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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The following table (Table 1) details the locations and breakdown of posts in the Department of Social and Family Affairs. Table 2 refers to locations and posts in the agencies of the Department. The agencies under the remit of the Department are The Pensions Board, Family Support Agency, Citizens Information Board (formerly Comhairle), the Combat Poverty Agency. The Office of the Pensions...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: In Budget, 2009 the Government announced proposals in relation to the future of two of the agencies under the aegis of the Department — the Combat Poverty Agency and the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS). The legislative provisions to give effect to the proposed changes for the Combat Poverty Agency and the MABS are contained in the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme 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 received basic weekly SWA payments totalling €5,310.90 from 10 January 2002 to 31 July 2002, travel supplement payments totalling €210 from 7 January 2002 to 23 February 2002 and...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The person concerned was in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance from January 2008 to 28 October 2008. Payment ceased when he failed to sign the Live Register on the appointed day (23 October 2008) and thereby failed to prove he was unemployed from that time. He made a repeat claim on 10 November 2008 and the claim was disallowed on the grounds that he had failed to submit any evidence of his...

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: Details of the amount of EU funding received by my Department directly and for bodies under its aegis in the past 20 years are not immediately available. My Department is compiling this information and my officials will write to the Deputy with these details as soon as they are available.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 347 and 348 together. Below is a tabular statement showing the number of recipients and expenditure on mortgage interest supplement at quarterly intervals from 2006 to date. Recipients and Expenditure on Mortgage Interest Supplement at Quarterly Intervals, 2006 to Date Quarter Recipients Expenditure â'¬000 Quarter 1 2006 3,311 1,748 Quarter 2 2006...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: Rent supplement is administered on behalf of the Department by the Health Service Executive (HSE), as part of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. As advised in my reply of 4th December 2008 to the Deputy's question on the same subject, the person concerned has been refused rent supplement as she is regarded as not being lawfully in the State. The person concerned has appealed against...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: Disability Allowance is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged over 16 and under 66. The disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to both medical assessment and a means test. The person concerned made an application for Disability Allowance on 28th October 2008. The application was referred to a Social Welfare...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: Disability Allowance is a weekly payment paid to people with a specified disability who are aged over 16 and under 66. The disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to both medical assessment and a means test. The person concerned made an application for Disability Allowance on 22nd October 2008. His application was reviewed initially by a Medical...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (16 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: State Pension (Non-Contributory) is a means tested payment and all income is assessable as means. This includes cash income, private pensions, foreign pensions, the value of any property (excluding the person's own home) and the value of any investments and capital. A pensioner is obliged to declare all means, and to inform the department of any change in his/her circumstances. Where a...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: A child benefit claim was received from the person concerned in April 2008. According to the information provided, she came to reside in Ireland with her children in February 2008. She is not employed but her ex-partner is employed in the United Kingdom. Under EU Regulations, the country of employment is responsible for the payment of child benefit. UK child benefit is being paid to the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The Department delivers a front-line service through a network of Local Offices and Branch Offices countrywide. The main services provided from these offices include jobseekers payment, one-parent family payment and an information service. Branch Offices are operated under a contract for service and decisions on claims taken in Branch Offices are made in its departmental parent Local Office....

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: To qualify for a Christmas bonus while in receipt of jobseeker's allowance a person must be in receipt of the allowance for at least 390 days. The person concerned was in receipt of back to work allowance while in self-employment. His self-employment ceased and he applied for and was awarded jobseeker's allowance from 4 September 2008. He was, therefore, in receipt of this allowance for 83...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (16 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that during 2007 the average time taken to process all appeals (i.e. those decided summarily and by way of oral hearing) was 22 weeks. However, if allowance was made for the 25% most protracted cases, the average time fell to just over 14 weeks. Processing times for 2008 are not yet available but are expected to be at least of the same order...

Written Answers — Regulatory Impact Analyses: Regulatory Impact Analyses (16 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 357 and 358 together. The Department has not conducted a regulatory impact analysis since June 2008. There has only been one bill produced by the Department during the period. Given the time constraints involved, the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008, which implemented PRSI and other changes to social welfare legislation arising from the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which includes rent supplement and mortgage interest supplement, is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive (HSE). Entitlement to rent and mortgage interest supplement is determined on the basis of the circumstances of each individual case, including accommodation/mortgage costs and...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: A person in receipt of a social welfare payment who decides to set up as a self employed taxi operator may be eligible to apply for the back to work enterprise allowance (BTWEA). A breakdown by occupation or the nature of the self-employment of recipients of the back to work enterprise allowance scheme or the technical assistance and training scheme is not available from records held by the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: I proposed to take Questions Nos. 361 to 364, inclusive, together. The total number of recipients of child benefit at 1 December 2007 was 587,943, in respect of 1,125,360 children. Of this total, 80,038 are non Irish national customers claiming in respect of 146,302 children. The number of recipients of child benefit at 1 December 2008 was 592,416 in respect of 1,136,192 children. Of...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 365 to 368, inclusive, together. The following are the details of Irish and non-Irish claimants in receipt of a jobseekers payment in December 2007 and December 2008. Jobseekers Allowance Jobseekers Benefit Irish Non-Irish Irish Non-Irish Total Dec-07 89,538 13,190 52,449 8,389 163,566 Dec-08 114,200 19,000 96,365 25,000 254,565 All persons, regardless...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 369 and 370 together. The relevant figures relating to the number of Illness Benefit claims in payment to Irish nationals and the number in payment to non-Irish nationals are set out in the table below. The breakdown of claims by nationality in respect of 2007 is only available on a quarterly basis. Therefore, the figures given are for the end of the fourth...