8 May 2012)

Joan Burton: I am just quoting the public figures. Some 6,000 extra children have received the grant. That may not be everybody one would want to receive it but Deputies suggested the numbers were cut.

Private Members' Business. Domiciliary Care Allowance: Motion (8 May 2012)

Joan Burton: Parents who receive domiciliary care allowance also qualify for carer's allowance and household benefits, subject to fulfilling certain criteria. Some 40% of those on the scheme receive these payments. Those who receive the carer's allowance and household benefits package, in addition to the DCA and respite care grant, receive a total of €16,742 per annum from the Department. It is a...

Private Members' Business. Domiciliary Care Allowance: Motion (8 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The budget was difficult but because of the state of the economy difficult decisions were made with regard to social welfare. Specifically, the domiciliary care allowance and carer's allowance were protected. I said this at the time of the budget because I regarded it as very important to protect those payments. One quarter of the number of children now in receipt of the payment have been...

Private Members' Business. Domiciliary Care Allowance: Motion (8 May 2012)

Joan Burton: There have been 6,000.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (8 May 2012)

Joan Burton: New maximum rent limits came into force on 1 January 2012 and are in place until June 2013. The maximum monthly rent limits for the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council area are set out in the tabular statement below. Rent Supplement Rent limits for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council area County Single person in shared accommodation Couple in shared accommodation Single person Couple...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 May 2012)

Joan Burton: A claim under the Insolvency payment scheme was submitted manually on behalf of the person concerned on 11 August 2011 in respect of arrears of wages, holiday pay and minimum notice. The Department is currently processing manually submitted claims received in July 2011. A claim for a redundancy payment in respect of the person concerned was paid on 1 November 2011.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (8 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 22nd December 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 have been received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office and...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (8 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that following an oral hearing of the appeal in question, the Appeals Officer, as agreed at the hearing, referred the case back to the Social Welfare Inspector for further investigations and clarification of the means of the person concerned. The case has been returned to the Appeals Officer who is now considering the appeal in the light of...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (8 May 2012)

Joan Burton: Carer's allowance is a means tested income support payment for people who are providing full time care and attention to a person in need of such care. A person in receipt of carer's allowance can engage in employment, self-employment, training or education outside the home for up to 15 hours per week and still qualify for the payment. However, one of the main qualifying conditions for the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 May 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 210 and 243 together. The person concerned applied for rent supplement on 14th February 2012 but the rent sought was in excess of the new maximum rent limits appropriate to his family composition introduced on 1st January 2012. The person concerned was disallowed rent supplement and notified of his right to appeal against this decision to the Social...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (8 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 18th 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 have been received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office...