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Written Answers — Jobseeker's Allowance: Jobseeker's Allowance (26 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 21 April 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 7 June 2012...

Written Answers — Disability Allowance: Disability Allowance (26 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the Department is in receipt of an application for disability allowance from the above named person. On completion of the necessary investigations on all aspects of the claim a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome. The average time taken at present to process a claim to completion, including assessment of the claimant's means,...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 294, 295 and 296 together. The figures requested by the Deputy are provided in the following table. Generally the vast majority of cases fall within average times but extenuating factors, often outside of the control of the Social Welfare Appeals Office, will cause greater delays in some cases. These processing times are calculated from the registration date...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: Creating jobs and tackling poverty are two of the key challenges that Ireland now faces and it is essential that our tax and social protection systems play their part in addressing these issues. To this end, last year I established an Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare with the aim of harnessing expert opinion and experience to examine a number of specific issues. These include making...

Written Answers — Invalidity Pension: Invalidity Pension (26 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 15 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 8 June 2012...

Written Answers — Domiciliary Care Allowance: Domiciliary Care Allowance (26 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was awarded domiciliary care allowance on appeal in September 2011. She was notified of this in correspondence dated 15 September 2011 and informed that the payment in respect of her son would be backdated to December 2010. This claim is in payment and all arrears due issued at that time.

Written Answers — Insolvency Payments Scheme: Insolvency Payments Scheme (26 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: A claim under the Insolvency Payment Scheme for arrears of wages, holiday pay and minimum notice in respect of the person concerned has been awarded recently. Payment of the full amount claimed is due to issue to the relevant liquidator by EFT in the coming days.

Written Answers — Domiciliary Care Allowance: Domiciliary Care Allowance (26 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 21st November 2011. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on the 17th January 2012 advising of the decision. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (26 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The Department participated in the Interdepartmental Mortgage Arrears Working Group (referred to as the Keane group) and is a member of the Steering Group set up by the Minister for Finance to oversee and drive its overall recommendations This Group recommended that an independent Mortgage Support and Advice Service be established to advise mortgage holders in arrears or pre-arrears in...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: Self-employed persons are liable for PRSI at the Class S rate of 4% which entitles them to access long-term benefits such as State pension (contributory) and widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's pension (contributory). Ordinary employees who have access to the full range of social insurance benefits pay Class A PRSI at the rate of 4%. In addition, their employers make a PRSI...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (26 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: Tús is a community work placement initiative which aims to provide up to 5,000 short-term work opportunities for those who have been fully unemployed and in receipt of a jobseeker's payment for at least 12 months, and who are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance at the time of application. Applying the above conditions, participants are identified by the Department using a random selection...

Written Answers — Rent Supplement Scheme: Rent Supplement Scheme (26 Jun 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 — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: Taking account of the unusual circumstances of retained fire brigade personnel and general efforts to develop and standardise our jobseeker schemes, a departmental group was established in late 2011 to examine the position of these workers vis-À-vis jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance. While this examination has been largely completed, a number of issues arising from it are being...

Written Answers — Rent Supplement Scheme: Rent Supplement Scheme (26 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: We have no record of having received an application for Rent Supplement from either the person in question or her partner.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (26 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: Details of the number of staff who retired from my Department in each year since 2009 and the retirement lump sums paid to them are as follows: Year Number of Retirements Retirement Lump Sums Paid (€) 2009 253 11,804,914.84 2010 93 4,920,853.18 2011 111 6,341,899.53 2012 (to date) 255 16,748,998.37 Details of the number of staff who retired from my Department in each year since 2009...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (26 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: There is no record of a redundancy claim in respect of the person concerned. Níl aon taifead ar éileamh iomarcaíochta i leith an duine lena mbaineann.

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (26 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The integration of the Combat Poverty Agency and the Office for Social Inclusion to form the new Social Inclusion Division in the Department took place on 1st July 2009. A strategic plan setting out the functions and objectives for the Division was agreed between the outgoing Board of the agency and the Department, which encompassed the key areas of competence of the agency. The Division...

Written Answers — Anti-Social Behaviour: Anti-Social Behaviour (26 Jun 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 — Domiciliary Care Allowance: Domiciliary Care Allowance (26 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The domiciliary care allowance scheme has been administered by the Department of Social Protection since April 2009 and I have recently announced that a review of the operation of the scheme is to be carried out. The terms of reference will be finalised shortly and the working group is due to have its first meeting in July and report by year end. The working group will include...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (26 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: My Department continues to operate within its Employment Control Framework (ECF) figure, as determined by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and in this regard no staff have been made redundant under the terms of the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 (Croke Park Agreement).