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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (3 Nov 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 relevant person/persons and whose income falls below certain limits. The application is currently with a social welfare inspector for assessment of means and confirmation that all the conditions for receipt of carer’s allowance are satisfied. Once the...

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

Joan Burton: In order to determine the circumstances of the person concerned regarding self-employment, his disability allowance (DA) file was forwarded to his local Social Welfare Inspector. S/he will arrange to meet with the person in question within the next few days. A decision on his entitlement to DA will be given on receipt of the Social Welfare Inspector’s report. The person in question...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The client concerned is receiving an exceptional rate of Rent Supplement equivalent to their current rent from July 2015 due to personal circumstances following an intervention by the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: It is not necessary for a customer to have an acknowledgement of an application for a particular job from a company in order for them to demonstrate that they have made efforts to find employment. Where a customer is genuinely seeking work they can easily demonstrate this to my Department by being able to explain or show that they have made oral, written or on-line applications for work to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (3 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 14 September 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: Invalidity Pension Applications (3 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 department received a claim for IP for the person concerned on the 12 October 2015. The claim will be processed as quickly as possible and the person in question will be notified...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Guardian's Payment Appeals (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 18 September 2015, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (3 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: Jobseeker's Allowance (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been claiming jobseeker's benefit from this Department since 28 August 2015. Her rate of payment is based on her average weekly earnings in the Governing Contribution Year (2013) in which she paid social insurance, upon which her entitlement to this payment is based. When she made this claim she was advised during her interview that she had the option to claim...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (3 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 allow 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 Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The income tax treatment of married and cohabiting couples is a matter for the Minister for Finance. The social welfare code recognises the couple status of co-habiting couples and treats married and co-habiting couples in a similar manner. The EEC Equality Directive 79/9 and the subsequent Supreme Court case (Hyland v Minister for Social Welfare, 1989) led to the change in treatment of...

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

Joan Burton: The second-named person has been awarded a disability allowance payment with effect from 11 February 2015. First payment was on 28 October 2015 and arrears due issued by cheque on 22 October 2015. I confirm that the department received an application for Carer’s Allowance (CA) from the first-named person on 19 March 2015. This application for CA has been disallowed as a deciding...

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

Joan Burton: The person in question has been awarded disability allowance with effect from 9 September 2015. Their first payment will be on 18 November 2015 and any arrears due will follow shortly thereafter.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who has decided to hold an oral hearing in this case on 11 November 2015. The person concerned has been notified of the arrangements for the hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the...

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

Joan Burton: With effect from 1 January 2015, signing days will not be frozen for new applicants for jobseeker’s benefit (JB) who are approved for the back to education allowance (BTEA); the JB cumulative days of entitlement continue to be counted while in receipt of the BTEA. The person concerned was approved for JB from 1st June 2015 and entitlement to benefit will continue for 9 months...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant (3 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: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: As stated in a recent reply on this case (ref: 36045-15 & 36784-15), although the details supplied in the correspondence refer to a person who is a customer of this Department the correspondence itself is from a third party, and therefore due to Data Protection legislation the Department cannot comment on the matter. However as an allegation of potential wrongdoing has now been made,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been awarded invalidity pension with effect from the 19 November 2015 and her first payment will issue to her nominated bank account on this date. The person in question was notified of this decision on the 30 October 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The youth unemployment rate rose relatively rapidly in the recession that began in 2008, from 9% on average in 2007 to a peak of 31.2% in June 2012. Since then, the seasonally adjusted youth unemployment rate has fallen steadily to 20.6% as of September 2015, reflecting the impact of government policy and the overall improvement in the labour market. The share of youth not in employment,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The estimated full year cost of increasing Disability Allowance, Blind Pension, Invalidity Pension and Carer's Allowance by €5.00, €10.00 and €15.00 per week is detailed in the table below: Weekly Increase Disability Allowance €m Blind Pension €m Invalidity Pension €m Carer's Allowance €m Total €m €5.00 32.78 0.37 16.03...