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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Legal Costs (8 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: The following table sets out the total cost to the Department for the procurement of legal services in the State from 2011 to 2015, including legal costs awarded against the Department. Year Amount € 2011 1,121,000 2012 236,000 2013 407,000 2014 668,000 2015 to date 610,381 Total: €3,042,381Costs relating to prosecutions arising from fraudulent claims made to the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: All clients in receipt of a long term social welfare payment are entitled to a Christmas bonus payment of 75% of the appropriate weekly payment amount. The person concerned was employed on a Community Employment (CE) scheme from January 2010 to January 2015. Following cessation of their employment on the CE scheme, the client claimed, and was paid illness benefit from 19 January 2015...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: Illness benefit is a payment for people who cannot work due to illness and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. Only PRSI contributions paid at class A, E, H, and P are reckonable for illness benefit purposes. Following a review of the illness benefit application the person concerned has indicated he was last employed in the UK. Where a customer was...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: I can confirm that my department has no record of a claim for carer’s benefit but has received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on 17 November 2015 in respect of two care recipients. Once processed, the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on 9 November 2015. Once processed, the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm an application for disability allowance (DA) was received from the person in question on 16 December 2014. The application was refused by a deciding officer as she was deemed ineligible for the scheme on both medical and habitual residency grounds. Notification of this decision issued on 25 March 2015. The person in question appealed the disallowance of her DA application to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: Previous PQs 35112, 40320, 42139 refer. The jobseekers allowance application of the person concerned was disallowed as he was not available at his stated address and as such his means could be determined. The person concerned was requested to provide the Department with documentation to support his application and to date has not provided same. He has been informed of his right to appeal this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was notified on the 27 November 2015 that her application for domiciliary care allowance was successful and that the allowance has been awarded from the 1 October 2015. The first payment of the allowance, along with arrears due, will issue on 15 December 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Commencement of Legislation (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: The Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 was signed into law in December 2014 and contains a wide range of provisions. The provisions related to preventing marriages of convenience taking place in the State were commenced on 18 August 2015. However, due to industrial action by staff of the Civil Registration Service in the Health Service Executive (HSE), the scheduling of interviews,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: As detailed to the Deputy in reply to various previous Parliamentary Questions relating to this case, the client concerned has been requested on numerous occasions to provide the Department with details of all capital accrued from the sale of the family home. This documentation has not, to date, been received by the Department. A final reminder has issued to the client and this claim for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been in receipt of One Parent Family allowance payment since March, 2011. Upon review, the payment was suspended as the Department was unable to contact the person concerned. When contact was established the person concerned has been asked to supply documentation, to support her continued entitlement to the payment, which remains outstanding. The person concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: All changes in circumstances should be immediately notified to the Department. The client concerned should contact their local Social Protection office to advise them of same. An assessment on the other clients continued entitlement cannot be made without their details being submitted to the Department. Should there be a change to this clients family composition and weekly income, they...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Applications (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: A claim for child benefit was received in respect of the child concerned from his mother in October 2015 which stated that the child arrived in the State in July 2015; documentation was requested in support of the claim. Documentation has been provided confirming the child’s presence in the State from September 2015 and child benefit has been awarded accordingly. Payment of child...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: According to the Department’s records there is no application for disability allowance registered by the person concerned. A jobseeker’s benefit application was registered on 27 November 2015 and is currently being processed. The person concerned will be notified of the decision in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (2 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: Illness benefit is a payment for people who cannot work due to illness and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. One of the PRSI conditions is that a person must have a minimum of 39 reckonable contributions paid or credited in the governing contribution year. Claims made in 2015 are governed by the 2013 tax year, and only PRSI Classes A, E, H, and P...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (2 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: Arrears of disability allowance for the person concerned have been calculated. However the person in question has an outstanding debt owed to the department which must be addressed. The Department will be in contact with her shortly to discuss ongoing arrangements to recover the debt which may include with-holding of some of the arrears.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (2 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: On Budget Day, I was pleased to announce a 75% Christmas bonus, which is being paid this week to over 1.2 million beneficiaries of all schemes to which the bonus previously applied. Illness Benefit and Family Income Supplement (FIS) were never eligible for the bonus in the past and similar arrangements apply this year. While the short-term Illness Benefit scheme is not eligible for the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (2 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: The part-time job incentive scheme is a non-statutory scheme, which allows people who are long-term unemployed to take up part-time employment for less than 24 hours per week and receive a special weekly income supplement. Participants on the scheme are expected to continue to make efforts to find full-time work. There are currently 381 participants on the scheme with a budget of just under...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (2 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: The disability allowance (DA) application from the person in question was disallowed on 23 October 2015 because a deciding officer decided that he did not satisfy the medical conditions for DA purposes. The person concerned was advised of the option to submit further medical evidence and/or lodge an appeal directly to the Social Welfare Appeals Office. The Department has no record of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (2 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: Following a successful appeal, the person in question has been awarded a disability allowance payment with effect from 9 October 2013. First payment was on 26 August 2015. Arrears issued to the person in question by their chosen payment method on 30 November 2015.