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- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Jun 2009)
Mary Hanafin: 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 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...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Jun 2009)
Mary Hanafin: There are currently almost 88,800 recipients of rent supplement, a 49% increase since the end of 2007. The recent Supplementary Budget provided that the weekly minimum contribution payable towards rent be increased from â¬18 to â¬24 a week, with effect from 1 June 2009. It also provided that payments currently being made to existing rent supplement tenants be reduced by 8% from the same...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Jun 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The person concerned applied for jobseeker's allowance from 29 May 2009. His claim was closed because he failed to provide documents requested to determine his means. His case will be reviewed if he supplies the requested documentation. A previous application for jobseeker's allowance dated 26 January 2008 was disallowed on the grounds that he failed to disclose his means. He appealed this...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Jun 2009)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 166, 169, 171 and 174 together. The Live Register has increased to unprecedented levels as a result of the economic downturn that the country is currently experiencing. The Live Register now stands at 396,871 as opposed to 201,756 this time last year. The Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers. This includes ensuring...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jun 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income support to eligible persons living in private rented accommodation, whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from another source. There are currently almost 88,800 recipients of rent supplement, a 49% increase since the end of 2007. The published...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Jun 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income support to eligible persons living in private rented accommodation, whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from another source. Similarly, mortgage interest supplement provides short-term income support to eligible people who are unable to meet...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jun 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The Estimates for the Department of Social and Family Affairs which were published on 23 April last were based, in the main, on an analysis of trends as regards likely numbers of recipients and average value of payments in 2009. Final expenditure will depend on factors such as the actual recipient numbers in 2009 which can vary. It is too early in the year to draw conclusions on what the...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (25 Jun 2009)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 and 173 together. The National Employment Action Plan (NEAP), operated jointly by the Department of Social and Family Affairs and FÃS, is the main welfare to work measure for jobseekers. Under the plan, all persons between the ages of 18 and 65 years who are approaching 3 months on the Live Register are identified by the Department of Social and Family...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Jun 2009)
Mary Hanafin: There are no plans to introduce any further changes to social welfare entitlements in 2009. Social welfare changes for 2010 will be considered later this year in a Budgetary context and having regard to available resources.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Jun 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The person concerned applied for jobseeker's allowance on 16 December 2008. Her file was referred to an Inspector for a means assessment. She was interviewed by the Inspector on 04 February 2009 and subsequent to this interview a number of checks were required regarding her identity, residency and employment record. The Inspector will be finalizing a report in the next week or so and a...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Jun 2009)
Mary Hanafin: 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 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...
- Written Answers — Birth Certificates: Birth Certificates (30 Jun 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The provisions governing the registration of domestic adoptions and the issue of birth certificates drawn from the register of adoptions are set out in section 22 of the Adoption Act, 1952. Under these provisions, the Registrar General is charged with maintaining an Adopted Children Register and also to keep an index to make traceable the connection between each entry and the corresponding...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The position remains as advised in Question No. 319 which I answered for the Deputy on 19 May 2009 and Question No. 150 which I answered for the Deputy on 18 June 2009. The Executive has advised that there is no record of an appeal against the decision to discontinue payment of rent supplement to the person concerned. It remains open to this person to appeal against the decision to a HSE...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Rent supplement is administered on behalf of the department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive as part of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. The Executive has advised that it has requested documentation from the person concerned in relation to her claim to rent supplement. A decision on entitlement will be made when all the requested documentation has...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The Social Welfare Inspector's report in this case has been completed and forwarded to a Deciding Officer for decision. That decision will be given without delay and the person concerned will be notified of the outcome. Under Social Welfare legislation decisions in relation to claims must be made by Deciding Officers and Appeals Officers. These officers are statutorily appointed and I have...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Of the first 249 applications for Domiciliary Care Allowance processed by the Department, 149 were refused and 100 awarded. Of those awarded, 12 children were specifically diagnosed with, Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder or Asperger's Syndrome. Of those refused, 16 children were specifically diagnosed with one of these conditions. Eligibility for Domiciliary Care Allowance is not based...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which includes rent supplement, is administered on behalf of the department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive (HSE). It is a legislative qualifying requirement of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme that a person be habitually resident in the State unless the person is an EU worker or former worker. The...
- Written Answers — Value for Money Reviews: Value for Money Reviews (30 Jun 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Value for money reviews are carried out within the Value for Money/Policy Review Initiative framework. The Department undertook 9 value for money/policy reviews under the 2006-2008 round of reviews. All but two of these have been completed. In addition work has begun on a review under the 2009 round of the process. The position with regard to each review is set out. Reviews under the...
- Written Answers — Child Support: Child Support (30 Jun 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Since 1944, Child Benefit has been a key instrument in child income support policy with the main objectives of supporting families in the costs of rearing children and the alleviation of poverty. 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. Partly as a result of this...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (30 Jun 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 to an Appeals Officer of the Executive against a decision to refuse mortgage interest supplement. That Appeals Officer decided that...