Results 26,101-26,120 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: I am informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an appeal for the person concerned has not been registered. However, because of the large number of appeals currently being lodged, there is a backlog in the office in registering appeals. If the appeal has been submitted in recent weeks the appeal will be registered and acknowledged in due course. The Chief Appeals Officer has assured...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (6 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: A redundancy lump sum claim in respect of the person concerned was received on 12 September 2011. Redundancy lump sum claims received in July 2011 are currently being processed. It is hoped that claims received in September 2011 will be processed by April 2012.
- Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (6 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 284 and 285 together. The figures requested by the Deputy are provided in the table. Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 No of FOI requests received 670 593 559 462 464 370 485 556 859 1106 Total fees charged 0 185 325 430 390 440 645 820 900 695 Total fees received 0 185 325 430 390 440 645 820 900 695 Number of search deposits 1...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received on 29th March 2011. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for DCA. A letter issued on 10th June 2011 refusing the allowance. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this decision. She was informed by the Social Welfare...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: Payment of illness benefit, to the person concerned, was disallowed by a Deciding Officer following an examination by a Medical Assessor of the Department who expressed the opinion that she was capable of work. An appeal was opened and in the context of that appeal her case was reviewed by a second Medical Assessor who also expressed the opinion that she was capable of work. I am advised by...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (6 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: Carers allowance is a means tested social assistance payment made to persons who are unable to work because they providing full time care and attention to elderly people or people with disabilities. Expenditure on carers has increased substantially over the last ten years, from â¬100 million in 2000 to a provisional outturn of some â¬658 million on carer's allowance, carer's benefit and...
- Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (6 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: Pathways to Work is a new approach to the provision of service to unemployed people, the objective of which is to reduce the level of long term unemployment and in so doing to ensure that the overall level of unemployment will reduce as the economy returns to growth Following approval by Government of the NEES project plan last June and the transfer of the CWS and the FÃS services in October...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (6 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: The purpose of the redundancy payments scheme is to compensate workers, under the Redundancy Payments Acts, for the loss of their jobs by reason of redundancy. Compensation is based on the worker's length of reckonable service and reckonable weekly remuneration, subject to a ceiling of â¬600.00 per week. All payments are made from the Social Insurance Fund (SIF). There are two types of...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: The respite care grant is an annual payment made to full-time carers who satisfy certain conditions. One of these conditions is that the carer is not employed outside the home for more than 15 hours a week. On the basis of the evidence provided, the person concerned did not satisfy this condition. In addition, based on the advice of the Department's medical Assessors, the person being cared...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer having fully considered all the available evidence disallowed the appeal of the person concerned by way of summary decision. The person concerned was notified of the Appeals Officer decision on 27th February 2012. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 25th November 2011. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by or on behalf the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When received, the appeal in question will be referred in due course to an...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (6 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: The requirement to be habitually resident in Ireland was introduced as a qualifying condition for certain social assistance schemes and child benefit with effect from 1 May 2004. The effect of the condition is that a person whose habitual residence is elsewhere would not normally be entitled to social welfare assistance or child benefit payments on arrival in Ireland. Guidelines were...
- Written Answers — Civil Registration: Civil Registration (6 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: Usually where an Irish citizen dies abroad, the death is registered by the civil authorities of the place where the death occurred, and a certified copy of the death registration is obtainable. This certificate, translated if necessary, is normally sufficient for all legal and administrative purposes here and for these reasons alone there is no necessity for the death to be registered in the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (6 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: As part of the agreed Programme of Financial Support with the EU/IMF and ECB, the Department submitted a progress report to the Troika by at the end of December 2011, outlining progress to date in developing a single working age payment. This report detailed measures that were steps towards a single working age payment and were announced in Budget 2012. These measures included changes to the...
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (6 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: The person concerned is not a member of any State Board under the aegis of my Department.
- Community Employment Schemes (1 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: I have discussed this on a number of occasions with the Deputies present in the House. Responsibility for CE schemes transferred to the Department of Social Protection on 1 January and the review within the Department of Social Protection could commence only at that point. There was a commitment to two reviews, both of which are under way and which should be completed by the end of March....
- Community Employment Schemes (1 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: It is the overall employment support budget.
- Community Employment Schemes (1 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: Some.
- Community Employment Schemes (1 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: Responsibility for the CE schemes transferred to the Department of Social Protection along with the FÃS employment services. I am very committed to the role of CE schemes. As I have said previously, they provide very valuable social services. We need to consider the quality of experience people gain on the schemes. We must also seek value for money. As the Deputy is aware all areas of...
- Social Welfare Benefits (1 Mar 2012)
Joan Burton: Domiciliary care allowance is paid to more than 24,000 parents and guardians in respect of 26,000 children at a cost of approximately â¬100 million in 2011, with the accompanying respite care grant costing a further â¬45 million. In addition, the Department makes an extensive range of payments to support families with children. In 2011, some â¬2.08 billion was paid out in respect of 1.13...