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Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The Redundancy Payments system indicates that a lump sum payment was authorised for the individual concerned on the 9 March, 2011 and a cheque was issued for an amount of 21,072.66 euros. If the applicant has not received his payment a re-issue of his cheque will be arranged as a matter of urgency. .

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The focus of the back to education allowance (BTEA) is to assist those who are most marginalised and distant from the labour market to acquire the necessary education to improve their chances of becoming independent of the social welfare system. The back to education scheme covers a large range of full-time courses of education in approved colleges spanning basic foundation courses to third...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received on the 28th September 2011. This application has been forwarded to one of the Department's Medical Assessors for their medical opinion on the case. Upon receipt of this opinion, a decision will issue to the customer. It should be noted that it is currently taking up to ten weeks to process an application.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The Department's representative administering the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme has advised that the person concerned has been refused SWA as she does not satisfied the habitual residence condition (HRC). Once off exceptional needs payments (ENP) may be made to eligible applicants without reference to the habitual residence condition. These payments may be made to help meet an...

Written Answers — Carers Strategy: Carers Strategy (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The Government is committed in the Programme for Government to developing a carers' strategy. It will consider how best to progress the development of the strategy, taking into account the prevailing economic realities and the work that was carried out previously. The Department of the Taoiseach chaired an interdepartmental group in 2008 which undertook work, to develop a National Carers'...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: A person may qualify for payment of back to school clothing and footwear allowance (BSCFA) if he or she is in receipt of a social welfare or health service executive payment, is participating in an approved employment scheme or attending a recognised education or training course, has household income at or below certain specified levels and is in receipt of a qualified child allowance (QCA)...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA) scheme operates from the beginning of June until the end of September each year. Those customers who did not receive an automated payment were required to complete and return an application form to the Department. In all cases a letter issued to applicants informing them of the decision and, where payment has been awarded, when and...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The community welfare service (CWS), and the community welfare officers providing it, formally transferred to the Department of Social Protection (DSP) from 1 October 2011. The service and the staff are now part of the DSP. The Department's representative administering the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme has advised that additional documentation has been requested from the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The community welfare service (CWS), and the community welfare officers providing it, transferred formally to the Department of Social Protection (DSP) from 1 October 2011. The service and the staff are now part of the DSP. Payment of rent supplement has ceased as the person concerned is engaged in full-time employment.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The community services programmes (CSP) co-funds the services delivered by around 440 community based not-for-profit enterprises across the State. Some €47.4 million has been allocated to the programme in 2011 supporting some 2,800 people in full and part time employment. A key requirement of the programme is that the service provider must generate a significant element of their turnover...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The community welfare service (CWS), and the community welfare officers providing it, transferred formally to the Department of Social Protection (DSP) from 1 October 2011. The service and the staff are now part of the DSP. The Department's representative will contact the person concerned shortly with a decision in relation to his rent supplement entitlement.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The person concerned submitted a claim for carer's allowance in respect of her parents. She was refused on two separate grounds, firstly, that one of the care recipients is not so disabled as to require full- time care and attention as prescribed in regulations. In addition, following appropriate investigation, it was decided that, while the person concerned is providing some care and...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is in receipt of his full entitlement to jobseeker's allowance based on the information available to the Department.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The person applied for jobseeker's allowance on 2 November 2010. Her jobseeker's allowance claim has now been decided and the person will be notified accordingly.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: One of the qualifying conditions for the back to education allowance (BTEA) is that a person must have established an entitlement to the relevant social welfare payment prior to commencing an approved course of study. The person applied for jobseeker's allowance on 2 November 2010. Her jobseeker's allowance claim has now been decided and a decision in relation to the BTEA will now be...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The position remains as advised in the question which I answered for the Deputy on 20th October 2011.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: According to the records of the Department the person concerned is not in receipt of one-parent family payment.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all the evidence, including that adduced at the oral hearing, disallowed the appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned has been notified of the decision. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of the Appeals Officer is final and conclusive and may only be reviewed by the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: A decision to disallow an application for jobseeker's allowance from the person concerned was made on 11th October 2011. The reply to the parliamentary question cited by the Deputy was prepared before the decision was made.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: There are currently over 18,500 households benefiting from mortgage interest supplement, for which €77.2m has been allocated for 2011. The Department's review of the administrative, policy and legal aspects of the mortgage interest supplement scheme was published in July 2010 in conjunction with the interim report of the Mortgage Arrears and Personal Debt Review Group. The final report of...