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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: Where an overpayment occurs it is normal practice to examine an individual's financial circumstances so that recoupment does not cause undue hardship. The HSE has advised that it will contact the person concerned to discuss the recovery of the overpayment.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned was refused basic supplementary welfare allowance as he was deemed to be in full-time education. He is not eligible for supplementary welfare allowance for three months after his final exam, which was on 17 June 2011.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jul 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 were fully automated with no application form required from customers. For some people, on the basis of the information available it was not possible to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: Social welfare legislation provides that the yearly value of "property owned but not personally used or enjoyed" is assessable for means testing purposes. Such property includes houses and premises owned by a claimant which may or may not be put to commercial use. However, it does not include property such as the home or, for example, a premises used by the claimant in carrying out a...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The mortgage interest supplement scheme is administered on behalf of the Department by the Community Welfare Services (CWS) division of the Health Services Executive (HSE). The purpose of mortgage interest supplement is to provide short-term income support to eligible people who are unable to meet their mortgage interest repayments in respect of a house which is their sole place of...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: In the timeframe available, I regret that my Department is not in a position to reply to this question. My Department will be in contact with the Deputy over the coming days and will reply in full to the question raised.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned has been requested to complete and submit an application form for mortgage interest supplement. A decision will be made on his application when the form has been submitted.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The average time taken to award a claim for carer's allowance in the first half of 2011 was 13 weeks. A total of 8,171 applications were registered in the first half of 2011, and 6,702 were processed in the same period. There are currently 5,294 applications awaiting a decision. There are 51,134 carer's allowance claims in payment. A major service delivery modernisation project is currently...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: An application for carer's allowance from the person concerned was received on 9 February 2011. The person in question has recently been requested to forward further details necessary to complete a means test to establish her entitlement to carer's allowance. On receipt of that further information and completion of the necessary investigations a decision will be made and she will be notified...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an appeals officer, having fully considered all the evidence, disallowed the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision. The person concerned has been notified of the decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for...

Written Answers — Civil Registration: Civil Registration (14 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The procedures for registering births in the State are contained in the Civil Registration Act 2004. Under that Act, there is no provision to provide for the amendment of an existing birth entry, or for the creation of a new birth entry to reflect the acquired gender of persons who wish to have their new gender recognised in the State. The provision of births certificates to transgendered...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The purpose of rent supplement is to provide short-term support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation, whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. Under the legislative provisions governing rent supplement, the Department's relationship is with the tenant; the tenant makes the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: According to the records of the Department no application for a back to education allowance has been received from the person concerned.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (14 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The qualifying conditions for State pension (contributory) require the applicant to have entered insurable employment before attaining the age of 56 years; have at least 260 paid contribution weeks, from employment or self-employment, since entry into insurance and; satisfy the yearly average condition. The person concerned satisfies the above conditions and has a total of 884 reckonable...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 9th 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 21st...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive has advised that it has awarded a rent supplement of €61.00 per week to the person concerned from 6th June 2011 and that payment will issue in due course.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that it has received no application for rent supplement from the person concerned. However, the HSE has stated that the person concerned has recently provided documentation requested in relation to her application for a mortgage interest supplement under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. A decision on entitlement will be made shortly....

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The administrative arrangements for the 2011 Scheme differ from those that applied in previous years. For this year, the majority of back to school clothing and footwear allowance entitlements were fully automated with no application form required from customers. According to the information available to the Department the person in question has already been paid their full entitlement...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 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 were 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 Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned made an application for a Travel Supplement on 7 July 2011. The HSE further advised that a decision on this case will be made shortly.