Results 27,181-27,200 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (12 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The Department does not maintain statistics in relation to the number of companies with regard to their inability to pay statutory redundancy. However, as lump sums are paid where companies refuse to pay or are unable to pay, an indicator, which may be useful to the Deputy in this regard, is the level of lump sums in comparison to rebate payments, as shown in the table below: Year Total...
- Written Answers — Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (12 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 156 to 161, inclusive, together. For the past number of years, my Department has been actively engaged in data matching with other Government Departments and public bodies for control purposes. To this end, there is an extensive legal structure to support the sharing of data for the purpose of controlling the entitlement and payment of benefits. The...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (12 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received on 16th June 2010 from the person concerned. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that her child was medically eligible for the allowance. DCA cases processed by the Department have a review date entered when initially awarded. This date is based on the recommendation of the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (12 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...
- Seanad: Community Employment Schemes (12 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: I am delighted Senator Cullinane raised this very important issue. Community employment schemes provide a very important and valued contribution to social employment, training and progression for unemployed people. Furthermore, many community employment schemes provide vital community services not only in Waterford but throughout the country. Currently, there are 1,143 community employment...
- Seanad: Community Employment Schemes (12 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: As I said, the former FÃS employment officials joined the Department on 1 January. Basically, they started work as civil servants in the Department of Social Protection last Wednesday. We are in a new era and I believe it is an era of opportunity, even though as the Senator is aware, the financial constraints are very difficult. This is an opportunity to do something very positive in...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The primary purpose of the redundancy payments scheme is to compensate workers, under the Redundancy Payments Acts, 1967 to 2007, 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 per week. It is the responsibility of the employer to pay statutory redundancy...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Jan 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 Jobseekers Allowance/Benefit or are signing on for credits for at least three...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 334 and 336 together. The primary purpose of the redundancy payments scheme is to compensate workers, under the Redundancy Payments Acts, 1967 to 2007, 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 per week. It is the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The range of complex issues associated with the possible introduction of a system of Statutory Sick Pay will be the subject of a consultation process with stakeholders with a view to assessing the feasibility and potential impacts of such a scheme. No decisions in relation to this matter will be taken by Government before this consultation process, which will commence in February of this...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The saving of â¬81 million is based on an average claim value of â¬6,600 and an estimate of 45,600 claims being processed in 2012, of which some rebates will be at the 60% rate and some at the new 15% rate. The expected full year savings in 2013 are â¬121 million, based on an anticipated processing level of 35,000 claims per annum. â¬104 million is the expected rate of savings based on...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 338, 407 and 419 together. Responsibility for the processing of claims under the Redundancy Payments Scheme transferred from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to the Department of Social Protection in January 2011. The purpose of the Redundancy Payments Scheme is to compensate workers, under the Redundancy Payments Acts, 1967 to 2007, for the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (11 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 26 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 13...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Jan 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 Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (11 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 15 December 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 to an Appeals Officer for...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: There is no record of a rent supplement application in respect of the person concerned. If the person concerned wishes to apply for rent supplement he should complete an application form and return it to the Central Rents Unit, PO Box 11758, Dublin 24.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The person concerned was refused mortgage interest supplement as it was decided that he has sufficient income to meet his mortgage interest costs. The decision was upheld on appeal.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (11 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 a summary decision. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of the Appeals Officer is final and conclusive and may only be reviewed by the Appeals Officer in the light of new evidence or new facts....
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: One of the measures introduced as part of Budget 2012 is that income from weekly carer's payments will be included for the purposes of calculating entitlement to family income supplement (FIS) in line with other welfare payments, with effect from January 2012. Entitlement to FIS is based on the level of a family's income including net income from employment and the value of any social welfare...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (11 Jan 2012)
Joan Burton: The staffing needs for all areas within the Department, including Limerick Local Office, are continuously reviewed, having regard to workloads, management priorities and the competing demands arising, to ensure that the best use is made of all available resources with a view to providing an efficient service to those who rely on the schemes operated by the Department. I can assure the Deputy...