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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (22 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: A review of this case which is being undertaken at present is due to be completed shortly and the person concerned will be informed of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (22 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: According to the letter from his college received by my Department the person concerned completed his course for the 2011/12 academic year. However, if as he states he did not do the examination, we will need a letter from his college confirming this. If this can be provided, my Department will review his back to education allowance application for the 2012/13 academic year.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (22 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for dietary supplement on 19 September 2012 and his application was disallowed on the grounds that his means were deemed to be in excess of the qualifying limit for payment of the supplement. The decision was upheld on appeal on 16 November 2012.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (22 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned together with the relevant Departmental papers and the comments of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal were received on 05th November 2012. The appeal, in this case, will be referred to an Appeals Officer who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (22 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 26 July 2011. The medical evidence supplied with her claim was referred to one of the department’s medical assessors who was of the opinion, based on the information supplied, that she was not medically suitable for disability allowance. The deciding officer accepted this opinion. The deciding officer further decided that the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Applications (22 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: Following a review of this case the jobseeker’s benefit claim of the person concerned has been awarded.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Appeals (22 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: The claim for illness benefit, by the person concerned, was disallowed by a Deciding Officer of the Department following an examination by a Medical Assessor who expressed the opinion that he was capable of work. I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an appeal was opened on 13th November 2012 and in accordance with statutory requirements the Department was asked for the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (22 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: There is no record of a carer’s allowance application ever being received for the person in question.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (22 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: As the Deputy will be aware, I launched the first INTREO office of the new employment and entitlements service of the Department, with An Taoiseach on 15 October 2012 in Sligo. INTREO is the integrated employment activation and supports service model that this Government promised to deliver in the Programme for Government and in ‘Pathways to Work’. INTREO is the name for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Appeals (22 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: Payment of illness benefit, to the person concerned, was disallowed by a Deciding Officer of the Department following an examination by a Medical Assessor who expressed the opinion that she was capable of work. An appeal was opened and in the context of that appeal her case was reviewed by a second Medical Assessor who also expressed the opinion that she was capable of work. I am advised...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Payments (27 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: The Revised Estimates for the Department of Social Protection provide for expenditure in 2012 of nearly €20.55 billion. These include expenditure of just over €183million on the back to education allowance including some €8 million on the cost of education allowance. The Government is considering the appropriate level of expenditure on the wide variety and schemes and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment (27 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: In the first instance, the Government’s primary strategy to tackle youth unemployment is to create the environment for a strong economic recovery by promoting competitiveness and productivity. Economic recovery will underpin jobs growth. Past experience suggests that youth unemployment, which tends to rise relatively rapidly in a downturn, can be expected to fall relatively rapidly...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (27 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: An Post currently issues payments on behalf of the Department in respect of various social welfare schemes. The contract under which An Post provides this service will expire on 31st December 2013. The award of public sector contracts with a significant financial value is subject to various EU directives and are usually awarded following a competitive tender process. This ensures that the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (27 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 17th February 2012. The person concerned was refused carer’s allowance on the basis that they were deemed not to be habitually resident in the State. A letter issued on the 7th November 2012 notifying the person concerned of the decision, the reasons for it, and of his...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (27 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: Apart from a number of excluded categories, anyone in the State who satisfies a habitual residency condition and a means test, has applied for any other benefit or allowances s/he may be entitled to, has registered for employment, unless they have a physical or mental disability, and can prove unemployment may qualify for a weekly payment of supplementary welfare allowance (SWA). With the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Applications (27 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: The Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers. FIS claims, both new and renewal, received on or after the 5th November 2012 are currently being processed on receipt. There are 266 new family income supplement (FIS) applications and 294 renewal applications from the County of Louth pending decision since before 5th November. Almost all of these cases date...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (27 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied to have his FIS payment renewed from 30th August 2012. His average earnings were calculated having regard to his earnings in the year ended 31 December 2011, the latest available P60. His most recent payslips were also examined but these gave him a higher weekly net income than his P60. The income from his P60 was used in his FIS assessment as this gave a more...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Application Numbers (27 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 356, 393 and 424 together. The Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers. FIS claims, both new and renewal, received on or after the 5th November 2012 are currently being processed on receipt. An in-depth business process improvement (BPI) project has recently been completed for the FIS scheme. This project focused on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Rates (27 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: Child benefit is a monthly payment made to families with children in respect of all qualified children up to the age of 16 years. The payment continues to be paid in respect of children up to their 18th birthday who are in full-time education, or who have a physical or mental disability. The estimated expenditure on child benefit for 2012 is around €2 billion and it is paid to around...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Bodies (27 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: Donegal Citizens Information Service (CIS) is funded through the Citizens Information Board to provide information, advice and advocacy services to the citizens of Co. Donegal. There are offices in Ballyshannon, Letterkenny, Buncrana, Carndonagh, Dungloe, Milford and Donegal Town as well as a number of outreach services. Between 2002 and February 2011, a full time information officer...