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- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Jul 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 July 2011 and the Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that, in accordance with statutory requirements, the Department was asked for the...
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (14 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The Department has a major programme of business, organisational and technological change underway to enable it to modernise the services which it provides to its customers. The Department uses external consultancy firms to assist with information technology work. The Department also engages consultants for work which comes within the definition of 'consultancy' set out in Department of...
- 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 inspector's report in this case has been forwarded to a deciding officer for decision and the person concerned will be notified of the decision shortly.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive has advised that on 24 May 2011, the designated Appeals Officer upheld the decision of the Community Welfare Officer not to award a rent supplement to the person concerned on the grounds that the rent payable was in excess of the prescribed limit for a single person.
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (14 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The Gender Recognition Group was established last year to advise on the legislation required to give legal recognition to the acquired gender of transsexual or transgendered persons. The report of the group, which I received on 15 June, was submitted to Government this week and is being published today. I cannot be definitive at this stage about when I will be in a position to introduce...
- 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 — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (14 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: Details in respect of all staff who have been assigned to my Department since my appointment as Minister for Social Protection in March 2011 are as follows: The position in relation to permanent staff is that 68 staff have transferred to the Department from other Government Departments with a further two staff transferring from public sector organisations to fill critical vacancies. Two...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The Respite Care Grant is an annual payment made to all persons providing full-time care, regardless of means or PRSI contributions, but subject to certain conditions. The grant is payable from the first Thursday in June of the year in question. Details of the number of stand-alone applications, from carers not in receipt of Carer's Allowance, Carer's Benefit or Domiciliary Care Allowance,...
- Written Answers — Civil Registration: Civil Registration (14 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The provisions and procedures governing the registration of deaths in Ireland are contained in Part 5 of the Civil Registration Act, 2004 and these are as follows. Where a death occurs in the State it is the duty of a qualified informant (normally a relative of the deceased) to attend at a registrar's office and register the death on foot of a certificate of cause of death supplied by a...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The person concerned had been assessed with an overpayment of one parent family payment for the amount of â¬14,226.60 in respect of the period from 27 October 2005 to 20 June 2007. She subsequently claimed one parent family payment from 24 September 2009 until she withdrew her claim with effect from 5 May 2011. However, a payment up to 11 May 2011 had issued to the person concerned...
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (14 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: It is proposed to take Questions Nos. 175 and 177 together. The following payments were made to PriceWaterhouseCoopers in the past decade in respect of projects: 2001 Child Benefit Review â¬23,797 2002 Child Benefit Programme â Service Delivery Model Project â¬494,363 2003 Financial Management System â¬153,670 2005 Officer Identity & Access Management policy â¬29,040 2005...
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (14 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: Over the past decade, expenditure of some â¬6,500 was incurred by my Department on the hiring of public relations companies. This arose in 2002 when my Department's Press Office engaged the services of a public relations company to give advice on a public relations strategy. The Department's press office generally deals with all media queries and public relations matters.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (13 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 113 to 115, inclusive, together. The Government is committed in the Programme for Government to developing a carers' strategy. It will consider how best to progress the development of the strategy, taking into account the prevailing economic realities and the work that was carried out previously. The Department of the Taoiseach chaired an interdepartmental...
- Written Answers — Civil Registration Service: Civil Registration Service (13 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The requirements in relation to marriage and civil partnership are set out in the Civil Registration Act 2004 (as amended). Parties to an intended marriage or civil partnership must attend at a registrar's office to give three months notice of that intention, to sign declarations that there is no impediment to the marriage or civil partnership, and to provide proof of identity and capacity...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned made an application for an exceptional needs payment in respect of funeral costs on 19 January 2011. The HSE further advised that the person concerned was requested to provide further information in order to process his application. The person concerned did not provide the requested information and accordingly the claim...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (13 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: Self-employed workers may establish entitlement to assistance-based payments such as Jobseeker's Allowance. They can apply for the means-tested Jobseeker's Allowance if their business ceases or if they are on low income as a result of a downturn in demand for their services. In general their means will take account of the level of earnings in the last twelve months in determining their...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2011)
Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive has advised that the person concerned has been awarded a rent supplement of â¬104 per calendar month from 1st June 2011.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 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. As the person in question was not one of the customers who received an automated...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Jul 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...