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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Data (25 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: Disability allowance (DA) is payable to eligible people between the ages of 16 and under 66. At the end of October 2015 there were 117,646 people in receipt of DA. The age breakdown is as follows: Age Number of DA recipients 16 1,248 17 1,482 18 1,482 19 1,529 20 1,530 21 1,491 22 1,634 23 1,662 24 1,815 25 1,680 26 1,652 27 1,660 28 1,696 29 1,766 30 1,867 31 1,837 32...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Data (25 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The following is a breakdown of recipients of disability allowance (DA) aged between 18 and 24: Age Number of DA Recipients 18 1,482 19 1,529 20 1,530 21 1,491 22 1,634 23 1,662 24 1,815 Total 11,143

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (25 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: All changes in circumstances should be immediately notified to the Department. The client concerned should submit to the Department an up to date Rent Supplement application form confirming increase in monthly rent to allow their entitlement be re-assessed.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pensions Data (25 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The table below shows the number of claims received, approved, pending and refused for the periods requested. INVALIDITY PENSION CLAIMS Year Received Awarded Disallowed Pending at end of period *2013 9,640 9,494 9,298 2,013 2014 9,240 7,018 6,543 2,034 @ end Oct 2015 8,059 6,640 5,072 1,712 The awarded figure includes applications which were initially disallowed but were subsequently...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions Payments (25 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the attached tabular statement. State Pension Non-Contributory Year Claims Registered Claims Awarded Claims Refused Claims Pending (Year End/31 October 2015) 2013 9,429 7,445 2,351 1,780 2014 8,998 7,750 2,350 1,552 31 October 2015 8,341 6,369 1,817 2,228 State Pension Contributory Year Claims Registered Claims Awarded Claims...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (25 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the tabular statement below. Jobseeker’s Allowance recipients at 31 October 2015 by age and rate of payment. - Maximum Weekly Personal Rate of Payment Age €188 €144 €100 Total by age 18 110 1 2805 2,916 19 275 2 3933 4,210 20 469 5 4189 4,663 21 598 8 3878 4,484 22 720 47 3952 4,719 23 922 545 3557...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (25 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 52 and 53 together. The cost of increasing the €100 weekly rate for jobseekers under 26 years of age to a maximum personal weekly rate of €144 is €68.25 million in a full year, including proportional increases for qualified adults where applicable. The cost of increasing the €100 and €144 weekly rate for jobseekers...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (25 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The cost of increasing the weekly rate of Jobseeker's Allowance to €188 for all recipients under 26 years of age who are currently in receipt of the €144 rate is almost €12 million in a full year. Jobseeker’s allowance recipients who are in receipt of the maximum personal rate of €144 per week may benefit from two of the measures I recently announced in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (25 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The jobseeker’s allowance schemes provide income support for people who have lost work and are unable to find alternative full-time employment. The Revised 2015 Estimates for the Department provide for expenditure this year on the jobseekers’ schemes of €3.01 billion. In line with other EU and OECD jurisdictions reduced rates for jobseeker’s allowance...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Data (25 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: Information relating to a claimant’s address is not currently coded to the geographical location of the address. As such it is not possible to accurately report numbers of people on the live register living in a particular area at present. However, I am informed that at the end of October there were 117,646 recipients of Disability Allowance of which 28,978 were resident in County Dublin.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Activation Projects (25 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The report of the evaluation of the Disability Activation (DACT) project, conducted by Indecon International Economic Consultants on behalf of the department, is available on the department’s website: An interdepartmental working group to examine the findings of the report has been established and its first meeting was held in October last. Membership of the working group comprises...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Reform (25 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: PRSI credited contributions or “credits” are a form of PRSI contribution recorded on an employee’s social record. Credits protect an employee’s social insurance entitlements by covering gaps in insurance where they are not in a position to pay PRSI, such as during periods of unemployment, illness etc. To qualify for credits a worker must have paid at least...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Eligibility (25 Nov 2015)

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 person concerned is in receipt of IP at the maximum weekly personal rate and receives an increase (half rate) for three qualified children (IQC). He also has a travel pass and is in receipt...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (25 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on 11 December 2013. This application was not allowed as the child was not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance. A letter issued on the 18 February 2014 outlining the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance. A review of this decision was requested on 29 June...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Review (25 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on 22 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 the 5 October 2015 outlining the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance. A review of this decision was requested on 23 October...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme (25 Nov 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: Carer's Allowance Applications (25 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for carer’s allowance (CA) on 9 July 2014. To qualify for CA an applicant must be providing full-time care and attention to a person who requires that level of care. Where an applicant can prove to the satisfaction of a deciding officer that they have arranged for adequate provision of the relevant person, they can be employed, self-employed or engaged on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Applications (25 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 21 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: Carer's Allowance Applications (24 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on 12 August 2015. Some additional information in relation to the person’s employment was required and was requested by the deciding officer on 12 November 2015. Once the information is received the application will be processed and the person concerned will be notified...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (24 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The State pension (contributory) is a very valuable benefit and is the bedrock of the Irish pension system. Since 1961, when contributory pensions were first introduced, the average contributions test has been used in calculating pension entitlement. Once over 16 years of age, the date a person enters into insurable employment is the date used for averaging purposes. The social protection...