Results 28,541-28,560 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: Endometriosis (WHO ICD-10 code N80.9) is a gynaecological medical condition. It is recognised by the Department of Social Protection as a medical condition which may result in some form of disability. Medical suitability for a disability payment is determined by medical assessment of its severity and expected duration.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 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 person concerned has made an application for rent supplement and has been requested to provide further information in order to process her claim. A decision will be...
- Written Answers — Live Register: Live Register (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tabular statement. The breakdown of teaching professionals between primary and post-primary teachers and information regarding their teaching qualifications is not available. Live Register 2010 Numbers % of Live Register 2011 Numbers % of Live Register Jobseeker's Allowance 4019 .91% 4,185 .96% Jobseeker's Benefit 3,735 .84%...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The criteria for participating on community employment are based on individual circumstances related to age, length of time unemployed or absent from the labour market and in receipt of qualifying social welfare payments. The person referred to by the Deputy can establish their eligibility with FÃS at the Newbridge Employment Services Office, Main Street, Newbridge (045 431372). It is a...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The rent supplement expenditure for the years 2000 to 2010 is set out in the tabular statement below. Rent Supplement Recipient Numbers & Expenditure: 2000 to 2010 Year Recipients Cost â¬000 2000 42,683 150,590 2001 45,028 179,438 2002 54,213 252,203 2003 59,976 331,471 2004 57,874 353,762 2005 60,176 368,705 2006 59,861 388,339 2007 59,726 391,466 2008 74,038 440,548 2009...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: Invalidity pension is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and who satisfy the contribution conditions. An invalidity pension application form was received for the person concerned. All medical documentation relating to the application was referred to a medical assessor. The opinion of the medical assessor is that the person concerned...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The purpose of the mortgage interest supplement scheme is to provide short term support to eligible people who are unable to meet their mortgage interest repayments in respect of a house which is their sole place of residence. The supplement assists with the interest portion of the mortgage repayments only. At the end of December 2010 there were 17,974 people in receipt of mortgage interest...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The Government is acutely aware and appreciative of the societal contribution made by carers and recognises this in social welfare provision. The estimated expenditure for carers in 2011, including carer's allowance, carer's benefit and respite care grant is approximately â¬658 million compared to just under â¬100 million in 2000. This does not include the cost of the household benefits...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA) scheme provides a one-off payment to eligible families to assist with the extra costs when their children start school each autumn. The allowance is not intended to meet the full cost of school clothing and footwear but only to provide assistance towards these costs. Expenditure on the scheme in 2010 was â¬77.4m with some 162,500...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 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 scheme has refused the person concerned a mortgage interest supplement payment as it is...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 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. At the end of December 2010 there were 17,974 people in receipt of mortgage interest supplement, an increase of 337% over the 2007 figure. There are currently over 18,500...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 02 June 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 23...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 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 entitlement to mortgage interest supplement of the person concerned is currently under review. A decision will be made on her entitlement shortly.
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: JobBridge, the national internship scheme, was launched on 29 June 2011 and came into operation on 1 July 2011. It will provide up to 5,000 unemployed people at any one time with an internship opportunity of 6 or 9 months in an organisation in the private, public or community and voluntary sectors. It is our hope that as many as possible eligible unemployed people on the Live Register...
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (18 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: The three statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department are the Social Welfare Tribunal, the Citizens Information Board and the Pensions Board. In addition, the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman comes under the remit of the Department but it does not have a board. The members of the Social Welfare Tribunal are not in receipt of an annual remuneration. The Tribunal meets if...
- Social Welfare Fraud (13 Oct 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 the 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 majority of people receive the entitlement due to them. In terms of control work, in 2009 nearly 751,000...
- Social Welfare Fraud (13 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: We have figures up to August, as the year is not complete yet. There were 401,000 reviews up to that date and these resulted in some â¬388 million in control savings. This compares with â¬281 million achieved in the same period last year. Therefore, the staff of the Department are doing very well on this. The reviews are yielding more control savings. We will know the total outturn by...
- Social Welfare Fraud (13 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: What is different is that we are targeting the use of the investigators. In other words, they are targeting areas where there may be evidence to suggest there are problems. This has been a particular feature of the work of the Department recently and I have stressed that this is important. We have continued to conduct a huge number of reviews, which involves writing to people to check...
- Employment Support Services (13 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: JobBridge, the national internship scheme, is part of the Government's job initiative and was launched on 1 July 2011. As of last Friday, a total of 2,477 internship opportunities with host organisations were available on the website. To date 1,769 interns have commenced an internship under the JobBridge scheme. Of these, 625 individuals have converted their work placement programme...
- Employment Support Services (13 Oct 2011)
Joan Burton: Over 4,000 employers have offered to host internships. JobBridge is an internship and work experience programme, not a job. Of those 4,000 employers, only 2,500 have had the request to host an internship accepted. In some cases, more must be done because the specifications do not meet the requirements. It is important to avoid displacement. In the hotel and catering industry, Fáilte...