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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Proposed Legislation (16 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The Law Reform Commission, in its report Legal Aspects of Family Relationships, makes recommendations relating to the conduct of family relationships, including compulsory joint registration of the birth of a child where the parents are not married to each other. Any change of the current provisions requires careful consideration given the legal complexities involved. This and other...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (16 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been awarded rent supplement and is in receipt of his full entitlement based on his household circumstances.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Payments (16 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The determination of the employment status and therefore PRSI Class applicable to working directors has been the subject of challenge, court judgments and legal advices. As a result, the Department has been examining the matters that determine the insurability status of working directors, having regard to the recent judgments and advices. In the meantime, I regret that decisions are...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Applications (16 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: In order to qualify for the national fuel scheme, applicants must satisfy a means assessment and be living alone or only with persons who satisfy specific criteria. The person concerned is currently in receipt of invalidity pension. He applied for a fuel allowance on 20 September 2012 and was refused as his spouse is in receipt of illness benefit. Illness benefit is not regarded as a long...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (16 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: 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 available to them from any other source. The overall aim is to provide short term assistance, and not to act as an alternative to the other social housing schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (16 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The position in respect of this matter was set out in my reply to question numbers 99, 89 & 102 on 1st December 2011. The position regarding the making of pension provisions for CE supervisors and assistant supervisors remains unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Appeals (16 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: To be eligible to receive back to education allowance a person must satisfy the qualifying criteria with regards to, inter alia, age and/or having been out of full time education for more than two years. With regard to this, the person concerned was refused back to education allowance on 6th September 2012 on the grounds that she was under 21 years of age at the time of commencement of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (16 Oct 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 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: Carer's Allowance Appeals (16 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 13th October 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 20th April 2012 refusing the allowance. The person...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (16 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the Department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on 3rd May 2012. The application is with a deciding officer for a decision. It will be processed as quickly as possible and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (16 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The free travel scheme is currently available to all people living in the State aged 66 years or over, to carers and to people who are in receipt of certain disability type payments. There are currently in excess of 740,000 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. ...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (16 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 7th March 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 9th...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (16 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: Department officials provided immediate support to households affected by the Cork floods through the issue of exceptional and urgent needs payments. Most of these payments were made in respect of a household’s immediate needs such as clothing, food, bedding and emergency accommodation. The Government announced the extension of the humanitarian assistance scheme, to further assist...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (16 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the Department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 8th December 2011. The application is with a deciding officer for a decision. It will be processed as quickly as possible and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (16 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: JobBridge the National Internship Scheme provides internship opportunities of either 6 or 9 months for unemployed individuals on the Live Register, in organisations operating in the private, public and community voluntary sectors. The principal aim of each Internship advertised through the scheme is to provide interns with an opportunity to keep close to the labour market while gaining...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (16 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 353, 372 and 373 together. The savings arising in 2013 and 2014 from the changes to the child benefit scheme which were announced in budget 2012, are €70.65 million in each of those two years. The Revised Estimates for my Department provide for expenditure of €20.55 billion in 2012 on the wide range of schemes and services operated by the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (16 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: A review of Rent Supplement for the person concerned will be completed this week. While this review has been carried out, Rent Supplement has continued to be paid.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (16 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: If an individual wishes to participate on the jobBridge scheme their eligibility must be confirmed by this Department, and their host organisation must be an approved organisation. If an individual engages with an employer outside of the criteria for the jobBridge scheme, it may affect their entitlement to jobseeker’s allowance.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (16 Oct 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: Departmental Banking (16 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The Department of Social Protection operates 35 bank accounts. 17 of these relate to the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) and 18 relate to the Department’s Vote 37. In addition, the Department has two accounts with the Central Bank for receipt of PRSI and Voted Exchequer Funds. The use of individual bank accounts for specific receipts and payments allows for an improved audit trail, ease...