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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: There is no increase for a qualified adult payable with the carer’s allowance scheme and therefore it is not possible to add the person concerned as a dependent on their spouse’s carer’s allowance claim.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Refunds (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The determination of the employment status and therefore PRSI Class applicable to working directors has been the subject of challenge, court judgments and legal advices. As a result, the Department has been examining the matters that determine the insurability status of working directors, having regard to the recent judgments and advices. In the meantime, I regret that decisions are...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned reported non-receipt of a rent supplement cheque in respect of a week in July. The cheque has now been replaced.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person in question on the 2nd August 2012. This application has been forwarded to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors for their medical opinion. Upon receipt of this opinion, a decision will issue to the customer. It can currently take up to 8 weeks to process a DCA application.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: There were 1,279 participants on the Job Initiative (JI) scheme at the end of July 2011. There were 1,201 participants at the end of July 2012. (Statistics are compiled at month end). As per the announcement by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the 10th of November 2004, effective from that date, participants on the JI scheme continue to have their contracts renewed until...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: At the end of July 2012 there were 62 JI projects employing 1,201 (participants and Supervisors). The reduction in the number of schemes is primarily due to the non-recruitment of new entrants and the amalgamation of existing schemes.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The free travel scheme is currently available to all people living in the State aged 66 years or over, to carers and to people who are in receipt of certain disability type payments. There are currently in excess of 720,000 customers eligible for free travel and when spousal and companion passes are taken into account, there are over 1.1 million customers with some free travel eligibility. ...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question. The medical assessment has been completed and the application is awaiting examination by a deciding officer for a means assessment and a full decision. The application will be processed as quickly as possible and when a decision is made the person concerned will be notified...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 20 March 2012 The medical evidence supplied with his application was referred to one of the department’s medical assessors who was of the opinion, based on the information supplied, that the person was not medically suitable for disability allowance. The deciding officer accepted this opinion and disallowed the claim and the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 805 and 811 together. I confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question. The application is with a deciding officer and a decision is expected shortly. When a decision is made the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: This application for carer’s allowance has been awarded. The payment commenced on 12th September 2012. A letter to this effect issued to the person in question on 12th September 2012.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The Pensions Board maintains a register of occupational pension schemes, all of which are approved by the Revenue Commissioners. In accordance with Section 60 of the Pensions Act 1990, the trustees must register the scheme with the Pensions Board within one year of the commencement date. The register is not available to the public. However, the Pensions Board will assist scheme members...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: Section 59 of the Pensions Act 1990 sets out the general duties of trustees of pension schemes one of which is where appropriate, to make arrangements for the payment of the benefits as provided under the rules of the scheme as they become due. My Department provides support to pension schemes that are having difficulty locating scheme members by providing a mail hosting service. This service...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received on the 28th March 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 the 10th May 2012 advising of the decision. The person concerned requested a review of the decision and the case has been forwarded to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has already been in receipt of rent supplement since 2009. Should he apply for rent supplement for a new address, all of his circumstances will of course be taken into account, subject to the standard criteria.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (18 Sep 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 — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 25th 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 on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for a redundancy lump sum payment in respect of the person concerned was received in the Department in August. It is expected that the claim will be finalised within the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Payments (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The matter here, including seeking retrospection back to 2002, was the subject of a statutory decision by a Deciding Officer, who decided that the situation did / does not constitute a contract of service (i.e. that the requirements of an employer/employee relationship were not present) and therefore not insurable for PRSI purposes. Following an oral hearing on 23 May 2012 in Portlaoise,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for a carer’s allowance for two people and is currently in receipt of a carer’s allowance for one of those carers. Payment of an increase in her carer’s allowance in respect of a second carer was refused on the grounds that the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full time care and attention as prescribed in regulations. She was...