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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (2 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for disability allowance from the above named person on 12 June 2015. On completion of the necessary investigations on all aspects of the claim a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome. The processing time for individual disability allowance claims may vary in accordance with...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (2 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on 4 June 2015.To qualify the carer must live with or be in a position to provide full-time care and attention (FTCA) to a person who requires FTCA. The carer must also satisfy a means test. The application from the person concerned is currently being processed and once these...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Ministerial Meetings (2 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: As the Deputy will appreciate, in view of the range of my remit as Minister I receive representations, including requests for meetings from a broad range of sources, including members of the Oireachtas, local and voluntary groups and private individuals and companies. I meet with a wide number of groups and organisations in the normal course of my duties both informally and formally....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (2 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 7 May 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: Disability Allowance Applications (2 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The application, based upon the evidence submitted, was refused on medical grounds and the person concerned was notified in writing of this decision on 24 April 2015. Further medical evidence was received in this case on 2 June 2015 and is currently being reviewed. The person in question can expect a decision on the review of his disability allowance application shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (2 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: In order to determine the circumstances of the person concerned, his file was forwarded to his local Social Welfare Inspector. S/he will arrange to meet with the person in question as soon as possible. A final decision on his entitlement to disability allowance will be given on receipt of the Social Welfare Inspectors report. The person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Applications (2 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: Under the provisions of the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) Act, 1984 an employer company shall be regarded as insolvent if the company is placed into receivership or if a winding-up order has been made or a resolution for the voluntary liquidation of the company has been passed. The former employer of the person concerned has not engaged in any of these processes and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (2 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 29th April 2015. The application is currently being processed and the person concerned will be notified shortly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (2 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on 28 October 2014. This application was refused on the grounds that her means exceeded the statutory limit. She was notified on the 4June 2015 of this decision, the reason for it and of her right of review and appeal. No further correspondence has been received from the person concerned to date.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Reform (2 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: There is no time limit applying to invalidity pension and illness benefit is currently payable for a maximum of two years, and I have no plans to introduce changes along the lines outlined in the question.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (2 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: Expenditure on the One Parent Family Payment (OFP) scheme is estimated to be €607 million in 2015 with almost 70,000 recipients. However, despite committing extensive funding to lone parent payments since the 1970s, lone parents remain the most at-risk-of-poverty, and their children are at a high risk of poverty. For too long, significant numbers of lone parents have been...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Personal Insolvency Act (2 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: Matters to do with the Personal Insolvency Act and all related measures are the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (2 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department is in receipt of an application for disability allowance from the above named person on 18 June 2015. On completion of the necessary investigations on all aspects of the claim a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome. The processing time for individual disability allowance claims may vary in accordance with...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (2 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The Department has not been informed of any change in circumstance for this client. The client should advise the Department of any changes in their circumstances so that their entitlement can be re-assessed.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (2 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been in receipt of rent supplement from this Department since March 2014. All claims for rent supplement are subject to periodic review, and as part of the review process the Department carries out visits to a person’s residence in order to confirm continued eligibility for this payment. In the case of the person concerned a Rents Officer visited his...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (2 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is in receipt of a reduced State pension (contributory) entitlement based on the social insurance record available, which indicates he does not have any contributions recorded for the period 1969 to 1997. In order to check completeness of his insurance record, the person concerned has been requested on a number of occasions to forward any details they may hold of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Applications (2 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The Department will make automatic payments of back to school clothing and footwear allowance (BSCFA) to approximately 106,000 people week ending 17 July 2015. The person referred to by the Deputy is not among the group of customers selected for automatic payment so they will have to complete an application form. An application form has been sent to the person concerned that should be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (2 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: Due to the clients change in circumstances, a new Rent Supplement application should be sent to the Mid Leinster Rents Unit so that the client’s entitlement can be re-assessed. An application has been issued by post to the client.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (2 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: According to the records of this Department the person concerned has not made a recent application for an exceptional needs payment. It is open to the person concerned to submit such an application to her local Community Welfare Service.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Ministerial Expenditure (2 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: Since I became Minister for Social Protection in 2011 I have published and regularly updated the expenses I have incurred in the performance of my functions as Minister for Social Protection and Tánaiste. Likewise the expenses incurred by the Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection are published and regularly updated on the Department’s website. The information...