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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (24 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The maximum rent limit for the person concerned is €690 per month. Arrears are due to issue this week together with this month’s payment.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (24 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. The overall aim is to provide short term assistance, and not to act as an alternative to the other social housing schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (24 Apr 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 2 April 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 Department and is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (24 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 2 January 2013. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. These papers were received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on the 13...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (24 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy is not collated by my Department. However I include, for the Deputy’s information, a table detailing the number of means-tested or health-related payments that have been awarded during 2010, 2011, 2012 and up to 31 March 2013. Health Related and Means Assessed Schemes Awarded 2010 2011 2012 31 March 2013 State Pension...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (24 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is in receipt of a jobseeker's allowance payment. The means assessment is subject to the legislative provisions of that scheme. It is open to the person concerned to appeal the decision or if there are any changes in his circumstances he can request a review ofhis means.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (24 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following tabular statement. Disability Allowance Registered Awarded on Application Refused on Application Withdrawn by Applicant Pending Awarded/ Approved on Appeal 2010 21,409 8,306 10,316 626 6,880 1,951 2011 24,264 9,246 14,116 783 6,999 2,457 2012 25,887 10,400 14,519 1,240 7,775 2,939 31...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (24 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The average time taken to process appeals for means-tested or health-related social welfare payments in each of the past three years to date is given in the following Table. These processing times are calculated from the registration date of the appeal to the date of its finalisation. They include all activities during this period including time spent in the Department for comments by the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (24 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: All applications for Social Welfare payments are considered on the merits of the information supplied by the applicant. In the event of an application failing to satisfy the eligibility criteria for the scheme the applicant is so advised and informed of their right to lodge an appeal of the decision with the Social Welfare Appeals Office. Included in this reply is a breakdown by scheme of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Application Numbers (24 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The Department has been accepting new claims for DCA since 1 April 2009. Statistics relating to the allowance for the period prior to April 2009 are a matter for the HSE, the previous administrators of the scheme. The number of applicants for DCA that were received, awarded and refused from April 2009 to December 2012 is set out in the table. Domiciliary Care Allowance applications –...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (24 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 148 and 149 together. The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. There are currently approximately 86,000 rent supplement recipients...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (24 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. The overall aim is to provide short term assistance, and not to act as an alternative to the other social housing schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (24 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: I can confirm that the Department does not hold records of those persons who have given up work entirely in order to care for someone nor does it hold records as to whether the carer is related to the care recipient.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (24 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: My Department categorises overpayments as fraud, non-fraud and estate cases. Fraud cases arise mainly on foot of false declarations by customers concerning their employment, income or family status. Non-fraud cases include those attributed to customer/third party error and those that are considered Departmental error. Estate cases arise where undisclosed means by customers come to light...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (24 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The following table details the number of beneficiaries for each programme and this number includes those on the programme (at year-end) and those who left during that year after benefitting from a placement. The March figures are year-to-date. Programme 2011 2012 Current (March ‘13) Community Employment 34,629 33,232 25,070 Job Initiative (Closed to recruitment) 1,310...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (24 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: Young people, typically, suffer disproportionately from job losses in recessions as they tend to have entered employment more recently, are more likely to hold temporary contracts and to be employed in cyclically sensitive industries than older workers. There were 68,000 young unemployed, on average, in 2012, made up of 18,500 aged 15-19 and 49,500 aged 20-24. Overall, the under-25 age group...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (24 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The unemployment rate is currently 14.0% and while it has begun to fall after several years of increases, the rate remains unacceptably high. It is of additional concern that long-term unemployment (defined as being unemployed for a year or more) accounted for 60% (176,500) of total unemployment in Q4 2012, and for almost half of all unemployment among young people. In the first instance,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Numbers (24 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: The latest published figures show there were some 66,552 young people under 25 years of age signing on the Live Register in March 2013. This represents a 9% decrease from twelve months previously when there were 72,953 young people signing on. One in three young people (35%) on the Live Register had been signing on continuously for more than a year, which is similar to the proportion twelve...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (24 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: Self-employed persons are liable for PRSI at the Class S rate of 4% which entitles them to access long-term benefits such as State pension (contributory) and widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's pension (contributory). Self-employed workers may establish eligibility to assistance-based payments such as jobseeker’s allowance. They can apply for the means-tested...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Placements (24 Apr 2013)

Joan Burton: Since it commenced on 1 July, 2011, Jobbridge has made exceptional progress. At 18 April, 2013, 16,545 people had commenced internships, 5,947 individuals were on internships and 2,452 internship opportunities were advertised. Jobbridge is limited to individuals who are in receipt of a Live claim (Jobseekers Allowance/Jobseekers Benefit/One Parent Family Payment/Disability Allowance) or...