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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (31 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is currently in receipt of child benefit for her two children at the rate of €135.00 per child per month. Child benefit is paid up to and including the month of a child's 18th birthday provided the child is in full-time education. It is not payable after the month of the 18th birthday even if the child remains in full-time education. As one of her children...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Universal Retirement Savings Group (31 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: In line with the Statement of Government Priorities, the Government recently decided to proceed with work to develop a roadmap for the introduction of a new, universal, supplementary workplace retirement saving scheme. The Universal Retirement Savings Group (URSG) has been established to consider the constituent factors involved in constructing an efficient and effective universal retirement...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (31 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeals from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who has decided to hold an oral hearing in this case on 2 April 2015. The person concerned has been notified of the arrangements for the hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Widow's Pension Eligibility (31 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: In order to assess their eligibility to a widow’s contributory pension, the person concerned should complete and return the application form, which was issued in early March, to the Widow’s ,Widower’s and Surviving Civil Partner’s Contributory Pension Section, College Road, Sligo. On receipt of the completed application form, the person’s entitlement...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Relief Appeals (31 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: The Mortgage Interest Supplement payment for the person concerned is currently under review. A decision on this review will be finalised shortly and the person concerned will receive notification in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Guardian Status (31 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: On 23rd March 2015, a deciding officer decided that the person concerned is no longer entitled to guardian’s payment (contributory), with effect from 10th October 2014, because based on the evidence available, the children concerned have not been abandoned by their father and therefore do not satisfy the definition of orphans under social welfare legislation. A letter outlining...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Treatment Benefit Scheme Applications (31 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: The customer concerned is qualified for treatment benefits and can apply for a hearing aid grant using the application form available from his chosen audiologist. The Department will pay 50% of the cost of the hearing aid, subject to a maximum of €500 per aid.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card Provision (31 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: The purpose of the Public Services Card (PSC) is to enable individuals to gain access to public services more efficiently and with a minimum of duplication of effort, while at the same time preserving their privacy to the maximum extent possible. The PSC is designed to replace other cards within the public sector such as the free travel pass and the social services card of this Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (31 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: Legislation provides that penalties in the form of reduced payments may be imposed by a Deciding Officer where clients fail, without good cause, to comply with activation measures. Activation measures include the requirement to attend group or individual meetings, and/or to avail of suitable education, training or development opportunities, or specified employment programmes (e.g. Community...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (31 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: Under the Youth Guarantee Implementation Plan, the Department is committed to developing an internship/work experience scheme for the most disadvantaged young people in the 18-24 age brackets who have been identified as having significant barriers to gaining employment. Under First Steps, employers will be asked to make work experience places available for young people aged 18 to 24...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (31 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: Gateway is a work placement initiative for county and city councils with over 2,000 participating to date. The latest records available indicate that a total of 302 jobseekers had their jobseekers payment suspended, 21 jobseekers were the subject of a disqualification of payment of up to 9 weeks for failure to engage with an employment activation scheme and a further 339 have had their...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (31 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: An overpayment arises where a revised decision is made by a deciding officer on a claimant’s entitlement resulting in a retrospective reduction in their entitlement. When a revised decision is made, the claimant is notified and given the opportunity to appeal the decision. Once the right of appeal has been exercised (or not), the Department will then consider the recovery of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (31 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: The letters recently issued by my Department to recipients of State Pension Contributory and Non Contributory were part of a very small trial to determine the best means of communicating with people about their payment options. Customers were asked to consider whether they would like to consider receiving their payment directly into an account in a bank, building society, certain credit...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (31 Mar 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 18 February 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (31 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: Procedures have been agreed between my Department and the Department of Education and Skills (D/ES) to ensure that all one-parent family payment (OFP) recipients who are participating in training or education when their entitlement to the OFP payment ends will be able to complete their course with income support, subject to normal scheme conditions. This includes individuals who are...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Application Numbers (31 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: There were 2,488 persons in receipt of the One Parent Family Payment administered from Social Welfare Local Offices in County Tipperary at the end of February 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Data (31 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: There were 5,080 persons in receipt of Disability Allowance in County Tipperary at the end of February 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (31 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: Self-employed taxi-drivers may apply for the means-tested jobseeker's allowance if they are on low income as a result of a reduction in demand for their services. To qualify for jobseeker’s allowance, certain conditions must be satisfied which includes availability for full-time work, genuinely seeking work, the habitual residence condition and satisfy a means test. Means from...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (31 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: The Department of Social Protection provides a range of income supports for carers including, Carer’s Benefit, Carer’s Allowance, Domiciliary Carer’s Allowance and the Respite Care Grant. When a person’s caring role comes to an end, the Department provides a further range of income supports depending on the person’s circumstances. Information on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (31 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 26thFebruary 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...