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Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (18 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive has advised that it has received correspondence from the landlord in relation to the rent limit applicable to the property in question and has further advised that the matters raised are under review. A reply will issue to the landlord of the accommodation concerned in due course.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 May 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 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 advised by...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 May 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 — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (18 May 2011)

Joan Burton: In the absence of specific information, it is assumed the question refers to a person with a disability who is leaving the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire and seeking to return to the open labour market. In such circumstances, the person with a disability should register with his or her nearest FÁS Employment Service Office for a vocational guidance interview. These...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (17 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The farm assist scheme is a means-tested payment broadly similar to the jobseeker's allowance scheme. It features a more generous means test, which takes account of the specific nature of farming and, unlike jobseeker's allowance, farmers claiming this payment do not need to be available for work outside of the farm in order to qualify. The agri environment options scheme (AEOS) is an...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 May 2011)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 232 and 233 together. The free travel scheme permits free travel on most CIE public transport services, Luas and a range of services offered by over 90 private operators in various parts of the country at an annual cost to the exchequer of some €74 million in 2010. The scheme is available to persons aged 66 years or over, to carers and to certain categories...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 May 2011)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 234 and 274 together. In general, the rate of social protection payment is not based on marital or civil status. In respect of jobseeker's payments, the amount paid reflects any means assessed, where means are relevant, with appropriate additional payments for a dependant adult and children, as appropriate. The rates paid by FÁS in respect of CE are based...

Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (17 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The Programme for Government was adopted by the Government at its first meeting as the framework for its work over coming years. It sets out the policies and initiatives to be progressed over the term of the Government to tackle the many and varied challenges facing the country. The Department of the Taoiseach will be supporting the implementation of the Programme as a whole and it will do...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (17 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The overall objective of the pension system is to provide an adequate basic standard of living through direct state supports and to encourage people to make supplementary pension provision for themselves so that they can have an adequate income in retirement. A system which delivers on this objective must be sustainable and affordable. The charges associated with the provision of private...

Written Answers — Jobs Initiative: Jobs Initiative (17 May 2011)

Joan Burton: Last week the Government announced the Jobs Initiative which contained an additional 20,900 training, education and work experience places for the unemployed. The new National Internship Scheme was one of the new measures contained in the Jobs Initiative and will provide 5,000 participants with a work experience opportunity for between 6 – 9 months in the public, private or community and...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 May 2011)

Joan Burton: Under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance 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 Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 May 2011)

Joan Burton: Of the 97,400 tenancies, where rent supplement is currently payable, the Department systems show 1,725 tenancies where the landlords address is recorded as outside the State. Rent supplement is paid directly to the tenant in Ireland in 1,500 of these cases with 200 cases where the rent supplement is paid directly to the landlord outside of the State. The current annual value of rent...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 May 2011)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 241 to 243, inclusive, 265 and 289 together. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 05 February 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...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 14 February 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 08 March...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised the person concerned made an application for rent supplement on 25 February 2011 and has been requested to provide further information in order to process his application for rent supplement. A decision will be made on his application when the requested information has been provided.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive has advised that the rent supplement payment of €652 per month is correct and appropriate to the circumstances of the person concerned.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the persons concerned were refused a rent supplement on the grounds that they did not satisfy the scheme's habitual residence condition. The HSE has further advised that this decision was appealed to its designated Appeals Officer who will decide on the matter in due course.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that it has terminated payment of rent supplement in this case as the person concerned failed to provide the financial and foreign travel documentation requested by the community welfare officer.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned was refused a rent supplement on the grounds that her spouse is engaged in full-time employment. The HSE has further advised that the HSE's designated Appeals Officer has upheld the decision of the Community Welfare Officer to refuse payment in this case.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 May 2011)

Joan Burton: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised the person concerned was refused rent supplement as she vacated accommodation provided by a local authority without just cause for doing so. The HSE further advised that the person concerned has appealed the decision to refuse rent supplement to the HSE Appeals Office. The HSE Appeals Office will contact the person concerned directly when a...