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Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (22 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: It is not appropriate for me to comment on the social welfare status of a specific individual or whether they are eligible to participate in a specific labour market activation measure. However, it should be noted that individuals who were previously in receipt of Disability Allowance and who transfer their payment to Jobseeker's Allowance/Benefits will have their period of time in receipt of...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Payments: Social Welfare Payments (22 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: The national fuel allowance scheme assists householders on long-term social welfare 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 payable for 32 weeks and is currently benefitting over 380,000 people at an...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: I can confirm that the notification of redundancy in respect of the individual concerned was received in the redundancy payments section on 19 July 2011 and is awaiting processing.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 13 August 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 Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: The purpose of rent supplement is to provide short-term income support to assist with reasonable accommodation costs of eligible people living in private rented accommodation who are unable to provide for their accommodation costs from their own resources and who do not have accommodation available to them from another source. In general there is no limit or restriction on the proportion or...

Written Answers — Jobs Initiative: Jobs Initiative (22 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: Participation on JobBridge should not affect an individual's secondary benefits provided that their underlying circumstances have not changed. I would ask the Deputy to provide me with further details of the particular case he is referring to so that my Department can investigate the issue.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Sep 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. A person wishing to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) advised that it has received a claim for rent supplement from the person concerned. The HSE requested further information from the person concerned to process her application. The HSE will make a decision on her application when the requested information has been provided.

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (22 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: According to the records of the Department, the following table gives the numbers of persons registered as unemployed at Coolock and Kilbarrack local offices from 2007 to date in 2011. The figures are from end December in each year from 2007 to 2010 and up to 26 August 2011. Year Coolock Kilbarrack 2007 2288 2148 2008 3584 3533 2009 5150 5237 2010 5015 5360 2011 5299 5685

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: An application for carer's allowance from the person in question was initially refused on the grounds 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. In addition, it was decided that the person in question does not satisfy the full time care requirement. Following...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 10 June 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 Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: An application for jobseekers allowance from the person concerned was disallowed because his means were in excess of the scheduled limit on the basis of his wife's earnings. He may apply for mortgage interest supplement (which is means tested) to the community welfare officer at his local health centre in Kilmeague, Co. Kildare.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: A bereavement grant is a payment designed to assist families in dealing with death and funeral expenses. It is a once-off payment, based on PRSI contributions, made from the Social Insurance Fund (SIF). Means tested exceptional needs payments may be available under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme to those in need who have not made the required number of contributions to the SIF....

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (22 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: Since my appointment on 9 March 2011, I have appointed the following advisers – Edward Brophy, Special Adviser, was appointed with effect from 29 July 2011, on a salary of €127,796. Kathleen Barrington, Special Adviser (Press), was appointed with effect from 18 July 2011, on a salary scale of €80,051 - €98,424. There is no Minister of State attaching to my Department.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (21 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: I can confirm that the notification of redundancy in respect of the individual concerned was received in the Redundancy Payments Section on 4 May, 2011 and is awaiting processing.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: Under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) scheme, the Community Welfare division of the Health Service Executive (HSE) may make a single payment to meet an exceptional need to people on social welfare or health board payments. These payments are known as Exceptional Needs Payments (ENPs) and may be made towards funeral expenses where it is established that there is an inability to meet...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (21 Sep 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 12 September 2011 and the Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that, in accordance with statutory requirements, the Department was asked for the...

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (21 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: The most recent Live Register data published by the Central Statistics Office relates to the end of August, when most schools were still closed for the summer break. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tabular statement below, which shows that there were 13,490 teachers on the Live Register at the end of August, comprising just under 3% of the Live Register. The...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (21 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: It is not appropriate for me to comment on the social welfare status of a specific individual. In order for an individual to be eligible to participate in JobBridge, the National Internship Scheme an individual must be: · currently in receipt of a live claim (Jobseeker's Allowance/Jobseeker's Benefit/Signing for Credits) on the Live Register; · have been in receipt of Jobseeker's...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Sep 2011)

Joan Burton: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme (SWA), including rent supplement, is currently administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive (HSE). 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...