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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (16 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm the department received an application for disability allowance (DA) on 11 September 2015. In order to determine the circumstances of the person concerned, his file was forwarded to his local Social Welfare Inspector (SWI). The SWI will arrange to meet with the person in question as soon as possible. A decision on his entitlement to DA will be made on receipt of the SWI's report....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (16 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 27thOctober 2015. 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: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (16 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: The State pension contributory is a very valuable benefit and is the bedrock of the Irish pension system. Therefore, it is important to ensure that those qualifying have made a sustained contribution to the Social Insurance Fund over their working lives. To ensure that the individual can maximise their entitlement to a State pension, all contributions paid or credited over their working...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (16 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: The State pension contributory is a very valuable benefit and is the bedrock of the Irish pension system. Therefore, it is important to ensure that those qualifying have made a sustained contribution to the Social Insurance Fund over their working lives. To ensure that the individual can maximise their entitlement to a State pension, all contributions paid or credited over their working...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (16 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 41 and 51 together. On Budget Day, I was pleased to announce a 75% Christmas Bonus to over 1.2 million long-term social welfare recipients, such as pensioners, people with disabilities, carers and long-term jobseekers at a cost of €198 million. The Bonus was introduced in 1980, and long-term jobseekers became eligible for the payment in 1985....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance (16 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: Class S PRSI at the rate of 4% may be payable on reckonable income received by an individual, provided their annual income from all sources exceeds €5,000. Reckonable income for the purposes of charging class S PRSI includes a broad range of income, including income from a profession or trade as well as rental and investment income and maintenance payments received by an individual...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Tax Credits (16 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: The impact of the new €550 earned income tax credit for the self-employed is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Finance.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (16 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: On Budget Day, I was pleased to announce a 75% Christmas Bonus, which has been paid to long-term social welfare beneficiaries, such as pensioners, people with disabilities, and carers. Long-term recipients of jobseeker's allowance (JA) or supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) are eligible for the bonus if they have been in receipt of their payment for 15 months, in recognition of their being...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (16 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was notified on the 15th December 2015 that her application for domiciliary care allowance was successful and that the allowance has been awarded from the 1st October 2015. The first payment of the allowance, along with arrears due, will issue on 19th January 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (16 Dec 2015)

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 an...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (16 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 26 August 2015. This application was not allowed as the child was not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance. A letter issued on the 13 November 2015 outlining the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the application. A review of this decision was requested on 23...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (16 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: According to the records of the Department the person concerned advised that he is a casual worker and is classified as such. As a casual worker he was requested to produce documentation relating to his employment in late October 2015, he was advised his payment would be affected if this documentation was not returned. The requested documentation was not returned and his claim was suspended...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (16 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: The State pension contributory is a very valuable benefit and is the bedrock of the Irish pension system. Therefore, it is important to ensure that those qualifying have made a sustained contribution to the Social Insurance Fund over their working lives. To ensure that the individual can maximise their entitlement to a State pension, all contributions paid or credited over their working...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (16 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a 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 and who satisfy a means test. I can confirm that an application for CA was received on 18 August 2015. A request for information issued to the person concerned on 8 December 2015. Once the requested...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (16 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: Reduced rates for younger jobseeker's allowance recipients were first introduced in 2009, extended in Budget 2014 and now apply to jobseeker's allowance recipients under 26 years of age. These measures are targeted activation measures, aimed at protecting young people from welfare dependency by incentivising them to avail of education and training opportunities. If a jobseeker in receipt of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (16 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: The Government's primary strategy to tackle youth unemployment is to create the environment for a strong economic recovery by promoting competitiveness and productivity. Economic recovery will underpin jobs growth and the availability of productive employment for young people. Within this strategy, the Youth Guarantee sets a medium-term objective of ensuring that young people receive an offer...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (15 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: A bonus of 75% of the normal weekly payment was paid in December 2015 to people getting a long-term social welfare payment. For clients in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance (JA), long term is defined as over 15 months or over 390 days of unemployment. Periods spent on JobBridge internships are not reckonable for this purpose. The current JA claim for the person concerned commenced on 28...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (15 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer's allowance from the person concerned on the 13 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: Carer's Allowance Applications (15 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the person concerned has been in receipt of Carer's Benefit for the maximum period of 104 weeks from 5 December 2013 to 2 December 2015. An application for carer's allowance from the person concerned was received on 14 October 2015. The application is currently being processed and, once complete, the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (15 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 24 November 2015. 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...