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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The client concerned provided relevant documentation to the Department confirming increased rent on 22/10/15. Subsequently the client's rate of Rent Supplement was increased as an exceptional measure due to extenuating family circumstances and will be subject to ongoing review by the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, has decided to disallow the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Applications (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The person in question is in receipt of an invalidity pension. An application for the fuel allowance was received from the person concerned on the 11/05/2015 and she has been assessed as eligible for the allowance for the 2015/2016 fuel season. Fuel allowance has been paid to the person concerned from the 08 October 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: A claim from the person concerned was received in my department on 14 Oct 2015 seeking payment of illness benefit from 22 September 2015. The claim could not be authorised immediately as the person concerned was being claimed for as a qualified adult on their spouse’s jobseekers allowance claim. In view of this it was necessary to ascertain if the person concerned wished to claim...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (10 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 5thNovember 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: Illness Benefit Applications (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned made a claim to illness benefit and this claim was received in my department on 21 Oct 2015. The claim was awarded on 2 Nov 2015 and the person concerned has entitlement to illness benefit at the maximum personal rate of €188.00. I am pleased to inform you that payment of illness benefit issued to the bank account of the person concerned on 4 Nov 2015. The...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: Except in certain exceptional circumstances, disability allowance (DA) is not payable for any period in respect of which the claimant is resident outside of the state. On an administrative basis, DA allows for two weeks holiday entitlement in any twelve month period. In all circumstances, DA recipients must inform the department that they are intending to leave the state in advance of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant Applications (10 Nov 2015)

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: Disability Allowance (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been awarded disability allowance (DA) with effect from 16 April 2015. The first payment issued by her chosen payment method on 13 May 2015. The person in question was in receipt of another social welfare payment during the period 16 April 2015 to 12 May 2015 which is not payable in addition to DA. Consequently, the amount of social welfare already paid required to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No 35247-15 of 13th October 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The client concerned is in receipt of Rent Supplement which is assessed based on her weekly One Parent Family payment. The Department notes this client may be commencing a full time PhD, which would remove entitlement to Rent Supplement as it is not payable where the person is in education that is not an approved government education programme as defined by the Back to Education Allowance Scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: There are currently almost 414,000 customers in receipt of the electricity/gas allowance as part of the household benefits package. In 2014, my Department spent in excess of €176 million on the electricity/gas allowance. This report seems to have arisen where a customer misread the amount of their allowance on their energy bill, then contacted the media and a number of outlets...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: DSP customers who receive payment by electronic funds transfer must retain a clear choice of what financial institutions they wish to use. Customers who wish to change their payment arrangements can contact the relevant scheme area - details of which are available from the department's website .

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been awarded disability allowance (DA) with effect from 8 October 2014. The first payment issued by his chosen payment method on 4 November 2015. The person in question was in receipt of another social welfare payment during the period 8 October 2014 to 3 November 2015. Consequently, the amount of social welfare already paid requires to be calculated and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The person in question was in receipt of another social welfare payment during the period 3 September 2014 to 26 May 2015. Consequently, the amount of social welfare already paid required calculation and was deducted from any arrears due. This process was completed by the Department as quickly as possible. Disability allowance arrears issued to the person in question on 7 September 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: Where a person in receipt of disability allowance dies, the payment may continue for a period of six weeks after death in certain circumstances. The main provisions relating to payments after death are contained in Section 248 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 2005. In order to get six weeks payment after death, the deceased person must be getting - an increase for a qualified adult...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (10 Nov 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. The prsi conditions are that a person must have a minimum of 39 reckonable contributions paid or credited in the tax year governing the claim. Claims made in 2015 are governed by the 2013 tax year, and only Classes a, e, h, and p...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 7th 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: Public Sector Staff Redeployment (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The staff who transferred from FÁS into my Department in 2012 were in a variety of FÁS grades. These grades were mapped against Civil Service grades in accordance with pay scales and were approved by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and were duly agreed with the FÁS unions. In respect of the FÁS Grades 11G, 11H, 11K, 11L, 11P, the pay scales for these...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Sector Staff Redeployment (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: There are currently 523 staff serving in my Department’s office in College Road, Sligo. The temporary staff to whom the Deputy refers were recruited on fixed purpose contracts i.e. they were recruited to assist with specific projects. In accordance with the relevant employment legislation, once the purpose for which they were recruited ends, the Department is obliged to give...