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- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 23rd 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 28th ...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1A redundancy lump sum claim in respect of the person concerned was received on 5 July 2011. Redundancy lump sum claims received in May 2011 are currently being processed.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 27th July 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 (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 3rd 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 6th ...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1My Department has no plans to carry out a general review of rent supplement payments in March 2012. Budget 2012 introduced changes to the rent supplement scheme. With effect from 1 January 2012 the minimum contribution payable by all tenants under the rent supplement scheme increased from â¬24 per week to â¬30 per week. In addition a higher rate minimum contribution of â¬35 per week was...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 2057Pathways to Work is a consolidated approach to the delivery of employment, welfare, and training/education services to unemployed people. Final arrangements are being made for its launch and I expect that it will be launched, as Government policy, shortly.
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The Employment Service section of the Department of Social Protection (DSP) provides a range of services and supports to all Jobseekers. Clients can register at an Employment Service office, for on-site career guidance and job placement services. The following is a brief outline of the range of services/supports available: · Guidance interview(s) with an Employment Services Officer to...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1I confirm that an application for carer's allowance was received from the person in question. Her file has been referred to an investigative officer of this Department for further examination and confirmation that all conditions for receipt of carer's allowance are satisfied. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all aspect of her claim a decision will be made and the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1In assessing weekly family income for the purposes of the family income supplement (FIS) the value of primary social welfare payments is taken into account when means are assessed. This Budget measure relating to the inclusion of carer's benefit or carer's allowance payments in the income assessment for FIS is designed to bring the treatment of carer's allowance and carer's benefit into...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1An official from my Department contacted the company concerned to establish the position in relation to redundancy claims and to ensure that the workers of the company are in a position to access any redundancy payments to which they may be entitled. Redundancy payments are made from the Social Insurance Fund. The company submitted 34 applications online on 22 December 2011 and hard copies...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1Under the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995, all civil servants, and public servants in prescribed public bodies, at Principal Officer level and above are required to make Annual Statement of Interest returns. In addition, board members of prescribed public bodies and certain less senior staff in prescribed 'designated positions' in the civil service or prescribed public bodies, e.g. staff...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1A total of 117 officers retired from my Department during 2011. The total amount of the lump sums paid to these officers in accordance with their entitlements was â¬6,394,810.88. The annual estimated gross pension costs associated with these persons in 2012 is â¬2,056,652.38, which does not include the Public Service Pension Reduction. With regard to the agencies under the auspices of my...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1The measure introduced in Budget 2012 will reduce the period of time from 12 months to 6 months for the backdating of a claim and will not allow for further proportionate backdating. This measure is timely as I am satisfied that customers are more likely now than before to have had an attachment to the workforce thus ensuring more awareness of their entitlements arising from their social...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 14th 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 — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1The estimate of expenditure in 2011 for schemes, services and administration for the Department of Social Protection, amounts to â¬20.62 billion. At the end of 2011 provisional outturns for individual subheads, Social Insurance Fund income items, and Social Insurance Fund expenditure items are set out in the tables below. The outturn figures are provisional, pending final certification by...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 6th 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 Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1I confirm that the Department is in receipt of an application for disability allowance from the above named person. On completion of the necessary investigations on all aspects of the claim a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome. The average time taken to process a claim to completion, including assessment of the claimant's means, medical...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all the evidence, has disallowed the appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned has been notified of the decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 12th 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 in due course to an...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (17 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: 1A person on jobseekers allowance may work for a few hours per week without losing their payment depending on the circumstances of the case. In order to qualify for jobseeker's allowance, a person must be unemployed for at least three days in a six day period and satisfy a means test. In assessing means, account is taken of any cash income (including earnings) of the customer and his/her...