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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (8 Feb 2018)

Finian McGrath: The person concerned made a claim to Illness Benefit and this claim was registered in my Department on 26 January 2018. The person concerned is in full time employment and there is no limit on the amount they are permitted to earn while also receiving a full rate Contributory Widows Pension. Both Illness Benefit and Contributory Widows Pension are not payable together. The person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Applications (8 Feb 2018)

Finian McGrath: The gentleman in question is in receipt of invalidity pension. An application for the national fuel scheme (fuel allowance) was received from the person concerned on 16 January 2018. He has been assessed as eligible for fuel allowance and the Deciding Officer has backdated his fuel application to 05 October 2017 - the start of the 2017/18 fuel season. He was notified on 06 February 2018 of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (13 Feb 2018)

Finian McGrath: The reservation to which the Deputy refers, in relation to Article 27(1) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, is permitted under the EU Framework Directive and has been entered by a number of other EU member states.  This reservation allows for the continued operation of appropriate occupational health assessments in recruitment to front line...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists (13 Feb 2018)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Transport Support Scheme (13 Feb 2018)

Finian McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 333 and 375 together. The Deputy will be familiar with the background to the closure of both the Mobility Allowance and Motorised Transport Grant schemes in February 2013. Since the closure of the Mobility Allowance, the Government has directed that the Health Service Executive should continue to pay an equivalent monthly payment of up to €208.50...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (13 Feb 2018)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (13 Feb 2018)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (13 Feb 2018)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (13 Feb 2018)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Feb 2018)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (13 Feb 2018)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Transport Support Scheme (13 Feb 2018)

Finian McGrath: The Deputy will be familiar with the background to the closure of both the Mobility Allowance and Motorised Transport Grant schemes in February 2013. The Motorised Transport Grant operated as a means-tested grant to assist persons with severe disabilities with the purchase or adaptation of a car, where that car was essential to retain employment. Following closure of the scheme in February...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (13 Feb 2018)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (13 Feb 2018)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (13 Feb 2018)

Finian McGrath: I confirm that my department received an application for disability allowance from this gentleman on 15 December 2017. On completion of the necessary investigations on all aspects of the claim a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome. The processing time for individual DA claims may vary in accordance with their relative complexity in terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Occupational Injuries Benefit Eligibility (13 Feb 2018)

Finian McGrath: Injury Benefit is a weekly payment in respect of incapacity for work due to an accident arising out of and in the course of employment. For the purpose of the scheme, an accident while on an unbroken journey between one’s normal place of residence and one’s place of employment, is regarded as an accident at work. Benefit can be paid for up to 26 weeks from the date of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (13 Feb 2018)

Finian McGrath: Following a review of the entitlement of the person in question, disability allowance (DA) was disallowed with effect from17 May 2017 as she was deemed to have means in excess of the statutory limit for her circumstances. Further information was supplied by the person in question with a request for a review of her entitlement. The deciding officer (DO) reviewing this case upheld the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Appeals (13 Feb 2018)

Finian McGrath: The person concerned made a claim for Illness Benefit from 27 December 2017 but did not satisfy the qualifying conditions for receipt of the benefit at that time as he had insufficient PRSI contributions in the governing contribution year which was 2015. However, he did have sufficient PRSI contributions in the 2016 year and this means he qualifies for payment from 1 January 2018 subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (13 Feb 2018)

Finian McGrath: The person concerned appealed a decision by my Department to raise an overpayment in her case. The appeal was heard by the independent Social Welfare Appeals Office and the person concerned was successful in her appeal. My Department is working to give effect to the decision of the Appeals Office and expects to be in a position to contact the person concerned with full details shortly. I...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (13 Feb 2018)

Finian McGrath: Illness Benefit (IB) is a payment for people who cannot work due to illness and who satisfy the pay-related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. One of the PRSI conditions is that a person must have a minimum of 39 reckonable contributions paid or credited in the governing contribution year. Claims made in 2017 are governed by the 2015 tax year and only PRSI Classes A, E, H, and...