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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 6 January 2016. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When these papers have been received from the Department, the case in question will be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: Arrears of disability allowance which were due to the person in question issued on 21 December 2015. The amount of DA arrears due was reduced to reflect the amount of another social welfare payment which was made to the person concerned in the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is in receipt of Carer’s Allowance (CA). Periodically, entitlement to the allowance is reviewed to ensure that the conditions for receipt are still satisfied. The continuing entitlement of the person concerned is currently under review. As part of this review, the person concerned was asked to submit evidence to show that the care recipient still required...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The client concerned provided relevant documentation to the Department confirming their income from employment on 21/12/15. Subsequently the client's rate of Rent Supplement was re-assessed and increased accordingly.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The Community Employment Programme is a labour market intervention designed to assist the long-term unemployed return to the work force. The term for participants on Community Employment has been set at 156 weeks (three years) maximum for those under 55 years of age by the Department. The person concerned has been a participant on the Rialto Development Association (CE) scheme for almost...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The arrears of disability allowance due to the person in question have been calculated. These arrears are currently being held by the department as the person in question owes a debt to the department. The department is in contact with the person concerned with proposals for the recovery of the debt. The recovery plan that will be agreed with the person concerned will include appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is in receipt of carer’s allowance (CA) in respect of one care recipient since 22 January 2015. I confirm that the department received an application from the person concerned in respect of a second care recipient on 29 July 2015. The evidence submitted in support of this application was examined and the deciding officer (DO) decided that this evidence did not...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 8 January 2016. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When these papers have been received from the Department, the case in question will be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 7 October 2015. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Social Protection. These papers have been received in the Social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Living Wage (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The Living Wage is a voluntary societal initiative centred on the social, business and economic case to ensure that, wherever it can be afforded, employers will pay a rate of pay that provides an income that is sufficient to meet an individual’s basic needs, such as housing, food, clothing, transport and healthcare. The Living Wage is voluntary and has no legislative basis and is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on 28 July 2015. This application was not allowed as the child was not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance. A letter issued on 27 October 2015 outlining the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance. A review of this decision was requested on 12 November...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: I can confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for disability allowance from the above named person on 10 November 2015. When the application was examined by a deciding officer (DO), it was found that the application form was partially incomplete and that there was some other required documentation outstanding. The person concerned recently has been requested to supply...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: I can confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for disability allowance from the above named person on 12 November 2015. On 11 January 2016 the person concerned was requested to supply supporting documentation required by the deciding officer in order to make a decision on his eligibility. On receipt of this information a decision will be made and the person concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been awarded disability allowance with effect from 18 November 2015. The first payment will be made by his chosen payment method on 27 January 2016. Arrears of payment due will issue as soon as possible once any necessary adjustment is calculated and applied in respect of any overlapping payments or in respect of outstanding overpayments (if applicable).

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 9 December 2015. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Social Protection. These papers have been received in the Social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (13 Jan 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 26 November 2015, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on 8 October 2015. The application is currently being processed and, once completed, the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The person concerned made an application for Jobseekers Allowance on 15 July 2015. This application was disallowed on 23 July 2015, due to means being in excess of the weekly maximum payment for the person’s household circumstances, which would have included increases for three qualified children. The assessment of this person’s spousal self-employment was calculated by...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who has decided to convene an oral hearing in this case. Every effort will be made to hear the case as quickly as possible and the appellant will be informed when arrangements for the oral hearing have been made. From the information available, it appears that the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on 11 December 2015. Upon examination by a deciding officer, it transpired that large parts of the application form had not been completed so that the application could not be processed. The Department contacted the applicant on 8 January 2016 to request the information that was...