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- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: Under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) scheme an exceptional needs payment (ENP) may be made by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to help meet an essential, once-off cost which the applicant is unable to meet out of his/her own resources. There is no automatic entitlement to this payment. Each application is determined by the HSE based on the particular circumstances of the case....
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Payments: Social Welfare Payments (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: My Department is committed to providing a high quality service to our customers and to ensuring that all payments are made available on their due date. We offer a range of payment options to customers including payment at a local post office or to a bank or building society account or certain credit unions that have been authorised by the banking and credit union regulators. While the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The overall objective of labour market policy is to provide a pathway to appropriate employment, training and education opportunities for those on the Live Register so that as employment opportunities become available they can be taken up by those on the Register. For this reason, in order to be eligible to participate in JobBridge - the National Internship Scheme, an individual must;...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 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. A person may qualify for a BSCFA payment 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, and has household...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: Payment of an invalidity pension, 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 opened and in the context of that appeal, her case was reviewed by a second Medical Assessor who also expressed the opinion that she was capable of work. I am...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 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 5th September 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 (14 Sep 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 8th September 2011.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance schemes provide income support for people who have lost work and are unable to find alternative employment. It is a fundamental qualifying condition for these benefits that a person must be available for full-time work. It is recognised that a changing labour market has resulted in a move away from the more traditional work patterns, with a...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 11 July 2011. His claim has been referred to one of the Department's medical assessors for an opinion as to his medical suitability for disability allowance. When the deciding officer receives the medical assessor's opinion the person's entitlement to disability allowance will be determined taking account of the Department's assessment...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 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 12 January 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 30 May...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing in this case. There has been a very significant increase in the number of appeals received by the Social Welfare Appeals Office since 2007 when the intake was 14,070 to 2010 when the intake rose to 32,432. This has significantly...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: If the person concerned wishes to have the insurability of his previous employment investigated he should contact his local social welfare office.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that there is no record of an application for rent supplement from the person concerned.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 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...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 16 December 2010. Her claim was assessed by one of the Department's medical assessors who was of the opinion that she was not medically suitable for disability allowance. A Deciding Officer accepted this opinion. The person's means, taking account of her spouse's employment were also assessed to exceed the statutory limit of â¬372.40...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 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 rent supplement which was in...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: A decision will be made on the one parent family payment claim of the person concerned within the next week.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 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 21 March 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 14 June...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive has advised that a rent supplement of â¬652 per month has been awarded to the person concerned and that this is her full entitlement based on her household circumstances.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)
Joan Burton: The person concerned has been awarded a back to school clothing and footwear allowance and a payment issued to his nominated account on the 22nd August 2011.