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Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: When the guys signed off on it, they agreed with the troika there would be a comprehensive change in relation to water in Ireland in line with every other European country. They agreed a flat rate charging arrangement, or something like that, which came out at €400 per household.

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: All of Fianna Fáil's previous spokespersons agreed that was what happened.

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: Deputy Cowen changed his party's mind on the matter.

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: If we were to do what Fianna Fáil is now proposing in relation to Irish Water, which is to take the company out and put it back to taxpayers-----

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: -----we would be talking about a cost of €2.5 billion.

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: Deputy Cowen made a secondary point-----

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: I am just saying-----

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: Let me give you an analogy-----

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: The tax package in the budget and the spending package are each worth €500 million. The Deputy is casually, without thinking, telling the taxpayers that here is another debt costing €2.5 billion per annum.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (23 Oct 2014)

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: Carer's Allowance Applications (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person in question on the 11th March 2014. The application was sent to a social welfare investigative officer for assessment of means and confirmation that all the conditions for receipt of CA were satisfied. In addition, the person concerned recently submitted further medical evidence in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: From 2015 a new payment, the water support, will be paid to all those who are eligible for household benefits or fuel allowance, irrespective of whether or not they are required to make a payment to Irish Water. This will include the 15-18% of households who make their own provision for water and sewerage through group schemes, or who have to pay for their own wells and septic tanks. The...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Wage Subsidy Scheme (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: An application for subsidy under the wage subsidy scheme from the employer of the person concerned was received by the Department on Monday 20thOctober 2014. The application is incomplete; further documentation and additional information is required and this is being sought. When the full information is provided a decision can be made on the application.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 15th September 2014. This application has been forwarded to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors for their medical opinion. Upon receipt of this opinion, a decision will be made and notified to the person concerned. It can currently take 10 weeks to process an application for DCA.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income support to assist with reasonable accommodation costs of eligible people living in private rented accommodation who are unable to provide for their accommodation costs from their own resources. The overall aim is to provide short-term assistance, and not to act as an alternative to the other social housing schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: In accordance with Social Welfare legislation the person with whom a qualified child normally resides is qualified to receive child benefit in respect of that child. The person concerned received child benefit for her daughter for a period when the child no longer resided with her. As a result, she was not entitled to payment for the period in question and a revised decision was made...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: To qualify for illness benefit the person concerned needs to satisfy certain statutory insurance contribution conditions, one of which requires that the person concerned has at least 39 PRSI contributions either paid or credited in the 2012 contribution year. This condition can also be satisfied if the person concerned has 26 contributions paid in 2012 and a further 26 paid in the previous...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: While I am very aware of the difficulties facing many pension schemes over the past number of years and of the efforts being made by the trustees of pension scheme to secure the sustainability of pension provision, you will appreciate that it is not appropriate for me to comment on issues arising in a particular pension scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: The average processing time for appeals peaked in 2011 when the average time for an oral hearing was 52.5 weeks and for a summary decision was 25.1 weeks. In 2012 the average processing time for an oral hearing dropped to 39.5 weeks and the time for a summary decision increased slightly to 27.8 weeks. Further improvements were achieved in 2013, when the average appeal processing time...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: Occupational Pension schemes are generally set up under trust and are maintained by the employer on a voluntary basis. The trust deeds and rules of a scheme differ from scheme to scheme, and as with any contractual situation, reflect the level of obligation of the parties involved. While the Pensions Act provides a framework for the regulation and supervision of occupational pension...