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Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Jun 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...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for jobseeker's allowance on 30 April 2012. His claim has been awarded and he will be advised of the outcome in writing today by the Deciding Officer.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been granted Stamp 4 which gives legal residency in the state. In order to qualify for Suplementary Welfare Allowance, a person must also satisfy the Habitual Residency Condition and a means assessment. The person concerned has not submitted the documentation required to satisfy the conditions for granting of SWA as requested.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The level of detail requested by the Deputy on claims made by school workers is not available. Claims made by school workers for jobseeker payments are processed on a case by case basis throughout the Department's network of offices. In the majority of cases a form UP2C /D is automatically generated from computer records. During the 2011/12 academic year some 4,000 customers were...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an oral hearing of the appeal of the person concerned took place on 28 May 2012 and the Appeals Officer is now considering the appeal in the light of all the evidence submitted, including that adduced at the hearing. The person concerned will be notified of the Appeals Officer decision when the appeal has been determined. The Social...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 22 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 in to an Appeals...

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (7 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The Department is committed to delivering the best possible service to its customers. The average time taken to award a carers allowance application is 28 weeks at present, however individual cases may vary. Some will be processed more quickly, others will take longer. In particular, where a customer requests a review of an initial decision to refuse an application, this will take additional...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer having fully considered all the available evidence disallowed the appeal of the person concerned by way of summary decision. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and...

Written Answers — Invalidity Pension: Invalidity Pension (7 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 5th March 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...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (7 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The details requested by the Deputy relate to the State pension (contributory) and are outlined below. I have also outlined details on the State pension (transition) for the Deputy's information. In relation to the pension reform measure being introduced in September 2012, currently a person with an average of 20-47 PRSI contributions per year over their working life receives a weekly State...

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (7 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that an application for carer's allowance was received from the person in question on 15 November 2011. In the interest of fairness and equity all applications are dealt with in order of date of receipt in the department. On completion of the necessary investigations a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome. The average time taken to...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (7 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: Childcare provision is a major government priority and one to which the Department of Social protection has made a significant response through the development and provision of a range of quality training and qualification measures on Community Employment. There are 2,200 places ring-fenced for childcare on Community Employment programmes. These places are delivered through dedicated CE...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (7 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 86 and 87 together. The National Internship Scheme was launched on 1st July 2011. The Scheme has made significant progress to-date. As at 31st May 2012, 7,495 internship placements have commenced since the launch of the Scheme. There are currently 4,872 interns undertaking internship placements. In addition, there are in excess of 1,800 internship posts...

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (7 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The person in question was advised that the care recipient does not satisfy the medical criteria for receipt of carer's allowance based on the evidence submitted with the application form. Additional medical evidence was provided in support of the case in April 2012. This information was forwarded to the medical assessor for further consideration. On completion of the necessary...

Written Answers — Invalidity Pension: Invalidity Pension (7 Jun 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. This department received a claim for invalidity pension for the person concerned on 10 February 2011. The person concerned attended for a medical assessment with a medical assessor of the Department. On the basis of this assessment,...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (7 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was not refused a TESG grant. He applied for a grant to attend a training course run by a private sector training provider. He was advised by the Employment Services Officer that the training provider was not accredited and that a grant cannot be paid unless accreditation is in place. An accreditation of provider form was sent to the provider but this was not returned...

Written Answers — Supplementary Welfare Allowance: Supplementary Welfare Allowance (7 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been in receipt of a basic SWA payment payable from 15th May. He received his first payment on 24th May by cheque and thereafter by postdraft.

Written Answers — Illness Benefit: Illness Benefit (7 Jun 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 16th May 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 (7 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was refused carer's allowance on the grounds that the care recipient is under 16 years of age and not in receipt of domiciliary care allowance as required under the governing legislation. On 15 May 2012, she was notified of this decision, the reason for it and of her right of review/appeal within 21 days.

Written Answers — Domiciliary Care Allowance: Domiciliary Care Allowance (7 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received on 20th June 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 21st September 2011 refusing the allowance. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this decision and she was informed by the Social...