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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (20 Jan 2015)

Joan Burton: The jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker’s allowance schemes provide income support for people who have lost work and are unable to find alternative full-time employment. The 2015 Estimates for the Department provide for expenditure this year on the jobseekers’ schemes of €3.01 billion. It is a fundamental qualifying condition of both schemes that a person must be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (20 Jan 2015)

Joan Burton: Medical Assessors are fully qualified and experienced practitioners who provide a second opinion to that of the person’s own doctor. Their assessments conform to the ethical conduct and behaviour guidelines of the Irish Medical Council. Medical Assessors are required to be medical practitioners who are on the general register of medical practitioners while holding an appointment....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (20 Jan 2015)

Joan Burton: The jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker’s allowance schemes provide income support for people who have lost work and are unable to find alternative full-time employment. The 2015 Estimates for the Department provide for expenditure this year on the jobseekers’ schemes of €3.01 billion. Reduced rates for younger jobseeker’s allowance recipients were first...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (20 Jan 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 20 November 2014, 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: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (20 Jan 2015)

Joan Burton: Carers’Allowance (CA) is the primary income support for those who are providing full-time care and attention to a care recipient. Only one Carer's Allowance can be paid in respect of a person requiring full-time care and attention. Two carers who are providing full-time care on a part-time basis in an established pattern can share the carers allowance income support payment and the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (20 Jan 2015)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all the evidence has allowed the appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned has been notified of the decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (20 Jan 2015)

Joan Burton: The free travel scheme provides free travel on CIÉ, Luas and more than 80 private transport services for approximately 800,000 people, elderly, disabled and carers, at an annual cost of €77 million. It is my intention that private operators who may take over routes currently operated by CIÉ companies, will be able to apply to participate in the free travel scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (20 Jan 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 proposes to hold an oral hearing on 28 January 2015. The person concerned has been notified of the arrangements. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Projects (20 Jan 2015)

Joan Burton: When designing the MOMENTUM initiative, consideration was given to the question of additional payments to participants. However, in the prevailing economic circumstances and in order to ensure the best use of limited resources, a decision was reached to provide income support to eligible participants through my Department’s Back to Education Allowance scheme which does not cover...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (20 Jan 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 10 November 2014. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. These papers were received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 12...

Order of Business (15 Jan 2015)

Joan Burton: To answer the Deputy's first query on AIB, the objective is to have a bank functioning to provide credit and savings deposits, to get a proper functioning banking system back on its feet, and to get a return on any and all State money invested in the bank. When we came into office we inherited a bank guarantee-----

Order of Business (15 Jan 2015)

Joan Burton: -----which has cost €35 billion-----

Order of Business (15 Jan 2015)

Joan Burton: -----and further funding was put into AIB. It is the objective of the Labour Party and Fine Gael to recover this money for the taxpayer. I am happy to say we are well on the way to doing this, but it will take quite a significant period, I would have thought, before it is finalised. In understand Goldman Sachs is working in an advisory capacity on a pro bonobasis. It is simply a scoping...

Order of Business (15 Jan 2015)

Joan Burton: With regard to the tribunals of inquiry, the Deputy should address the question directly to the Minister for Justice and Equality. I do not have a detailed brief on it.

Order of Business (15 Jan 2015)

Joan Burton: The climate Bill was approved by Cabinet yesterday and it is on the A list. The planning and development (No. 2) Bill is on the A list and will be on the way quite shortly. I do not have a date for the landlord and tenant Bill. I understand there were some references to the Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly, examining various features of rent and the desirability of rent certainty, which we have...

Order of Business (15 Jan 2015)

Joan Burton: The postal services Bill will be published later this year. I do not have a date for the inland fisheries Bill.

Order of Business (15 Jan 2015)

Joan Burton: I remind Deputy McGrath that half of the charges are in respect of sewerage and related services-----

Order of Business (15 Jan 2015)

Joan Burton: The water services Bill is No. 17 on the list.

Order of Business (15 Jan 2015)

Joan Burton: That Bill will come before the House this year.

Order of Business (15 Jan 2015)

Joan Burton: The legislation to which Deputy Butler refers is now the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill, which was published yesterday. We can have a more detailed discussion when it comes before the House.