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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for a one parent family payment from the person concerned has been awarded. Her first payment will be available for collection on 07 June 2012.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: An overpayment of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance has been assessed in this case. A review of the overpayment is being undertaken and the person concerned will be informed of the outcome once the review is completed.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (6 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 Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 20 May 2011 The medical evidence supplied with the person's 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 disallowed the claim and the person was...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 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 8th 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 and the case...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (6 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 404 and 405 together. The National Internship Scheme was launched on 1st July 2011. It provides internship opportunities of either 6 or 9 months for unemployed individuals at all skills levels. The aim of JobBridge is to assist individuals in breaking the cycle where they are unable to get a job without experience. It provides them with an opportunity to...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (6 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 406 and 407 together. The National Internship Scheme was launched on 1st July 2011. It provides internship opportunities of either 6 or 9 months for unemployed individuals at all skills levels. The aim of JobBridge is to assist individuals in breaking the cycle where they are unable to get a job without experience. It provides them with an opportunity to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 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 24 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 and the case...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (6 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: A member of the Travelling Community is required to be in receipt of at least one current payment from the Department in order to be eligible to apply for a place on any Community Employment scheme. Eligibility does not automatically lead to entitlement. The candidate would be required to attend an interview with the Supervisor of the scheme in order to be deemed suitable for the place. The...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (6 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that, based on figures for the first quarter of 2012, the average waiting time for appeals dealt with by summary decisions was 22.4 weeks and 40.9 weeks for those that required an oral hearing. The comparable times for 2011 were 25 weeks and 52.5 weeks. In an effort to reduce the processing times, the Department appointed 12 additional...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jun 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 — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received on 22nd September 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 24th November 2011 advising of the decision. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this decision. As part of the appeal...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (6 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The question of introducing a scheme of statutory sick pay, whereby employers would directly meet the costs of sick absence for an initial period of illness, is being considered in the context of the need to reform the social welfare system to bring it into line with practices in other countries in this area; the need to address the deficit in the social insurance fund; the need to limit...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was refused carer's allowance in respect of her first care recipient on the grounds that the Department's Medical Assessor expressed the opinion that the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full time care and attention as prescribed in regulations. On 16 January 2012, she was notified of this decision and of her right of review and/or appeal to the Chief...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 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 29th October 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 and the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was awarded carer's allowance with effect from 17 November 2011. Arrangements are being made to have her carer's allowance in payment at her local post office on 14 June 2012. Arrears of allowance due for the intervening period less any other payment made on her behalf for this period and less any overpayments that have occurred will issue to her in due course.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 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 20 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 and the case...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The deciding officer has written to the person concerned requesting further information which is required before a decision is made. When this information is received the claim will be decided and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jun 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 interest of fairness and equity all applications are dealt with in order of date of receipt in the department. On completion of the necessary investigations a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jun 2012)

Joan Burton: The current means testing arrangements for social assistance schemes provide that married couples, civil partners and cohabiting couples, both same sex and opposite sex, are treated in the same manner, including where one of a couple is in employment and the other is not. I have no plans to change these arrangements.