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- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Sep 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that, in accordance with the statutory requirements, the relevant Departmental papers and comments of the Department have been sought in this case. On receipt of these the case will be referred to an Appeals Officer for early consideration.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Sep 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that, in accordance with the statutory requirements, the relevant Departmental papers and comments of the Department have been sought in this case. On receipt of these the case will be referred to an Appeals Officer for early consideration.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 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 31st July 2008. The application was referred to a Social Welfare...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (24 Sep 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Disability Allowance is a weekly payment made to persons with a disability whose employment capacity is substantially restricted by reason of their disability and whose means are insufficient to meet their own needs and those of their dependents. My Department has implemented a considerable number of changes to the Disability Allowance scheme since it was introduced in 1996, notably in...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (24 Sep 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Disability Allowance is a weekly payment made to persons with a disability whose employment capacity is substantially restricted by reason of their disability and whose means are insufficient to meet their own needs and those of their dependents. My Department has implemented a considerable number of changes to the Disability Allowance scheme since it was introduced in 1996, notably in...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme (SWA) provides for a weekly or monthly supplement to be paid in respect of mortgage interest to any person in the State whose means are insufficient to meet their needs. 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...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (24 Sep 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1326 and 1354 together. The State Agencies currently operating under the aegis of my Department are the Pensions Board, the Citizens Information Board, the Family Support Agency and the Combat Poverty Agency. In addition the Pensions Ombudsman also comes under the remit of my Department. The Chief Executive of the Pensions Board is on an annual salary of â¬...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Sep 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1327 and 1349 together. There are currently 8 staff in the Ministers office and 5 staff in the constituency office, as detailed below. Only 2 of these, my Policy Adviser and Personal Assistant, are non-civil servants. There are no staff assigned to a Minister of State in my Department. In total, including the Press Officer mentioned below, there are 14 staff...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1328 and 1329 together. Child benefit is estimated to cost almost â¬2.5 billion in 2008. The Department has not undertaken any costings of the implications of introducing an earnings threshold for child benefit purposes.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The estimated annual cost of increasing jobseeker's benefit by â¬20 per week is â¬130.8 million in a full year and the cost of increasing jobseeker's benefit by â¬30 per week is â¬196.2 million in a full year.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Jobseeker's benefit is an insurance based scheme. There are two main contribution conditions that have to be satisfied in order to qualify for payment. A person must have at least 52 reckonable contributions paid between the date of entry into insurable employment and the date the claim is made. Only contributions payable at Classes A, H and P (or the equivalent rates before April 1979) are...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 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 Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Rent supplement is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive (HSE), as part of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. Rent supplement is normally calculated to ensure that a person, after the payment of rent, has an income equal to the rate of SWA appropriate to their family circumstances less a minimum contribution,...
- Written Answers — Registration of Births: Registration of Births (24 Sep 2008)
Mary Hanafin: An tArd Chlaráitheoir (Registrar General) is the person with statutory responsibility for the administration of the civil registration system in Ireland, including civil marriages. I have made enquiries with an tArd Chlaráitheoir and the position is as follows. There are two provisions that allow for the removal of the particulars of a man named as father of a child in an entry in the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The person concerned applied for a jobseeker's allowance payment on 16 June 2008. Her claim is currently with a Social Welfare Inspector for assessment of her means. Despite requests, she has not yet provided to the Inspector, full details of her parental income in respect of her fathers holding of land or her mothers insurable employment. She was invited to attend the Inspector's office on...
- Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (24 Sep 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1336 and 1337 together. The Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility for the procurement and maintenance of all my Department's office accommodation. It is currently examining the possibility of relocating the Ballina Local Office to space within Government Buildings, Ballina on an interim basis. In addition, the feasibility of redeveloping the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1339 and 1340 together. Supporting and recognising carers in our society is, and has been, a priority of the Government since 1997. Over that period, weekly payment rates to carers have greatly increased, qualifying conditions for carer's allowance have significantly eased, coverage of the scheme has been extended and new schemes such as carer's benefit and...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2008)
Mary Hanafin: 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 role in regard to making such decisions. No decision has been made in relation to the amount of jobseeker's allowance that may be payable in this case. The person concerned applied for a jobseeker's benefit payment...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The pre-retirement allowance (PRETA) was discontinued for new applicants from 4th July, 2007, while people who had already been receiving this allowance can continue to receive it as long as they satisfy the conditions for payment. People who would have been eligible for PRETA can continue to receive the jobseekers allowance, which is paid at the same rate as PRETA. Given the need to ensure...
- Written Answers — Family Support Services: Family Support Services (24 Sep 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The organisation concerned applied for a grant under the 2008 Scheme of Grants for Marriage, Child and Bereavement Counselling Services administered by the Family Support Agency. The remit of the grant scheme is very specific and provides only for the payment of grants to voluntary organisations providing one or more of the following: Marriage Preparation Courses,Marriage Counselling,Child...