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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Central Overpayments and Debt Management (CODM) Unit of the Department is the section that monitors the current debt recovery policies and practices of the Department with a view to improving the level of debt recovered. It is also the central reporting area for all the Department's overpayments. There is 7 staff within the CODM Unit. In addition each of the Department's primary scheme...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (19 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: While primary responsibility for job creation rests with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, my Department has a role in supporting people from welfare to work. The Department operates a range of activation programmes and second chance education opportunities which assist unemployed people, and other social welfare recipients to improve their employability and personal and...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (19 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that, following receipt of the relevant Departmental papers including comments on the grounds of appeal, the appeal from the person concerned will be referred to an Appeals Officer for consideration. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister of Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (19 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Spouses who operate in a commercial partnership may be retrospectively brought into the social insurance system, subject to meeting certain criteria. Having considered all the available information in this case (details supplied), including the Social Welfare Investigator's report, the Deciding Officer decided that a commercial partnership did not exist - i.e. the person was not in a...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Due to staff action currently being taken in the HSE, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Due to staff action currently being taken in the HSE, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (18 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Full details of the Employer Job (PRSI) Incentive Scheme, including the application procedure, will be announced shortly. It will be administered by the Department of Social Protection. The scheme will run for the calendar year 2010 only. However, any qualifying employment created in 2010 will be eligible for the scheme, which will be structured so that employment created prior to the launch...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Due to staff action currently being taken in the HSE, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy in relation to any entitlement under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme for the person in question. The State pension (transition) payable from age 65 is not a means-tested payment. In order to qualify for state pension, a claimant must satisfy a number of...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Due to staff action currently being taken in the HSE, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: A Deciding Officer has awarded a fuel allowance payment to the person concerned from the 7 January, 2010. All arrears due will issue to her shortly.

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (18 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The HSE's Community Welfare Service has been providing support to households under the Humanitarian Aid Scheme since last November's flooding. Up to the 7th May 2010 they had made 2,976 payments to 1,276 individuals to the value of €1,270,547 throughout the country. The HSE has advised that only 6 applications were refused. The following tabular statement gives a county by county breakdown...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that, following receipt of the relevant Departmental papers including comments on the grounds of appeal, the appeal from the person concerned will be referred to an Appeals Officer for consideration. As part of this consideration the Appeals Officer will determine if an oral hearing is warranted in this case. The Social Welfare Appeals Office...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having considered all the available evidence, disallowed the appeal on the grounds that the person concerned does not satisfy the statutory means conditions and she does not provide full-time care and attention as defined in legislation. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of the Appeals Officer is final and...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It was not possible to estimate the number of families who would be eligible but do not apply for family income supplement (FIS) entitlements. The department completed a research project in 2008 to examine factors behind the level of take up for the scheme. This research project included a survey of over 3,000 families which appeared to satisfy conditions for receipt of FIS. From over 1,000...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There are currently some 5,427 new family income supplement (FIS) applications and some 3,410 renewal applications awaiting approval. The average waiting time for both new and renewal FIS applications is currently approximately 10 weeks.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (18 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Question Nos. 393, 418 and 421 together. The challenges facing the Irish pension system are significant. In particular, the task of financing increasing pension spending will fall to a diminishing share of the population. There are currently six workers for every pensioner and this ratio is expected to decrease to less than two to one by 2050. Increasing state pension age...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: A Deciding Officer has awarded an increase in respect of a qualified child dependant for the person concerned. Arrears of €938.90 covering the period from 21 September 2009 to 11 May 2010 will issue to him shortly.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Payment of invalidity pension, to the person concerned, was disallowed by a Deciding Officer following an examination by a Medical Assessor of the Department who expressed the opinion that she was capable of work. An appeal was opened and in the context of that appeal, her case was reviewed by a second Medical Assessor who also expressed the opinion that she was capable of work. I am informed...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned made a claim for medical appliance benefit under his own PPS Number. As he does not have sufficient reckonable PRSI contributions in his own right, his claim was rejected. Based on the PRSI qualifying conditions alone, he may still be eligible under the Dependent Spouse scheme. However, there are also other (i.e. non-PRSI) conditions which must be met before payment can...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Child Benefit assists parents in the cost associated with raising children and it contributes towards alleviating child poverty. Between 2000 and 2009, overall expenditure on Child Benefit grew from just €638 million to approximately €2.5 billion per year. However, with tax revenues having fallen dramatically, we cannot afford to maintain spending at this level. It was decided in Budget...