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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Numbers (25 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The National Internship Scheme provides internship opportunities of either 6 or 9 months for unemployed individuals in organisations in the private, public and community voluntary sectors and at present is confined to individuals who are in receipt of a Live claim (Jobseekers Allowance/Jobseekers Benefit/One Parent Family Payment/Disability Allowance) or are signing on for credits for at...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (25 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 23 November 2011. 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 17th July...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (25 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: Rent allowance to the person concerned was overpaid due to non-disclosure of information pertinent to the calculation of her entitlement. My Department has recently written to the person concerned and explained the reasoning behind the overpayment. The person concerned is currently is in receipt of her full entitlement to rent supplement based on her household circumstances. If these...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (25 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: Rent Supplement which was being paid to the person concerned was subject to rent limit review. This review has now been completed and Rent Supplement has been reinstated.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (25 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The carer’s allowance for the person in question was routinely reviewed in May 2012. Following assessment of the medical evidence provided by the person in support of their continuing eligibility, a deciding officer decided that the care recipient was not so disabled as to require full time care and attention as prescribed in regulations. The person concerned was notified of this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Eligibility (25 Sep 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. One of the contribution conditions for invalidity pension is that the claimant must have 48 contributions paid or credited in the last complete contribution year before the date of claim. Class A, E or H contributions only are...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (25 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: In the case of the person concerned, I am advised that the Department of Social Protection received a notification from the Environmental Health Officers of Dublin City Council stating that the property was not in compliance with Housing Regulations 2008 and that an improvement notice had been served on the landlord. In light of the circumstances, in this case, Rent Supplement was suspended...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (25 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income support to assist with reasonable accommodation costs of eligible people living in private rented accommodation who are unable to provide for their accommodation costs from their own resources and who do not have accommodation available to them from another source. The overall aim is to provide short-term assistance and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Appeals (25 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The decision to refuse an application for the back to education allowance from the person concerned has been reviewed. The decision has been upheld on the grounds that he was not in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment for a specified period of time . For third level courses the specified period is 234 paid days.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (25 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The new maximum rent limits came into force on 1 January 2012. These new limits are in line with the most up to date market data available. The emphasis of the rent limit review was to ensure that maximum value for money for tenants and the taxpayer was achieved whilst at the same time ensuring that people on rent supplement are not priced out of the market for private rented accommodation....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (25 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 2 December 2011. The medical evidence supplied with her claim was referred to one of the department’s medical assessors who was of the opinion, based on the information supplied, that the person was not medically suitable for disability allowance. The deciding officer accepted this opinion and the claim was refused and the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (25 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: This application was disallowed in May 2012 as the medical criteria were not satisfied. The person in question has requested a review of this decision and has submitted further medical evidence in support of the application. This medical evidence is awaiting assessment by a medical assessor. On completion of all the necessary investigations in relation to this review, a decision will be made...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Eligibility (25 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: For ease of reference the information requested is in tabular form below: INVALIDITY APPLICATIONS PROCESSED TO DATE 2012 FOR RESIDENTS OF COUNTY LOUTH . Claims awarded 107 Claims Refused 251 Claims withdrawn 7 Total Claims processed 365 The refusal rate for applications processed for invalidity pension to date in 2012, for County Louth, is approximately 69%.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (25 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing in this case on 4 October 2012. The person concerned has been notified of the arrangements for the hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (25 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing in this case on 1 October 2012. The person concerned has been notified of the arrangements for the hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (25 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 5 June 2012. The medical evidence supplied with her application was referred to one of the department’s medical assessors who was of the opinion, based on the information supplied, that she was not medically suitable for disability allowance. The deciding officer accepted this opinion and the claim was refused and the person was...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (25 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 21st 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 the 4th...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Sick Pay Scheme Expenditure (25 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The Government is considering the introduction of a scheme of statutory sick pay at this time for a number of reasons – firstly, as a measure to help in addressing the growing deficit in the Social Insurance Fund (which stood at €1.5bn in 2011 and is expected to rise to €3.0bn in 2019 as outlined in the Actuarial Review I launched last week); secondly, as a means to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (25 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 11 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 appeal in question will be referred in to an Appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Review (25 Sep 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...