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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (4 Dec 2018)

Peter Burke: 58. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken in budget 2019 to support the small and medium enterprise, SME, sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50526/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (4 Dec 2018)

Peter Burke: 76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the proposed legislation to tackle the issue of expiration dates on gift vouchers; if the legislation will be published before Christmas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50525/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (4 Dec 2018)

Peter Burke: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase funding and capacity for apprenticeships in view of their importance in the workforce; the type of promotion his Department utilises to inform persons of apprenticeship opportunities; the way in which apprenticeships are marketed to students who do not view them as a viable alternative to third level education; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Payments (4 Dec 2018)

Peter Burke: 299. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a fair deal payment increase (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50117/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (4 Dec 2018)

Peter Burke: 312. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) [50165/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Development (4 Dec 2018)

Peter Burke: 600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the agency responsible for the fencing along greenways; if this is carried out in consultation with landowners; if the process is conducted on a county by county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50943/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (4 Dec 2018)

Peter Burke: 681. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if arrears due to a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [50758/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (4 Dec 2018)

Peter Burke: 683. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if training and upskilling opportunities will be offered to mothers that wish to return to work after maternity leave and to mothers with children availing of free preschool years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50945/18]

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Peter Burke: I thank all the witnesses for their attendance and for all the detailed information furnished to us in advance of the meeting. It is helpful to go through all the various documents concerning different aspects of the Department. My first question is related to the lead-times for certain payments, which has raised concern. What is the average time taken to process an application for...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Peter Burke: What is the Department's target? What would it like the average time to be?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Peter Burke: Has the Department looked at the lead times for carer's allowance in other jurisdictions?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Peter Burke: The UK, our nearest neighbour, is one example.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Peter Burke: Obviously a substantial amount of responsibility for assessment for a carer's allowance is placed upon the GP. There is also the means test. I am concerned about both the carer's allowance and the disability allowance. I am dealing with a few cases at the moment. In one example, an individual who applied in October was told that it would be well into January before the application would...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Peter Burke: Even a target level of 12 weeks for carer's allowance is quite significant, is it not? That means it takes three months to process an application.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Peter Burke: Can the Department not improve on that? Does Mr. McKeon not think that to allow a period of three months is very generous to the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Peter Burke: This is also about processes and reports. To be clear, leaving aside reviews, what is the Department's ideal timeframe for an application for carer's allowance to be processed and for a decision to be made in the first instance?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Peter Burke: The Department significantly overshoots an eight-week period at the moment.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Peter Burke: Am I correct in thinking that with the outsourcing of some labour activation schemes and with more people employed, we should be seeing greater improvement in this sector?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Peter Burke: There are also increases in disability allowance claims.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Peter Burke: The means test component of a carers' allowance application should be fairly black and white, be it the old self-assessment forms, P60s or bank statements. The requirements for the individual should be the same as those for a jobseeker’s' allowance application.