Results 17,181-17,200 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: No consultants or lobbyists were employed to act for the Department outside the State in the past five years.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: An unemployed person may qualify for Jobseeker's Benefit or Jobseeker's Allowance. Jobseeker's Benefit is based on a person's social insurance record and Jobseeker's Allowance is based on weekly means. A fundamental qualifying condition for the benefit is that a person must be available for full-time work. The range of benefits and pensions to which different groups of workers may establish...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Rent supplement is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare service of the Health Service Executive as part of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. 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...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Rent supplement is administered on behalf of the department by the community welfare service of the Health Service Executive as part of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. The Executive has advised that a community welfare officer recently made a home visit to the person concerned to assess entitlement to rent supplement. The person concerned has been advised that rent supplement and...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Rent Supplement is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare service of the Health Service Executive as part of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. 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...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which includes mortgage interest supplement, is administered on behalf of the department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive. The Executive has advised that the person concerned appealed against a decision to refuse mortgage interest supplement to an Appeals Officer of the Executive. That Appeals Officer decided that...
- Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Twelve social welfare Acts have been passed by the Oireachtas during the period 2004 to date, as follows: The Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 (No. 9 of 2004 enacted 25 March 2004) Section 23 of the Act provided for a number of amendments to the Pensions Act to allow for the implementation of Council Directives 2000/43/EC (Race Directive) and 2000/78/EC (Employment...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: There are currently over 86,000 people in receipt of rent supplement, an increase of 44% since the end of December 2007. The recent Supplementary Budget provided that payments currently being made to existing rent supplement tenants be reduced by 8%. The weekly minimum contribution payable towards rent is also being increased from â¬18 to â¬24 a week, with effect from 1 June 2009. While...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The rates of child benefit have increased significantly since 2001 having trebled for the first two children and increased by over 185% for the third and subsequent children. Overall expenditure on child benefit grew from the equivalent of â¬965 million in 2001 to nearly â¬2.5 billion in 2008 as a result of these rates increases and the growth in the number of eligible children. The...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The person concerned applied for Carer's Allowance on 17 November 2008. She was requested to submit details of her own and her spouse's employment. She was subsequently asked for a P45 for herself and a P60 for 2008 for her spouse. As her spouse did not receive a P60 for 2008 from his employer and the cumulative earnings details are necessary for the means assessment of Carer's Allowance...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The couple involved applied for Farm Assist on 18 February 2009. The application is currently with a Social Welfare Inspector for investigation and she will be notified of the outcome as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 215 and 218 together. Rent supplement is administered on behalf of the department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive (HSE) as part of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. The Executive has advised that the person concerned is in receipt of rent supplement of â¬435.38 per month based on household income from jobseeker's...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Deputy Kathleen Lynch on 28 April 2009 to PQ No. 16627/09 with regard to this case.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (13 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The claim for disability allowance, by the person concerned, was disallowed by a Deciding Officer of the Department on 02 December 2008 following an examination by a Medical Assessor who expressed the opinion that she was medically unsuitable for the allowance. She appealed this decision on 17 December 2008 and she was examined by a second Medical Assessor on 03 February 2009 who also...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: A child benefit claim was received from the person concerned in June 2008 in respect of his children residing in the Czech Republic. Child benefit was awarded from the 1st July 2008, the month after the claim was received. His claim was disallowed for the period prior to this date because of the fact that his claim was not received within 6 months of commencing employment in Ireland. Article...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (13 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The claim for jobseeker's allowance, by the person concerned, was refused by a Deciding Officer on the 03 February 2009 on the grounds that she did not satisfy the habitual residence conditions. An appeal was opened on 3 March 2009 and I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that, in accordance with the statutory requirements, the Department was asked for the documentation in the...
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (14 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The Family and Community Services Resource Centre (FRC) Programme is operated by the Family Support Agency which is under the auspices of my Department. There are currently 107 Family Resource Centres nationwide. Having examined the details of the community facilities project, supplied by the Deputy, it does not appear that the criteria of the FRC Programme would be met by this project. In...
- Written Answers — Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (14 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Pensioners who are in receipt of a retirement pension from the UK and who reside permanently in the Republic of Ireland may also qualify for a State Pension (Non Contributory) payment subject to satisfying a means test. Changes in the value of a British pension, due to currency fluctuation, may well be offset by annual increases received since entitlement was last reviewed and consequently...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The person concerned applied for Jobseeker's Allowance on 18 February 2009. The application is currently with a Social Welfare Inspector for investigation and she will be notified of the outcome as soon as possible. While the Department makes every effort to process claims in a timely and efficient manner, the timescale involved can vary depending on the volume of claims received.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (14 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Having regard to the increase in the Live Register, and consequent demands being made on the resources of the Social Welfare Inspectorate, I sought and received approval for 16 additional assignments to the grade of Social Welfare Inspector. These 16 Inspectors are to be assigned on the basis of 2 per Region. 14 officers are now in situ in the following locations; Finglas x 2, Tallaght,...