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

Joan Burton: The Department does not engage medical practitioner’s to meet children for whom an application for domiciliary care allowance has been made. As outlined in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 7 October 2015, medical assessments for DCA are conducted by the Department’s medical assessors who, having examined the medical evidence and other supporting information...

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

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 3 June 2015. The application was refused by a deciding officer (DO) on the grounds that person concerned was working outside the home for more than 15 hours per week contrary to the conditions for receipt of CA. She was notified on 6 July 2015 of this decision, the reason...

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

Joan Burton: The National Fuel Scheme 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 allowance when...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: Any changes in a client’s circumstances that may affect their entitlements should be immediately notified to the Department. The client concerned should submit to the Department current payslips, an up to date Rent Supplement application form and lease agreement confirming any increase in their monthly rent. On receipt of this documentation, the client's rate of Rent Supplement...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned made a claim for one parent family allowance in her local office on 2ndOctober, 2015 and has been notified of an appointment with a deciding officer on 19thOctober, 2015 to process the claim. Following this meeting she will receive written confirmation of the decision from her local office. It is open to the person concerned to contact her local office to discuss this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for Back to Education Allowance for a Level 5 course in Disability Healthcare Support. The person concerned already holds a FETAC level 5 qualification. Under the Back to Education guidelines a person cannot reapply for the same level course within a 3 year period unless they hold 156 Class ‘A’ stamps for that period. The record of the person...

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

Joan Burton: The application for disability allowance (DA) from the person in question was disallowed on 22 August 2015 by a deciding officer (DO). The grounds for the disallowance were, based upon the evidence provided, that he does not satisfy the medical conditions for the scheme. The person in question was notified of this decision, the reason(s) for it and was advised of his rights to have the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: I refer the Deputy to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 8 October 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is 19 years of age and currently attending a third level PLC course. He currently does not have any live claim with this department. In order to qualify for Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) third level option a claimant must be in receipt of a qualifying payment for 9 months (234 paid or credited days of unemployment) unless they have been made redundant immediately...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The Department has not, to date, received an application for Rent Supplement from the client concerned. The client should forward an application to be assessed for entitlement to the Mid-Leinster Rent Unit, PO Box 11758, Dublin 24.

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

Joan Burton: The person concerned was awarded disability allowance with effect from 20 May 2015. The first payment was made by his selected payment method on 5 August 2015. Following a successful appeal in relation to the backdating of his claim, disability allowance has been awarded with effect from 8 October 2014. Arrears due to the person in question will issue shortly once any necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Numbers (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The following table shows the number of applications for state pension contributory (SPC) received during each of the four years period 2011-2014, and the outcomes of SPC applications decided during that period. SPC new applications received 2011-2014 SPC new applications received 2011-2014 SPC decisions issued 2011-2014 SPC decisions issued 2011-2014 SPC decisions issued 2011-2014...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: I refer the Deputy to identical Question No. 12 answered last week on 13 October 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme (20 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The farm assist scheme provides support for farmers on low incomes and is similar to jobseeker’s allowance. Farm assist recipients retain the advantages of the jobseeker’s allowance scheme such as the retention of secondary benefits and access to activation programmes. The 2015 Revised Estimates for the Department provide for expenditure of almost €89 million on the...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: I am disappointed at the Opposition's contribution because I expected more vision, more thoughtfulness and more solutions from it. Instead, what we got was just like the nursery rhyme and Old Mother Hubbard’s cupboard - it was bare. Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin have offered a cupboard which is actually bare of any ideas. More importantly, neither party appreciates the concept...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: Yes, that was Fianna Fáil’s bright idea.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: -----and now his successor the Minister, Deputy Jan O’Sullivan, is equipping primary and post-primary schools for the next wave of improvement. This budget will deliver more than 2,200 new teachers and reduce the pupil-teacher ratio by one point at both levels. This is something that people involved in teaching have strongly recommended. We agreed with the recommendation but we...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: That is important for people who are paying for a contributory pension. Rather than every commentator writing about the hole in the Social Insurance Fund as they did prior to Fianna Fáil leaving office, we can now say that we have restored the security and stability of that fund and we can fund and pay pensions to people in retirement.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: It is important to remember that fathers who work in the home, of which there are a growing number, will benefit from the changes in the same way. I am pleased that we are announcing an increase in the home carer’s credit from €810 to €1,000, which will offer better options to families at different stages in their lives. The days are rightly gone when child-rearing or...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: This is a carefully designed, responsible, interlocking budget in which different pieces come together to form the overall picture, that is, a picture of a country moving firmly in the right direction and of a society becoming more confident that both society and the economy can be restored. The budget is designed to help people back to work, to raise living standards in all homes, to help...