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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 22 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. When received, the appeal in question will be referred in to an Appeals...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 May 2012)

Joan Burton: Orthodontic treatment has never been covered under the Department's dental benefit scheme. Changes introduced in Budget 2010 restricted the treatments available under the dental benefit scheme to an annual free examination. Currently, over 2 million PRSI contributors and their dependant spouses remain eligible for the free dental examination. In 2011, over 272,000 customers claimed a free...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 May 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 105 and 106 together. The Department of Social Protection records occupation details of people signing on the Live Register under various headings. Teachers are included in the category of "teaching professionals". However, as the occupational category of 'teaching professionals' includes occupations such as Special Needs Assistants and others, as well as...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 27th July 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. In that regard a further medical examination was carried out as well as...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned made an application for rent supplement on the 1st of May 2012 and has been requested to provide further information in order to process his claim. A decision will be made on his application when the information has been provided.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 May 2012)

Joan Burton: There are two Department of Social Protection staff based in Cashel Road Health Centre, providing services previously provided by Community Welfare Officers. The Health Centre is part of the Health Service Executive's network of offices and the HSE has indicated that it intends to vacate those premises. A time scale for this process has not been agreed with the Department. Alternative...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned in relation to his disability allowance case was registered in that office on 24th January 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 now been...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 May 2012)

Joan Burton: Rent supplement provides 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 operated by the Exchequer....

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been refused by the Department as the rent was in excess of the applicable limits. This decision has been upheld by the Appeals Office. The person concerned can only have an entitlement to rent supplement when the rent sought has been reduced to the appropriate amount for a single person in self-contained accommodation. The Department has yet to receive...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 May 2012)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer having fully considered all the available evidence allowed the appeal of the person concerned by way of summary decision. 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 Department and is...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 May 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 her case a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was refused carer's allowance on the grounds that, based upon the medical evidence provided in support of the application, the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full time care and attention as prescribed in regulations. On 22 December 2011, she was notified of this decision and the reason for it. Additional medical evidence was received and forwarded to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 14th January 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...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 May 2012)

Joan Burton: A deciding officer has reviewed the decision to disallow an application for jobseeker's allowance from the person concerned in light of the information supplied in his appeal. Following the review the decision was unchanged and his appeal has now been forwarded to the Social Welfare Appeals Office.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: I initiated a study on the level and transparency of pension charges associated with different forms of private pension arrangements because of concerns that pensions schemes and their members have in relation to the level of charges applied to their schemes and the lack of transparency around some of these charges. My Department, in conjunction with the Pensions Board and the Central Bank,...

Written Answers — Money Advice and Budgeting Service: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The Money Advice & Budgeting Service (MABS), under the aegis of the Citizens Information Board, has an office in Tralee, which serves all of County Kerry. MABS outreach services are also provided in Killarney and Listowel. A proposal to open a shared office for MABS and the Citizens Information Services in Killarney town is at an advanced stage of development.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been awarded their rent supplement entitlement in full. All arrears will be paid accordingly at the end of the month.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that appeals by the person concerned were registered in that office on 29th February 2012 and 5th April 2012 respectively. 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...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: A review of the financial resources of all CE Schemes was undertaken following the reductions in the Training and Materials Grant on CE, as announced in Budget 2012. To ensure a standard approach, templates were developed and issued to all CE projects to complete. Discussions were held between local CE Sponsors and the Departmental Officers responsible for the scheme under local management....

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The Community Employment (CE) Scheme has two options, namely: · Part Time Integration Option, which is a CE option with a maximum duration of 1 year and is for persons who have been in receipt of qualifying payment for 12 months or more. · Part Time Job Option, which is a CE option with a maximum duration of 3 years and is for persons who have been in receipt of qualifying payments for a...