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Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: We want people to prosper, thrive and have opportunity.

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: Sinn Féin seems to want people to be stuck in welfare until they are 50 years of age, when they will not be able to get a proper career.

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: Emergency accommodation is not a permanent solution to anybody's homelessness difficulties. What the Government did before Christmas, to much praise from some of the organisations to which the Deputy has referred, was initiate an emergency response over a number of areas. While that seems to have passed Deputy Ó Cuív by, it has been widely written about as being very successful....

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: Our current system, which we have had for quite a period, involves inviting Mandy to go onto social welfare for somewhere between 18 and 22 years as opposed to moving towards a system which Sinn Féin has operated in the North for a long time as part of the Government there. In the North, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom, when the youngest child reaches five years of age, a person...

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: In respect of the issue of homelessness, it is a very difficult issue in Dublin.

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: Many individuals and unfortunately some families with children have been affected by it. As the Deputy knows, before Christmas, in conjunction with all of the agencies and indeed with most of the political parties, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, moved a series of special measures to deal with the situation which have been very favourably...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration Legislation (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: Any couple proposing to marry in the State should begin the process by contacting their local Civil Registration Service Office to make an appointment to meet the registrar and provide their marriage notification. When attending the registrar's office in relation to the notification, the couple must provide the registrar with evidence of their name, address, age, civil status and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been awarded a disability allowance payment with effect from 29 October 2014. First payment will be on 22 April 2015 and any arrears due will follow shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned together with the relevant Departmental papers were received by that office on 24 March 2015 and that the case has been referred to an Appeals Officer 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: To ensure that social welfare payment rates are maintained and targeted it is not possible to have secondary benefits paid to all customer groups – and carer’s allowance is not a qualifying payment for receipt of the fuel allowance. However, the Government acknowledges the valuable contribution that carers make to society - carers receive significant income supports from...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for an exceptional needs payment in July 2013 towards the cost of funeral expenses for his late son. A payment of €850 was made to him. In August 2013 he requested a review of this decision. The Reviewing Officer investigated the case and discussed the circumstances with the person concerned and found that due to the amount of his household income he was...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The State Pension (Contributory) is a very valuable benefit. Therefore, with increased numbers of people living longer, it is important to ensure that those qualifying for State Pension (Contributory) have made a sustained contribution to the Social Insurance Fund over their working lives. To qualify for the State Pension (Contributory) prior to the reform measures of 2012 a person must...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (16 Apr 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 10 March 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme Administration (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: As announced in Budget 2015, the back to work family dividend (BTWFD) scheme aims to help families to move from social welfare into employment. It will give financial support to people with children who were getting jobseeker and one-parent family payments and who take up employment, increase their hours of employment or become self-employed. The BTWFD provides support for up to two...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The Department has not been informed of any change of circumstance for the client concerned. The client's entitlement to Rent Supplement can be assessed if an up to date Rent Supplement application form and lease agreement is forwarded to the Mid Leinster Rents Unit, Department of Social Protection, PO Box 11758, Tallaght, Dublin 24.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for domiciliary care allowance in respect of her child on the 10th October 2014. The application was disallowed as it was considered that the child did not meet the eligibility criteria for the allowance. A decision letter issued to the customer on the 14th January 2015 advising of the decision. In the case of an application which is refused the applicant may...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: As detailed to the Deputy in reply to Parliamentary Question No 67 of 5th March 2015, the client concerned was requested to provide the Department with details of any savings accrued through the sale of the family home on 10th of December 2014 and again on 24th February 2015 in order for the client's entitlement to be fully assessed. This documentation has not, to date, been received by the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The person in question is currently in receipt of carer’s allowance (CA) for one care recipient. To be entitled to CA, where the care recipient is aged under 16 there must be a domiciliary care allowance (DCA) in payment in respect of that child. If the person in question believes that she satisfies the conditions for receipt of DCA and CA for another care recipient it is open to her...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: A final Rent Supplement payment, to include arrears due, will issue by cheque to the client concerned on 24th April 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare & Pensions Act 2013 provided for the closure of the mortgage interest supplement scheme to new applicants from 1/01/2014 and for a winding down of the scheme for existing recipients over four years. According to the records of this Department the person concerned made no claim for this supplement before or after this date. The person concerned should contact...