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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (4 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: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (4 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The maximum rent limit for a one parent family with two children in Co Kildare is €725.00 per calendar month. Analysis shows that there are properties available within the maximum rent limits for rent supplement recipients in Kildare. There are no plans for a review of these limits at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (4 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 148 and 149 together. My Department engages with local authorities and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government in ensuring that customer’s accommodation needs are met. Examples where the Department and local authorities work together in this context include: - Officers administering exceptional needs payments under the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (3 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: It is difficult to estimate the amount of revenue that could be raised for the Exchequer from applying PRSI on rental income but the yield from such a measure could be of the order of €20 million.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (3 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 15 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 11 May 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (3 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The persons concerned are in shared accommodation and are in receipt of their maximum entitlement to rent supplement. Based on their joint income, their contribution towards rent supplement is €138.70 per month each in accordance with current regulations.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (3 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: This application for carer’s allowance was disallowed on medical grounds in April 2012. A review was requested and further medical evidence submitted which forwarded to the medical assessor for further consideration. On completion of all the necessary investigations in relation to this review, a decision will issue directly to the person in question.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (3 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question. The application will be processed as quickly as possible and when a decision is made the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (3 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned made an application for rent supplement on 27 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: Invalidity Pension Eligibility (3 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: Invalidity pension is paid to persons who meet certain contributory conditions and who are considered to be permanently incapable of work. There is no campaign against invalidity pension. Approximately 1,000 invalidity pension customers are selected for medical review each year in order to establish if they continue to satisfy the medical criteria for receipt of an invalidity pension....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Issues (3 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The €100 rate of jobseeker’s allowance was introduced for claimants aged under 20 in April 2009, and this rate was applied to claimants aged up to 21 from December 2009. The €100 rate does not apply to certain categories of claimant including: claimants with a qualified child; those transferring to Jobseeker's Allowance immediately after exhausting their entitlement to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (3 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: There are two main contributory State pension schemes – the State pension (transition) and the State pension (contributory). The State pension (transition) is paid to people aged 65 who have retired from work and who have the required number and class of social insurance contributions. State pension contributory (SPC) is paid at age 66 to those who meet the qualifying conditions. ...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Applications (3 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 17 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 Officer...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (3 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 120 to 124, inclusive, together. The information requested is outlined as follows. The savings arising in 2013 from the changes made to the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance scheme, announced in Budget 2012, are €26.3 million. The savings arising in 2013 from the reduction in the duration of the Fuel Allowance payment, announced in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Rates (3 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 125 and 126 together. The introduction of a third band of employers contribution on weekly income exceeding €1,923 per week at the rate of 11.75%, 12.75%, 13.75%, 14.75% and 15.75% is estimated to yield €18.3 million, €36.6 million, €54.9 million, €73.2 million, & €91.5 million, respectively, in additional...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (3 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The Department has paid an Exceptional Needs payment in relation to the arrears owed to the person concerned. However, a housing needs assessment is required from the client in order to ensure that a future entitlement exists. The person concerned has been given an additional 12 week period in order to obtain this document.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Application Numbers (3 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 30th August 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: Redundancy Payments (3 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: A redundancy lump sum claim in respect of the person concerned has recently been awarded and payment is due to issue to the person’s nominated bank account in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Appeals (3 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the claim from the person concerned was examined by a Medical Assessor of the Social Welfare Services who was of the opinion that she was capable of work. She appealed this decision and in that context she was examined by another Medical Assessor who also expressed the opinion that she was capable of work. In the light of this, it was...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Payments (3 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: 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, widower's or surviving civil partner's pension (contributory)....