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Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (17 May 2012)

Joan Burton: I would refer the Deputy to my reply to question number 686 on 18 April 2012. The position remains unchanged.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2012)

Joan Burton: Photography services are used, in conjunction with press releases and conferences, to communicate the Department's initiatives, schemes and services to customers and to the regional and national media. Photography services were used on seven occasions since March 2011, as set out in the table below. The total cost was less than €3,100, as detailed in the attached tabular statement. I do...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (17 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The Revised Estimates Volume (REV), 2012, provides for the following expenditure on the pensioner programme operated by my Department. Estimate Breakdown 2012 REV €'000 PENSIONS State Pension (Non-Contributory) 967,100 State Pension (Contributory) 3,759,164 State Pension (Transition) 153,897 Widows', Widowers' / Surviving Civil Partners' Pension (Contributory) 1,348,680 Widows',...

Written Answers — Rent Supplement: Rent Supplement (17 May 2012)

Joan Burton: As per reply to Question Number 399 of Tuesday, 24 April, 2012, the person concerned has been consistently informed that an entitlement to rent supplement can only exist when the rent sought has been reduced to the limit for a single person in self-contained accommodation. The necessary documentation has already been provided by the Department to the person concerned in order to facilitate...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was notified by telephone on 15 May 2012 that this matter was no longer being investigated and had been resolved to the Department's satisfaction. Question No. 89 withdrawn.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the person concerned was examined by a Medical Assessor of the Department who was of the opinion that she was capable of work. She appealed this decision and in that context she was examined by another Medical Assessor who also expressed the opinion that she was capable of work. In the light of this, it was decided to afford the person...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The Community Employment participation limits only count time spent on CE from 3rd April 2000. Any time spent on CE prior to that date is disregarded when assessing eligibility for CE in 2012. The person in question has spent 232 weeks on CE since 3rd April 2000, whereas his maximum participation for his age and eligibility category is 156 weeks. He will not be eligible to participate on CE...

Written Answers — Live Register: Live Register (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The number of young teaching graduates that are unemployed at present is not available. At the end of April, there were 430,001 people on the live register. 8,674 of these or 2% have stated that they were last employed in the teaching profession. This includes teachers as well as school support staff such as cleaners, special needs assistants and school crossing attendants. The table...

Written Answers — Mortgage Arrears: Mortgage Arrears (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: My Department participated in the Interdepartmental Mortgage Arrears Working Group (referred to as the Keane group) and is a member of the Steering Group set up by the Minister for Finance to oversee and drive its overall recommendations. The Interdepartmental Mortgage Arrears Working Group recommended that an independent Mortgage Support and Advice Service be established to advise mortgage...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 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 17th 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 and the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 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 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 were received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office and the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: Details are not currently available of the number of rent supplement recipients that will be affected by the implementation of articles 6 and 7 of Statutory Instrument 534 of 2008 on 1 February 2013. Results from Census 2011 show that there are a total of 5,695 properties classified as bedsits in the State with the majority in the Dublin area. The census also shows that 5,307 of these...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was disallowed rent supplement on 20th April 2012. A new application was received on 27th April 2012. A request for outstanding information was sent on 4th May but to date no response has been received. Once the outstanding information is received in the Department a decision will be made on the person's claim.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 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 11th April 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 and the case...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: In order for a participant to remain on CE for more than one year, certain conditions must be met. One condition is that a participant must have a minimum of 156 weeks on the Live Register, on Community Employment or other recognised training interventions such FAS training, or a combination of all these. Of the 156 weeks, 52 weeks must have been continuously spent on the Live Register...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 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 14th November 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 and the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 May 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. There has been a very significant increase in the number of appeals received by the Social Welfare Appeals Office since 2007 when the intake was 14,070 to 2010 and 2011 when the intake rose to 32,432 and 31,241...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: There are no specific plans to recruit graduates into my Department at this time. However, since July 2011, the Department has employed 4 graduates under the JobBridge (National Internship Scheme). In addition, the Department has received sanction to employ a number of Temporary Clerical Officers to cover various staff absences during the year. The Public Appointments Service has advertised...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of this child was received on 23rd March 2012. The application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors, who, having examined all the information supplied, found that the child was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on 9th May 2012 advising of the decision. In the case of an application which is...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: A financial review of Community Employment (CE) Schemes is underway and is nearing completion. This review of CE Schemes has proved to be a valuable exercise for both the schemes themselves and for my Department. Given the volume and breath of the data being returned, the financial review of CE schemes has taken longer than originally envisaged to complete. This has allowed more time for...