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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension 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 22 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 were received in the Social...

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

Joan Burton: The average weekly payment for recipients receiving a payment on Jobseeker’s Allowance in 2015 was €196.95. The corresponding average weekly payment value on Jobseeker’s Benefit was €185.19.

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

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 27th October 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: Invalidity Pension Applications (13 Jan 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: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The Rent Supplement payment for January will issue as normal to the client concerned.

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 (CA) from the person concerned on 5 June 2015. This application was refused on the grounds that he was not providing full-time care and attention as required. He was notified on 2 November 2015 of this decision, the reason for it and of his right of review and appeal. The person concerned has appealed...

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 20 August 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: Carer's Allowance Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was in receipt of carer’s allowance (CA) at a reduced rate of payment from 20 July 2006. Following a recent review, her CA was increased with effect from 23 December 2010. Her first payment at the increased rate issued from 26 November 2015 and arrears of allowance due from 23 December 2010 have issued by cheque on 11 January 2016.

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

Joan Burton: An application for disability allowance was received from the person in question by the department on 14 July 2015. The claim, based upon the evidence submitted, was disallowed by a deciding officer (DO) on medical grounds on 15 October 2015. Further medical evidence was received and a review of this decision was carried out. The original decision was upheld and the person concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant (13 Jan 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: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 150 and 152 to 154, inclusive, together. The costings that the Deputy has requested are detailed in a series of tables below: Table 1: Various increases in weekly working age payments Increase Full Year Cost €m €2.50 109.1 €5.00 218.2 €6.00 261.8 €7.00 305.5 €8.00 349.1 €9.00 392.8 €10.00 436.4...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The information that the Deputy has requested is currently not available in the Department. Given the complex nature of the request, the Department will provide the information directly to the Deputy in due course.

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

Joan Burton: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a social assistance payment made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a relevant person/persons and whose income falls below certain limits. The person concerned applied for CA on 12 September 2012 and the application was disallowed on 13 April 2013 on the grounds that the person being cared for did not require full-time care and attention....

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

Joan Burton: I confirm that an application from the person concerned for disability allowance (DA) was received by the Department on 30 November 2015. The application has been referred to a Social Welfare Inspector (SWI) for a report on the person’s means and circumstances. Once the SWI has submitted his/her report to DA section, a decision will be made on the application and the person concerned...

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 23 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: Invalidity Pension Applications (13 Jan 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 07 September 2015. The person concerned was refused IP on the grounds that the medical conditions for the scheme were not...

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

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 22nd October 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: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 22nd June 2015. This application was not allowed as the child was not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance. A letter issued on 5 October 2015 outlining the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance. A review of this decision was requested on 23rd...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The table below shows the total number of recipients of state pension (contributory) at the end of each year 2011 to 2015 inclusive. State pension (contributory) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 No of Recipients 296,995 312,314 329,531 346,420 361,725 The number of recipients of state pension (contributory) has increased steadily over the past five years, at an average rate of 5% annually.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Numbers (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: The number of State pension non-contributory (SPNC) recipients for the last five years is set out in the table below. YEAR TOTAL NUMBER OF SPNC RECIPIENTS. 2011 96,749 2012 96,126 2013 95,801 2014 95,570 2015 95,179 The number of SPNC recipients has reduced by 1,570 (1.6%) since 2011 and the number of new SPNC applications is approximately 9,000 per year.