Results 24,701-24,720 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The above named was refused carer's allowance on grounds that the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full-time care and attention as prescribed in regulations. On 28 March 2012, she was notified of this decision and the reason for it. There is no record to date of an appeal having been lodged by the person in question.

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

Joan Burton: Invalidity pension is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and who satisfy the contribution conditions. An application for invalidity pension has been received for the person concerned. In order to establish medical suitability a diagnostic report has issued to the customer concerned to be completed by his general practitioner or other...

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for carer's benefit on 20 March 2012. Her claim was refused on the grounds that the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full-time care and attention as prescribed in the carer's benefit legislation. On 18 May 2012 she was notified of this decision, the reasons for it. This enquiry is being accepted by carer's benefit section as a request for a...

Written Answers — Rent Supplement Scheme: Rent Supplement Scheme (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income support to assist with reasonable accommodation costs of eligible people living in private rented accommodation who are unable to provide for their accommodation costs from their own resources and who do not have accommodation available to them from another source. The overall aim is to provide short term assistance,...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (23 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 11th 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 Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 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 processed, as far as possible, in order of the date they were received in the Department. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all aspects of her case a decision will be made and...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (23 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The purpose of Tús is to focus on those people who are long-term unemployed and who may not have engaged in activation activity for some time. For this reason, eligibility for both participatory and supervisory positions on Tús is confined to those on the Live Register for at least 12 months and in receipt of jobseeker's allowance. These provisions are to ensure a targeted approach to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the person concerned was examined by a Medical Assessor of the Department who was of the opinion that she was capable of work. She appealed this decision and in that context she was examined by another Medical Assessor who also expressed the opinion that she was capable of work. In the light of this, it was decided to afford the person...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The Community Employment participation limits only count time spent on CE from 3rd April 2000. Any time spent on CE prior to that date is disregarded when assessing eligibility for CE in 2012. The person in question has spent 232 weeks on CE since 3rd April 2000, whereas his maximum participation for his age and eligibility category is 156 weeks. He will not be eligible to participate on CE...

Written Answers — Live Register: Live Register (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The number of young teaching graduates that are unemployed at present is not available. At the end of April, there were 430,001 people on the live register. 8,674 of these or 2% have stated that they were last employed in the teaching profession. This includes teachers as well as school support staff such as cleaners, special needs assistants and school crossing attendants. The table...

Written Answers — Mortgage Arrears: Mortgage Arrears (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: My 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. The Interdepartmental Mortgage Arrears Working Group recommended that an independent Mortgage Support and Advice Service be established to advise mortgage...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 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 17th 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 Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 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 12th December 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 (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: Details are not currently available of the number of rent supplement recipients that will be affected by the implementation of articles 6 and 7 of Statutory Instrument 534 of 2008 on 1 February 2013. Results from Census 2011 show that there are a total of 5,695 properties classified as bedsits in the State with the majority in the Dublin area. The census also shows that 5,307 of these...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was disallowed rent supplement on 20th April 2012. A new application was received on 27th April 2012. A request for outstanding information was sent on 4th May but to date no response has been received. Once the outstanding information is received in the Department a decision will be made on the person's claim.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 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 11th 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 (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: In order for a participant to remain on CE for more than one year, certain conditions must be met. One condition is that a participant must have a minimum of 156 weeks on the Live Register, on Community Employment or other recognised training interventions such FAS training, or a combination of all these. Of the 156 weeks, 52 weeks must have been continuously spent on the Live Register...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 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 November 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 Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 May 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. There has been a very significant increase in the number of appeals received by the Social Welfare Appeals Office since 2007 when the intake was 14,070 to 2010 and 2011 when the intake rose to 32,432 and 31,241...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: There are no specific plans to recruit graduates into my Department at this time. However, since July 2011, the Department has employed 4 graduates under the JobBridge (National Internship Scheme). In addition, the Department has received sanction to employ a number of Temporary Clerical Officers to cover various staff absences during the year. The Public Appointments Service has advertised...