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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Payments (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The person concerned was awarded Family Income Supplement (FIS) from 19 May 2016 to 17 May 2017. As this person received a Supplementary Welfare Allowance as well as Jobseekers Allowance payment during this period, arrears due from FIS have to be recouped towards these payments. The balance of arrears due for FIS have been issued to his designated bank account on 15 September 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is an employment activation service that supports people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. Participants on JobPath receive intensive individual support to help them tackle barriers to employment and to assist them in finding jobs. Each person is assigned to a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: General Register Office (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The loss of a loved one under any circumstances is difficult, more so when the loss occurs away from home and I would like to extend my sympathy to the family involved in the case outlined by the Deputy. I am advised by the General Register Office that, to date, no request has been received from the family concerned. The family should apply in writing to the Registrar General and include all...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Individuals who are on the One-Parent Family Payment (OFP) can continue to receive their weekly social welfare payment and participate in education, training or employment programmes, whether these programmes are delivered on a full or part time basis. This is of course dependent on the individual continuing to satisfy the OFP means test and eligibility criteria. The OFP scheme contains...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: My department provides a range of income supports, including carer’s benefit(CB), carer’s allowance(CA), and domiciliary care allowance (DCA,) for those who are providing care, on a full-time basis, to a person who requires such care. There is also an annual carer’s support grant (CSG) of €1,700, which is paid automatically on the first Thursday in June, to those...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Carer’s allowance was awarded to the person concerned on 7 September 2016 and the first payment is due to issue to their nominated bank account on 15 September 2016. Arrears of allowance due from 5 May 2016 to 14 September 2016 will also issue. The person concerned was notified of these details on 7 September 2016. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: An application for carer's allowance (CA) was received from the person concerned on 26 May 2016. The application was awarded to the person concerned on 13 September 2016 and the first payment will issue to their nominated bank account on 22 September 2016. Arrears of allowance due from 26 May 2016 to 21 September 2016 will also issue. The person concerned was notified on 13 September 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The information requested (where available) by the deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement Social Welfare claims by average waiting times 31 August 2016 Scheme Average Waiting Time (weeks) Jobseeker's Benefit 1 Jobseeker's Allowance 2 One-Parent Family Payment 5 State Pension Contributory (Dom) 8 Widow’s, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner’s Contributory...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Reviews (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The application for carer’s allowance (CA) in respect of the person concerned was awarded on 4 July 2016 in respect of 2nd care recipient and payment issued to her nominated bank account on 7 July 2016. Arrears of allowance due from 3 December 2015 to 6 July 2016 have also issued. The person concerned was notified of these details on 4 July 2016. The person concerned has requested a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The overall concern in recent years has been to protect the primary social welfare rates. Expenditure on pensions at approx. €6.976 billion is the largest block of expenditure in the Department in the Estimate for 2016, representing approximately 35% of overall expenditure. Due to demographic changes, my Department’s spending on older people is increasing year on year....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The fuel allowance is a payment of €22.50 per week for 26 weeks from October to April, to low income households, at an estimated cost of €224 million in 2016. The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs. The allowance represents a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. It is not intended to meet those costs in full. Only...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The person concerned was in receipt of illness benefit from August 2007 to December 2015. My Department is carrying out a full review of the decision to disallow payment of illness benefit and the resulting overpayment as requested. Inquiries regarding the position to residency in this country of the person concerned should be addressed to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service. ...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Cumulative lifetime participation on Community Employment (CE) by an individual is limited to: - 3 cumulative years (156 weeks) for persons under 55 years of age. - 6 cumulative years (312 weeks) for persons of 55 years of age up to state pension age (inclusive of any time spent on CE while aged under 55). - Eligible persons in receipt of a CE-qualifying disability-linked social welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a social assistance payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to people who have a disability such that they require that level of care and who satisfy a means test. I confirm that my department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 25 January 2016 in respect of two care recipients. A...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Postcode System Implementation (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: My Department has implemented technical changes to its main ICT platform since July 2015 to enable the capture and implementation of Eircodes. All of the auto-coded unique addresses have already been incorporated onto the platform. Non-unique addresses are being updated manually during customer interactions with business areas. To date, 57% of the Department’s primary customer...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Websites (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Jobsireland.ie is a free online jobs site that enables employers to post job opportunities and jobseekers to search and apply for these opportunities online. At almost 20 years old, the original site was showing its age. For example, although it enabled jobseekers to search for job opportunities based on job type and location, it wasn’t possible for employers to search for suitable...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Paternity Leave Scheme (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Issues pertaining to Paternity Leave, including eligibility, are for my colleague the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, to answer in the first instance. However, I can confirm that the Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 makes provision for stillbirths and neonatal deaths. In these circumstances, as with Maternity Benefit, a humane and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: I confirm that my department received an application for Carer’s Allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 9 February 2016. 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: Carer's Allowance Applications (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: An application for carer's allowance (CA) was received from the person concerned on 5 July 2016. The application was awarded to the person concerned on 12 September 2016 and the first payment will issue to their nominated bank account on 15 September 2016. Arrears of allowance due from 7 July 2016 to 14 September 2016 will also issue. The person concerned was notified on 12 September 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Offices (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: As part of the plan for the roll-out of Intreo Centres, the Lucan/Adamstown and Clondalkin areas were originally designated by the Department for the provision of Intreo services in Dublin Mid-West. The Office of Public Works explored options in both Lucan and Adamstown for an Intreo Centre for a period of time, but given the limited choice of suitably sized and located offices, this...