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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (3 Feb 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. The person concerned applied for CA on 5 March 2015. The application was refused by a deciding officer (DO) as she could not be considered to be providing full-time care and attention...

Establishment of a Statutory Commission of Investigation into a Foster Home in the South East: Statements (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: I must state that on reading the reports in the media in recent days and weeks on this case, I felt a sense of dread, worry and, to be frank,déjà vuabout yet another story that appears to have its origins in the early 1980s and which went on for a considerable time. This has been one of the motifs of the last five years of this Oireachtas, namely, all the different stories of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: An application for carer’s allowance (CA) was received from the person concerned on 27 May 2015. Carer’s allowance was awarded to the person concerned on 18 November 2015 and the first payment issued to his nominated post office on 19 November 2015. Arrears of allowance due from 28 May 2015 to 18 November 2015 have also issued.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been awarded invalidity pension with effect from the 05 November 2015. Payment will issue to his nominated post office on the 11 February 2016. Any arrears due from 05 November 2015 to 10 February 2016 (less any overlapping social welfare payment and/or outstanding overpayment) will issue in due course. The person in question was notified of this decision on the 29...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant Eligibility (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: The eligibility criteria for the Water Conservation Grant are set out in the Water Services Act 2014 (Water Conservation Grant) Regulations 2015. Under regulation 5(1) a person who registers with Irish Water, as required under section 5(2)(a) of the Water Services Act 2014, on or before 30 June 2015 shall be eligible to receive the grant in 2015 if they were normally resident at the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (2 Feb 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 24 November 2015. The deciding officer (DO) is satisfied that the medical conditions for the scheme are satisfied. ...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: Reduced rates for younger jobseeker’s allowance recipients were first introduced in 2009, and extended in subsequent Budgets. A weekly jobseeker’s allowance rate of €100 applies to jobseekers aged 18-24 and a weekly rate of €144 applies to jobseekers who are 25 years of age. These measures are targeted activation measures, aimed at protecting young people from...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 9th November 2015. This application has been forwarded to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors for their medical opinion. Following receipt of this opinion, a decision will be made by a Deciding Officer and notified to the person concerned. It can currently take 12 weeks to process...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for and was awarded illness benefit from 4 September 2015. At that time the person concerned did not make a claim in respect of a qualified child dependent(s). An application form to claim for a child dependent increase has issued to the person concerned on 29 January 2016. Their entitlement to a child dependant increase will be definitively determined on return...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: The family income supplement (FIS) provides support for employees, with families, who have low earnings in relation to their family size. The department does not maintain statistics in relation to the number of single-parent families in receipt of FIS. However, from the records available, the number (estimated) of families in receipt of FIS who are headed by a single-parent (as at the end...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for Jobseeker’s Allowance on 14 January 2016, having exhausted her entitlement to Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment on 13 January 2016. As she failed to provide all necessary information on her initial application, it was necessary to re- issue an additional form. This has now been received and a decision will issue in the coming week.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 17th November 2015. This application has been forwarded to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors for their medical opinion. Following receipt of this opinion, a decision will be made by a Deciding Officer and notified to the person concerned. It can currently take 12 weeks to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 3rd December 2015. This application has been forwarded to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors for their medical opinion. Following receipt of this opinion, a decision will be made by a Deciding Officer and notified to the person concerned. It can currently take 12 weeks to process...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Eligibility (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: The Department’s JobBridge scheme is an activation measure targeting Exchequer funding at those jobseekers considered at greater risk of falling into longer term unemployment. The range of Social Welfare payments considered for the purposes of eligibility has been broadened incrementally over the lifetime of the scheme. However, the Department currently has no plans to include Farm...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: The application for disability allowance (DA) from the person in question was disallowed by a deciding officer (DO) who decided that he satisfied neither the medical nor the means conditions for the scheme. Notification of this decision and the reason(s) for it issued to the person on 4 January 2016. The person in question has lodged an appeal with the independent Social Welfare Appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: The person concerned commenced on a Community Employment Scheme on the 20thof January 2014. At the date of commencement on CE the person concerned was not eligible to receive a fuel allowance payment due to household circumstances at that time. In accordance with the rules governing the free fuel schemes, participants on Community Employment schemes can only be paid Fuel Allowance where...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Paternity Leave Scheme (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: As part of Budget 2016, the Government announced its plan to introduce two weeks paid paternity leave from September 2016. The Department of Social Protection has responsibility for introducing the Paternity Benefit element and the Department of Justice and Equality has responsibility for introducing the legal entitlement for employees to avail of two weeks paternity leave. Subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (2 Feb 2016)

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

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (2 Feb 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. To qualify for IP a claimant must, inter-alia, have at least 260 (5 years) paid PRSI contributions since entering social insurance and 48 contributions paid or credited in the last complete...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (2 Feb 2016)

Joan Burton: The Personal Public Service (PPS) Number is the individual’s unique reference number for all dealings with Government Departments and public bodies. PPS Numbers are automatically allocated to children born in the State once the birth is registered within three months of the date of birth. The number allocated is randomly selected from the series of numbers available. In...