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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (19 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: My Department provides a number of income supports for people with disabilities. In the case of a self-employed person who is no longer able to work due to illness, he or she can apply for disability allowance. For the deputy’s information, the qualifying conditions for disability allowance are that the person must: - be substantially restricted in undertaking suitable employment...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (19 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 29 March 2012. The application based upon the evidence submitted, was refused on medical grounds and the person was notified in writing of this decision on 4 July 2012. The person submitted further medical evidence in support of his claim and a review of his application is underway. Once a decision is made on this review, the person...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (19 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: I have had the decision in this case reviewed and the position is as follows: To qualify for back to education allowance a person must have been in receipt of jobseekers benefit for at least 9 months prior to the commencement of the first year of their course. The person concerned was in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit from 08th March 2011 to 31st August 2011 and from 22nd May 2012 to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Appeals (19 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 21st November 2012. 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 24th...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Application Numbers (19 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 4th December 2012. The application is currently with a social welfare investigative officer for assessment of the level of care being provided and confirmation that all the conditions for receipt of carer’s allowance are satisfied. Once the investigative officer has...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Home Help Service Eligibility (19 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: As part of Budget 2012, the Government decided that, with effect from January 2012, income from employment by the HSE or a body funded by the Health Service Executive (HSE) as a home help would be assessed, for means testing purposes, in the same way as income from any other type of employment, where this was not already the case. The new arrangements replaced a range of means testing...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Rights Issues (19 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The Department of social Protection does not have responsibility for the matter raised by the Deputy. As advised by my colleague, Richard Bruton, T.D., Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, in response to Parliamentary Question 6485/13, the National Employments Rights Authority (NERA) investigates complaints in relation to breaches of employment law. Any complaints received by NERA...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (19 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: Currently, the average time to process an application for Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) from receipt to decision is approximately 8 weeks. The Department has been accepting new claims for DCA since 1st 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (19 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The number of domiciliary care allowance (DCA) appeals submitted to the Social Welfare Appeals of Office and outcome of appeals processed from 2009 to 2012, is given in the Table below. Prior to April 2009 the domiciliary care allowance scheme was administered by the Health Services Executive (HSE). Fresh applications for DCA were accepted by my Department from April 2009, claims of existing...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (19 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The Department has restructured a number of Community Welfare Service (CWS) clinics across the country, including in County Donegal, with the aim of providing an efficient service to all customers. Some smaller clinics have been closed or will close where the level of demand for a service was low. Where a closure has occurred or is planned, an increased level of service has been made...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (19 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 31st 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: Social Welfare Appeals (19 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 06th February 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (19 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 17th October 2012. 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 06th...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (19 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing in this case. Every effort will be made to hear the case as quickly as possible and the appellant will be informed when arrangements have been made. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (19 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: There is no record of a rent supplement application in respect of the person concerned. If the person concerned wishes to apply for rent supplement she should complete an application form and return it to the Central Rents Unit, PO Box 11758, Dublin 24.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility (19 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: Farm assist is a statutory, stand-alone means tested scheme which provides an income supplement to farmers. There is no requirement for farm assist customers to be available for other work outside of farming. The term ‘fish assist’ is used to describe a feature of the jobseeker’s allowance scheme and refers to the means assessment which applies to certain categories of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (19 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The rent supplement review process will continue once the documentation requested from the person concerned is returned to the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (19 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The Government, as part of the Budget package for 2013. announced a number of initiatives focused on providing work opportunities for those currently unemployed. The key elements of this package are to add an additional 2,500 places to JobBridge; 2,000 places on community employment; 2,500 to Tús – the community work placement initiative - and the development of a new initiative...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (19 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The Department has no record of a recent application for an exceptional needs payment from the person concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (19 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The department received a claim for invalidity pension from the person concerned on 27 September 2011. The medical evidence provided by the claimant in support of his claim was examined by a medical assessor who was of the opinion that the person concerned is not eligible for invalidity pension as he does not satisfy the medical criteria. The claim for invalidity pension was disallowed by a...