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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (11 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: A person wishing to pursue BTEA will have to satisfy a number of conditions such as being a certain age, in receipt of a prescribed social welfare payment for a specified time period, pursuing a full time course of study leading to a recognised qualification in a recognised college and progressing in the level of education held by the client with reference to the national framework of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (11 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on 30th November 2011. The medical assessment has been completed. The application is with a social welfare investigative officer, since 7th December 2012, for assessment of the level of care being provided / means assessment and confirmation that all the conditions for receipt of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (11 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for invalidity pension, by the person concerned, was disallowed by a Deciding Officer of the Department on 9th June2012. I am informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that there is no trace of appeal against this decision by the person concerned. In the normal course, an appeal against the decision of a Deciding Officer must be made within 21 days of a decision being...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programme (11 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: Tús, the community work placement initiative introduced during 2011, was initially set up to provide up to 5,000 short-term, quality work opportunities for those who are unemployed for more than a year. This initiative is being delivered through the network of local development companies and Údarás na Gaeltachta. The purpose of Tús is the provision of quality work for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (11 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: Payment of rent allowance to the person concerned is under review. In order to establish the correct level of rent allowance payable, she was issued with an explanatory letter and the relevant forms for completion in September 2012. She has not replied, nor has she contacted the local community welfare service office. To enable the rent allowance review to be completed, the person...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (11 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that due to an error in the calculation of an income disregard, the rent supplement of the person concerned was reduced for the period 1st August 2012 to 30th November 2102. This error has now been corrected as a result of which an increased supplement has been approved. Arrears for the period 1st August 2012 to 30th November 2012 were issued...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all the evidence has allowed the appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned has been notified of the decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Rebates (11 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: The purpose of the redundancy payments scheme is to compensate workers, under the Redundancy Payments Acts, for the loss of their jobs by reason of redundancy. Compensation is based on the worker’s length of reckonable service and reckonable weekly remuneration, subject to a ceiling of €600 per week. The recent Budget announcement has no impact on the level of statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (11 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: The jobseeker’s allowance claim of the person concerned has been awarded and is in payment.

Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: I believe they have heard of it.

Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: There was no budget.

Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: When we pass this Bill tonight-----

Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: -----we will create 10,000 extra opportunities for people who are currently unemployed and locked out of the labour market. We will also be creating over 6,000 after-school care places.

Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: This is part of the vision to which we referred last year in the context of supporting communities that are in difficulty and that are suffering the worst effects of the deepest recession the western world has known probably since the devastation of the Second World War. I wish, in all sincerity, to inform those Deputies on all sides who made interesting and valuable contributions that as I...

Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: -----as a result of disputes relating to matters which do not relate to social welfare.

Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: I have been here early in the morning and have remained late at night in order to listen to Deputies' contributions to the debate the Bill. I have heard people complaining - I accept that some of them may not have been here this morning when the rí rá was taking place - about the lack of time but I have been here all day and I have been ready and willing to listen to what they have...

Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: Savings must be made from the social welfare budget. There are no easy options, particularly as every cut or change will affect someone now or in the future. If we do not balance our spending with what we are taking in, the finances of the State will become even more unsustainable than has been the case since the introduction of the bank guarantee. Deputies on the Opposition benches should...

Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: For a second year, there have been no cuts in the core payment rates of social welfare. By maintaining the rates of primary social welfare payments, we are ensuring that people will not have to worry about their main weekly financial support. However, this means that savings must be made elsewhere. I wish this were not so but unfortunately it is the case. The cut of €16.50 per week...

Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: -----including carer's allowance and disability benefit-----

Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: -----was among those which were most felt. People still remember those cuts and the suffering to which they gave rise.