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- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Hanafin: An application for disability allowance by the person concerned was disallowed by a Deciding Officer of the Department following an examination by a Medical Assessor on 10 June 2008 who considered her to be medically unsuitable for the allowance. She appealed this decision and, in the context of this appeal, she was examined by a second Medical Assessor on 15 August 2008 who also expressed...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, which is administered on behalf of the Department by the Community Welfare Division of the Health Service Executive, provides for the payment of rent supplement to eligible people whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs. The Executive has advised that the person concerned contacted the community welfare officer in...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 416 to 421, inclusive, together. The Department delivers a front-line service through a network of 61 Local Offices and 64 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...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Hanafin: There has been a steady decline in uptake of the farm assist scheme. This is due to the significant increase in off-farm employment in recent years and the take up of the Rural Social Scheme which is operated by the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and which also specifically targets low-income farmers. The Department's information policy is to ensure that all citizens are...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The average level of sick leave in my department for the past 3 years is set out in the following table. Year Average No. of working days lost to Sick Leave per Employee Average No. of working days lost to Sick Leave per Employee when absences in excess of 6 months are excluded 2005 14.79 11.77 2006 14.68 11.06 2007 14.74 11.35 The Department introduced a comprehensive Attendance...
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Under the Social Welfare Consolidation Act, 2005 reckonable income for a self employed contributor is defined, in part, as follows: "reckonable income", in relation to a self-employed contributor or an optional contributor, means the aggregate income (excluding reckonable earnings, reckonable emoluments and any other income that may be prescribed) from all sources for the contribution year as...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Hanafin: There are currently 7,057 people in receipt of mortgage interest supplement and the average weekly supplement is â¬92.60.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Hanafin: On the 17th October, the nearest date to the Budget change for which figures are available, 115,441 people had a claim for jobseekers benefit. 39,606 were in receipt of benefit for less than 3 months. Of this number 20,090 have less than 260 contributions recorded up to the end of the 2007 tax year, the latest year for which the department has contribution details. 75,835 were in receipt of...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Hanafin: There are currently 4,194 recipients of a graduated rate of jobseeker's benefit and 4,553 recipients of a graduated rate of illness benefit. There are no cases of claimants on a graduated rate of health and safety benefit.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Hanafin: There are currently 70,072 people in receipt of rent supplement. The cost of the rent supplement scheme for 2008 is expected to be â¬436m. The estimate for 2009 is â¬461.6m.
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy 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 (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Disability Allowance is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged 16 or over and under age 66. This 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 application for disability allowance on 22 October 2008. Her file was recently referred to a Social...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The amount of the annual pension paid to staff on retirement is based on final salary and is paid by the Paymaster General's Office. The amount of the retirement lump sum paid to each retiring member of staff in the Department over the last three years is set out in the following tables: 2006 Lump Sum 2006 Lump Sum ⬠⬠Officer 1 17,202.91 Officer 29 122,710.84 Officer 2 75,652.50...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Nov 2008)
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. A mortgage interest supplement provides short-term income support to eligible people who are unable to meet their mortgage interest repayments in respect of a house which is their sole place of...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Further to my replies to previous PQs in relation to the persons concerned, I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that the Appeals Officer, having considered all the available evidence, disallowed the appeals on the grounds that they are not habitually resident in the state for social welfare purposes. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of the Appeals Officer is final...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I have set out in the following table the average number of days absence on sick leave per employee for each of the past 3 years for my Department and its agencies, Coiste an Asgard and the Civil Defence Board. I have also outlined the average number of days when absences in excess of 6 months are excluded (on the basis that 'long term illness' is defined as an absence in excess of 6...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Nov 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The person concerned is in receipt of Disablement Benefit from injuries he received during the course of his work in 2004. Following various medical assessments, the loss of faculty suffered by him has been reduced from 50% in August 2004 to 20% for life in January 2008. He was notified of this latter decision by a Deciding Officer of the Department on 20 February 2008. He subsequently...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (13 Nov 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Since my appointment as Minister for Social and Family Affairs on 7th May 2008, I have appointed, on a contract basis for my term of office, a Special Adviser, Ms. Averil Power, whose salary is â¬97,109 per annum and a Press Officer, Ms. Geraldine Butler, whose salary is â¬73,610 per annum. The duties carried out by the Special Adviser are as set out in Section 11 of the Public Service...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Nov 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Eligibility for the State (Contributory) Pension is determined by an individuals PRSI contribution history. The standard qualifying conditions for contributory pensions require a person to enter insurance 10 years prior to pension age, pay a minimum of 260 contributions at the correct rate, and achieve a yearly average of at least 10 contributions on their record from the time that they...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Nov 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme (SWA) is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive (HSE). Apart from a number of excluded categories, anyone in the State who satisfies a habitual residency condition and a means test, has registered for employment, unless they have a physical or mental disability, and can prove...