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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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (13 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 on 18th February 2013. The person concerned has been notified of the arrangements for the hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the...

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

Joan Burton: The person concerned was in receipt of Pre-Retirement Allowance (PRETA) and her payment inadvertently stopped in April 2011. She was issued a yearly review form in order to establish if there was any change in her circumstances and she returned the form, as requested, in March 2011. However, due to a clerical error, it was not updated on her computer record and as a result her payment...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was in receipt of Jobseeker’s Allowance up to 1st January, 2013 at the weekly rate of €203.00. His entitlement was reviewed and he was requested by the Social Welfare Inspector to furnish documentation in support of his continuing entitlement. As he failed to furnish documentation, his payment was suspended. He will need to provide the outstanding...

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

Joan Burton: Income received by participants of certain FAS courses including Community Employment is treated, for the purposes of charging PRSI, in the same manner as earnings from employment. This means that participants of such FAS courses can gain entitlement to social insurance benefits, including short-term benefits such as Jobseekers and Illness Benefit, in the same way as private sector...

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

Joan Burton: Invalidity pension is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and who satisfy the contribution conditions. This department received a claim for invalidity pension for the person concerned on 26 October 2012. The medical evidence provided by the claimant in support of his claim was examined by a medical assessor who was of the opinion...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance 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 07th 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...

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

Joan Burton: Following a review of the person’s disability allowance claim, it was found that his weekly means had increased since his last means assessment. The person concerned was assessed with earnings from his spouse’s employment. When this means was assessed he was entitled to a reduced rate of disability allowance and he was notified of this decision in writing on 29 January 2013. ...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Court Recommendations (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Burton: The Labour Court recommended in July 2008 that an agreed pension scheme should be introduced for community employment (CE) scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors, and that such a scheme should be adequately funded by FÁS. This matter has been the subject of discussions between this Department, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the unions representing CE...