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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (11 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: When determining eligibility for back to education allowance (BTEA) a number of factors are taken into account including, but not limited to, age of applicant, receipt of a prescribed social welfare payment for a specified duration, current educational qualifications, proposed course of study and the institution in which it is to take place. Returning to education would be considered when...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (11 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: There are approximately 90,000 persons in receipt of rent supplement for which the Government has provided a sum of €436 million for 2012. Rent supplement is normally calculated to ensure that a person, after the payment of rent, has an income equal to the rate of supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) appropriate to their family circumstances less a minimum contribution which...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (11 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The family income supplement (FIS) payment provides income support for employees on low earnings with children. In 2011 expenditure on FIS amounted to almost €205 million in respect of some 29,000 families. The FIS payment is designed to preserve the financial incentive to take-up or remain in employment in circumstances where the employee might be marginally better off in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (11 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The amount of money paid by my Department to Ballina, Castlebar and Westport Town Councils between 1998 and to date in 2012 is set out in the following table. There are no records available for 1997. - - -- - Town Council Year Expense Type Ballina (€) Castlebar (€) Westport (€) - Water Charges 282 452 - - Refuse Charges 241 274 323 Student Summer Job...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Redeployment (11 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The person in question was facilitated with a position in my Department’s office in Galway on 3rd September 2012, as her previous Department were not in a position to accommodate her wish to return to work from career break. The post offered to the person in question was a full-time post and this was made clear to her in her formal offer of transfer, and she was advised verbally...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (11 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The Department of Environment and Local Authorities currently sponsor 879 Community Employment positions. These are distributed as detailed in the table hereunder: Breakdown of CE Participants and Supervisors Placed with Local Authorities Sponsor Type PUBLIC BODIES - LOCAL AUTH. Row Labels Sum of App No of Parts Sum of App No of Supervisors DS 195 9 DUN LAOGHAIRE/RATHDOWN CO.CO. 108...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (11 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: Carer's Allowance Applications (11 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for carer’s allowance was received from the person concerned on the 26th of April 2012. The application is with a deciding officer for a decision. The person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (11 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 10th September 2012. The application has been forwarded to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors for their medical opinion. Upon receipt of this opinion, a decision will issue to the customer. It can currently take up to 8 weeks to process a DCA application.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (11 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: A person wishing to pursue the back to education allowance (BTEA) will have to satisfy a number of conditions such as being a certain age, in receipt of a prescribed social welfare payment for a specified time period, pursuing a full time course of study leading to a recognised qualification in a recognised college and progressing in the level of education held by the client with reference to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (11 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for carer’s allowance was received from the person concerned on the 8th of June 2012. The application is with a deciding officer for a decision. The person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (11 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for a redundancy lump sum payment in relation to the person concerned has recently been awarded. Payment will shortly issue to the person’s chosen bank account.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (11 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is in receipt of his full entitlement to Rent Supplement based on his household circumstances as described in his application.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (11 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned left the State on 1st August 2012 without notifying his Social Welfare Local Office, and as a result payments of his jobseekers allowance were stopped. The absence continued until 13th September 2012 whereupon his jobseekers allowance was reinstated from 14th September 2012. He was not entitled to payments for his dependants while he was absent from the State.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (11 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The application from the person in question for carer’s allowance was refused on medical grounds. A social welfare appeals officer, having fully considered all the available evidence allowed the appeal of the person concerned against the refusal on medical grounds and the relevant papers were received back in carer’s allowance section on the 10th of October 2012. The claim is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (11 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: Invalidity Pension Appeals (11 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: Invalidity pension is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and who satisfy the contribution conditions. This department received a claim for invalidity pension for the person concerned on 10 August 2011. The medical evidence provided by the claimant in support of her claim was examined by a medical assessor who was of the opinion that...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (11 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has made an application for rent supplement on the 13th September 2012 and has been requested to provide further information in order to process his claim. A decision will be made on his application when the information has been provided.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (11 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The Rent Supplement claim for the person concerned has been reassessed and due to the persons particular circumstances the entitlement has been adjusted. The person concerned has been informed of the change in her entitlement and all arrears due have been paid.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (11 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The limit applicable to the person concerned is currently €400.00 per month. This is the limit for a single person in self-contained accommodation in Kildare. The person concerned has not provided the Department with information which would support a Rent Supplement payment at a higher rate.