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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: The client concerned should provide the Department with 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 entitlement can be assessed.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was in receipt of a jobseeker's allowance payment from 30/08/2000 until the 26/06/2015. The payment was suspended as the person concerned declared himself unfit for work. He was asked to produce a medical note to this effect but none was supplied. The person concerned made an application for disability allowance on 6/05/2015 and was refused on medical grounds on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: The Department has not been informed of any change of circumstance for the client concerned. The client is in receipt of her full entitlement to Rent Supplement based on monthly rent, weekly income and family composition. The client should advise the Department of any changes in their circumstances which might alter this entitlement.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (24 Sep 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 Rent Supplement to the Mid-Leinster Rent Unit, PO Box 11758, Dublin 24.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: The client concerned should provide the Department with 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 entitlement can be assessed.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is in receipt of Jobseeker’s Allowance at the full maximum personal rate of €188 per week.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned commenced on a community employment (CE) scheme sponsored by the North Kildare Leisure Club Ltd on 2/11/2009 and is due to finish with this CE scheme on 23/10/2015. The person concerned is eligible to participate for a maximum of six years on CE which they will have completed on the 23/10/2015. As the person concerned will have utilised their maximum time allowable...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 81 and 82 together. The estimated cost in 2016 (and a full year) of a €5 and €10 increase in the weekly rate of all working age payments is €201.7 million and €403.4 million, respectively. The estimated cost in 2016 (and a full year) of a €5 and €10 increase in the weekly rate of all pension age payments is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: Given the complex and detailed nature of the Deputy’s request it is not possible for the Department in the timeframe available to calculate the estimated full year cost of increasing the maximum child age of the one-parent family payment (OFP) scheme from its current threshold of seven years to, respectively, eight years, nine years, ten years, eleven years, thirteen years, and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (23 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 43 and 44 together. The purpose of the redundancy payments scheme is to compensate workers, under the Redundancy Payments Acts, 1967 to 2011, for the loss of their jobs by reason of redundancy. Generally, a redundancy situation arises where an employee’s job ceases to exist, and he or she is not replaced for such reasons as...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (23 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a social assistance payment made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to people with disabilities who require full-time care and attention and whose income falls below certain limits. When an applicant is getting certain social welfare payments and providing full-time care and attention to another person, they can keep their main social welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Appeals (23 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was in receipt of illness benefit from December 2008 to August 2013 when he was found capable of work. He appealed the decision and in the meantime received Jobseeker's Allowance up to August 2015.As he did not attend an examination by a Medical Assessor as required as part of the appeal process, the appeal was withdrawn. A new claim to illness benefit was received on 7...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (23 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: State pension (contributory) entitlement is calculated by the ‘yearly average’ system, where the total number of contributions paid or credited are divided by the number of years of the person’s insurance record. The maximum rate of pension is payable where a person has a yearly average of at least 48, and there are banded entitlements below that. In calculating the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (23 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: The Department routinely reviews ongoing entitlement to all its schemes. The continued eligibility for disability allowance (DA) of the person concerned is currently under review. In order to complete the medical review, a form will be issued to him within the next few days for completion by his doctor. Once completed by his doctor, the form should be returned to this department for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (23 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: A breakdown of the average time, where available, to award claims during August 2015 is detailed in the following tabular statement. It should be noted that processing times vary by scheme reflecting the differing requirements to satisfy conditions such as income/means limits and medical eligibility. The processing times provided in the table also incorporate the impact of overall processing...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (23 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: The Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) is designed to support second chance education. It enables social welfare customers in receipt of certain payments to pursue full-time education courses and to continue to receive income support in the form of an allowance. The BTEA is paid for the duration of the course of study, subject to the customer continuing to meet the conditions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications (23 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is currently in receipt of the maximum personal rate of disability allowance (DA) and this rate has not changed since October 2013. If the circumstances of the person in question have changed, he should contact the Department as soon as possible so his entitlement may be reviewed.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (23 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: The additional information that was sought from the person concerned has now been provided. Consequently all payments of rent supplement that are due to the person concerned have been processed and will now be issued.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (23 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: A key qualifying condition for the payment of carer’s allowance is that the person receiving care is medically assessed as needing care on a full-time basis, while a person in receipt of carer’s allowance can engage in employment, self-employment, training or education outside the home for up to 15 hours per week and still qualify for the payment. I am satisfied that this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (23 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: Disability allowance arrears issued to the person in question by his chosen payment method on 21 September 2015.