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Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (9 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: There is no record of any redundancy lump sum claim in respect of the person concerned. My officials have discussed the matter directly with the person concerned.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeals from the person concerned were referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing in these cases. 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 when the intake rose to 32,432. This has...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (9 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 which processes in excess of 2 million claims each year and makes payments to some 1.4 million people every week. However, it is important to recognise that the vast majority of people are receiving the entitlement due to them. Self-employed people can apply for the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer having fully considered all the available evidence, partially allowed the appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned was notified of the Appeals Officer decision on 30 January 2012. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (9 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 28...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The average time taken to award a claim for carer's allowance to quarter ended Sept 2011 was 17 weeks. The average time to award for the last quarter of 2011 is unavailable as, due to the phased introduction of a new claims processing system in the carer's allowance area, new claims are being processed on the new system while older claims are still being processed on the old system. Although...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: My Department is committed to delivering the best possible service to its customers. All scheme areas are subject to continuous business process improvement supported by modern technology, the potential of which is continuously harnessed and applied to maximum effect. Claims are processed in the most efficient and expeditious way possible, having regard to the eligibility conditions that...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: This matter is being considered in the context of the 2012 Action Plan for Jobs.

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (9 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The reductions in training and employment grants were decided in the context of the available reports on Community Employment and the need to ensure that expenditure is targeted appropriately. My Department will seek to minimise the effects of these changes on those schemes most affected and will examine the income and expenditure of schemes with reference to their capacity to absorb the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: A claim for a State pension (contributory) was received from the person concerned on 31 August 2011. The claim was disallowed on 7 November 2011 as he had an outstanding PRSI (self-employment) liability, and the reason for this decision was communicated to him on that date. The Department has today been advised by Revenue that the PRSI liability has been fully discharged by the person...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was refused carer's allowance on two separate issues, firstly on the grounds that she is working outside the home for more than 15 hours per week and secondly that the care recipient is not so invalided or disabled as to require full-time care and attention as laid down in legislation. On 25 January 2012, she was notified of this decision and the reasons for it....

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (9 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: A Departmental facilitator has been in touch with the person concerned and has made arrangements to meet him next week in Maynooth health centre to advise him of the education, training and employment supports that are available to him.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: To qualify for back to education allowance (BTEA) a person must secure a place on an approved course of education and satisfy the qualification conditions immediately prior to the commencement of the first year of the course. If the persons concerned are due to commence a full-time second or third level course of education they should complete an application form for BTEA. A deciding...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been in receipt of rent supplement since 5 August 2011. She is in receipt of her full entitlement based on her household circumstances. There is no record of a rent supplement application in respect of her sister. If the person concerned wishes to apply for rent supplement she should complete an application form and return it to the Central Rents Unit, PO Box 11758,...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: All arrears of rent allowance due to the person concerned were paid in three payments between April and July 2010.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (9 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: A redundancy lump sum claim in respect of the person concerned was received on 28 July 2011. We are currently processing redundancy lump sum claims received at the start of June 2011.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 128 and 129 together. Rent supplement provides short-term income support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation, whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. Under the legislative provisions governing rent supplement, the Department's relationship...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Feb 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 — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (9 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 Code: Social Welfare Code (9 Feb 2012)

Joan Burton: The Children's Rights Alliance Report Card for 2012 assesses progress in the implementation of the Programme for Government from a non–governmental organisations' perspective. In the context of children and the social welfare system, the report acknowledges the progress made with regard to the establishment of the Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare and suggests that the Advisory Group...