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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for Carer's Allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 29 May 2015. It is a condition for receipt of a CA that the carer must be providing full-time care and attention. It is a further condition that the person being cared for must require full-time care and attention. The evidence submitted in support of this application was examined...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The Training Support Grant (TSG) is designed to fund quick access to short-term training where this cannot be provided by a State provider within a reasonable time or where a intervention is identified that can support individual jobseekers to access work opportunities. Access to the scheme is via the Department’s case officers who are tasked with identifying support interventions for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a payment made to people who satisfy means and habitual residency conditions and are providing full-time care and attention to a person or persons who requires such care. In general, a person may not receive more than one weekly social welfare payment at the same time. However, when a person has an entitlement to CA and is also entitled to another weekly social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Tax Code (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: I am introducing the tapered PRSI Credit as part of Budget 2016, to address a significant issue with the manner in which charging PRSI impacts those on lower weekly earnings. Currently Class A employees become liable to pay PRSI on all earnings, once weekly earnings exceed €352.01 This creates a “step effect” as net income reduces immediately by the full 4% PRSI charge...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card Provision (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The Department has developed, in conjunction with a number of other Government Departments, a rules based standard for establishing and authenticating an individual’s identity for the purposes of access to public services. This programme of work, which is known as the Standard Authentication Framework Environment or SAFE for short, also provides for the introduction of a Public...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the person concerned has made an application to have their disability allowance (DA) payment increased in respect of two dependent children. This application has been awarded and back-dated to 5 June 2013. The next payment, due to the person in question on 21 October 2015, will include this increase. Arrears of increase for qualified children have recently issued by...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: A number of client categories are specifically excluded in legislation from receiving assistance under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme. These include people in full-time employment and people in full-time education. A trainee Garda is therefore not eligible to apply for assistance under this scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Qualified Child Increase Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The estimated cost in 2016 and in a full year of increasing the qualified child increase by €5 and by €10 is €93.7 million and €187.3 million, respectively. This includes the costs related to the Back to Work Family Dividend. On Budget Day yesterday, I announced a social welfare Budget package for 2016 with four key aims: - To increase supports for pensioners...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The National Fuel Scheme (fuel allowance) applies to persons in receipt of long term Social Welfare payments. The allowance is subject to a means test and is paid only to those who live alone or with certain exempted people. Full details of the qualifying criteria for the scheme are available on the Department’s website www.welfare.ie. The person concerned applied for fuel...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: Disability allowance arrears have recently issued to the person in question and he may expect to receive them within the next few days.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 22ndJuly 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: Community Employment Schemes Places (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The Department’s records indicate that while the person concerned has already been a participant on a Community Employment scheme, he is eligible to apply for another position.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm the person in question is in receipt of reduced rate of disability allowance due to income from his spouse’s employment. The means assessment applied by the deciding officer is set down in legislation and therefore the deciding officer cannot deviate from the process. There are disregards applied to the income to allow for expenses. If there has been a change to the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Question Nos. 212 to 214, inclusive, together. The estimated full year cost in 2016 of increasing the €100 and €144 rates of jobseeker's allowance for those aged 18 to 24 years of age by €10.00, €20.00 and €30.00 is detailed in the following table. Weekly Increase 18 to 24 year olds (on €144 per week rate only) Cost €m 18...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 215 to 217, inclusive, together. Given the demand-led nature of the three schemes in question, such changes in the qualifying conditions would have an unquantifiable impact on the numbers of people claiming, and as a result, it is not possible to estimate the costs involved.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on 10 July 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: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 7th September 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the jobseeker’s allowance appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 22ndSeptember 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a payment made to people who satisfy means and habitual residency conditions and are providing full-time care and attention to a person or persons who requires such care. When an applicant is getting certain social welfare payments and also satisfies the conditions for CA, they can keep their main social welfare payment and get a half-rate CA as well. The person...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: In order to qualify for either a jobseeker’s benefit or jobseeker’s allowance payment an individual must be available for and be genuinely seeking full time employment. This is a key criterion of the jobseekers schemes. Any change to the requirement to be available for and genuinely seeking full time employment could fundamentally undermine the integrity of the jobseekers...