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Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1250, 1259, 1315, 1333 and 1373 together. I am informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office there are currently 20,446 appeals being processed. Given the volume of appeals, it is not possible to estimate the length of time before a case is determined. There are no statistics available on a county basis. During 2009, the average time taken to process all...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The back to education allowance (BTEA) scheme is a second chance education opportunities scheme designed to remove the barriers to participation in second and third level education by enabling eligible people on social welfare to continue to receive a payment while pursuing an approved full-time education course that leads to a higher qualification than that already held. Changes have been...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The number of recipients of a jobseeker's payment who were also in receipt of an increase for a qualified adult at the end of August 2010 was 72,531. There were 14,322 increases paid with jobseeker's benefit and 58,209 increases paid with jobseeker's allowance.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme provides for a weekly or monthly supplement to be paid in respect of mortgage interest to any person in the State whose means are insufficient to meet their needs. In order to qualify for mortgage interest supplement, a person must satisfy a number of statutory qualifying conditions including that the person is not engaged in full-time employment...

Written Answers — National Carer's Strategy: National Carer's Strategy (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: During 2008, an interdepartmental group, chaired by the Department of the Taoiseach, with secretariat support provided by my Department, undertook work, including a public consultation process, to develop a National Carers' Strategy. However, because of the prevailing economic situation, it was not possible to set targets or time limits which could be achieved. In that context, rather than...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: No application for Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) has been received from the person concerned. However an application for DCA was received on the 27th May 2010 from this person's husband in respect of their child. This application was referred to the Departments Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for DCA. A letter issued to the applicant on the 2nd July...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which includes rent supplement, is administered by the Community Welfare division of the Health Service Executive (HSE). The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned has been referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing in the case. The person concerned will be informed when arrangements have been made. There was a 46% increase in the number of appeals received by the Social Welfare Appeals Office in 2009 when compared to 2008, which in...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Income derived from woodlands is exempt from income tax, under Section 232 of the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997, but is reckonable for PRSI. The Department collects these contributions directly, under the provisions of Statutory Instrument 126 of 1998. Accordingly income derived from such sources is, in general, exempt from income tax but all such income, in excess of €3,174.00 per annum,...

Written Answers — Child Support: Child Support (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned is in receipt of child benefit for 3 children since December 2009. As her third child was born in November 2009 this represents her full child benefit entitlement.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1263 and 1302 together. The person concerned applied for jobseeker's allowance from 26 July 2010. Her application was disallowed on the grounds that she was not habitually resident in the State. She was notified of this decision on 2nd September 2010 and she was advised of her right to request a review of the decision by a Deciding Officer or to appeal the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that in making his decision the Appeals Officer considered all of the medical evidence in the case, from both the GP of the person concerned and the Medical Assessor. This evidence indicated that the degree to which his condition affected his abilities was normal to mild. There were no categories where either the GP or the Medical Assessor...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned claimed carer's allowance which ceased recently following the death of her mother. If she wishes to pursue an application for payment under any of the other income support schemes operated by the Department of Social Protection, she should call to her local social welfare office where a member of staff will advise her of her entitlements.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned has been referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing in the case. The person concerned will be informed when arrangements have been made. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned is currently in receipt of a State pension (contributory) at €225.80 per week (98% of the maximum rate payable). His case was referred to a Social Welfare Inspector in order to determine whether additional contributions were proper to his record, with a view to increasing the rate of his State pension (contributory) to 100%. The Social Welfare Inspector has been...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1268 and 1274 together. There is no record of a recent application made by the person concerned for payment under any of the income support schemes operated by the Department of Social Protection. If he wishes to pursue an application for any such payment, he should call to his local social welfare office where a member of staff will advise him on his...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned applied for jobseeker's benefit from 26 April 2010. His claim has been awarded and all arrears due have been paid.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned and her children were absent from the State from December 2009 to June 2010. Accordingly, child benefit was not payable from January 2010 to June 2010. Child benefit has now been restored in this case from July 2010 and payment, including any arrears due, will be lodged to her nominated bank account on 5 th October 2010. As set out in Section 249 of the Social Welfare...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Child Benefit has been restored to the person concerned and all arrears due will be lodged to her bank account on the 5th October 2010.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Habitual residence is one of the conditions a person must satisfy in order to qualify for jobseeker's allowance. A Habitual Residence Condition form (HRC1) was issued to the person concerned and was returned partially completed. The form was returned to him on 16 th September 2010 and a decision will be made on his application when all the details required have been furnished.