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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's 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 5thJanuary 2015.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: Disability Allowance Appeals (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who has decided to convene an oral hearing in this case. Every effort will be made to hear the case as quickly as possible and the appellant will be informed when arrangements for the oral hearing have been made. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions...

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

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been in receipt of rent supplement from this Department in respect of his current address since June 2013. It recently came to light that he had been in receipt of a private pension from his previous employment since December 2014 which the Department was unaware of. As a consequence of this information his claim for rent supplement was reassessed on 10thMarch 2015,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: The issue of maintenance payments is first and foremost a private matter for the person concerned, and if she cannot resolve the problem, for the Courts through family law provisions. In every case where a one parent family payment is awarded, this Department seeks to trace the other parent, referred to as the liable relative, in order to ascertain whether he or she is in a financial position...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare 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 29thJanuary 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: Household Benefits Scheme (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: The monthly allowances under the household benefits package are a contribution towards the cost of services; they are not intended to meet those costs in full. The telephone allowance was introduced at a time when telephones were expensive and uncommon and a landline service was the only option available to the client. The market has changed considerably since the introduction of the...

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

Joan Burton: The purpose of JobBridge is to help unemployed jobseekers break the cycle whereby they cannot find a job without appropriate experience but cannot find appropriate experience without a job. To date it has been very successful in delivering on this objective with this success being partly attributable to the wide variety of internship opportunities that it supports. Given that unemployed...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Education and Training Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: The Department of Education and Skills (DES) have advised my Department that the provision of further education and training in the area in question is an operational one for Dublin Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB). The DES will ask DDLETB to respond to the Deputy directly with the information requested. My Department is however actively engaging with those lone...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (24 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 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 responsible...

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

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned 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 Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (12 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 45, 75 and 76 together. The free travel scheme permits free travel on most CIE public transport services, Luas and a range of services offered by some 80 private operators in various parts of the country for those eligible under the scheme. There are currently in excess of 810,000 customers with direct eligibility with an annual allocation of €77...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: The correspondence enclosed with your question has been passed to a deciding officer for action in relation to the payment method of the person concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (12 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 20th January 2015. This application has been forwarded to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors for their medical opinion. Following receipt of this opinion, a decision will be made by a Deciding Officer and notified to the person concerned. It can currently take 10 weeks to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (12 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 5 November 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: Disability Allowance Appeals (12 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 12 February 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: Carer's Allowance Appeals (12 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 11 February 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: Disability Allowance Appeals (12 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 17 February 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: Universal Retirement Savings Group (12 Mar 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 for consideration by Government will be progressed by the Universal Retirement Savings Group (URSG). The broad role of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (12 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: VW1 applications are not recorded on the Department’s IT systems but are recorded manually and associated with the client’s file on a Local Office/Intreo centre basis. Accordingly, the information requested by the Deputy is not available in my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (12 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: Social welfare legislation provides that a person must satisfy the conditions of being available for and genuinely seeking work in order to be entitled to jobseeker’s benefit or jobseeker’s allowance. Any person who fails to satisfy these conditions is not entitled to a jobseeker’s payment. A student undergoing a full-time course of study, instruction or training is...