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Written Answers — Supplementary Welfare Allowance: Supplementary Welfare Allowance (3 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 03rd 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 on 12th ...

Written Answers — Family Income Supplement: Family Income Supplement (3 Jul 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 on the...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (3 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 352 and 362 together. The National Internship Scheme (JobBridge) was launched in July 2011 and is open to organisations in the public, private and community and voluntary sectors. The Scheme provides internship opportunities of either 6 or 9 months for unemployed people of all skills levels. The Scheme aims to assist individuals in breaking the cycle where...

Written Answers — Mortgage Interest Relief: Mortgage Interest Relief (3 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 6th 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 on the 12th...

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (3 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for carer's allowance from the person in question. On completion of the necessary relating to all aspects of the case a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (3 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: In the immediate aftermath of the severe flooding experienced in October 2011, the Government put in place a humanitarian assistance scheme to assist households affected by that flooding. Since these floods, the Department has been providing individuals with emergency payments to offset their immediate needs such as the purchase of food, clothing, fuel and household goods. Payments have...

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (3 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: The application for carer's allowance from the person in question was refused originally on the grounds that the means for the carer were deemed to be in excess of the statutory limit. In response to the submission by the person in question of additional information and a request for a review of the original decision, a revised decision has been made on this case and the person concerned will...

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

Joan Burton: The following table sets out the allowances currently in payment in my Department and the rates of each allowance. All of the allowances are taxable except for the Special Investigation Unit allowance which is part taxable and part non-taxable. The value of allowances may be set standard values, percentage based or specific to the individual. The great majority of the Department's staff do...

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (3 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for carer's allowance from the person in question. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all aspects of the case a decision will be made and the person in question will be notified of the outcome.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (3 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: The purpose of the Redundancy Payments Scheme is to compensate workers, under the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2011, for the loss of their jobs by reason of redundancy. In the first instance, it is up to the employer to determine if a genuine redundancy situation exists. In general, this means that the job no longer exists and the person is not replaced. This can occur where, for...

Written Answers — Sick Pay Scheme: Sick Pay Scheme (3 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 364, 365 and 377 together. The question of introducing a scheme of statutory sick pay, whereby employers would directly meet the costs of sick absence for an initial period of illness is being considered in the context of the need to reform the social welfare system to bring it into line with practices in other countries in this area; the need to address the...

Written Answers — Disability Allowance: Disability Allowance (3 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 6th 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 on the...

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

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that there are 39 Appeals Officers working in the Appeals Office. A new Appeals Officer has just been appointed and will take up duty within the coming weeks. In order to ensure the smooth running of the appeal system, cases are issued to the Appeals Officers on a staggered basis. Therefore the number of cases assigned to individual Appeals...

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

Joan Burton: Based on figures to the end of June 2012, the current average turnaround time for appeals dealt with by way of a summary decision is 26 weeks, and for those requiring an oral hearing is 40 weeks. These processing times are calculated from the registration date of the appeal to the date of its finalisation and include all activities during this period including time spent in the Department...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (3 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: All CE projects are currently being notified individually of their revised allocations for materials and training. Under the revised arrangements, schemes will no longer be given universal amounts of financial support but instead will be provided with a specific level of support aimed at meeting the particular costs necessarily incurred by them, having regard to the overall level of funding...

Written Answers — Domiciliary Care Allowance: Domiciliary Care Allowance (3 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 11th November 2011. 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 the 7th February 2012 advising of the decision. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this...

Written Answers — Supplementary Welfare Allowance: Supplementary Welfare Allowance (3 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 12 June 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 Officer...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (3 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: The purpose of the redundancy payments scheme is to compensate workers, under the Redundancy Payments Acts, for the loss of their jobs by reason of redundancy. Compensation is based on the worker's length of reckonable service and reckonable weekly remuneration subject to a ceiling of €600.00 per week. It is the responsibility of the employer to pay statutory redundancy to all their...

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (3 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: The Department is committed to delivering the best possible service to its customers. Currently the average time taken to award a carer's allowance application is 28 weeks. There are approximately 8,650 new carer's allowance applications registered and awaiting a decision. I acknowledge that the time taken to process carer's allowance claims at present is not satisfactory but I am satisfied...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (3 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: The three statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection are the Social Welfare Tribunal, the Citizens Information Board and the Pensions Board. In addition, the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman (which does not have a board) comes under the remit of the Department. Social Welfare Tribunal The Tribunal consists of a Chairman and four ordinary members, two on...