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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (27 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: The Jobseekers Allowance payment of the person concerned was suspended because, after four visits, it could not be verified by a Social Welfare Inspector that she was living at the given address. A Supplementary Welfare Allowance payment was made to her on 22nd April 2016, pending the outcome of the investigation. The Inspector will undertake to make contact with the client outside of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions Payments (27 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: My department facilitates customer choice in the payment method for the state pension. Customers may choose to be paid by either direct payment to their bank account or through the post office under the department’s contract for cash service with An Post. Customers may make their preference known at the time of application or subsequently. The department recognises that the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (27 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: The Government is committed to the maintenance of the Post Office network and to the development of a Standard Bank Account by An Post. Mindful of the current and ongoing discussions on Government formation any further development of policy will be a matter for the incoming Government. The current position is that the department has a cohort of jobseeker customers who are classified as...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (26 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: The overall concern of Government in its Budgets has been to protect the primary social welfare rates. Expenditure on pensions at approx. €6.974 billion is the largest block of expenditure in the Department in the Estimate for 2016, representing approx. 35.5% of overall expenditure. Because of demographic changes, the Department’s spending on older people is increasing year on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (26 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: The Free Travel Scheme permits customers to travel for free on most CIE public transport services, LUAS and a range of services offered by up to 80 private operators in various parts of the country. Free travel is also available on cross border journeys to and from Northern Ireland. Additionally, customers aged 66 years and over can travel for free on journeys within Northern Ireland....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (26 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 19th April 2016, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (26 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. The department received a claim for IP for the person concerned on the 23 February 2016. The file has been sent to a Social Welfare Inspector (SWI) to report on the circumstances of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (26 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been getting a carer’s allowance (CA) since 3 July 2014 in respect of one care recipient. I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned in respect of a second care recipient. On 23 February 2016, the application was referred to a local social welfare inspector (SWI) to assess the level of care...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (26 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was notified on the 21st April 2016 that her application for domiciliary care allowance was successful and that the allowance has been awarded from the 1st February 2016. The first payment of the allowance, along with arrears due, will issue on 17th May 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (26 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: As at end of March 2016 the number of social welfare customers whose welfare payments were issued by my department through its current contract for cash payments with An Post was 784,260. These payments and customers are spread across a range of the department's schemes. Casual Jobseeker customers are not part of the above figure as they are paid directly by cheque and not through the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (26 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: The Government’s primary strategy to tackle unemployment is to create the environment for a strong economic recovery, by promoting competitiveness and productivity. Economic recovery will underpin jobs growth. The Government’s Pathways to Workstrategies and the Youth Guarantee Implementation Plan (YGIP), led by the Department of Social Protection, provide additional measures to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (26 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: The State pension (contributory) is one of the State pension schemes, and its rate of payment is related to contributions made over years into the Social Insurance Fund. As such, those with a stronger attachment to the workforce, who have paid more into that fund, are more likely to be paid under that scheme. There are a number of criteria which must be satisfied in order to qualify for a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (26 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has a disability such that they require that level of care. I confirm that the department received three applications for CA from the person concerned on 7 September 2015, 17 September 2015 and 4 November 2015 in respect of three care...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications (26 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: Partial capacity benefit (PCB) is a social welfare scheme which allows a person return to employment if they have reduced capacity for work, and to continue to receive a payment from my department. A person who applies for PCB will, in the first instance, be assessed by a medical assessor who expresses an opinion on the degree of work capacity. An application for PCB was received on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (26 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: Illness benefit is a payment for persons who are incapable of work and who satisfy certain pay related social insurance (PRSI) contributions. Illness benefit claims made after January 2009 have a maximum duration of 624 days (2 years). The person concerned was awarded illness benefit from 18 Dec 2014 and has been in receipt of payment at the maximum rate since then. A recent review of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (26 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: The person in question was receiving illness benefit (IB) until the 31 March 2016 when they reached the maximum duration of their entitlement to payment of IB. The person concerned has been paid as a qualified adult (IQA) on her spouse’s IB claim from the 01 April 2016. The department received a claim for invalidity pension (IP) from the person in question on the 05 January 2016....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Scéimeanna Fostaíochta (26 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: Tá sé beartaithe Ceisteanna Uimh. 17 go 19, iniatach, a thógáil le chéile. Tá Seetec ar chonradh leis an Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí chun seirbhísí faoi thionscnamh JobPath a sholáthar. Is éard atá i JobPath ná cur chuige nua i leith ghníomhachtúchán na fostaíochta chun tacú le daoine atá...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (26 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer having fully considered all of the available evidence, including that adduced at oral hearing, has decided to allow the appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (26 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is currently in receipt of a reduced rate jobseeker’s allowance based on spousal earnings. Following a review of entitlement in September 2015 and again on 15 February 2016, weekly household means were assessed at €403.00 derived from documentation provided. It is open to the person concerned to request a review of her means should there be a change in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (26 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: In order to qualify for Family Income Supplement (FIS), an applicant must be engaged in full-time remunerative employment as an employee for at least 38 hours per fortnight (19 hours per week). The total income of the family must be less than the weekly threshold for the relevant family size. In the case of a family with 4 children, that limit is €834. The Department has issued...