Results 16,101-16,120 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (12 Jun 2012)
Joan Burton: The homemaker's scheme which is effective since 1994, allows up to 20 years spent caring for children under 12 years of age or incapacitated adults to be disregarded when a person's social insurance record is being averaged for pension purposes. To be eligible for the homemaker's scheme, a person must satisfy a number of qualifying conditions that includes having a minimum of 520 full rate...
- Written Answers — School Meals Programme: School Meals Programme (12 Jun 2012)
Joan Burton: The school meals programme operated by the Department provides funding towards the provision of food services for disadvantaged children through two schemes. The first is the statutory urban school meals scheme, operated by local authorities and part-financed by this Department. The second is the school meals local projects schemes through which funding is provided directly to participating...
- Written Answers — National Internship Scheme: National Internship Scheme (12 Jun 2012)
Joan Burton: The National Internship Scheme was launched on 1st July 2011. It provides internship opportunities of either 6 or 9 months for unemployed individuals at all skills levels. The aim of JobBridge is to assist individuals in breaking the cycle where they are unable to get a job without experience. It provides them with an opportunity to gain valuable experience, relevant knowledge and skills...
- Written Answers — Rent Supplement Scheme: Rent Supplement Scheme (12 Jun 2012)
Joan Burton: The person concerned is seeking rent supplement at a rate to cover both himself and his child. In cases where parents have joint custody of a child, the needs of both parents to have adequate accommodation to look after the child are taken into account when an application for a rent supplement is being determined. However, as the child is already accommodated with his mother, he has been...
- Written Answers — Rent Supplement Scheme: Rent Supplement Scheme (12 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 15th 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. These papers were received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office and the...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (12 Jun 2012)
Joan Burton: This question is not a matter for the Department of Social Protection. The eligibility criteria for Skillnets is set by the Department of Education and Skills.
- Written Answers — Departmental Statistics: Departmental Statistics (12 Jun 2012)
Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following tabular statement. The details supplied refer to the total numbers of people on the Live Register in the Coolock and Kilbarrack Social Welfare Local Offices at the end of the months specified. The totals were broadly stable over the period, which is in keeping with the trend observed in the overall Live Register on a...
- Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (12 Jun 2012)
Joan Burton: My Department receives over half-a-million telephone calls per month, across its network of Local Offices and Headquarter buildings. At certain times, due to peaks in the amount of incoming calls, customers may encounter some difficulties in getting through to certain areas of the Department. The Department has implemented a number of initiatives to minimise any such delays for customers...
- Written Answers — Rent Supplement Scheme: Rent Supplement Scheme (12 Jun 2012)
Joan Burton: Rent supplement is only payable from the date on the housing needs assessment when the person concerned is moving from the family home. The client was informed of this position in writing on the 19th April 2012.
- Written Answers — Rent Supplement Scheme: Rent Supplement Scheme (12 Jun 2012)
Joan Burton: A decision to refuse Rent Supplement has been appealed by the person in question and the case is currently with the Appeals Office. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions on social welfare entitlements.
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (12 Jun 2012)
Joan Burton: Responsibility for Community Employment Schemes transferred to the Department with effect from 1 January 2012. Since the transfer of Community Employment to the Department, DSP staff, including former FÃS staff, have been involved in a series of discussions with CE sponsors. These discussions have shown that while notionally focussed on activation, in reality Community Employment...
- Written Answers — Domiciliary Care Allowance: Domiciliary Care Allowance (12 Jun 2012)
Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of this child was received on 18th April 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 30th May 2012 advising of the decision. In the case of an application which...
- Written Answers — National Internship Scheme: National Internship Scheme (12 Jun 2012)
Joan Burton: The National Internship Scheme was launched on 1st July 2011. It provides internship opportunities of either 6 or 9 months for unemployed individuals at all skills levels. The aim of JobBridge is to assist individuals in breaking the cycle where they are unable to get a job without experience. It provides them with an opportunity to gain valuable experience, relevant knowledge and skills...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (12 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 27 February 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 — Invalidity Pension: Invalidity Pension (12 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 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 on 1st...
- Written Answers — Domiciliary Care Allowance: Domiciliary Care Allowance (12 Jun 2012)
Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on 5th January 2012. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on 27th March 2012 advising the person concerned of the decision. She subsequently lodged an appeal against this decision...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (12 Jun 2012)
Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the names and salaries of my Special Advisers is set out in the tabular statement below. TITLE NAME ANNUAL SALARY Press Advisor Kathleen Barrington â¬86,806 Special Advisor Edward Brophy â¬127,796 The applicable pay scale for Special Advisers is the Principal Officer (standard) scale: â¬80,051 to â¬92,672. As Edward Brophy was...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (12 Jun 2012)
Joan Burton: Tús is a community work placement initiative which aims to provide up to 5,000 short-term work opportunities for those have been fully unemployed and in receipt of a jobseeker's payment for at least 12 months, and who are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance at the time of application. At the week ending the 1st June, 4,386 participants and 234 supervisors have been engaged in the provision...
- Written Answers — Domiciliary Care Allowance: Domiciliary Care Allowance (12 Jun 2012)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned has been 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 — An Teanga Gaeilge: An Teanga Gaeilge (12 Jun 2012)
Joan Burton: OibrÃonn mo Roinn an scéim de réir na dtreoirlÃnte reatha arna gcinneadh ag an Roinn Caiteachais Phoiblà agus Athchóirithe. Athrú bunúsach ar oibriú na scéime a bheadh i moladh an Choimisinéara Teanga dá dtagraÃonn an Teachta, agus dá bhrà sin tá na moltaà curtha ar aghaidh ag mo Roinn chuig an Roinn Caiteachais Phoiblà agus Athchóirithe dá mbreithniú.