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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The continued entitlement of the person concerned to domiciliary care allowance was reviewed in March 2012. The case was referred to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors who found that the child was no longer medically eligible for the allowance. The person concerned was notified of the decision on 7th March 2012 and she has appealed the decision. As part of the appeal...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (18 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 28th 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 have been received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (18 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 10th 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 have been received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office and the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Appeals (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: Payment of illness benefit, 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 he was capable of work. An appeal was registered on 3rd September 2012 and the Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that, in accordance with statutory requirements, the Department was asked for the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is in receipt of his full entitlement to rent supplement based on his household circumstances.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (18 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 19th June 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 have been received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office and the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income 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 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 (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question. The medical assessment has been completed and the application is awaiting examination by a deciding officer for a means assessment and a full decision. The application will be processed as quickly as possible and when a decision is made the person concerned will be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer having fully considered all the available evidence, including that adduced at oral hearing, allowed the appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (18 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 15th 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 11th May...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Payments (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: Under social welfare legislation, the social insurance status of spouses working in a family business can vary. Spouses and relatives who are engaged in a business partnership are treated as individual self-employed contributors who are liable to social insurance contributions. These contributions enable them to build up an insurance record in their own right and receive accruing benefits....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question. The medical assessment has been completed and the application is awaiting examination by a deciding officer for a means assessment and a full decision. The application will be processed as quickly as possible and when a decision is made the person concerned will be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (18 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 17th 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 case will be referred to an Appeals Officer who will...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is currently in receipt of one parent family payment. To establish her entitlement to jobseeker’s allowance she should submit an application at her local social welfare office in Newbridge, Co. Kildare.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Employment and Entitlements Service (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: As the Deputy is aware, the Department is currently establishing the new National Employment and Entitlements Service (NEES) which integrates employment and benefit payment services. Considerable progress has been made in establishing this new service. However, full implementation across all locations will take a number of years to complete. The first step in establishing the NEES was...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: Pathways to Work sets out the Government’s policy responses to labour market activation. The objective is to ensure that Ireland’s greatest resource, its people, will no longer remain on the Live Register for lengthy periods without an appropriate offer of assistance from the State. To achieve this objective the Government has committed itself to a range of ambitious targets....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: It is not possible to extract the data requested in respect of the number of individual persons with unique PPS numbers in receipt of €1,000 or more per week or €52,000 per annum from the Department under one or more different payment headings. This is because the Department delivers a wide range of payments at weekly, monthly, annual and other intervals across a range of claim...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The age limit for receipt of domiciliary care allowance (DCA) is 16 years. As the child in question is now over 16 years of age, DCA is no longer payable. However persons over the age of 16 years can apply for disability allowance in their own right.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (18 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 20th July 2012. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Social Welfare Services on the grounds of appeal be sought. When received, the appeal in question will be referred in due course to an Appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The maximum rent supplement payable in the case of the person concerned is €434.63 per month based on the circumstances as presented to the Department. The rent supplement claim is currently under review.