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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Administration (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The farm assist scheme was introduced in 1999 to provide income support for low income farmers. It replaced the former smallholders’ unemployment assistance payment. In line with the then existing arrangements for unemployment assistance (including smallholders) and pre-retirement allowance, the income of farm assist recipients was exempt from class S PRSI for self-employed workers....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Data (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Child benefit is payable in respect of children living outside the European Union where their parent(s) remain covered by Irish social insurance, with entitlement decided under Irish domestic legislation. These payments are made in circumstances where people are posted by their Irish based employers to work in other countries and continue to pay social insurance in Ireland. As at 15 May...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Services Programme (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The Community Services Programme (CSP) supports community companies that operate on a community business or social enterprise model. Companies supported by the CSP generate and use income from the services they provide to pay staff, meet overhead costs and to contribute to future development. The companies must operate community or social enterprises that are able to deliver tangible...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Disability allowance arrears have been issued to the person in question on 17 May 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Data (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: I am advised that statistics on applications for Domiciliary Care Allowance are not collated on a county by county basis and therefore, I am not in a position to supply the information as sought by the Deputy. The information that is collated is provided in the table. Table 1. Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications Month Received Awarded Disallowed May 2015 665 369 113 June 2015 594...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: This matter is currently being considered by a high level working group set up under the auspices of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. This Group includes officials from the Departments of Public Expenditure, Social Protection and Environment, Community and Local Government as well as from Pobal and the two unions representing CE supervisors - SIPTU and IMPACT.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The person in question appealed to the independent Social Welfare Appeals Office (SWAO) a decision by a deciding officer to disallow his application for disability allowance (DA). Following due consideration, the appeal of the person in question was disallowed by an appeals officer (AO) on 16 February 2016. He was notified of this decision in writing by the SWAO on the same date. An...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Carer’s allowance (CA) was in payment to the person concerned from 15 April 2010 to 27 January 2016. The person concerned was notified on 24 March 2016 that her payment had been terminated as she had failed to co-operate, as she is required to, with a social welfare inspector (SWI) during the course of an investigation. The person concerned has recently appealed this decision to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: As advised in the reply to the Deputy’s most recent question on this matter (ref: 37096-15), the person concerned failed to submit the required documentation to allow their eligibility for Rent Supplement to be determined and their claim was closed on this basis and they were advised of their right to appeal this. It is open to the person concerned to re-apply for a Rent...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: As detailed to the Deputy in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 3 December 2015 and No. 78 of 26 April 2016 and several related Parliamentary Questions, the client has been requested on numerous occasions to provide the Department with details of all capital accrued from the sale of the family home. This documentation is required to make an assessment. This documentation has not, to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: All changes in circumstances should be immediately notified to the Department. The client concerned should submit an up to date Rent Supplement application form confirming an increase in monthly rent to allow entitlement to be re-assessed.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a social assistance payment made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a relevant person/persons and who satisfies a means test. No application by the person concerned for CA has been received. Accordingly, I have arranged for an application form (CR1) to issue, which the person concerned should complete and return as soon as possible, in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The person concerned has been awarded disability allowance with effect from 3 December 2014. The first payment was made to the person in question on 5 August 2015. There is no record that the person concerned having ever submitted an application for invalidity pension. Invalidity Pension is a payment for insured people who are permanently incapable of work because of an illness or...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The client concerned has been requested to provide the Department with up to date documentation. On receipt of same, the claim will be re-assessed. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Fund (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: It is the employer’s responsibility to pay statutory redundancy to its eligible employees. Where an employer is not in a position to pay statutory redundancy, the Department of Social Protection pays the entitlement under the redundancy payments scheme from the social insurance fund. A condition of the scheme is that a debt is subsequently raised against the employer by the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Applications (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Under social welfare legislation, an applicant for state pension (contributory) must complete an SPC1 application form. Forms are available at local post offices and Intreo centres, or can be downloaded from the Department’s website www.welfare.ie. According to the records of the Department, the person concerned will reach pension age on 8 April 2017. An application form,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has a disability such that they require that level of care. A person can be considered to be providing full-time care and attention where they are engaged in employment, self-employment or on training courses outside the home for a maximum of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The current manager of the Social Welfare Branch Office in Swinford, County Mayo has tendered his resignation with effect from 30 July 2016. The Department is examining the provision of services in the area and no decision has been made on the future of this office at this time. The Deputy will be kept informed of any future decision.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is a monthly payment for a child aged under 16 with a severe disability, who requires ongoing care and attention, substantially over and above the care and attention usually required by a child of the same age. As DCA is not a means tested, payment, entitlement is not affected in any way affected by the receipt of a compensation award. Social welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 22 January 2016. Unfortunately, there are some delays with new applications currently. Additional resources have been provided to the CA section in order to improve the waiting times for new applications and they are working hard to make this happen. Frequently, delays...