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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy is not available.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy is as follows. Tabular statement Jobseekers Allowance Claims Registered Claims Disallowed Appeals Lodged Appeals Allowed Appeals Partly Allowed Revised Deciding Officer’s Decision Appeals Disallowed 2009 273,653 23,681 6,794 780 230 756 2,072 2010 263,942 27,884 9,488 855 299 1,259 5,275 2011 239,667 23,017 6,869...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The Department of Social Protection has developed, in conjunction with a number of other Government Departments, a rules based standard for establishing and authenticating an individual’s identity for the purposes of access to public services. This programme of work, which is known as the Standard Authentication Framework Environment or SAFE for short, also provided for the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 869 and 870 together. In conjunction with a number of other Government Departments, my Department has developed a Public Services Card (PSC) under the Standard Authentication Framework Environment (SAFE) Programme, the main objective being to develop a common standard across public services for establishing and authenticating identity. The rollout of the...

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

Joan Burton: Having reviewed the circumstances of this case I can confirm that the person concerned is in receipt of the maximum rate of State pension (non-contributory) of €219.00 per week along with Living Alone Allowance of €7.70 per week and Fuel Allowance (during the fuel season) of €20 per week. I can also confirm that the Department has been served with a Court order which it...

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

Joan Burton: This application for carer’s allowance was disallowed on 23/06/12. A request for review was made by the person in question. That review has been completed. The decision that full time care and attention is not being supplied in this case remains unchanged. She was notified of this decision, the reasons for it and of her right of appeal in a letter that issued 12/09/12.

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: Work Placement Programme (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 875 to 880, inclusive, together. Tús is a work placement initiative focussed on those people on the live register and receiving a job seekers payment for over a year. Selection is by a randomised process undertaken by my Department. The number of persons to be contacted is agreed at a local level between officials and staff of the implementation body...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Application Numbers (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The statistics requested covering the period from September 2011 to August 2012 are as follows: New applications received: 22,097 Renewal applications received: 30,366 Renewal applications refused: 2,231 The number of decreased, increased and unchanged awards is only available from May 2012 onwards and is as follows: Renewal applications awarded with reduced rate 4810 Renewal...

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 notified...

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. Further medical information and other information sought by the deciding officer has been received from the person in question. The additional medical evidence has been referred to a medical assessor for assessment and opinion. On completion of the medical assessment,...

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

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received on the 29th March 2012. This application was referred to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for DCA. A letter issued on the 10th May 2012 refusing the allowance. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this decision. As part of the appeal...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Application Numbers (18 Sep 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: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 888 and 889 together. The Interdepartmental Mortgage Arrears Working Group (referred to as the Keane group) recommended that an independent mortgage support and advice service be established to advise mortgage holders in arrears or pre-arrears in assessing their options. A Working Group chaired by my Department, examined the issues relating to the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Bodies Establishment (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: No State Body has been set up under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection since 9 March 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: Responsibility for the acquisition of office accommodation for my Department rests with the Office of Public Works. Accordingly, my Department was not involved in making payments to private landowners to acquire land for use in the public capital programme in 2010 or 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Ministerial Appointments (18 Sep 2012)

Joan Burton: The three statutory bodies under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Board and the Social Welfare Tribunal. In addition, the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman (which does not have a board) comes under the remit of the Department. Citizens Information Board I have made two appointments to the Citizens Information Board since...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (19 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: Tús is a community work placement initiative which will provide up to 5,000 short-term, quality work opportunities for those who are unemployed for more than a year when fully operational. This initiative is being delivered through the network of local development companies and Údarás na Gaeltachta in the Gaeltacht areas, known as the Implementing Bodies. Expressions of interest and...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (19 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: The only role my Department has in this matter is that the Department of Health send instructions to my Department requesting the transfer of funds to their EFT/Public Bank Accounts for the purposes of making (1) payments to suppliers and (2) salary payments to their staff. My Department transfers the funds to these accounts via the Central Bank. My Department does not operate commercial bank...

Written Answers — Civil Registration: Civil Registration (19 Jul 2012)

Joan Burton: The registration of deaths in Ireland is governed by the provisions of Part 5 of the Civil Registration Act, 2004 and section 37 (1) of the Act places a duty upon a relative (by blood or by marriage) of the deceased to attend at the office of a registrar, within 3 months of the death, in order to register the required particulars. If it is the case that no relative, who has knowledge of the...