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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 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. If the person concerned wishes to make an application for rent supplement she should contact the community welfare officer at her local health centre.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2011)

Joan Burton: Any unemployed individual may participate in the FAS Work Placement Programme. However, should an unemployed individual wish to be in receipt of a social welfare payment during their participation on the FÁS Work Placement Programme they must receive one of the following payments for at least 3 months prior to commencing the programme: · Jobseekers Allowance · Jobseekers Benefit ·...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (30 Jun 2011)

Joan Burton: The national internship scheme is open to private, public and community and voluntary sectors. The Houses of the Oireachtas, as a public body, could participate in the scheme as a host organisation. It is intended that officials in my Department will contact the Houses of the Oireachtas commission to discuss the possibility of the commission participating in scheme.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2011)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 29 April 2011. The payment of disability allowance is subject to a means test. In order to determine his means the person has been asked to forward a bank statement for the previous six months and a recent payslip or a P45 from his last place of employment. A decision on his entitlement to disability allowance will be given on receipt...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (30 Jun 2011)

Joan Burton: I received the report of the Gender Recognition Advisory Group two weeks ago. The Group was established last year to advise on the legislation required to give legal recognition to the acquired gender of transsexual or trans-gendered persons. I intend to bring the Report to Government for the consideration of my Cabinet colleagues at an early date, following which I will arrange for its...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that while the persons concerned have sought advice from the community welfare officer regarding entitlements, no formal application for assistance under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme has been received to date.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned has appealed the decision to reduce the rent supplement payment to the designated Appeals Officer in the HSE. The person concerned will be notified of the outcome of the appeal in due course.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (30 Jun 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 (29 Jun 2011)

Joan Burton: The HSE has advised that arrears of supplement under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme for the period October 2009 to February 2011 will issue to the person concerned shortly.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2011)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011 has passed all stages in the Dáil and Seanad. In relation to the National Internship Scheme, the Bill provides that participants on the scheme will not be employees of host organisations for any enactment or rule of law with the exception of the Tax Acts and the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005. The National Internship Scheme itself will...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Jun 2011)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 24 May 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 1 June 2011...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (29 Jun 2011)

Joan Burton: A range of training courses are provided for those who wish to work as paid carers with awards granted by FETAC. The Further Education and Training Awards Council (FETAC) was set up as a statutory body on 11 June 2001 by the Minister for Education and Science. Carer's allowance is a means tested income support payment for people who are providing full time care and attention to a person in...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (29 Jun 2011)

Joan Burton: The Department has abroad-ranging and comprehensive control strategy. The emphasis is to minimise risks of fraud and eliminate incorrect payments. Ensuring that the right person is paid the right amount of money at the right time is an integral part of the day-to-day work of the Department. The Department has, in the last number of years, been engaged in data matching with other Government...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jun 2011)

Joan Burton: Jobseeker's benefit is payable for a maximum period of 312 days or 234 days depending on a person's social insurance record. Workers at the plant in question are currently in receipt of jobseeker's benefit due to reduced working week or temporary lay-offs. A person in receipt of jobseeker's benefit can re-qualify for jobseeker's benefit when their claim exhausts if they satisfy the normal...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jun 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that there is no record of an application for mortgage interest supplement from the person concerned. If the person concerned wishes to make an application for mortgage interest supplement he should contact the community welfare officer at his local health centre.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Jun 2011)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the jobseeker's allowance appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing in this case. A supplementary welfare allowance appeal, by the person concerned, was registered in that office on 08 June 2011 and will, in due course, be referred to an Appeals Officer who will decide whether...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Jun 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 (29 Jun 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 Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (29 Jun 2011)

Joan Burton: The prevention of fraud and abuse of the social welfare system is an integral part of the day-to-day work of the Department. A key objective of the Department's control strategy is to ensure that the right person is paid the right amount of money at the right time. A four-pronged control strategy has been adopted by the Department, namely: ·prevention of fraud and error at the initial...

Written Answers — Public Sector Remuneration: Public Sector Remuneration (29 Jun 2011)

Joan Burton: I wish to confirm that none of the positions, in the bodies under the aegis of my Department, are at a salary level of €200,000 or above, and, therefore in this instance, voluntary salary waivers and future reduced starting salary levels would not apply to those positions.