Results 27,301-27,320 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: I 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 Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: In the twelve month period from 1 December 2010 to 30 November 2011 the Department processed 297,030 claims for illness benefit. 257,717 claims were approved for payment, 33,707 were disallowed and 5,606 were cancelled or withdrawn.
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: Eligibility to access employment schemes such as Community Employment or JobBridge require participants to be in receipt of a social welfare payment for a prescribed period of time. This requirement exists as there is a significant cost to the State in the provision of these schemes. In addition, it is important from an activation perspective that the link is maintained between employment...
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
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- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: No. A family with twins gets three payments for the two children. There is no change in that at all.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: Yes, but that is what it always has been.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: There is no change to families with twins or triplets on the additional payments they receive.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: The rate for the third child is â¬148 and the rate for the fourth child is â¬160.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: No.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: That is a tricky one.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: It is genetic.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: That was a mistake.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: It is new. It does not affect existing people receiving a payment under the transitional measure.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: No.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: We are working on it.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: Yes, very long.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: There are 92,000 lone parent families in Ireland, which is a larger number than in other European Union countries. There are about 154,000 children in lone-parent families. The purpose of this particular section is to end the current transitional payment to lone parents who take up employment where they have an income of more than â¬425 per week. This transitional payment to lone parents...
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: I do not think they are. Some people decide to get married or cohabit after they have had children. There is much personal choice and we have many different types of families about which we have learned more in recent years. To return to what Senators were saying, the one great difficulty is the fact that with regard to an income-poor lone parent who does not receive an opportunity,...
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: If somebody is earning â¬425 a week his or her exposure to income tax is relatively low and in the budget the universal social charge was alleviated somewhat for those on very low incomes. I need information and data on it and I will return to the Senator separately.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: I must apologise. I need to leave the House for ten minutes but I will return. I hope the Senator does not mind. My colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy McGinley, will be here in my place.