Results 3,501-3,520 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: One of the social welfare inspectors based in Arklow has had a number of short absences due to illness in the past two months and the person concerned has been on sick leave since 27 April. The Department has no immediate plans to provide cover for the current absence but the matter will be kept under ongoing review. In the meanwhile, arrangements will be made by regional management to ensure...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The Department does not record the value of payments by reference to the citizenship of the recipient of social welfare schemes. I would however refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question 16128/09 answered on Tuesday 28 April 2009 which referenced statistical data on nationality of those on the Live Register which is compiled and published by the Central Statistics Office.
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: No consultants or lobbyists were employed to act for the Department outside the State in the past five years.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: An unemployed person may qualify for Jobseeker's Benefit or Jobseeker's Allowance. Jobseeker's Benefit is based on a person's social insurance record and Jobseeker's Allowance is based on weekly means. A fundamental qualifying condition for the benefit is that a person must be available for full-time work. The range of benefits and pensions to which different groups of workers may establish...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Rent supplement is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare service of the Health Service Executive as part of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation, whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Rent supplement is administered on behalf of the department by the community welfare service of the Health Service Executive as part of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. The Executive has advised that a community welfare officer recently made a home visit to the person concerned to assess entitlement to rent supplement. The person concerned has been advised that rent supplement and...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Rent Supplement is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare service of the Health Service Executive as part of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation, whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which includes mortgage interest supplement, is administered on behalf of the department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive. The Executive has advised that the person concerned appealed against a decision to refuse mortgage interest supplement to an Appeals Officer of the Executive. That Appeals Officer decided that...
- Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Twelve social welfare Acts have been passed by the Oireachtas during the period 2004 to date, as follows: The Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 (No. 9 of 2004 enacted 25 March 2004) Section 23 of the Act provided for a number of amendments to the Pensions Act to allow for the implementation of Council Directives 2000/43/EC (Race Directive) and 2000/78/EC (Employment...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: There are currently over 86,000 people in receipt of rent supplement, an increase of 44% since the end of December 2007. The recent Supplementary Budget provided that payments currently being made to existing rent supplement tenants be reduced by 8%. The weekly minimum contribution payable towards rent is also being increased from â¬18 to â¬24 a week, with effect from 1 June 2009. While...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The rates of child benefit have increased significantly since 2001 having trebled for the first two children and increased by over 185% for the third and subsequent children. Overall expenditure on child benefit grew from the equivalent of â¬965 million in 2001 to nearly â¬2.5 billion in 2008 as a result of these rates increases and the growth in the number of eligible children. The...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The person concerned applied for Carer's Allowance on 17 November 2008. She was requested to submit details of her own and her spouse's employment. She was subsequently asked for a P45 for herself and a P60 for 2008 for her spouse. As her spouse did not receive a P60 for 2008 from his employer and the cumulative earnings details are necessary for the means assessment of Carer's Allowance...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (7 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The person in question commenced employment in the Department on 8 December 2008. One of the conditions of her assignment, as outlined in her contact of employment, is that she remain in location for a period of at least 12 months. As she has not yet completed this 12 month probationary period, she cannot be considered for a transfer to any other location or Department.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: There has been no change in the conditions for the jobseekers schemes for part-time firefighters. Social Welfare legislation provides that a person must satisfy the conditions of being available for and genuinely seeking work in order to be entitled to jobseeker's benefit or allowance. Any person who fails to satisfy these conditions on an on-going basis is not entitled to a jobseeker's...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Rent supplement is administered on behalf of the department by the community welfare service of the Health Service Executive as part of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income support to eligible persons living in private rented accommodation, whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (7 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes such as the scheme to which the Deputy refers are required to comply with the Funding Standard provisions set out in the Pensions Act. This requires DB pension schemes to maintain sufficient assets to enable them discharge all accrued liabilities. Where schemes do not satisfy the Funding Standard, the sponsors/trustees must submit a funding proposal to...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (7 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Sixteen staff have been dismissed from my Department in the period 1 January 2004 to date. Seven of them were on probationary contracts.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Rent supplement is administered on behalf of the department by the community welfare service of the Health Service Executive as part of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. The Executive has advised that the person concerned is in receipt of rent supplement of â¬435.38 per month based on household income from jobseekers benefit, maintenance payments and part-time employment. The...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The person concerned, who is engaged in casual employment, has been awarded jobseeker's allowance from 5 March 2009, at the maximum weekly rate of â¬204.30, less means of â¬48.00 per day in respect of any day worked. Under Social Welfare legislation decisions in relation to claims must be made by Deciding Officers and Appeals Officers. These officers are statutorily appointed and I have no...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (6 May 2009)
Mary Hanafin: In assessing means for social assistance purposes, account is taken of any cash income the person may have, together with the value of capital and property excluding the family home, land farmed by the person or commercial premises used in the course of the business of the claimant. The yearly value of property and capital is assessed on a notional basis. In the case of property, the market...