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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (25 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The application for disability allowance from the person in question was disallowed on 19 June 2015 on the ground that, based on the information supplied in support of the application, he does not satisfy the medical conditionality for the scheme. The person in question was notified of this decision, the reason for it and of the option to submit further evidence in support of his...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (25 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 36 and 37 together. One-Parent Family Payment (OFP) was introduced by the Government in 1997 and was administered by the Department’s office in Sligo. On 1 May 2005 a localisation project commenced to transfer administration of the scheme to the Social Welfare Local Offices throughout the country. Unfortunately due to the necessity for claims to be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (25 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of the number of parents in receipt of the One Parent Family and Family Income Supplement payment concurrently each year from 2007 to 2010 is not readily available in my Department. However, the information requested for the years 2011 to 2015 is set out in the tabular statement. Concurrent recipients of the One Parent Family Payment (OFP)...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement (25 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: I would like to outline to the Deputy that the Family Income Supplement (FIS) payment is a weekly payment for families at work on low pay. As the Family Income Supplement is an in-work payment the department considers that payment through an account in a financial institution better facilitates those who are in work. I can confirm to the Deputy that the option for payment of FIS through...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (25 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: I am informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an appeal was registered on 16 June 2015, and in accordance with the statutory requirements, the Appeals Office has contacted the appellant and asked him to set out the complete grounds of his appeal. On receipt of his response the relevant departmental papers will be requested from the Department of Social Protection and the appeal will...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (25 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the Department received an application for disability allowance (DA) on 18 February 2015 from the person concerned. In order to determine the circumstances of the person in question, his file was forwarded to his local Social Welfare Inspector. Once the person’s full circumstances are established a decision on his entitlement to DA will be made and the person in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (25 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: Where a jobseeker is engaged in casual or part-time employment, the days worked each week can vary, as can the employer. Accordingly, to ensure that the correct weekly payment issues, customers are required to complete a form on a weekly basis setting out the days on which they worked and the days on which they were unemployed and also to have this form verified by their employer. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (25 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: Policy relating to medical cards and the associated means test to determine eligibility for a Medical Card is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Health, Deputy Leo Varadkar. Reduced rates for new jobseeker’s allowance recipients aged 18 and 19 were introduced in 2009. These measures were extended in Budget 2010 with the introduction of a rate of €144 for new...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Budgets (25 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 44 and 45 together. At the end of May last, total net Vote expenditure for the Department of Social Protection was €4,633 million, or an underspend on profile of €147.6 million. Overall expenditure on all schemes, services and administration was €8,116 million at end May, or an overspend of just over €49 million on profile....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Rates (25 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The estimated revenue that would be raised by introducing a new Class A employers’ rate of PRSI of 15.75% on the portion of salary paid in excess of €100,000 per annum would be c.€268m.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (25 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: Reduced rates for younger jobseeker’s allowance recipients were first introduced in 2009. Budget 2014 further extended the reduced rates of jobseeker’s allowance to recipients under 26 years of age. This is a targeted measure aimed at protecting young people from welfare dependency. It aims to incentivise young jobseeker’s allowance recipients to avail of education and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (25 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: Reduced rates for younger jobseeker’s allowance recipients were first introduced in 2009. Budget 2014 further extended the reduced rates of jobseeker’s allowance to recipients under 26 years of age. This is a targeted measure aimed at protecting young people from welfare dependency. It aims to incentivise young jobseeker’s allowance recipients to avail of education and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 53, 58 and 65 together. The cost of increasing the Respite Care Grant by €325 in 2016 is €29.4 million. At end May 2015, the total number of children with respect to whom a qualified child increase is being paid is 461,553 (339,406 Full Rate and 122,147 Half Rate). The estimated cost of adding €9.50 per month (weekly equivalent of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (25 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) provides income support for jobseekers and others in receipt of certain social welfare payments that pursue courses of education at second or third level. The value of the BTEA weekly payment is equivalent to the weekly rate on the underlying qualifying payment, except in the case of jobseekers who are on an age-related jobseeker allowance payment....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Data (25 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The cost of extending the Fuel Allowance season by three weeks is circa €23.65 million. It should be noted that this costing is subject to change over the coming months in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients for 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (25 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The estimated cost of a 10% increase in Family Income Supplement (FIS) expenditure in 2016 is €40 million. It should be noted that costings are subject to change over the coming months in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients for 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (25 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The Family income supplement (FIS) is designed to provide support for employees on low earnings with families. The following table gives the number of FIS recipients and the average payment per family at the end of May 2015. FIS recipients May 2015 FIS Recipients children Recipients families Average payment per family May 2015 113,349 51,372 €118

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The estimated cost of increasing the One-Parent Family Payment (OFP) income disregard to €120 in 2016 would be approximately €11.8 million. This is based on earnings data for relevant OFP recipients in January 2015. It also takes account of the implementation of the final phase of the OFP age reforms on 2 July 2015 when the age of the youngest child for receipt of OFP...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The information that the Deputy has requested is currently not available in the Department. Given the complex nature of the request, the Department will provide the information directly to the Deputy in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme (25 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: The farm assist scheme was introduced in 1999 to replace 'Smallholders Unemployment Assistance' for low income farmers, without the requirement to be available for and genuinely seeking work. The 2015 Estimates for the Department provide for expenditure this year on the farm assist scheme of €88.7 million and it is expected that an average of 9,400 individuals will be in receipt of...