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Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: That is why I have made provision in the budget for 10,000 extra activation places, consisting of 3,000 on JobBridge, 2,500 on Tús, 3,000 in the local authorities and 2,000 in CE schemes. When we discussed CE schemes this time last year the Deputies opposite all claimed they would close down and the supervisors would lose their jobs. We are in fact increasing the number of places. I...

Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: I would like to put on the record of the House that much of the discussion by the Opposition around the lone parent and carers issues is confusing people. I will explain to Members what a single parent with a special needs child receives from the Department by way of income support, which with a special needs child such parent would, of course, need. A single parent of a special needs child...

Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: -----€319.80 per week. In addition, from next year the parent will also receive €130 per month in child benefit.

Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: Deputy Murphy raised the issue of concern for lone parents. A lone parent who is a carer - I know the Deputy is aware of this - is not, as suggested by Deputy Murphy, required to seek employment because he or she is, by virtue of being a carer, deemed to be working. In addition to the €319.80 per week payment plus €130 per month by way of child benefit, a lone parent is entitled...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Poverty (13 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: A social impact analysis of the main personal welfare and taxation elements of Budget 2013 is currently being finalised by the Department. This analysis will include the impact on children.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (13 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was notified on the 29th November 2012 that her appeal had been successful. Payment of the allowance, along with any arrears due, will issue on the 18th December 2012.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Application Numbers (13 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: The Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers. This includes ensuring that applications are processed and that decisions on entitlement are made as quickly as possible. An in-depth business process improvement (BPI) project has recently been completed for the FIS scheme. This project focused on optimising output, improving customer service and the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (13 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: Under Social Welfare legislation any person who is a full-time student does not qualify for supplementary welfare allowance. As the person concerned has now ceased full-time education, his supplementary welfare allowance application has been approved and payments have issued to him.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (13 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned made 4 claims for jobseeker’s allowance; on 4th October 2010, on 24th March 2011, on 9th December 2011 and on 16th July 2012. His claims dated 4th October 2010 and 24th March 2011 were disallowed by his Social Welfare Local Office because he did not provide documentary evidence to show that he was genuinely seeking employment. The person concerned appealed...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (13 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned made 4 claims for jobseeker’s allowance; on 4th October 2010, on 24th March 2011, on 9th December 2011 and on 16th July 2012. His claims dated 4th October 2010 and 24th March 2011 were disallowed by his Social Welfare Local Office because he did not provide documentary evidence to show that he was genuinely seeking employment. The person concerned appealed...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: The Department is committed to ensuring that claims are processed as expeditiously as possible. Processing times vary across schemes, depending on the differing qualification criteria. Schemes that require a high level of documentary evidence from the customer or those that require more detailed investigation and interaction with the customer can take longer to process. As part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (13 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 10th September 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. When received, the appeal in question will be referred in to an...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (13 Dec 2012)

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). PRSI credited contributions are an integral part of the social insurance system. For the most part they are linked to having an underlying entitlement to a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Respite Care Grants (13 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: The respite care grant (RCG) is an annual payment made automatically to people in receipt of carer’s allowance, carer’s benefit, or domiciliary care allowance from my Department. Other people who are not in receipt of one of these payments, but who are providing full time care and attention can also apply for the grant via separate application. The total number of persons in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (13 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on 18th January 2012. The application is with a deciding officer for a decision. Once processed, the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (13 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: The fuel allowance is a means tested weekly payment of €20 available for people on long-term welfare schemes, including state pension, disability allowance, one-parent family payment and jobseeker’s allowance (after 15 months). The current fuel season commenced in October this year and will finish in on April 2013, a total of 26 weeks. Jobseeker’s benefit is a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme (13 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: The rural social scheme provides income support for farmers and those engaged in fishing who have an entitlement to specified social welfare payments. Participants are engaged for 19½ hours per week to provide certain services of benefit to rural communities. The scheme currently provides work opportunities for around 2,600 participants and 130 supervisory staff. The funds allocated...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programme (13 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 100 and 102 together. Tús, the community work placement initiative introduced during 2011, was initially set up to provide up to 5,000 short-term, quality work opportunities for those who are unemployed for more than a year. This initiative is being delivered through the network of local development companies and Údarás na Gaeltachta....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Scheme Numbers (13 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide long-term unemployed and other disadvantaged groups, (including persons with a disability and lone parents on One Family Payment allowance) with an opportunity to engage in quality work experience and training opportunities within their communities on a fixed term basis. CE combines employment and training...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (13 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on 29th December 2011. Further information was needed to finalise the claim and that was requested from the person concerned. This information has recently been received back in carer’s allowance section. The application is with a deciding officer for a decision. Once...