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

Joan Burton: A child under 16 years is deemed medically eligible for carer's allowance (CA) once domiciliary care allowance (DCA) is in payment for that child. Once the child reaches 16 years of age and entitlement to DCA ceases, a review of CA is undertaken to determine if there is continuing entitlement. The child concerned reached 16 years on 18 May 2015. On the 30 January 2015, a letter was issued to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: It is anticipated that approximately 29,400 one-parent family payment recipients will be transitioning out of the one-parent family payment scheme on 2 July, 2015. A breakdown by county basis of the number of persons who will be impacted by the changes is not available.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: Expenditure on the One Parent Family Payment (OFP) scheme is estimated to be €607million 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: Carer's Allowance Appeals (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: In order to qualify for carer’s allowance (CA), the person providing the care cannot be engaged in employment, self-employment, training or education courses outside the home for more than 15 hours a week. The person concerned was refused CA by a deciding officer on the grounds that she was attending a course outside the home for more than 15 hours per week. She was notified on...

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

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 169 to 171, inclusive, together. Successive Governments and this one most notably, have consistently stated their commitment to maintaining the post office network as set out in the Programme for Government. The post office is seen as a key piece of financial and social infrastructure for both urban and rural areas. Part of the strength of the post...

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

Joan Burton: In order to recognise the general societal trend toward electronic payments the Department has been changing some of its application forms and I am aware of concerns that have been raised in regard to some of the amended forms. I want to emphasise that the amendments do not remove the option to be paid at the post office. This option will remain on the forms. Therefore, customers are...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 29thMay 2015, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is...

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

Joan Burton: The application, based upon the evidence submitted, was refused on medical grounds and the person in question was notified in writing of this decision on 25 June 2015. In our letter mentioned above to the person concerned, he was given the option of seeking a review and/or appealing our decision directly to the Social Welfare Appeals Office, within 21 days.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 176 to 178, inclusive, together. The JobsPlus incentive is designed to encourage employers and businesses to focus their recruitment efforts on those who have been out of work for long periods or on young people seeking work. JobsPlus provides a direct monthly financial incentive to employers in the form of a monthly grant paid over two years with two levels...

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

Joan Burton: The application, based upon the evidence submitted, was refused on medical grounds and the person in question was notified in writing of this decision on 29 April 2015. On the basis of your representations, a review of her application is currently being processed. A decision is expected to issue shortly. The person in question is currently in receipt of supplementary welfare allowance.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Guardian's Payment Appeals (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The guardians payment to the person concerned was payable to 2 July 2015. Due to an administrative error, the payment was inadvertently stopped on 4 June 2015. The child, in respect of whom the guardians payment was payable, is in receipt of jobseekers allowance since 15 June 2015. The person concerned will now be paid arrears of guardians payment covering the period from 4 June to 2 July...

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

Joan Burton: The Department has not received a claim for Optical Benefit from the customer concerned however, eligibility to Treatment Benefit is dependent on a customer having paid sufficient PRSI at Classes A, E, H, or P only. The customer worked as a public servant and paid Class D PRSI (which does not count towards this Benefit) and therefore he does not qualify for the Benefit. If the customer...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: A review of the decision to disallow an application for domiciliary care allowance in this case will be undertaken. The application together with the new information supplied will now be re-examined by a deciding officer and a revised decision made if warranted. The review process can currently take ten weeks to complete. The person concerned will be notified of the outcome of this review...

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. The department received a claim for IP for the person concerned on 02 April 2015. The person concerned was refused IP on the grounds that the medical conditions for the scheme were not...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Care Costs (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: Expenditure on the One Parent Family Payment (OFP) scheme is estimated to be €607million 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 typecast,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has participated on the Community Employment (CE) Scheme (Part-Time Job Option) since 18 June 2012. The duration of participation on CE under the Part-Time Job Option is limited to: - 3 years (156 weeks) for persons under 55 years of age; - 6 years (312 weeks) for persons of 55 years of age up to state pension age; - Eligible persons who are in receipt of a qualifying...

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

Joan Burton: In order to qualify for jobseeker’s benefit a person must satisfy certain conditions. Where a person is involved in seasonal part-time employment fishing/fish processing and/or part-time farming, neither of these employments are considered to be subsidiary in nature. The governing legislation states that a day shall not be treated as a day of unemployment,it shall be treated as a day...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Work Allowance Applications (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: According to the documentation supplied to this Department by the person concerned to support his application for a back to work enterprise allowance (BTWEA), the person concerned is engaged as a sub-contractor. The application for a BTWEA was refused as persons engaged as sub-contractors are not eligible under the conditions of the BTWEA scheme. The application of the person concerned has...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Credit Availability (30 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: A proposal for a microcredit scheme in Ireland is currently being developed. The work is being carried out under the auspices of Citizens Information Board and the Social Finance Foundation and involves extensive engagement with a number of stakeholders including this Department, the Department of Finance, the Central Bank of Ireland, the Irish League of Credit Unions, the Credit Unions...

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

Joan Burton: Following a successful appeal, the social welfare appeals office sent notification of their decision to this department today. The application will be assigned to a deciding officer to implement the Appeals Officer’s decision. The person concerned will be notified in writing when a decision has been made.