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One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: So they want our pensioners queuing like the poor pensioners in Greece. That is what they have in store for them.

One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: This is her only vision and ambition, not for herself but for people who are parenting alone.

One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: Before these reforms, that is exactly what the one parent family scheme did and I was not prepared to tolerate it. I have too much admiration for people who are parenting alone.

One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: I want as good an outcome for their children as I want for anybody else's children, and I make no apologies to Sinn Féin, which wants to lock down poverty and joblessness. A strong welfare system is essential as a safety net. In the teeth of Ireland's worst economic crisis, the Labour Party in government protected this safety net and, with the recovery under way, has started making...

One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: Perhaps the Deputies are not aware of it. Both these schemes build on the annual investment of €260 million into high quality child care, which benefits approximately 100,000 children each year. We do not yet have sufficient quantity and quality in our child care system. This is why I very deliberately ensured that the age threshold at which the one-parent family payment ends would...

One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: I move amendment No. 2:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following: “acknowledges that despite significant levels of investment, including an estimated €607 million in 2015, the one parent family payment scheme has not been successful in preventing lone parents from being significantly more at risk of consistent poverty than the...

One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: Yes.

Deaths in Tunisia: Expressions of Sympathy (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: It is with great sadness that for the second time in a matter of weeks we are assembling in the Dáil to make statements on another tragedy overseas. As Tánaiste and on behalf of the Labour Party, I want to extend my deepest sympathy to the families of Laurence and Martina Hayes and Lorna Carty. It is appropriate that we should mark their deaths by flying the flag at half mast over...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: In July 2013 the person concerned made an application for an increase in respect of a qualified child. As the person’s civil status had now changed from single to cohabiting, his entitlement to carer’s allowance was re-examined. The person concerned was notified on 22 October 2014 that payment was being stopped pending receipt of medical evidence to confirm that the person...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: EU Funding (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) is worth €3.8 billion in real terms across all Member States for the budget period 2014-2020. Ireland’s share is roughly €22.8m and with an Exchequer contribution of €4m will provide some €26.8m overall in support for the period to the end of December 2023. The Department is the designated managing...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 25 May 2015. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When these papers have been received from the Department, the case in question will be referred...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Payments (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The client’s current Mortgage Interest Supplement rate is appropriate based on information received from the appropriate lending institution, which shows interest payments in 2015 have reduced substantially when compared with 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration Legislation (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The current legislation governing the solemnisation of marriages in Ireland is Part 6 of the Civil Registration Act, 2004. Section 53 of this Act provides for a register (Register of Solemnisers) of persons empowered, by virtue of their registration in the Register, to solemnise marriages. Section 54 of this Act provides for the application by bodies for registration of persons and in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: Disability allowance arrears will issue to the person in question in the next few days.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: In 2014 approximately 48.8% of the department’s payments to customers were via cash payments services provided by An Post. It is anticipated that the proportion will be 47.5% in 2015 or around 37.5 million transactions. There is a general societal trend towards electronic payments and new department of social welfare customers with a choice of payment options are overwhelmingly...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person in question on the 28th April 2015. It is a condition for receipt of CA that the person providing the care cannot work outside the home for more than 15 hours per week. The application for CA in respect of the person concerned was disallowed by a deciding officer (DO) as s/he was...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 9th April 2015. The application is currently with a social welfare inspector to assess the level of care being provided, assess means and confirm that all the conditions for receipt of carer’s allowance are satisfied. Once the inspector has completed and submitted...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 16th June 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 (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: In order to establish the person’s entitlement, the deciding officer wrote to the person in question on 12 May 2015 requesting information not already supplied. A decision will be made upon receipt of the requested information and the person will be notified directly of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (30 Jun 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. A claim for IP was received from the person concerned on 11 March 2015. In order to establish medical suitability two medical report forms for completion issued to the person concerned on 14...