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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: Staff and services were integrated in to my Department from FÁS with effect from 1st January 2012. This involved the transfer of 742 staff and 54 Employment Service Offices to my Department. It has not been necessary to carry out any refurbishment or upgrade to any of the 54 buildings to accommodate this transfer. As the Deputy will be aware, the Government is committed to establishing a...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (18 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: Young people who are unemployed, once they have been on the Live Register for three months, are referred to the employment service of my Department for a guidance interview and additional support under a case management approach. This is designed to identify and address specific difficulties the young person faces in securing employment (e.g. by referral to appropriate training or other...

Written Answers — Jobseeker's Allowance: Jobseeker's Allowance (18 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: The current differentiation in the treatment of a spouse/partner's income from employment and self-employment for the purposes of jobseeker's allowance has existed for many years, as has the non-eligibility of the self-employed for family income supplement. I note the concerns put forward by the Deputy's correspondent in this regard. However, any changes to the current arrangements would need...

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (18 Jul 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 was notified of the Appeals Officer decision on 17th July 2011. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the...

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (18 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 concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (18 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 166 and 167 together. The pay of individual employees can vary from week to week, with the result that over the course of a year employers' PRSI in respect of any individual employee may be paid at the higher rate in some weeks and at the lower rate in other weeks. In any given week, employers' PRSI is paid at the lower rate in respect of approximately one...

Written Answers — Disability Allowance: Disability Allowance (18 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all the evidence, including that adduced at the oral hearing, partially allowed the appeal of the person concerned and decided that the assessment of the appellant's loss of faculty of 5% for life should be revised to 10% for life. The person was notified of this outcome by letter dated 25...

Written Answers — Back to Education Allowance: Back to Education Allowance (18 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: The back to school clothing and footwear allowance (BSCFA) entitlements of some 115,350 families in respect of 205,125 children have now been automatically established with reference to their primary scheme entitlement, with no application form required. Letters have issued to the people identified in this way, informing them of their entitlement and notifying them that payment will issue...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 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 28 April 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 a...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (18 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: The Deputy will be aware of the sustainability issues regarding pensions in Ireland and the pension reform measures underway to try to address some of these issues including the raising of State pension age which has already been provided for in primary legislation. Currently, the State pension (transition) is available to those who fulfil the qualifying criteria and the normal rules...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: The Department of Social Protection makes grants to two bodies that operate under its aegis, namely the Citizens Information Board and the Pensions Board, and also to a limited number of external bodies. The tables below detail the expenditure on such grants for the periods referred to by the Deputy. The Department of Social Protection makes grants to two bodies that operate under its aegis,...

Written Answers — Invalidity Pension: Invalidity Pension (18 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for invalidity pension, by the person concerned, was disallowed by a Deciding Officer of the Department on 7 September 2011. In light of additional medical evidence submitted, the case was reviewed by another Medical Assessor who also expressed the opinion that person concerned was unsuitable for invalidity pension. Notification of the Deciding Officers decision, which...

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (18 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 concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Rent Supplement Scheme: Rent Supplement Scheme (18 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. The overall aim is to provide short-term assistance and not to act as an alternative to the other social housing schemes...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (18 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: A redundancy lump sum claim in respect of the person concerned was received at the end of May 2012. The claim will be processed as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (18 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 concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Rent Supplement Scheme: Rent Supplement Scheme (18 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income support, to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. The aim is to provide short term assistance, and not to act as an alternative to the other social housing schemes...

Written Answers — Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects: Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects (18 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: Management of the Community Employment project in question have been in discussion with the Department, and officials met with them on 30th May 2012 to discuss the level of funding being approved. At the meeting, further clarification was sought from the project regarding the exact amount of funding required, and this information has since been received by the Department. Since then, the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (18 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: The €100 rate of jobseeker's allowance was introduced for claimants aged under 20 in April 2009, and this rate was applied to claimants aged up to 21 from December 2009. The €100 rate does not apply certain categories of claimant including: · claimants with a qualified child; · those transferring to Jobseeker's Allowance immediately after exhausting their entitlement to Jobseeker's...

Written Answers — Ministerial Advisers: Ministerial Advisers (18 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: It is proposed to take Questions Nos. 181 and 183 together. Since my appointment as Minister for Social Protection I have appointed one special advisor, Mr. Edward Brophy, and one press advisor, Ms. Kathleen Barrington. Details of the advisors appointed by my predecessors in the past five years are shown in the following table. Minister Period in office Special Advisor Press Advisor Martin...