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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Carer’s allowance (CA) was in payment to the person concerned from 15 April 2010 to 27 January 2016. The person concerned was notified on 24 March 2016 that her payment had been terminated as she had failed to co-operate, as she is required to, with a social welfare inspector (SWI) during the course of an investigation. The person concerned has recently appealed this decision to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: As advised in the reply to the Deputy’s most recent question on this matter (ref: 37096-15), the person concerned failed to submit the required documentation to allow their eligibility for Rent Supplement to be determined and their claim was closed on this basis and they were advised of their right to appeal this. It is open to the person concerned to re-apply for a Rent...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: As detailed to the Deputy in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 3 December 2015 and No. 78 of 26 April 2016 and several related Parliamentary Questions, the client has been requested on numerous occasions to provide the Department with details of all capital accrued from the sale of the family home. This documentation is required to make an assessment. This documentation has not, to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: All changes in circumstances should be immediately notified to the Department. The client concerned should submit an up to date Rent Supplement application form confirming an increase in monthly rent to allow entitlement to be re-assessed.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a social assistance payment made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a relevant person/persons and who satisfies a means test. No application by the person concerned for CA has been received. Accordingly, I have arranged for an application form (CR1) to issue, which the person concerned should complete and return as soon as possible, in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The person concerned has been awarded disability allowance with effect from 3 December 2014. The first payment was made to the person in question on 5 August 2015. There is no record that the person concerned having ever submitted an application for invalidity pension. Invalidity Pension is a payment for insured people who are permanently incapable of work because of an illness or...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The client concerned has been requested to provide the Department with up to date documentation. On receipt of same, the claim will be re-assessed. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Fund (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: It is the employer’s responsibility to pay statutory redundancy to its eligible employees. Where an employer is not in a position to pay statutory redundancy, the Department of Social Protection pays the entitlement under the redundancy payments scheme from the social insurance fund. A condition of the scheme is that a debt is subsequently raised against the employer by the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Applications (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Under social welfare legislation, an applicant for state pension (contributory) must complete an SPC1 application form. Forms are available at local post offices and Intreo centres, or can be downloaded from the Department’s website www.welfare.ie. According to the records of the Department, the person concerned will reach pension age on 8 April 2017. An application form,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has a disability such that they require that level of care. A person can be considered to be providing full-time care and attention where they are engaged in employment, self-employment or on training courses outside the home for a maximum of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The current manager of the Social Welfare Branch Office in Swinford, County Mayo has tendered his resignation with effect from 30 July 2016. The Department is examining the provision of services in the area and no decision has been made on the future of this office at this time. The Deputy will be kept informed of any future decision.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is a monthly payment for a child aged under 16 with a severe disability, who requires ongoing care and attention, substantially over and above the care and attention usually required by a child of the same age. As DCA is not a means tested, payment, entitlement is not affected in any way affected by the receipt of a compensation award. Social welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 22 January 2016. Unfortunately, there are some delays with new applications currently. Additional resources have been provided to the CA section in order to improve the waiting times for new applications and they are working hard to make this happen. Frequently, delays...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance Scheme (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The purpose of the humanitarian assistance scheme is to prevent hardship by providing income tested financial support to people whose homes were damaged by flooding and other severe weather events and who are not in a position to meet costs for essential needs, household items and in some instances structural repair. In early December 2015, the Department activated the humanitarian...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Eligibility (24 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The rural social scheme (RSS) provides income support for farmers and fishermen who have an entitlement to specified social welfare payments. One of the key criteria for participation on the scheme is that the participant must be underemployed in their primary activity i.e. either farming or fishing, and that their earnings are insufficient to support their family circumstance. The scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (24 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Under current Community Employment rules, a person under 55 years of age is limited to a maximum period of 3 years on the scheme. The person concerned has already spent 3 years on the scheme and is therefore precluded from further participation until he reaches 55 years of age. JobPath is a new approach to employment activation that supports people who are long-term unemployed and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (24 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Up to 2014, the State paid a rebate to all employers who provided statutory redundancy payments, regardless of a company’s ability to pay. As a result, very significant amounts were paid out in redundancy rebates to employers from the social insurance fund (SIF). While the SIF is constituted primarily from employer contributions, the taxpayers’ contribution is also...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (24 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Following a review of the disability allowance (DA) payment to the person concerned, an increase has been awarded with effect from 18 May 2016. First payment of the new rate will be on 25 May 2016. Notification of this decision issued to the person in question. The supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) rate being paid to the person in question’s spouse has also been reviewed. This...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (24 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: I confirm that my department received an application for Carer’s Allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 29 May 2015. It is a condition for receipt of a CA that the person being cared for must have a disability whose effect is that they require full-time care and attention. This is defined as requiring from another person, continual supervision and frequent assistance...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (24 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: All back to education allowance (BTEA) recipients must re-establish their entitlement to an underlying qualifying payment at the beginning of each academic year in order for BTEA to be approved. Earnings from employment during the summer will not impact on the BTEA payment amount if the employment has ceased before recommencing BTEA. Confirmation that the employment has ceased (in the form...