Results 29,081-29,100 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (15 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The social insurance system in Ireland is based on compulsory paid PRSI contributions on which entitlement to a range of contingency-based payments is established. Workers are insured under the Social Welfare Acts as either employed or self-employed contributors. Employees and their employers generally pay contributions at PRSI Class A, whereas self-employed workers generally pay Class S...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The administrative arrangements for the 2011 Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance scheme differ from those that applied in previous years. For this year, the majority of Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance entitlements was fully automated with no application form required from customers. Those customers who did not receive an automated payment are required to complete...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (15 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 Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (15 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The person concerned was refused 150% carer's allowance on 15 February 2011 on the grounds that the care recipients are not in need of full time care and attention. This decision was appealed in April 2011 and her file and papers were forwarded to the Social Welfare Appeals Office for determination on 31 August 2011. The delay in processing and forwarding the papers for appeal is regretted....
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: People in full-time education are normally excluded from receipt of rent supplement under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. However, people participating in approved courses under the back-to-education allowance scheme receive a standard weekly rate of payment equivalent to the maximum rate of their previous social welfare payment and may retain any secondary benefits, such as rent...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: Currently Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) is administered by the Community Welfare Service of the Health Service Executive (HSE) on behalf of the Department. The Executive has advised that the person concerned is currently in receipt of the maximum level of SWA allowable based on an assessment of his particular circumstances. The assessment has taken account of his family composition,...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: On 30 August 2011 an application for invalidity pension was received from the person concerned. Invalidity pension is payable to persons who satisfy the contribution conditions and are regarded as permanently incapable of work. A contribution condition for invalidity pension requires that the claimant must have at least 260 contributions paid at class A, E, or H rate since entry into...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The person concerned has submitted two claims for child benefit. The first was received on 31/1/07 in respect of three children. The second was received on 14/8/09 in respect of a fourth child. Two of the children reside with the applicant, while the other two children continue to reside with their mother in Portugal. In order to determine entitlement, it is first necessary to ascertain...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The person concerned has been approved for the back to education allowance for the 2011-12 academic year.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned has been awarded rent supplement of â¬487.33 per month. The HSE has further advised that the rent payable in this case is in excess of the prescribed rent limit appropriate to his family circumstances. The HSE has informed the person concerned that he must secure alternative accommodation within the prescribed limit for...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The person concerned submitted an application for jobseeker's allowance with effect from 12 September 2011. Her application will be processed when she furnishes the documentation requested.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the persons concerned made an application for rent supplement on 6th September 2011. The HSE requested further information from the persons concerned in order to process their application. T he HSE will make a decision on the application when the requested information has been provided.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned has been awarded rent supplement of â¬487.33 per month which is his full entitlement based on his personal circumstances.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA) scheme operates from the beginning of June to the end of September each year. The administrative arrangements for the 2011 Scheme are different from those that applied in previous years. For this year, the majority of Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance entitlements will be fully automated with no application form...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Sep 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. The administrative arrangements for the 2011 BSCFA scheme differ from those that applied in previous years. For this year, the majority of BSCFA entitlements were fully automated with no application form required from customers, 127,000 households in...
- National Internship Scheme (15 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: I thank Deputy Tuffy for raising this matter and her recognition of the positive elements of the national internship scheme, the JobBridge initiative. It is only ten weeks old so I must emphasise we are all learning from it quickly. It is interesting to see how much positive interest it has generated from employers and applicants. Interning has been popular in the United States, Germany,...
- National Internship Scheme (15 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: We are constantly reviewing every element of the JobBridge scheme because it is the first time we have had an internship scheme in place. I appreciate the Deputy's concerns. However, there is a requirement to show that such a scheme is taking people from the live register. It has only been in place for ten weeks with 1,100 internships. In several months time we will be in a position to...
- Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: We will send the Deputy a cake.
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The most recent coverage figures available from the Central Statistics Office indicate that just over half of workers aged between 20 and 69 had a pension at the end of 2009. The fact that supplementary pension coverage continues to be relatively low is of major concern to the Government. That is why the Programme for Government includes a commitment to achieve universal coverage, with a...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The query referred to by the Deputy asks whether the Government has any plans to raise the level of income support for families with children in the context of a named person's concerns that it is necessary for the Government to make efforts to support middle income families with children and to make efforts to support families with the cost of child-care. The Department of Social Protection...