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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The first person concerned applied for jobseeker's allowance from 6th July 2010. His claim was closed after he failed to respond to two requests for details required to assess his means. The second person concerned has not made a claim for jobseeker's payment.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned has been in receipt of a rent supplement since 1st January 2010. If the person concerned has a query concerning her rent supplement entitlement she should contact the community welfare office dealing with her claim.

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (26 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There has been no change in the legislation regarding the taxation of goods vehicles. The legal basis for the taxation of such vehicles is provided in paragraph 5 of Part 1 of the Schedule to the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952, as inserted by section 3 of the Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) (No. 2) Act 2008. In accordance with motor tax legislation, in order to be taxed in...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (26 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Details of the legislation proposed by my Department are provided in the Tables. Table 1: Legislation for which a General Scheme has been approved Title Purpose Environmental Liability Bill To effect full transposition of the Environmental Liability Directive including some of the discretionary provisions therein. Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) (Amendment) Bill To provide...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (26 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Department's Water Services Investment Programme, which includes funding towards water conservation, funds major strategic infrastructural projects but does not currently extend to replacing individual service connections or other measures relating to single households. Consideration is being given in the context of the acceleration of investment of mains rehabilitation to funding of...

Written Answers — Electoral Management System: Electoral Management System (26 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Following the Government decision not to proceed with implementation of electronic voting in Ireland, an Interdepartmental Task Force, chaired by my Department, was established to bring the project to an orderly conclusion and to oversee disposal of the equipment and termination of storage arrangements. The Task Force aims to complete its work as soon as possible. In considering options for...

Written Answers — Electoral Management System: Electoral Management System (26 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Postal voting is provided for in electoral law in respect of certain categories of person who are entered in the register of electors. The Electoral Act 1992 provides for postal voting by whole-time members of the Defence Forces, members of the Garda Síochána, and Irish diplomats serving abroad and their spouses. Subsequent legislation enacted by the Oireachtas has extended postal voting to...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (26 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department is currently preparing the Defence (Amendment) Bill the Heads of which have been approved by Government. The main items to be dealt with in the Bill are: Liability to military law. The provisions of statutory powers of arrest and detention in relation to offences against military law. A full review of the offences against military law having regard to recent developments in...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (26 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Department has recently been in contact with the local authority with a view of having the estate taken in charge. To date no reply has been received from the local authority. It is likely that some works would have to be carried out on the sewage system at the location and the Department is unwilling to incur costs in resurfacing the roads to have them excavated at a later time to...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Appointments: Defence Forces Appointments (26 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The position is that under the provisions of section 184(J)(1) of the Defence Act 1954, as amended, "the President may appoint, on the advice of the Government, one, or more than one, qualified officer of the Permanent Defence Force to be a military judge". In this context Section 184(K)(1) provides for the establishment of a committee, consisting of the Chief of Staff, the Judge...

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (26 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am advised by the Military authorities that the first major mission on which Lariam was prescribed was Eritrea in 2001. Written documentation relating to the drug is provided to the relevant personnel via, inter alia, Instructions from the Director of the Medical Corps, documents published by individual units and the patient information leaflet that accompanies the medication itself. The...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 328 and 335 together. The Health Service Executive advised that payment of rent supplement ceased as the rent payable by the person concerned was in excess of the limit for his family size. The person concerned appealed this decision to the HSE Appeals Office and the decision was upheld.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Health Service Executive advised that the person concerned is in receipt of rent supplement at the maximum rate appropriate to his circumstances.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (25 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On 1 January 2011, the Department assumed responsibility for making redundancy payments from the Social Insurance Fund. There are two types of redundancy payment made from the fund i.e. rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I wish to advise the...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (25 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On 1 January 2011, my Department assumed responsibility from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation for making redundancy payments from the Social Insurance Fund. The practical arrangements that are needed to give effect to the transfer of the redundancy service are currently underway. The two Departments are working closely together during this transitional period to ensure that...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (25 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Employer Job PRSI Incentive Scheme was launched on the 20th June 2010. Under the scheme, if an employer takes on an additional member of staff in 2010, who has been unemployed for 6 months or more, s/he will be exempted from paying employers' PRSI for 12 months. The job must be new and additional, be for at least 30 hours a week and last for at least six months. Up to 21st January 2011,...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (25 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On 1 January 2011, my Department assumed responsibility from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation for making redundancy payments from the Social Insurance Fund. The practical arrangements that are needed to give effect to the transfer of the redundancy service are currently under way. I understand that a collective redundancy notification under the Protection of Employment Act,...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (25 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned submitted a claim for State pension (contributory) in September 2010. In examining his pension entitlement, the Department was advised by Revenue that he had an outstanding social insurance liability in respect of period(s) of self-employment. Section 110(1) of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 2005, as amended, provides that a self-employed contributor shall not be...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned was refused rent supplement as she was deemed to not have a housing need as she is living in accommodation provided by a local authority. The person concerned appealed the decision to the HSE Appeals Office and the decision was upheld. The person concerned further appealed the decision to the Social Welfare Appeals Office. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (25 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Self-employed people can apply for the means-tested jobseeker's allowance if their business ceases or if they are on low income as a result of a downturn in demand for their services. Self-employed customers do not have to de-register as self-employed persons in order to claim jobseeker's allowance. Information on social welfare entitlements, including for self-employed people, is set out...