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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 26th 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 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 21st 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 9th May 2012. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When received, the appeal in question will be referred to an Appeals Officer who will make a...

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

Joan Burton: There have been no changes to the Community Employment (CE) eligibility or duration rules for many years. The last change was announced in July 2006 whereby persons in receipt of a CE-qualifying disability-related social welfare payment could remain for one additional year over and above the standard maximum CE participation limits (3 years total participation for those below 55 years of age...

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

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 371 to 374, inclusive, together. At the end of April, there were 286,912 people in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and 92,326 people in receipt of jobseeker's benefit. Details of the numbers of the numbers of people from the teaching and health related professions are set out in the following table. The numbers of teachers or nurses are not separately...

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

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the disability allowance claim of the person concerned was disallowed following an assessment by a Medical Assessor who expressed the opinion that he was medically unsuitable for the allowance. An appeal was registered on 9th March 2012 and in accordance with the statutory procedures the relevant department papers and the comments of...

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

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department is in receipt of a fresh 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 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 15th 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 (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: If a person is entitled to carer's allowance on the first Thursday in June, they automatically are entitled to the respite care grant. In this case, the care recipient passed away on 20 April 2012 and the entitlement of the person concerned to carer's allowance will cease on Wednesday 6 June 2012. As a consequence I am sorry to inform you that she is not entitled to the respite care grant for...

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

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that the Back to Education Allowance is not appellable to that Office. Following enquiry from the Social Welfare Appeals Office to the Deputy, I am advised that the question was intended to be in relation to a Jobseekers Allowance appeal by the person concerned which was registered on 29 October 2011. In relation to this appeal, I am...

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

Joan Burton: Eight retired former public servants were recruited on short term contracts in the Department of Social Protection from June 2010. These officers were employed on a part time basis as Appeals Officers, and their contracts terminated at the end of December 2011. One of the Department's Medical Assessors was retained on a temporary contract beyond retirement which ended on the 20 January 2012....

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 11 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 Code: Social Welfare Code (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 383 and 384 together. The social welfare and tax systems have evolved over time and in response to a variety of factors, including Constitutional imperatives as interpreted by the Courts, changing social trends and EU Directives. Up to the end of December 2010, the social welfare code recognised the couple status of opposite sex co-habiting couples and...

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

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on 21st March 2012. Domiciliary care allowance is not payable for any period during which a child is resident in an institution. The child concerned is presently in hospital. Accordingly, the person concerned has been informed to notify the Department when her child returns home and the application will be...

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

Joan Burton: The person concerned was refused carers allowance on the grounds that the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full time care and attention as prescribed in regulations. She was notified of this decision, the reasons for it and of her right of review or appeal. Additional medical evidence was received and forwarded to the Department's medical assessor for consideration. However,...

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

Joan Burton: Following a report from an investigative officer, payment of carers allowance to the person concerned was stopped on the grounds that the person concerned had not shown that she is providing full time care and attention as laid down in scheme guidelines. On 12 July 2011, she was notified accordingly. She appealed this decision to the Social Welfare Appeals Office. However, an appeals...

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 14 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 (22 May 2012)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all the evidence, disallowed the appeal of the person concerned by way of summary decision. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of the Appeals Officer is final and conclusive and may only be reviewed by the Appeals Officer in the light of new evidence or new facts. Following the...

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

Joan Burton: I confirm an application was received from the above named. My Department is aware that the care recipient in this case was seriously ill and has since passed away. However, in order for a decision to be made on the application, it was necessary for his file to be referred to an investigative officer of the department for means assessment and confirmation that all aspects for receipt of...

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

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer having fully considered all the available evidence including that adduced at oral hearing allowed the appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned was notified of the Appeals Officer's decision on 16 May 2012. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and...