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- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (16 May 2012)
Joan Burton: A financial review of Community Employment (CE) Schemes is underway and is nearing completion. This review of CE Schemes has proved to be a valuable exercise for both the schemes themselves and for my Department. Given the volume and breath of the data being returned, the financial review of CE schemes has taken longer than originally envisaged to complete. This has allowed more time for...
- Written Answers — Mortgage Interest Supplement: Mortgage Interest Supplement (16 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 19th October 2011. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Community Welfare Services 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...
- Written Answers — Rural Social Scheme: Rural Social Scheme (16 May 2012)
Joan Burton: Following a review of the rural social scheme (RSS) in 2011 by the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Department undertook to re-examine a number of arrangements underpinning the operations of the RSS. This examination included a review of template for participant contracts which is provided by the Department to the 35 Implementing Bodies to ensure consistency of approach across the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (16 May 2012)
Joan Burton: As per the Budget 2012, Community Employment (CE) participants in receipt of illness benefit or invalidity pension who commenced on CE before the 16th January 2012 and who have their CE contracts renewed after the 16th January 2012 will retain their original social welfare payment (in addition to their CE Single Adult Rate). The retention of their social welfare payment is dependent upon...
- Written Answers — National Internship Scheme: National Internship Scheme (16 May 2012)
Joan Burton: The National Internship Scheme was launched on 1st July 2011. It provides internship opportunities of either 6 or 9 months for unemployed individuals on the Live Register, 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 gain valuable experience, relevant...
- Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (16 May 2012)
Joan Burton: The National Internship Scheme was launched on 1 July 2011. It provides internship opportunities of either 6 or 9 months for unemployed individuals on the Live Register, 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 gain valuable experience, relevant...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (16 May 2012)
Joan Burton: The homemaker scheme makes qualification for the State pension (contributory) easier for those who take time out of the workforce for caring duties. The scheme was introduced in and took effect from 1994. The scheme allows up to 20 years spent caring for children under 12 years of age or incapacitated adults to be disregarded when a person's social insurance record is being averaged for...
- Written Answers — Rent Supplement: Rent Supplement (16 May 2012)
Joan Burton: The client was requested to provide further information on the 17th of October 2011 in relation to his rent supplement application. The Department only received the necessary information from the person concerned on the 30th of April 2012. The rent supplement claim has now been awarded in full.
- Civil Registration Act (16 May 2012)
Joan Burton: I thank Deputy Hayes for raising this important and sensitive issue. I appreciate it is of enormous difficulty and concern to many families. I am aware the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection examined this issue in the past. The provisions and procedures governing the registration of deaths in Ireland are contained in Part 5 of the Civil Registration Act 2004 and are as follows....
- Civil Registration Act (16 May 2012)
Joan Burton: I thank Deputy Hayes for raising this issue. I understand its importance to many of the bereaved families. I have undertaken to have further legislation on civil registration. This is one of a number of matters which need to be addressed and it is my intention to do that when the heads of the Bill and so on have been drafted. There may be a role in that respect for the committee or for...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (15 May 2012)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 265, 277 and 282 together. Unemployed trades people on the Live Register have access to the services of the DSP Employment Service (recently transferred from FÃS to the Department), either by voluntary contact with the service or by referral under the Employment Action Plan. All vacancies that have been notified to the service through its National Call Centre...
- Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (15 May 2012)
Joan Burton: I understand that the Deputy is specifically referring to PRSI revenue in 2011. The total received in PRSI in 2011 was â¬7,540 million. This total, which is net of the National Training Fund Levy, is provisional pending the completion of the statutory audit by the Comptroller & Auditor General.
- Written Answers — FÁS Website: FÁS Website (15 May 2012)
Joan Burton: The IT Department with responsibility for the FÃS website have informed me that they are not aware of any technical problems with the FÃS website in the recent past. I understand that if a technical problem did occur with the FÃS website the problem would be global and would affect all geographic areas. The Jobs Ireland section of the FÃS website has transferred to the Department of...
- Written Answers — Job Application Deadlines: Job Application Deadlines (15 May 2012)
Joan Burton: Employers are not obliged to put closing dates for receipt of applications for jobs when advertising on the FÃS Jobs Ireland website. Specifying a closing date for receipt of applications is at the discretion of individual employers who advertise on the FÃS Jobs Ireland website. All vacancies advertised on the Jobs Ireland website are displayed for eight weeks, after eight weeks employers...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (15 May 2012)
Joan Burton: The FÃS Planning and Research Department, approximately every two years, commissions independent consultants to undertake a follow-up survey of a representative sample of those who left FÃS employment and training programmes 13-18 months previously. The purpose of these independent surveys is to provide FÃS with information on the relative effectiveness of its programmes in terms of the...
- Written Answers — Disability Allowance: Disability Allowance (15 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 she was medically unsuitable for the allowance. An appeal was registered on 15th March 2012 and in accordance with the statutory procedures the relevant Departmental papers and the comments...
- Written Answers — Citizens Information Services: Citizens Information Services (15 May 2012)
Joan Burton: Meath Citizens Information Service (CIS) is funded through the Citizens Information Board to provide information, advice and advocacy to the citizens of Co. Meath. There are three full-time offices based in Navan, Trim and Ashbourne. Over several years, outreach services have been offered in various locations in the county, including Dunshaughlin, Dunboyne, Summerhill, Laytown/Bettystown,...
- Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (15 May 2012)
Joan Burton: The Department is committed to delivering the best possible service to its customers. In the interests of fairness and equity applications are processed, as far as possible, in order of the date on which they were received in the Department. A major service delivery modernisation project is underway to address the large increase in the claim-load and to improve the efficiency of...
- Written Answers — Invalidity Pension: Invalidity Pension (15 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 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 case will be referred to an Appeals Officer who will...
- Written Answers — Rent Supplement: Rent Supplement (15 May 2012)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 276 and 284 together. In order to alleviate the financial concerns of the person concerned, the Department has made an exceptional needs payment for the month of April. A payment for May cannot be issued in advance and will issue accordingly at the end of the month to the person concerned.