Results 27,081-27,100 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (18 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: JobBridge is a National Internship Scheme that provides work experience placements for interns for a 6 or 9 month period. The aim of the National Internship Scheme is to assist in breaking the cycle where jobseekers are unable to get a job without experience, either as new entrants to the labour market after education or training or as unemployed workers wishing to learn new skills. The...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (18 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The Deputies will be aware of the position as set out in my reply to question numbers 99, 89 & 102 on 1st December 2011. I do not accept that any loophole exists in the current arrangements with respect to this matter. Supervisors and assistant supervisors are employed by sponsor organisations in contract with FÃS (now the Department of Social Protection) for the operation of community...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The Community Welfare Service was transferred from the HSE to my Department on 1 October last and the Employment and Community Services were transferred from FÃS on 1 January last. The offices in my Department in Dublin South Central are set out below. Staff numbers are set out in terms of full-time-equivalent units. In the light of these recent transfers, an examination of all the premises...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (18 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: Participants on Community Employment (CE) schemes are contracted on temporary, fixed-term annual employment contracts with the relevant CE Sponsoring organisation. Secondary benefits are generally retained by participants on CE, provided they continue to satisfy the qualifying conditions, depending on their individual circumstances. Expiration of their CE contracts has no effect on the...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (18 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: There are currently 1,143 Community Employment Schemes (CE) in operation with 23,300 participants. Under the designated ring-fenced places for Community Employment Drugs Rehabilitation places, there are over 800 CE places activated in support and rehabilitation of participants referred with Drug addiction issues. These places provide much needed support for those in recovery and provide a...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received on 22nd September 2011. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on 24th November 2011 advising of the decision. In the case of an application which is refused on medical grounds, the applicant may submit...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Jan 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 Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 30th November 2011. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Social Welfare Services 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 (18 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: Self-employed people can apply for the means-tested Jobseeker's Allowance if their business ceases or if they are on low income as a result of a downturn in demand for their services. Legislation provides for the assessment of all income in cash and any non-cash benefits which the person or his/her spouse may reasonably expect to receive during the succeeding year. The means assessment...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (18 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: Social welfare legislation provides that the yearly value of "property owned but not personally used or enjoyed" is assessable for means testing purposes. Such property includes houses and premises owned by a claimant which may or may not be put to commercial use. However, it does not include property such as the home or, for example, a premises used by the claimant in carrying out a...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Jan 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 on 9 January 2012. The person concerned was notified of the appeals officer's decision on 13 January 2012. The social welfare appeals office functions independently of the Minister for Social...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The social welfare appeals office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 25 October 2011. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant departmental papers and comments by the social welfare services on the grounds of appeal be sought. When they have been received, the appeal in question will be referred in due course...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The average time taken to award a claim for carer's allowance to the end of September 2011 was 14 weeks. The average time to award for the last quarter of 2011 is unavailable. 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. A major...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: This application was initially disallowed as the person concerned had insufficient contributions or credits recorded for the relevant tax year. However, following a review, credits in respect of carer's benefit for the 2009 tax year have been updated and the claim has been approved. A letter to this effect has now issued to the person concerned.
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (18 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: As announced in budget 2012, new entrants to the community employment programme will not be able to claim another social welfare-funded payment at the same time, but will receive the standard additional â¬20 community employment participation bonus on top of their original payment amount. This measure affects those receiving one-parent family payment, deserted wife's benefit or allowance,...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 12 January 2012. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Social Welfare Services on the grounds of appeal be sought. When received, the appeal in question will be referred to an Appeals Officer for...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an oral hearing of the child benefit, disability allowance and domiciliary care allowance appeals of the person concerned took place on 28 November 2011 and the Appeals Officer is now considering the appeals in the light of all the evidence submitted, including that adduced at the hearing. The person concerned will be notified of the...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1The number of redundancy applications received in my Department on a month by month basis in 2011 is as follows; January 4,846 February 3,089 March 5,349 April 3,725 May 4,102 June 3,669 July 4,703 August 3,828 September 3,367 October 2,265 November 3,969 December 6,850 Total 49,762
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1The number of redundancy applications (rebate and lump sum) received in my Department between 6 December 2011 and 31 December 2011 was 5,962.
- Written Answers — Money Advice and Budgeting Service: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1The Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) assists people who are over-indebted and need help and advice in coping with debt problems. The Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 provided for the transfer of responsibility for MABS to the Citizens Information Board (CIB), under the aegis of my Department, in July 2009 in order to provide strong management and other...