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Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: Payment of illness benefit, to the person concerned, was disallowed by a Deciding Officer following an examination by a Medical Assessor of the Department who expressed the opinion that she was capable of work. An appeal was registered and the Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that, in accordance with statutory requirements, the Department was asked for the documentation in the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: As the Deputy is aware, eligibility for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) is determined primarily by reference to the degree of additional care and attention required by the child, rather than to the type of disability involved. Each application is assessed on an individual basis taking account of the evidence submitted. No specific condition or disability rules a child in or out of...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: A redundancy lump sum claim in respect of the person concerned has been awarded and payment will issue in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 138 and 140 together. I confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for carer's allowance from the person in question. Eligibility for carer's allowance cannot be automatically transferred from one family member to another. Each application is assessed on its individual circumstances in relation to the eligibility criteria for the receipt of...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (23 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 — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The supplementary welfare allowance claim from the person concerned has been awarded and is currently in payment.

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The work placement programme (WPP) was announced by Government on 27th May 2009. By June 2009 it was operationalised and rolled out nationally. Under the programme, employers apply to offer 'work placements', for a maximum duration of nine months within their business/body, and those who are unemployed can apply for these placements. A placement is unpaid and voluntary. The aim of the WPP is...

Written Answers — Farm Assist Scheme: Farm Assist Scheme (23 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 28th February 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...

Written Answers — Illness Benefit: Illness Benefit (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: Payment of illness benefit, to the person concerned, was disallowed by a Deciding Officer following an examination by a Medical Assessor of the Department who expressed the opinion that he was capable of work. An appeal was registered on 5th March 2012 and the Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that, in accordance with statutory requirements, the Department was asked for the...

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The above named was refused carer's allowance on grounds that the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full-time care and attention as prescribed in regulations. On 28 March 2012, she was notified of this decision and the reason for it. There is no record to date of an appeal having been lodged by the person in question.

Written Answers — Invalidity Pension: Invalidity Pension (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: Invalidity pension is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and who satisfy the contribution conditions. An application for invalidity pension has been received for the person concerned. In order to establish medical suitability a diagnostic report has issued to the customer concerned to be completed by his general practitioner or other...

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for carer's benefit on 20 March 2012. Her claim was refused on the grounds that the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full-time care and attention as prescribed in the carer's benefit legislation. On 18 May 2012 she was notified of this decision, the reasons for it. This enquiry is being accepted by carer's benefit section as a request for a...

Written Answers — Rent Supplement Scheme: Rent Supplement Scheme (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income support to assist with reasonable accommodation costs of eligible people living in private rented accommodation who are unable to provide for their accommodation costs from their own resources and who do not have accommodation available to them from another source. The overall aim is to provide short term assistance,...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (23 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 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 and the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for carer's allowance from the person in question. In the interests of fairness and equity, applications for carer's allowance are processed, as far as possible, in order of the date they were received in the Department. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all aspects of her case a decision will be made and...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The purpose of Tús is to focus on those people who are long-term unemployed and who may not have engaged in activation activity for some time. For this reason, eligibility for both participatory and supervisory positions on Tús is confined to those on the Live Register for at least 12 months and in receipt of jobseeker's allowance. These provisions are to ensure a targeted approach to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 May 2012)

Joan Burton: Orthodontic treatment has never been covered under the Department's dental benefit scheme. Changes introduced in Budget 2010 restricted the treatments available under the dental benefit scheme to an annual free examination. Currently, over 2 million PRSI contributors and their dependant spouses remain eligible for the free dental examination. In 2011, over 272,000 customers claimed a free...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 May 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 105 and 106 together. The Department of Social Protection records occupation details of people signing on the Live Register under various headings. Teachers are included in the category of "teaching professionals". However, as the occupational category of 'teaching professionals' includes occupations such as Special Needs Assistants and others, as well as...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 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 27th 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. In that regard a further medical examination was carried out as well as...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned made an application for rent supplement on the 1st of May 2012 and has been requested to provide further information in order to process his claim. A decision will be made on his application when the information has been provided.