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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Legal Costs (10 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The Department records expenditure on legal and compensation costs and fees under a single heading. The elements of these payments relating solely to legal fees are not recorded separately. The total expenditure on legal and compensation costs-fees from 1 January 2012 to 9 October 2012 was €202,092. As it is not possible to predict what settlements will be made in the future, a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for a statutory redundancy lump sum payment in respect of the person concerned was received in September, 2012. Further information is awaited in relation to this claim. When all relevant information is received the claim will be processed.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Administration (9 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. The scheme permits customers to travel for free on most CIE public transport services, LUAS and a range of services offered by up to 90 private operators in various parts of the country. Customers of the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (9 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The JobBridge Scheme has made significant progress since it came into operation on the 1st July 2011. 10,777 internships have commenced to date with 4,994 participants currently on an internship as at 5th October 2012 and 2,292 opportunities presently advertised on www.jobbridge.ie. It is worth noting that 346 of these placements are in the education sector Our records indicate that a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos 314, 349 and 367 together. In general the current system of social insurance operates on a mandatory basis only and does not provide for voluntary participation on the part of contributors. Self-employed persons are liable for PRSI at the Class S rate of 4% which entitles them to access long-term benefits such as State pension (contributory) and widow's,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Funding (9 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: Community Employment (CE) schemes work on annual contracts. As part of the contract, the CE Sponsoring organisation is given an advance payment at the project commencement (called the Initial Grant) equivalent to 8 weeks estimated wages to cover the initial wages for the Supervisor and participants (paid on a current week basis) and other set-up costs (insurance costs, start-up materials,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (9 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that appeals by the persons concerned were registered in that office on 20th December 2011 and 9 February 2012 respectively. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: An on-line application for a redundancy lump sum payment in respect of the person concerned was submitted in August 2012. An application for a redundancy payment is not valid until a hard copy of the signed form is received by the Department. In this case the signed form was received on 19 September 2012. The target for processing on-line lump sum claims is 6 to 8 weeks and that target...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Issues (9 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: In order to qualify for short-term social insurance benefits, such as jobseeker’s benefit, an individual must have the minimum number of paid PRSI contributions as an employee in the relevant tax year, being the second last complete tax year before the year in which entitlement to benefit is being sought. Where an individual has inadequate or insufficient paid PRSI contributions to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Applications (9 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 3 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. These papers were received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office and the case...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (9 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 4th January 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (9 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: There is a current cadre of 27 Medical Assessors including the Chief Medical Advisor and the Acting Deputy Chief Medical Advisor. The Medical Assessors are fully qualified and experienced medical practitioners who must have at least 6 years satisfactory experience in the practice of medicine since registration with the Medical Council. Many of the Medical Assessors have specialist...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (9 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 322, 376 and 380 together. I recently announced a three-phased approach to establishing a comprehensive Mortgage Arrears Information and Advice Service to provide the necessary supports to assist people in mortgage distress. The approach differentiates between mortgage information and mortgage advice. The first two involve the enhancement of the website ...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (9 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 3 July 2012. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When received, the case in question will be referred to an Appeals Officer who will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (9 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 6 February 2012 and her application was disallowed on 27 August 2012 as she was deemed, based upon the supporting information supplied, not to be habitually resident in the State. The person subsequently forwarded further documentary evidence in support of her application. The application is with a deciding officer will review the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Applications (9 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: Civil Registration Legislation (9 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: Under current legislation, section 46 of the Status of Children Act 1987 provides for a legal presumption that a man in a subsisting marriage (or in a marriage that subsisted up to ten months before the birth of a child) is the father of all children of that marriage. Under the provisions of section 22(3) of the Civil Registration Act 2004, a woman who is in a subsisting marriage can rebut...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (9 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The application for supplementary welfare allowance for the person concerned has been approved and is in payment with effect from 27 September 2012.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (9 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is in receipt of the maximum personal rate of jobseekers benefit. Depending on the extent of part-time work her husband does he may be entitled to claim in his own right for a part payment or she may be able to claim for him as a dependent in certain circumstances. They should contact their Social Welfare Local Office providing details of his part-time employment in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (9 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 14 February 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 17...