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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments (25 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: My Department is continuing to review the position to establish what, if anything, can be done to progress payments to individuals in situations where employers cease trading without engaging in a formal winding-up process, and who owe monies to their employees. My officials are consulting with a range of interested parties including the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Maternity Benefit (25 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The legislative provisions relating to maternity benefit and child benefit are contained in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act, 2005 and Statutory Instrument No. 142/2007 (as amended). Entitlement to maternity benefit is subject to the following provisions: - It being certified by a registered medical practitioner that it is expected that the woman will be confined in a week specified in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (25 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: Jobseeker’s Allowance is payable where all the conditions for the scheme are satisfied. If a person finds employment their earnings are taken into account in determining their means. A disregard of €20 a day (up to a maximum of €60) applies up to a maximum of 3 days and the balance is assessed at 60%. In determining the assessable income from insurable employment the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (25 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 19thNovember 2014. 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 Applications (25 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the person in question is currently in receipt of carer’s allowance (CA) in respect of one care recipient. I can further confirm that the department received an application on 8thJuly 2014 from the person in question for an increase in CA in respect of an additional care recipient. The application is currently with a social welfare investigative officer for assessment...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (25 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: On 10thNovember 2014 the person concerned enquired about applying for an exceptional needs payment to cover the cost of the first month’s rent for his new accommodation. The landlord for this accommodation does not accept rent supplement; the person concerned was therefore advised that an exceptional needs payment cannot be paid in lieu of rent supplement in circumstances where rent...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Legislation (25 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The Pensions Authority has published a range of information booklets on various aspects of pension provision. The booklet you refer to provides guidance on the duties and responsibilities of the trustees of a pension scheme. In the introduction, it states that the trustees “have duties and responsibilities under trust law, under other relevant legislation and under the Pensions Act,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (25 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The person in question applied for Jobseeker’s allowance transition (JST) and was provisionally advised she would qualify. When the application was more closely examined the officer dealing with the claim realised the person in question did not have an entitlement and telephoned the person in question advising her that a payment would not be made. The person in question was advised of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (25 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, has decided to disallow the appeal of the person concerned by way of an Oral Hearing. The person concerned was notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision in writing on 17 November 2014. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (25 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: Neither the Department nor any agency of the Department has awarded any contracts to the company concerned since 9 March 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant (25 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The Department of Social Protection will administer, on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, a €100 water conservation grant for households that complete a valid response to Irish Water’s customer registration process. The grant will be paid to the registered householders annually, in respect of their primary dwellings, with the first...

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan, will be particularly involved in this and my predecessor, Deputy Eamon Gilmore, took an extremely strong interest in these negotiations, especially the rights elements. These matters have been raised by a number of trade unions but I am not directly involved in the negotiations as the Minister for Social Protection. ...

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: Deputies Eric Byrne and Dominic Hannigan are active members of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs. I do not know whether Deputy Collins had the opportunity to attend any of the debates the committee held on this but its views have been submitted to the European Commission. I acknowledge that the issues raised by Deputy Collins are important and I think she should table questions...

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: My reply may take slightly longer than usual.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: Deputy McDonald made some important comments about An Garda Síochána and I will address them briefly. At these protests there was a small minority of people, and those opposite may know some of them, as they are from a variety of groups. There was virulence in the language directed towards the gardaí and the people against whom people were protesting. This has happened not...

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The previous Government established the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: If the Deputy or people she knows have a complaint, that is the place to go.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: There were attempts to damage property and gardaí. For the Deputies' information, the second car I occupied had its windscreen broken.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: I am happy to answer the points in the second part of the question.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: In the case of people with inadequate resources, whether they are at work or depending on social welfare, for the first time since the economy collapsed we have been in a position with the budget this year to have a small or modest social welfare increase targeted at precisely the people about which the Deputy is rightly expressing concern.