Results 27,601-27,620 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (8 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 7 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 to an Appeals Officer for...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (8 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: The back to education allowance (BTEA) scheme is a second chance education opportunities scheme designed to remove the barriers to participation in second and third level education by enabling eligible people on social welfare to continue to receive a payment while pursuing an approved full-time education course that leads to a higher qualification than that already held. An applicant must be...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (8 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: The prevention of fraud and abuse of the social welfare system is an integral part of the day-to-day work of my 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. The Deputy may be aware that I recently...
- Written Answers — Personal Debt: Personal Debt (8 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: In July 2011 the Government's Economic Management Council tasked an Interdepartmental Mortgage Arrears Working Group chaired by the Department of Finance (Mr Declan Keane) to consider further actions to alleviate the increasing problem of mortgage arrears. The report was published on 30th September, 2011. The Working Group in their deliberations availed of the outcomes from the extensive...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (8 Dec 2011)
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. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officers decision. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of the Appeals Officer is final and conclusive and may only be...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: I confirm than an application for carer's allowance has been received from the person concerned. On completion of the necessary investigations relating to all aspects of his claim a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (8 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: The back to education allowance (BTEA) scheme is a second chance education opportunities scheme designed to remove the barriers to participation in second and third level education by enabling eligible people on certain social welfare payments to continue to receive a payment while pursuing an approved full-time education course that leads to a higher qualification than that already held....
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: Further to parliamentary Question No. 148 of 17 November, the person concerned made an application for rent supplement on the 1 September 2010. The only information relating to his child prior to the original application was the housing needs assessment dated 29 July 2010. There was no evidence of a history of financial support regarding the care of his child prior to the application for...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: The person concerned has been awarded a back to school clothing and footwear allowance and payment will issue shortly.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: The purpose of rent supplement is to provide short-term 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 is with the tenant; the tenant makes the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (8 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: Payment of illness benefit, to the person concerned, was disallowed by a Deciding Officer following an examination by a Medical Assessor of the Department who expressed the opinion that she was capable of work. An appeal was registered on 7 November 2011 and the Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that, in accordance with statutory requirements, the Department was asked for the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Dec 2011)
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 when the intake rose to 32,432. This has significantly...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (8 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: A redundancy lump sum claim in respect of the person concerned was awarded on 6 December 2011. Payment will issue to the nominated bank account in the near future.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: The person concerned is currently in receipt of carer's allowance in respect of one care recipient. On 3 October 2011 she was refused carer's allowance in respect of a second care recipient on the grounds that the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full time care and attention as prescribed in the regulations. She was notified of this decision. Additional medical evidence from...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (8 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: During the period specified Ms. Bernadette Lacey, Secretary General, retired from my Department on 22 July 2010 at 60 years of age. The lump sum paid to the officer was â¬359,267.37 and the annual pension awarded at the time was â¬119,755.79. No special severance gratuity was payable to the officer concerned.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: That is not so. We will check in June 2012 and remind the Deputy of what she has said.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: We will then be able to increase the disregards for those on job seeker's allowance and bring both into alignment. It is just not affordable in the context of the resources available to the Government. Section 15 provides for amendments to the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 by way of a reduction from 60% to 15% in the rebates paid to employers from the social insurance fund. This reduction...
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: We must find a transition to work.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: We must find arrangements for people to transit to work-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: ------as well as education and training. I am inundated by people who want places in training and education.