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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (6 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 27th September 2011. As the person being cared for is aged under 16 and in receipt of a Domiciliary Care Allowance no medical assessment in regard to carer’s allowance is necessary. As this case is a particularly complex one in regard to the means assessment, it was...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (6 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 3rd July 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. These papers were received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on the 30th ...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (6 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 3rd February 2012. The medical assessment has been completed. The application is currently with a social welfare investigative officer for confirmation that all the conditions for receipt of carer’s allowance are satisfied. Once the investigative officer has completed...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (6 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 7th July 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: Carer's Allowance Appeals (6 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal, by the person concerned, was registered in that office on 12th 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 case will be referred to an Appeals Officer who...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (6 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 19th September 2011. This application was referred to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors who found that the caree in question was not medically eligible for carer’s allowance. A letter issued on the 3rd July 2012 refusing the allowance. The person in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Application Numbers (6 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: The Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers. The average waiting time for new family income supplement (FIS) claims at the end of September was 18 weeks and for renewal applications was 19 weeks. At the end of September, there were 7,393 new FIS applications and 8,173 renewal applications awaiting decision. The volume of FIS claims on hands and the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme (6 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy is not collated by my Department as claim processing statistics are not separately measured in respect of this scheme. I am, however, informed that there were 11,092 recipients of farm assist at 30th September 2012. A table detailing the available statistics is provided for the Deputy’s information. Just over €115m. has been provided for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (6 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 24th July 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 Appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (6 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal, by the person concerned, was registered in that office on 28th August 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 case will be referred to an Appeals Officer who...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (6 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: The Report on Pension Charges 2012 was undertaken by my Department with support from the Central Bank and Pensions Board. The primary objective of the report was to gather information on the level of pension charges levied, to assess whether these charges are reasonable and transparent, to report on the findings and to make recommendations. The report highlights a wide range of issues in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (6 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: Carer’s allowance was stopped on 10th October 2012 in respect of the person in question as, following a review, it was decided that the medical criteria were no longer satisfied. In order for a child under 16 years to be deemed eligible for carer's allowance, domiciliary care allowance must be in payment for that child. In those circumstances, the child is deemed to be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (6 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was awarded disability allowance with effect from 14 March 2012 and she received her first weekly payment on 15 August 2012. As the person had been in receipt of illness benefit for some of the period concerned, the amount she received on this payment was deducted from the disability allowance arrears due and she was paid arrears of €895.40 on 23 August 2012. A...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (6 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 9th January 2012. The application has been examined by a deciding officer who has sent a request to the person in question for further information needed to process the application. Once all the necessary information has been returned to the department, a deciding officer...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (6 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: The CE Financial Review recommended that the budget for training be held by Community Services in each region. The individual scheme allocation has been agreed with schemes by the Department of Social Protection. The budget for training on CE now stands at €5.5m; this is an increase of €1.2m on the original budget for 2012. This equates to a training grant of approximately...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (6 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility for the acquisition and maintenance of office accommodation for the Department of Social Protection. The provision of a new local office to serve the Lucan area is being considered by the Office of Public Works acting on behalf of the Department. In the meantime, Jobseeker claims for people living in the Lucan area are administered by...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (6 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: The issue of maintenance payments is first and foremost a private matter for the persons concerned, and if they cannot resolve the problem, for the courts through family law provisions. The Liability to Maintain Family provisions contained in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 are completely separate to family law legislation. Any applications to the courts under family law for a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (6 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 19th July 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. These papers were received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 26th ...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (6 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: This application was originally refused on medical grounds on 7th December 2011. The decision was then appealed and, following consideration of all the available evidence, an appeals officer has made a determination in this case to disallow the appeal. Accordingly, the decision to refuse carer’s allowance stands. A letter issued from the Social Welfare Appeals Office to the person...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (6 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 559 and 560 together. The back to education allowance (BTEA) is a second chance education opportunities scheme designed to remove the barriers to participation in second and third level education by enabling those in receipt of certain social welfare payments to continue to receive a payment while pursuing an approved full-time education course that leads...