Results 23,661-23,680 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (19 Jul 2012)
Joan Burton: The Department of Social Protection makes use of third party provision of services as a means of complementing its own operational capability. The particular areas of activity include disbursing payments to customers by An Post â over 43 million payments per annum; providing employment guidance services to the long-term unemployed; processing jobseeker and lone parent claims in 62 branch...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (19 Jul 2012)
Joan Burton: The jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance schemes provide income support for people who have lost work and are unable to find alternative employment. It is a fundamental qualifying condition for these benefits that a person must be available for full-time work. The Family Income Supplement (FIS) provides income support for employees with families on low earnings. This preserves the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jul 2012)
Joan Burton: I understand that the Deputy is referring to any decisions which might have been made within the Department to defer the appointment of staff or other administration expenditure in order to curtail the overall expenditure of the Department in 2012. No such decisions have been made. My Department continues to source staff to fill critical vacancies by way of redeployment, or transfer from...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 Jul 2012)
Joan Burton: The three statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection are the Social Welfare Tribunal, the Citizens Information Board and the Pensions Board. In addition, the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman comes under the remit of the Department but it does not have a Board. The cost to the Exchequer of each of the Agencies and Boards under the aegis of the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Jul 2012)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 404 and 405 together. Since March 2012, one member of staff in my Department, the Chief Medical Adviser, has been rehired on a temporary contract on a payscale of between â¬93,197 and â¬113,503. His salary is reduced to take account of the rate of his pension payment. In addition, the acting Deputy Chief Medial Adviser has been retained, on a temporary...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jul 2012)
Joan Burton: Telecommunication services in my Department include fixed and mobile telephony, fixed and mobile data and telephonists. The total budget for these services in 2012 is â¬8,249,000.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Jul 2012)
Joan Burton: Details of the number of sick days taken by staff in my Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011 are provided in the table that follows this reply. The details are not in the format requested by the Deputy because such detail is not available and could not be provided within the available timeframe. The table provides details of the number of staff who took sick leave in each of the specified...
- Written Answers — Maternity Benefit: Maternity Benefit (18 Jul 2012)
Joan Burton: All claims for Maternity Benefit received after the 6 month time period provided for under Section 241(2) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, are considered late claims. Provision is made under legislation to allow payment of a late claim where there is good cause. A Maternity Benefit claim form (MB10) was received from the person concerned on 13th February 2012 in respect of her...
- Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (18 Jul 2012)
Joan Burton: I confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for carer's allowance from the person in question. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all aspects of the case a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.
- Written Answers — Disability Allowance: Disability Allowance (18 Jul 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 September 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 16th...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (18 Jul 2012)
Joan Burton: A claim for PRSA contributions under the Insolvency Payments Scheme was received in respect of the person concerned. There were some outstanding queries in relation to the claim which have now been addressed and the claim has recently been paid.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Jul 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. From about early 2009 the number of appeals received by that Office has increased dramatically and by 2011 had more than doubled from an average of 15,000 pa to 32,000. A further 18,826 have been received for the...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Expenditure: Ministerial Expenditure (18 Jul 2012)
Joan Burton: The amounts spent by previous Ministers of my Department on subsistence, mobile phone communications and recouped expenses are set out in the following table: Amount (â¬) 2007 2008 2009 2010 1/1/2011 to 9/3/2011 Totals: Subsistence 470 1,300 253 291 0 2,314 Mobile Phone Communications 2,617 3,556 3,468 2,232 322 12,195 *Unvouched Expenses Allowance 13,388 12,904 12,804 3,220 0 42,316...
- Written Answers — Mortgage Interest Supplement: Mortgage Interest Supplement (18 Jul 2012)
Joan Burton: The person concerned has been asked to produce further documentation in relation to her claim for mortgage interest supplement and on receipt of the requested documentation her claim will be processed.
- Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (18 Jul 2012)
Joan Burton: I confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for carer's allowance from the person in question. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all aspects of the case a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.
- Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (18 Jul 2012)
Joan Burton: The person concerned was refused carers allowance on the ground that the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full time care and attention as prescribed in regulations. He was notified of this decision, the reason for it and of his right of review or appeal. Additional medical evidence was received and forwarded to the Department's medical assessor for further consideration. Once...
- Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (18 Jul 2012)
Joan Burton: I confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for carer's allowance from the person in question. In the interests of fairness and equity, applications for carer's allowance are dealt with as far as possible in order of the date they are received in the Department. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all aspects of the case a decision will be made and the...
- Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (18 Jul 2012)
Joan Burton: I confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for carer's allowance from the person in question. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all aspects of the case a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.
- Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (18 Jul 2012)
Joan Burton: I confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for carer's allowance from the person in question. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all aspects of the case a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.
- Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (18 Jul 2012)
Joan Burton: I confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for carer's allowance from the person in question. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all aspects of the case a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.