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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (20 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. There are currently over 90,000 rent supplement recipients for which the Government has provided €436million for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (20 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: My Department is fully committed to recovering 100% of all overpayments. An overpayment will remain on a customer’s record until fully recovered. This will result in a reduction of all future entitlements up to and including state pension and potentially a claim on any estate after death. Persons who have a debt and who are no longer dependent on social welfare are required to repay...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (20 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned has not been received by that 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 — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (20 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The free travel scheme is currently available to people who are in receipt of certain disability type payments, to all people living in the State aged 66 years or over, and to carers. 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: Disability Allowance Appeals (20 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing in this case on 26th September 2012. The person concerned has been notified of the arrangements for the hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 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: Carer's Allowance Appeals (20 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 30th July 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 case will be referred to an Appeals Officer who will...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (20 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 24th 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 29th ...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Numbers (20 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: In regards to Ms O'Donovan payments once commenced on an internship she is entitled to receive an internship allowance that is equal to her current social welfare allowance (at time of commencement on the scheme) plus an additional €50 per week top-up. As all payments of the Internship Allowance are made by the Department of Social Protection via Electronic Fund Transfer into the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (20 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: An individual who has been in receipt of the one-parent family payment for at least 12 months and who wishes to become self-employed may qualify for the back-to-work enterprise allowance (BTWEA). The BTWEA scheme encourages people getting certain social welfare payments to become self-employed and it enables people to keep a percentage of their social welfare payment for up to 2 years, while...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (20 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: Rent Supplement has been awarded in the case of the person concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (20 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The jobseekers allowance claim of the person concerned is currently being processed and she will be informed of the outcome as soon as a decision has been made.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (20 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: I can confirm that the Department has received a claim for invalidity pension and an application for disability allowance from the person concerned. Both the invalidity pension claim and the disability allowance application have been refused on the grounds that the person concerned does not satisfy the respective medical criteria for the schemes. Additional medical evidence submitted in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (20 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been refused higher rent supplement to cover accommodation for himself and his child as the child is primarily accommodated with his mother and his housing need has already been met. This refusal has been upheld by the HSE appeals office. While the person concerned would qualify for rent supplement at the single rate for self-contained accommodation in Kildare, he...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Applications (20 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: A decision on the one parent family payment application of the person concerned will issue shortly. According to the records of this Department, the person concerned has not applied for a back to education allowance.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (20 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is currently in receipt of rent supplement. The Department has requested that the person concerned reduce her rent in accordance with the new limits introduced by the Government from the 1st January 2012. The client must reduce her rent from the 1st October 2012 as her lease expired on the 10th September 2012. The person concerned had been notified in April of this year...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Applications (20 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: According to the records of this Department, the person concerned has not applied for a back to education allowance.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (20 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The rent supplement claim for the person concerned was refused on the 21st February 2012. The person concerned has not provided the Department with sufficient supporting medical documentation as requested on 2nd July 2012. The refusal has been appealed to the Social Welfare Appeals Office which functions independently of the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Applications (20 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: Invalidity pension is in payment to the person concerned since 15 September 2011. In order to determine the person’s entitlement to free fuel allowance, he was requested to furnish details in relation to employment and his household composition on 24th May 2012. To date no response has been received to this request. On receipt of the requested information, entitlement to free fuel...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Resolution Processes (25 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 186, 232, 244, 252, 257 and 261 together. I recently announced a three-phased approach to establishing a comprehensive Mortgage Arrears Information and Advice Service to provide the necessary supports to assist people in mortgage distress. The approach differentiates between mortgage information and mortgage advice. The first two involve the enhancement of...