Results 26,281-26,300 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 08th 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 on 10th...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that an application for carer's allowance was received from the above named. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all aspects of his claim, a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that an application for carer's allowance was received from the above named. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all aspects of his claim, a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that an application for carer's allowance has been received from the above named. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all aspects of his claim, a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Feb 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 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 on 21st...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 24 August 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 on 1 February...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Feb 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. This department received a claim for invalidity pension for the person concerned on 21 June 2011. The medical evidence provided by the claimant in support of her claim was examined by a medical assessor who was of the opinion that...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was refused carer's allowance on the grounds that the care recipient is not so invalided or disabled as to require full-time care and attention as laid down in legislation. On 30 November 2011 he was notified of this decision and the reasons for it. The person in question appealed the decision and submitted additional medical evidence in support of his claim. This...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 06 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 on 17...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: Community Employment Supervisors are employed by the Community Sponsors directly and all their terms and conditions are set out in their contract of employment with their employer. There has been no change to the CE grant allocated to fund supervisor salaries, this has remained unchanged in recent years.

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The National Internship Scheme provides internship opportunities of either 6 or 9 months for unemployed individuals on the Live Register, in organisations in the private, public and community voluntary sectors. The scheme is limited to individuals who are currently on the Live Register and have been in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance/Benefit or are signing on for credits for at least 3 of...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: Under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, the Department may make a single exceptional needs payment (ENP) to help meet essential, once-off, exceptional expenditure, which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income. These ENP payments are a vital component of the SWA scheme and link the income support function of the scheme with the wider...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 393 and 394 together. My Department is committed to providing a high quality service to our customers. In most cases, we offer a range of payment options to customers including payment at a local post office via electronic information transfer (EIT), payment through a bank, building society account or certain credit unions via electronic funds transfer (EFT)...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: €84m has been allocated to Tús for 2012. It is anticipated that these funds which are required to meet the pay costs of participants and supervisors, provision of materials, insurance, health and safety training and related operational costs will be adequate to cover the 2012 costs and allow for the maximum utilisation of the initiative.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 16 August 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 on 17 January...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 13 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 on 05...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the care recipient of the person in question satisfies the medical criteria for receipt of carer's allowance. In the interest of fairness and equity applications are processed, as far as possible, in order of the date in which they were received. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all other aspects of his case, including assessment of means,...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The social security rights of people moving around the EU are governed by EU Regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009. These Regulations, which have been in existence in one form or another since 1959, are designed to co-ordinate the social security systems of the various Member States so that people and their families are not disadvantaged when they move within the EU. There is a general duty on...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: My Department accepts reports of possible fraud from members of the public in relation to the operation of its schemes and uses both a dedicated phone number and a facility on the Department's website for this purpose. Members of the public are asked to provide as much detail as possible about the case they are reporting and they can do so anonymously. In 2011, my Department dealt with...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (28 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The prevention of fraud and abuse of the social welfare system is an integral part of the day-to-day work of the Department. My Department has a wide ranging programme to combat social welfare fraud and abuse. The Fraud Initiative 2011-2013 sets out a range of actions to ensure an integrated approach is taken to the prevention, deterrence and detection of social welfare abuse across the...