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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (7 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was in receipt of one parent family payment until 2 July 2015 when their entitlement ceased. In addition to their income from part-time employment, the person is currently in receipt of family income supplement of €95 per week. The person has also been awarded back to work family dividend at the rate of €29.80 per week. This claim has been backdated to 2...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (7 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is currently in receipt of supplementary welfare allowance at the rate of €74.92 per week, for which the person’s means were assessed at €140.88 per week. A claim for jobseeker's allowance has been submitted with effect from 2 October 2015 and the person has been asked to provide documentary evidence from their employer confirming the date that...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (7 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the Department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on 16 September 2015. Once processed, the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (7 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 21st August 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: Social Insurance Yield (7 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The following table shows the total amount of employer’s Pay Related Social Insurance collected in each of the years, 2011 to 2014, and in 2015 up to 30th June 2015: 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 YTD 30th June €000 €000 €000 €000 €000 5,460,786 4,995,971 5,331,152 5,749,428 3,101,053 A breakdown of employer contributions by county is not available for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Living Wage (7 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: My Department procures services from suppliers via open public procurement which is governed by a comprehensive regulatory, legal and procedural framework. In particular procurement practice is governed by EU Directive 18 of 2004 and supported by procurement guidelines published by the Department of Finance, and circulars of the Department of Finance and Department of Public Expenditure and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme (7 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The farm assist scheme provides support for farmers on low incomes and is similar to jobseeker’s allowance. The 2015 Revised Estimates for the Department provide for expenditure this year on the farm assist scheme of €88.7 million. The farm assist scheme is kept under ongoing review. My officials have regular discussions and meetings with the IFA in relation to the scheme....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Paternity Leave Scheme (6 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: There has been no Government decision on the introduction of a paternity benefit scheme. I am not therefore in a position to give any details of how such a scheme might operate. However, it should be noted that paternity benefit could only be introduced in conjunction with a paternity leave scheme. Responsibility for any proposed paternity leave scheme would in the first instance be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (6 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was 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. Consequently, the amount of social welfare already paid was deducted from any DA payments for the same...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (6 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: Disability allowance arrears has issued to the person concerned on 1 October 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (6 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: A breakdown of the average time, where available, to award claims during August 2015 is detailed in the following tabular statement. Processing times vary by scheme reflecting their differing legal eligibility requirements such as income/means limits and medical status. The processing times provided in the table also incorporate the impact of overall processing times of the appeals process....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (6 Oct 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 10 April 2015. The person concerned was refused IP on the grounds that a deciding officer has decided that the medical...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (6 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned failed to reply to correspondence issued to her. Consequentially her payment of disability allowance (DA) stopped on 27th August 2014. In order to assess her entitlement, we have issued a form to the person in question. This is to obtain information relating to her current circumstances. On receipt of this information a deciding officer will complete a review and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Tax Code (6 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: Employers are obliged to deduct PRSI at the appropriate rate from the earnings of an employee. This PRSI must be paid by the employer to the Revenue Commissioners, normally on a monthly basis, through the Revenue On-Line Service (ROS). If PRSI is not remitted on time then penalties may be incurred. This is within the remit of the Revenue Commissioners. It is a function of Department...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (6 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The carer’s allowance application of the person concerned was awarded on 1 October 2015 by arrears only, for the period from 7 May 2015 to 29 July 2015, when the person concerned ceased to provide full-time care and attention. Payment of the arrears is due to issue to the nominated bank account on 8 October 2015. The person concerned was notified of the decision on 1 October 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (6 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: There are no supernumerary positions in the Department, or in the agencies under the Departments remit.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Qualified Child Increase Eligibility (6 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the Department received an application for an increase of qualified child from the person concerned on 31 July 2015. On 20 August 2015, the person in question returned a completed questionnaire regarding this application. The deciding officer required some more information in order to ascertain eligibility to the allowance and subsequently referred the application to a local...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Guardian's Payment Appeals (6 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: Based on the evidence available, the Deciding Officer decided that the person concerned was not entitled to guardian’s payment (non- contributory) in respect of her granddaughter, who was over 18 years of age and not certified as having been in full time education at a recognised school or college for the period from 5th June 2009 to 9th June 2011, resulting in an overpayment. It...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (6 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for illness benefit and initially instructed on their application that payment be made to their employer. The person concerned subsequently wanted the payment to be made directly to them. There is no record of the cheque having been returned to the Department. In such cases the procedures are that a form of indemnity must be completed by the customer and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (6 Oct 2015)

Joan Burton: The application for disability allowance, based upon the evidence submitted, was refused on medical grounds and the person in question was notified in writing of this decision on 19 August 2015. The person in question requested an appeal, which was forwarded to the social welfare appeals office(SWAO) on 1 October 2015.