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Written Answers — School Meals Programme: School Meals Programme (6 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The school meals programme provides funding towards provision of food services for disadvantaged school children through two schemes. No scheme exists which provides school lunches for all pupils in the State. The first scheme is the statutory urban school meals scheme for primary schools which is operated by local authorities and part-financed by this Department. The role of this...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 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 Code: Social Welfare Code (6 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: Issues relating to the Irish Fire Services are a matter for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in the first instance. Part-time fire-fighters are entitled to the full range of social welfare benefits and allowances once they satisfy the statutory conditions of the scheme concerned. e.g. age, means, PRSI contributions, etc. Part-time fire-fighters are entitled...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers. This includes ensuring that applications are processed and that decisions on entitlement are made as quickly as possible. The average waiting time for family income supplement (FIS) renewals at the end of May is approximately 15 weeks. At the end of May, there were approximately 6,289 renewal applications...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (6 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: In order to be eligible to participate in JobBridge, the National Internship Scheme, an individual must: · currently be in receipt of a Jobseeker's Allowance/Jobseeker's Benefit or signing for credits on the Live Register, and

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (6 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: · have been so for a total of 3 months or more in the last 6 months. An individual who does not receive a Jobseeker's Allowance/Benefit payment may therefore be eligible to participate in the scheme provided that they are currently signing onto the Live Register for Social Insurance contribution credits and have been for at least three of the last 6 months.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that a formal decision has not yet been made on their application for rent supplement. The HSE further advised that the persons concerned have been requested to renegotiate the rent being charged by the landlord as it currently exceeds the maximum rent limit for their family size.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The purpose of Tús is to focus on those people who are long-term unemployed. For this reason, eligibility is at present confined to those on the live register for 12 months and in receipt of jobseeker's allowance. These provisions are to ensure a targeted approach to those currently affected by long-term unemployment. Persons already in employment or engaged in community employment are...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 112 to 114, inclusive, together. The number of claimants receiving the One-Parent Family Payment (OFP) stood at 93,166 on 31 May, 2011. Some 98% of claimants are women. Recipients receive payments in respect of 154,172 child dependants. Some 57% of OFP recipients have 1 child, 28% have 2 children, 10% have 3 children and 5% have 4 children or more. Some 90%...

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: I thank Senator Leyden for bringing this Bill before the House. The Senator said that where there is a will, there is a way. When I was first working as an accountant a venerable solicitor said something I never forgot, that where there is a will there are relatives. It was written on a notice in their office. I am sure Senator Byrne appreciates that saying, given his professional...

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: Within the next year, my Department will take on responsibility for community welfare officers, FÁS, redundancy and insolvency payments, to mention but a few. There is on onerous burden on the staff of my Department. My colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, would have to allocate the additional resources that would arise from the implementation of the proposed scheme....

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: That is the issue people have raised most often.

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: Yes.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The back to education allowance (BTEA) is one of a range of activation supports and policies with the objective of assisting social welfare recipients to improve their life chances by facilitating access to employment, work experience, education and training. The focus of BTEA is to assist those who are most marginalised and distant from the labour market to acquire the necessary education...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 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 by my Department with no application form required from customers. Persons who do not receive an automated payment are required to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was awarded Jobseeker's Allowance from 19th April, 2011. The first payment issued to Longford Post Office on 7th June, 2011.

Written Answers — Money Advice and Budgeting Service: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (5 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) assists people who are over-indebted and need help and advice in coping with debt problems. The role of money advisors is to help clients to assess their financial situation, make a budget plan and deal with creditors. There are 52 independent MABS companies operating the local MABS services from 65 locations throughout the country, with national...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (5 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: From 1st January, 2011 policy and funding responsibility for FÁS functions in relation to employment and community services, including the FÁS Employment Services, has been transferred to the Department of Social Protection in accordance with the provisions of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2010. The administration of individual cases in regard to such functions is a...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 315 and 375 together. 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...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (5 Jul 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive has advised that an appeal by the person concerned against the decision to refuse an application for an exceptional needs payment for clothing was refused on 29 June 2011 and that a letter issued to this effect to the person concerned on that day.