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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (12 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer having fully considered all the available evidence disallowed the appeal of the person concerned by way of summary decision. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Special Initiative for Travellers (12 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The Special Initiative for Travellers (SIT) was introduced in 2005 to provide support for practical approaches to redressing the imbalance in Traveller under-employment, to support Travellers already engaged in the Traveller economy and provide other supports, including training, to address the needs of Travellers. Responsibility for the programme transferred from FÁS to the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (12 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: It is not possible to state the actual number of Community Employment (CE) participants that are members of the Travelling Community, as there is no obligation on a Traveller to identify themselves as such for CE purposes. A Traveller can be in receipt of a standard CE-qualifying social welfare payment and therefore be recorded under that eligibility category. However, there is provision in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Traveller Community (12 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The annual grant allocation to the National Traveller Money Advice and Budgeting Service for each of the years in question is set out in the table below: Year Funding Allocated Actual funding drawn down by the company 2008 261,829 261,829 2009 307,010 307,939 2010 322,543 322,543 2011 318,999 255,671 2012 345,371 348,671 Since 2009, the Citizens Information Board...

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: I welcome this motion and the landmark deal that the Government has secured to ease the debt burden we inherited from Fianna Fáil. In March 2010, when the chaotic Fianna Fáil-led Government cooked up the promissory note to recapitalise Anglo and Irish Nationwide, I warned of the consequences. Fianna Fáil still seemed to think at that time that Mr. Fingleton and Mr....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Funding (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The 2,000 additional places for the Community Employment (CE) programme announced in Budget 2013 brings the overall number of CE places to 25,300, inclusive of supervisor posts. These places are being drawn down on a phased basis from the end of January to December, 2013. The additional places are critical to the continued improvement of CE, as outlined in the CE Financial Review of Schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been a participant in the community employment scheme since 2nd August 2010, and was granted an extension in July 2012 to continue participating in the scheme until 19th July 2013. No request for a further extension for the person concerned has been received to date from the Project Sponsor. As per community employment procedures, extensions for participants are...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Legislative Programme (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: Under the provisions and procedures governing the registration of deaths in Ireland, which are contained in Part 5 of the Civil Registration Act, 2004, if a death occurs in the State it is the duty of a qualified informant (normally a relative of the deceased) to attend at a registrar’s office and register the death on foot of a certificate of cause of death supplied by a registered...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 16th January 2013, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 16th January 2013, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: There are currently in excess of 745,000 customers eligible for free travel and when spousal and companion passes are taken into account, there are over 1.1 million customers with some free travel eligibility. Expenditure on this scheme was frozen at 2010 levels by the previous Government. The available expenditure for the free travel scheme in 2013 is €77 million. The free travel...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The rent supplement claim for the person concerned has been re-assessed following a reduction in her primary payment. An Exceptional Needs Payment has issued to the client for all arrears owed and she has been provided with a copy of her new entitlement to rent supplement.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The information provided by the person concerned was not sufficient to allow the Department to carry out an assessment in full on his rent supplement application. A detailed letter clearly defining the required information has been sent to the person concerned. A decision can be made on his claim when the necessary information has been provided.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has made an application for rent supplement and has been requested to provide further information in order to process his claim in full. A decision will be made on his application when the information has been provided.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 115 and 134 together. Under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, a diet supplement may be paid to a person who is receiving a social welfare or health service executive payment where a special diet is prescribed as a result of a specified medical condition and they satisfy a means test. The amount of diet supplement payable in individual cases is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received on the 28th July 2011. This application was referred to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on the 5th October 2011 refusing the allowance. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this decision and he was...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 13th November 2012. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When received, the case in question will be referred to an Appeals Officer who will make...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The Department delivers a wide range of payments at weekly, monthly, annual and other intervals across a range of claim processing systems which support the delivery of entitlements to people under individual social welfare schemes. In light of this, it is not possible to extract data in respect of total social welfare payments issued to individuals in the State. In relation to payments at...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Death Certificates (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: An tArd Chláraitheoir (Registrar General) is the person with statutory responsibility for the registration of deaths, I have made enquiries with him and I am informed that the position is as follows: There were five male victims of the Stardust tragedy whose bodies could not, unfortunately, be identified at the time. However these five deaths were registered in 2007, on foot of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 17th January 2013, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the...