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Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: To return to first principles, we want clean, healthy water. As Deputy McDonald will be aware, at this time last year, pubs, restaurants and hotels in Dublin, which the Deputy and I have the honour to represent, were in danger of being closed down because the region had reached its maximum usage of water. These facilities play an important part in the city and country's economy. To...

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The figure of €500 is interesting because it is significantly higher than the water charge for a family. Deputy Adams is travelling to the United States, a country where water charges are the norm and where he receives medical attention instead of using the Irish health system. To some extent, some of the Sinn Féin Deputies are living between two continents, as it were. They...

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: I am happy to tell the House that very good and solid progress has been made with Irish Water. The objective of the Labour Party, Fine Gael and the Government is to have an Irish Water charging regime that is affordable, that offers clarity and certainty, and that is capped so that if people, on the evidence of the meters, are using less water than the standard charges would indicate, they...

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: Tipperary people are usually proud of each other, particularly when they are on the national stage. I assume that is what I was hearing from that quarter. The objective here is that Ireland will have clean, safe and healthy drinking water for ourselves and future generations. That is important. This country gets a large amount of rain and there is no shortage of water, thankfully....

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: All I can say is that I am happy that very solid progress is being made. I am very anxious to have affordable charges that will provide us with clean, reliable and healthy drinking water. In addition, we have an ambitious programme for the next ten years to invest approximately €10 billion in Irish Water. The Deputy mentioned that the Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly, went to Ringsend a...

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: -----to between €170 million and €180 million.

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: If that is what one Tipperary man can do in four months in office as Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government-----

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: It is a good performance from the Tipp stars.

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: Tell us when Fianna Fáil met in public.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Irish Water Administration (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The legal basis of the PPS Number and its use is contained in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (as amended). Only bodies specified in statute or their agents can use the PPS Number. Section 262 of the Act allows the PPS Number to be used by a specified body in certain limited ways in the course of a "transaction" with a member of the public. The section requires that the service...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Reform (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The Recovery of Benefits and Assistance (RBA) scheme commenced on 1 August 2014 and requires that a compensator (generally an insurance company) must apply for a statement of recoverable benefits, before making a payment to an injured person in respect of a non-fatal personal injury. Where there is a specified benefit paid within a specified period consequent on the personal injury, the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned made a jobseeker's allowance claim on the 26/05/2014. The person concerned was requested to provide certain information to support his application but failed to supply all information requested. His claim was disallowed as his means could not be established. The person concerned has appealed this disallowance and his file has been forwarded from the Local Office to the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned made a jobseeker's allowance claim and was requested to furnish documentation to assess his entitlement to a payment, by letters on the 17/09/2014 and 22/10/2014. The claim cannot be processed until this documentation is received. It is open to the person concerned to contact his local office with any queries arising.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Applications (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The Department has written to the person concerned on 30 October 2014 concerning their enquiry regarding potential eligibility to Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) and to ask that the person in question have the BTEA application form completed and stamped by the school/college. The entitlement of the person in question will be determined on receipt of this information and they will be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Guardian's Payment Applications (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was awarded guardian’s payment (contributory) from 25 January 2013 and received payment until 6 March 2014, as according to the records of the Department, the child concerned reached 18 years of age on 7 March 2014. Guardian’s payment, where eligibility is established, is payable until the child concerned reaches 18 years of age and is payable between...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: I confirm we received a request on 17 October 2014 for review of their disability allowance entitlement from the person concerned and this request is currently being processed. A decision on this review is expected to issue shortly directly to the person concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Irish Water Administration (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The legal basis of the PPS Number and its use is contained in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (as amended). Only bodies specified in statute or their agents can use the PPS Number. Section 262 of the Act allows the PPS Number to be used by a specified body in certain limited ways in the course of a “transaction” with a member of the public. The section requires that...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: There is no record of an application for an exceptional needs payment from the person concerned. If she wishes to make an application she should contact her local Community Welfare Service.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Eligibility (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The client referred to has not made an application for mortgage interest supplement. From 1 January 2014, the Mortgage Interest Supplement scheme closed to new entrants and no new applications are being accepted from that date.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned together with the relevant Departmental papers were received and registered in that office on 29thOctober 2014. The appeal will be 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...