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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (23 Oct 2018)

Finian McGrath: My Department recently moved to a new IT system for Illness Benefit (IB).  Arising from the changeover, some IB customers have experienced payment difficulties which the Department is working hard to resolve. The person concerned is now certified and paid up until 17th October 2018. His next medical certificate was due on 18th October 2018 and when this is submitted,  his...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (23 Oct 2018)

Finian McGrath: The Department recently moved to a new IT system for Illness Benefit (IB).  Arising from the changeover, some IB customers have experienced payment difficulties which the Department is working hard to resolve. The person concerned is now certified and paid up until 17th October 2018. Her next medical certificate was due on 18th October 2018 and once this is received, payments will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (23 Oct 2018)

Finian McGrath: The Department recently moved to a new IT system for Illness Benefit (IB).  Arising from the changeover, some IB customers have experienced payment difficulties which the Department is working hard to resolve. The IB claim for the person concerned is both certified and paid up until 18th October 2018. Her next medical certificate was due 19th October 2018 and when this is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (23 Oct 2018)

Finian McGrath: The Department recently moved to a new IT system for Illness Benefit (IB).  Arising from the changeover, some IB customers have experienced payment difficulties which the Department is working hard to resolve. The IB claim for the person concerned is now fully paid up to date. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (23 Oct 2018)

Finian McGrath: The Department recently moved to a new IT system for Illness Benefit.  Arising from the changeover, some IB customers have experienced payment difficulties which the Department is working hard to resolve. The person concerned has been paid up to date and normalised payments will now resume. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (23 Oct 2018)

Finian McGrath: My Department recently moved to a new IT system for Illness Benefit (IB). Arising from the changeover, some IB customers have experienced payment difficulties which the Department is working hard to resolve. The IB claim for the customer concerned was certified up to 18th October 2018. Payments up to that date are due to be paid to the customer on Tuesday 23rd October. The customer's next...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Oct 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: Health Services (24 Oct 2018)

Finian McGrath: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Oct 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: Illness Benefit Payments (24 Oct 2018)

Finian McGrath: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned is paid up to date and he is currently certified to 28th October 2018.  If he remains ill after that date, he should submit further medical certificates.  I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (24 Oct 2018)

Finian McGrath: Following a successful appeal, this lady has been awarded disability allowance (DA) with effect from 15 November 2017. The first payment will be made on 24 October 2018. Arrears of payment due, will issue as soon as possible once any necessary adjustment is calculated and applied in respect of any overlapping payments or in respect of outstanding overpayments (if...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (24 Oct 2018)

Finian McGrath: The Department administers the Illness Benefit (IB) scheme to those customers who cannot work because they are ill, provided they are covered by the appropriate class of pay related social insurance (PRSI) and satisfy the PRSI conditions. A customer may be eligible for an increase in their payment for a child dependent, subject to meeting certain conditions....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (24 Oct 2018)

Finian McGrath: My Department recently moved to a new IT system and this has impacted on payments to some Illness Benefit (IB) customers. The transition has involved moving from a payment in arrears system to a real-time system for IB.  The Department acknowledges that this move has caused difficulties for some customers leading to a large volume of calls to its helpline and long delays in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (24 Oct 2018)

Finian McGrath: Illness Benefit (IB) is paid for a maximum of  two years (624 payment days) where at least 260 weeks of reckonable social insurance contributions have been paid since the person first started work. The person concerned was in receipt of IB and was paid up until 5th September 2018 when her benefit exhausted. The person's request to be granted a Back to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (24 Oct 2018)

Finian McGrath: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned is paid up to his certified date which is 18th October 2018.  If the person remains ill, he should forward a further medical certificate to the Department as soon as possible. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (24 Oct 2018)

Finian McGrath: My Department has experienced processing and payment delays in respect of some customers following the changeover of the Illness/Occupational Illness Benefit  schemes to a new IT system. With regard to the person concerned, there is currently no record of the receipt of a claim for Occupational Injury Benefit. An application form has been...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disabilities Assessments (25 Oct 2018)

Finian McGrath: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue of assessments of need. She mentioned my trip to Castleblayney last Monday and I thank her for the warm reception I received. It was great to meet the families, parents and carers and to say well done to everyone directly involved. As the Deputy may be aware, Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005 provides for a statutory system for the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disabilities Assessments (25 Oct 2018)

Finian McGrath: I share Deputy Smyth's concerns and fully appreciate the frustration felt by parents and public representatives at excessive waiting times. I assure the Deputy that the HSE and myself are acutely aware of the urgency of this matter. The implementation of the compliance improvement plans, reconfiguration of services, the prioritisation of areas of greatest need, the standardisation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (25 Oct 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 Data (25 Oct 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...