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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (15 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 25thMarch 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (15 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 25thMar 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: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (15 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 13 March 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Payments (15 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: Customers who are in receipt of both the one-parent family payment (OFP) and the family income supplement (FIS), and whose entitlement to the OFP payment ceases, will have their FIS claim automatically increased in order to offset their loss of the OFP payment. This re-rating compensates for approximately 60% of the loss of their OFP payment. Lone parents who make the transition from...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (15 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: I understand that the person concerned inadvertently had two PPS numbers. As no one person should have more than one PPS Number, one was purged in 2007 and the other retained. All of the person’s social insurance contributions are held under this latter number. However, it appears that the Revenue Commissioners have incorrectly been using the purged number for the purposes of their...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (15 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The Department of Social Protection and the Department of Education and Skills have agreed procedures that ensure that all one-parent family payment (OFP) recipients who are participating in full-time education when their entitlement to the OFP payment ends will be able to complete their course with income support – subject to the normal OFP scheme conditions. On foot of the July...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Applications (15 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that following an oral hearing of the case in question on 26 January 2015, the Appeals Officer requested that the person concerned submit further information in support of his appeal. The requested information was received on 10 April 2015 and the Appeals Officer is now considering the appeal in the light of all of the evidence submitted,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (15 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 12thMarch 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Council (15 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 provided for the establishment of the Pensions Council. Its function is to advise the Minister for Social Protection on matters of relevance to pensions, with a particular focus on policies to support the sustainability and adequacy of pension provision. Its work will be advanced through discussion and research on pension...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Bodies Establishment (15 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: In line with the Statement of Government Priorities, the Government recently decided to proceed with work to develop a roadmap and timeline for the introduction of a new, universal, supplementary workplace retirement saving scheme. The development of this roadmap will be progressed by a Universal Retirement Savings Group (URSG). The broad role of the group is to consider the constituent...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Occupational Injuries Benefit (15 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for occupational injury benefit on 28 January 2015 with effect from 20 January 2015. Award of the claim was delayed as the claimant was a dependant on her spouse’s state pension contributory claim. To ensure that the person concerned got the best financial outcome it was necessary to check with the pensions section the rate of payment she was in receipt of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (15 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence including that adduced at the oral hearing, has decided to allow the appeals of the person concerned. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (15 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 5 December 2014. 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: Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme Administration (15 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: Respite Care Grant Applications (15 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The Respite Care Grant is paid automatically to people in receipt of Carer’s Allowance, Carers Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance or Prescribed Relative’s Allowance. Carers who are not in receipt of one of the above payments, may qualify for the stand alone Grant, subject to satisfying certain conditions. One of these conditions is that the carer provides the ill person...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (15 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the person concerned was refused jobseeker’s allowance by a Deciding Officer of the Department on the grounds that he was not available for full-time work and was not genuinely seeking full-time employment. The appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (15 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The expenditure on the one-parent family payment (OFP) scheme in 2008 was €1,067 million, having risen from €480 million in 2000. The estimated expenditure for the scheme in 2015 is €607 million. The majority of this reduction can be attributed to lone parents on foot of the OFP age reforms, transitioning from the OFP scheme onto another social welfare payment such as...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Data (15 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The number of DCA applications received, processed and awarded in the years 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015 is detailed in the table. There were 1,423 applications pending decision at the end of March 2015. Table: Domiciliary Care Allowance applications Year Applications received Applications processed Allowed by Deciding Officer Allowed on Appeal Total allowed and as % of processed 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Semi-State Bodies (15 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: There are no semi-State commercial companies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: It will come before the Dáil later this year.