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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Oct 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 are required to complete and return an application form to the Department. The timescale for determining applications for Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance claims is dependent on a...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been awarded a back to school clothing and footwear allowance and a payment issued to her nominated account on the 26th September 2011.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: The spouse of the person concerned has been awarded a back to school clothing and footwear allowance and a payment issued to his nominated account on the 20th August 2011.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (11 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 16th May 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 26th...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (11 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 15 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 06...

Written Answers — School Meals Programme: School Meals Programme (11 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: The School Meals Programme gives funding towards the provision of food services for disadvantaged children through two schemes. The first is the statutory Urban School Meals Scheme, operated by local authorities and part-financed by this Department. The second is the School Meals Local Projects Schemes through which funding is provided directly to participating schools and local and...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 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 number of rent supplement tenancies in respect of the specified offices and the expenditure incurred are set out in the tabular statement. It is standard practice,...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (11 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: I have not been made aware of any staffing difficulties in any organisation under my Department's remit which may impinge upon its ability to effectively oversee the spending of public funds.

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (11 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: There are two agencies under the Department of Social Protection which fall under the context of the Employment Control Framework. Please see below a breakdown of both in relation to agreed planned figures for 2011, and the current figures as they stand. Agencies Planned End 2011 Ceilings *Amended End 2011 Ceilings Current Staff Serving Citizen's Information Board 80.6 83.6 82.4 The...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received for the person concerned on 23rd September 2010. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on 24th November 2010 refusing the allowance. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against the decision...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (11 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: The national fuel allowance scheme assists householders on long-term social welfare or health service executive (HSE) payments with meeting the cost of their heating needs during the winter season. The allowance represents a contribution towards a person's normal heating expenses. It is not intended to meet those costs in full. Fuel allowance is now payable for 32 weeks and for the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: Apart from a number of excluded categories, anyone in the State who satisfies a habitual residency condition and a means test, has registered for employment, unless they have a physical or mental disability, and can prove unemployment, may qualify for a weekly payment of supplementary welfare allowance (SWA). Additionally, if an individual has made an appeal where a primary payment has been...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 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. Under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme a single payment may be made to meet an exceptional need to people on social welfare or HSE payments. The...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (11 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: Illness Benefit is an income support payment for people of working age who are unable to work due to illness and who satisfy certain social insurance conditions. The scheme is intended to provide income replacement for insured persons during short spells of incapacity or illness. Other payments such as Invalidity Pension and Disability Allowance are available to people who are unable to work...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: Disability allowance is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged over 16 and under 66. The disability must be expected to last for at least one year. To qualify, a claimant must satisfy a medical assessment, a means test and be habitually resident in the state. No application for disability allowance has been received from the person concerned to date. An...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: The application from the person concerned for disability allowance was disallowed on the basis that his means is in excess of the statutory limit allowable for disability allowance. The person was notified in writing on 10 October 2011 of this decision.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received on 19 September 2011. This application will be 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, currently, it is taking ten weeks to process an application.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was refused carer's allowance on grounds the that the Department's Medical Assessor expressed the opinion that the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full-time care and attention as prescribed in regulations. On the 7 October, she was notified of this decision and the reason(s) for it.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the Department is in receipt of an application for carer's 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 and the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Oct 2011)

Joan Burton: Further to my response to Parliamentary Question Ref. No. 25881/11 on 27 September 2011, I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that there is no update to the information given previously. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions on social...