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- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (3 Dec 2008)
Mary Hanafin: If they did not question it then, they cannot question its findings.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (3 Dec 2008)
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- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (3 Dec 2008)
Mary Hanafin: ââand structures to support the work of combating poverty. I have read out the clear recommendation for Members, namely, that the Office for Social Inclusion and the Combat Poverty Agency, CPA, be integrated. The Bill provides for that.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 321 and 336 together. Family income supplement is an income support scheme for people, in low-income employment, with children. It is designed to provide the incentive to remain in, or take up, employment rather than be fully welfare dependent. The Department commissioned a research project to establish the reasons for the apparent lack of take-up of Family...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Hanafin: All jobseeker's benefit claimants are notified 3 months in advance of exhausting their benefit. This is to allow sufficient time to undertake a means test where a person wishes to apply for jobseeker's allowance. This arrangement will apply to those claimants affected by the changes announced in the budget. The earliest date on which the new conditions as to duration can have an effect is...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Further to my response to PQ 240 on 12 November 2008, I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that there is no update to the information given in that response. Every effort will be made to have this appeal dealt with as quickly as possible. The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an office of the Department that is independently responsible for determining appeals against decisions...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Further to my response to PQ 427 on 21 October 2008, I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that the person concerned was notified on 25 November 2008 that his case was referred to an Appeals Officer and that it was proposed to hold an oral appeal hearing. A time and date has not yet been arranged, but every effort is being made to have this case dealt with as quickly as possible....
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Permanent and pensionable employees in the public service, other than those who were recruited after 6 April, 1995, are liable to pay social insurance contributions at modified PRSI rates during their working lives. The contributions payable by employees determine the range of benefits and pensions towards which they can build up entitlement. Employees liable for modified contributions pay a...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Hanafin: There is no delay in processing the majority of Child Benefit applications. Awards for Irish-born children are processed either automatically or in a partially automated way using the child's birth details when they are registered with the General Registrar's Office. The average processing time for these claims is less than 10 days. Payments on behalf of some 70,000 children were paid this...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Hanafin: As of 21st November 2008, there were 71,219 people in receipt of rent supplement and the average weekly supplement was â¬127.61.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which is administered by the community welfare service of the Health Service Executive on behalf of the Department, provides for a weekly or monthly supplement to be paid in respect of mortgage interest. As of 21st November 2008, there were 7,347 people in receipt of mortgage interest supplement, an increase of 3,236 (80%) over those in payment at...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Hanafin: According to the records of the Department, the person concerned will not reach 66 until 24 August 2012. She has been provided with a copy of her contribution record, together with an information guide on State Pension (Contributory). The Department does not provide forecasts on possible future pension entitlement.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 330 to 332, inclusive, together. The supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which is administered by the community welfare service of the Health Service Executive on behalf of the Department, provides for a weekly or monthly supplement to be paid in respect of mortgage interest. The purpose of the mortgage interest supplement is to provide short term income...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Rent supplement is administered on behalf of the Department by 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 not have accommodation available...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Rent supplement is administered on behalf of the Department by 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 not have accommodation available...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested is currently being compiled within the Department and will be made available to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The back to education allowance is a second chance education opportunities scheme designed to encourage and facilitate people on certain social welfare payments to improve their skills and qualifications and, therefore, their prospects of returning to the work force. The scheme is designed to enable people in receipt of social welfare payments to pursue an approved full-time education...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The back to education scheme is a second chance education opportunity designed to remove the barriers to participation in second and third level education. It encourages and facilitates people on certain social welfare payments to improve their skills and qualifications and, therefore, their prospects of returning to the active work force. The objective of the scheme is to enhance the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The Department recently undertook a review of the staffing levels in Local Offices due to the continued increased number of claims for jobseeker's payments. An additional 115 staff, at Clerical Officer (CO) and Staff Officer (SO) levels, are to be assigned and arrangements are being put in train to assign these resources. There will be no recruitment of additional staff. They are being...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The Occupational Injury Benefit scheme operated by the Department provides entitlement to benefit for persons suffering from certain prescribed diseases which are listed in the legislation and where that person has contracted that disease in the course of their employment. Where a person has contracted one of the diseases listed in the legislation, benefits are payable if they were employed...