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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Debt (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: The Mortgage Arrears Information and Advice Service (MAIAS) was established to provide a comprehensive and coordinated approach to assist people in mortgage arrears or pre-arrears in assessing their options. The service, which differentiates between mortgage information and mortgage advice, has three elements: - The website which was developed as the key online access portal for general...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a payment to people on low incomes who are looking after a person who needs support because of age, disability or illness (including mental illness). To be entitled to CA the applicant must be providing full-time care and attention to a person in need of care who does not normally live in an institution. A person cannot qualify for carer's allowance in respect...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: The one parent family (OPF) payment of the person concerned is currently suspended and under review, as following a visit by an inspector it was established that she had moved address and had not notified this Department. The last OPF payment made to the person concerned was on the 19/03/15. The person concerned is due to be visited at her new address in the near future and will be informed...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (24 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 24thFebruary 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: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 157 and 185 together. The person concerned was in receipt of rent supplement from this Department from 10thDecember 2012 in respect of his family's accommodation at their recent address. This claim was subject to periodical review. At the time of the most recent review in August 2014, the amount of rent payable by the person concerned, as stated in his...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: The position advertised on the Jobs Ireland website refers to a vacancy on a community-owned group water scheme maintained as part of a Community Employment project. The group water scheme is a non-profit making entity and its sole function is to supply water to its members in the area in question. The duties for the advertised position include the construction of water meter identification...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: The jobseeker's allowance claim of the person concerned has now been awarded. A letter has issued to the person concerned and payment together with the arrears due will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Springboard Programme (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: Springboard is an initiative that strategically provides higher education courses to unemployed persons who have lost jobs in sectors where former employment levels will not return, to enable them to upskill, or re-skill, for work in areas where there are identified labour market skills shortages or employment opportunities. Springboard courses are free and, therefore, they do not incur...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (24 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. If a self-employed taxi-driver is still trading or intends to continue trading, he or she does not have to surrender his or her public service vehicle licence or plate licence in order to claim jobseeker's allowance. However,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Offices (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: Works are currently ongoing in Clondalkin where Intreo services will be provided from both the existing Local Office and the former Motor Tax Office. The first phase of the works relates to the former Motor Tax Office and is now complete. The remaining works relate to the existing Local Office, and these will commence shortly; a decant of staff is required in the first instance. The works...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 168 and 222 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: Social welfare legislation provides that where a person under 25 years of age claims jobseeker's allowance and is living with a parent or step-parent in the family home, an assessment is made of the yearly value of any benefit and privilege enjoyed by that person by virtue of residing there. The value of the benefit and privilege assessed is based on the level of the parents' assessable...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 170, 186, and 206 to 220, inclusive, together. JobBridge has made significant progress since its inception in July 2011. As of 19thMarch 2015, over 38,269 interns had commenced on the scheme, while there are 6,033 interns currently participating on the programme. There are currently 1,086 internships advertised on the JobsIreland website. The numbers of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 and 175 together. At the end of February 2015 a total of 42,088 persons under the age of 25 years old were in receipt of jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance or signing on for credits. A breakdown of this number is detailed by scheme, county of local welfare office, and duration in the attached tabular statements. It should be noted that the county...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: There were 8,936 persons under 25 years of age in receipt of the one parent family payment at the end of February 2015. A breakdown of this number by age is detailed in the attached tabular statement. Recipients of one-parent family payment under the age of 25 at the end of February 2015 Age Total Recipients 15 3 16 40 17 96 18 206 19 485 20 786 21 1,235 22 1,628 23 2,086 24...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Data (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: There were 13,161 persons under 25 years of age in receipt of disability allowance at the end of February 2015. A breakdown of this number by age is detailed in the attached tabular statement. Recipients of disability allowance under the age of 25 at the end of February 2015 Age Total Recipients 15 21 16 1,102 17 1,335 18 1,363 19 1,451 20 1,358 21 1,513 22 1,601 23 1,718 24 1,699...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: There were 39,746 persons under 25 years of age in receipt of jobseeker's allowance who were in receipt of payments at weekly basic rates of €100; €144; and €188 at the end of February 2015. A breakdown of this number by age and rate is detailed in the attached tabular statement. Under 25 year old recipients of jobseeker's allowance by age and rate at the end of February...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: During the period 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2014, penalty rates were applied a total of 4,878 times to persons under 25 years of age in receipt of jobseeker's allowance. A breakdown by age and year is given in the attached tabular statement. Applications of penalty rates in respect of under 25 jobseeker's allowance recipients 2011 to 2014 Age when penalty applied 2011 2012 2013 2014...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Meetings (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: The annual Social Inclusion Forum will take place on 25th March at the Croke Park Conference Centre. The theme for this year's forum is “Social Innovation for Social Inclusion”. The forum is organised by the Department of Social Protection in conjunction with the Community Workers Co-operative and the European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland. The forum will incorporate a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Protection (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: CCTV systems are installed in premises of my Department for security, the promotion of health and safety, and to protect visitor, staff, buildings and facilities. Recognisable images captured by CCTV systems are personal data. They are therefore subject to the provisions of Data Protection and Freedom of Information legislation. When dealing with requests by individuals for access to their...