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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (30 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was employed by Mid-West Cavan Community Employment Scheme as a Community Employment Supervisor between 25th September 1995 and 13th September 2002. I understand that the employment of the person concerned ceased in September 2002 and subsequently in 2003 the employer, Mid-West Cavan Community Employment Scheme, agreed to pay statutory redundancy. The normal...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (30 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: In general, for disability allowance, means are assessed from all income in cash and non-cash benefits which the claimant or claimant's spouse, partner or civil partner may reasonably expect to receive during the year following the date of their claim. Some types of income are exempt from assessment and these are detailed in Rule 1 (2) in part 2 of Schedule 3 of the Social Welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (30 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: As part of a review of this case, the person concerned was asked to submit certain documentation in support of her jobseekers allowance claim. The requested documentation was not submitted and her claim was suspended on 17 June 2014, and subsequently closed. The option of appeal does not arise in these circumstances. The claim was reopened on 1 September 2014, following contact from the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Application Numbers (30 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: A review of the Disability Allowance (DA) scheme, published in 2010, identified a number of factors contributing to an increase in numbers claiming DA since the scheme was introduced in 1996 (when it replaced the Disabled Person’s Maintenance Allowance (DPMA) which had been operated by the Health Boards). These included: - demographic factors; - progressive easing of the means test;...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Application Numbers (30 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: Illness Benefit (IB) is a demand led social insurance-based scheme and the number of recipients is influenced by a range of factors including the number of people in employment, level of health of the working population, people’s social insurance records and scheme conditions. For example, the reduction in the number of people in employment (down 277,400 from 2008 to 2013) would have...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (30 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 30th April 2014. This application was referred to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors who did not consider that the child met the medical criteria for the allowance. A letter issued on the 29th July 2014 outlining the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance. A...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (30 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: JobBridge, the National Internship Scheme provides work experience placements for interns for a 6 or 9 month period.The aim of JobBridge is to assist in breaking the cycle where jobseekers are unable to get a job without experience, either as new entrants to the labour market after education or training or as unemployed people wishing to learn new skills. The initiative gives people a real...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (30 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: There have been no changes to the cumulative lifetime participation limits on the Community Employment scheme. With effect from 3 April 2000, lifetime participation on Community Employment by an individual will be limited to: - 3 years (156 weeks) for persons under 55 years of age. - 6 years (312 weeks) for persons of 55 years of age up to State Pension age. - Eligible persons in receipt...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (30 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: The client concerned has been requested to provide a housing need assessment, a lease agreement and documentation confirming proof of ownership. The PRTB letter provided does not verify the name of the landlord of the rental property. On receipt of this information the client's entitlement to Rent Supplement can be assessed.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (30 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: While building regulations do not require the provision of public toilet facilities in DSP public offices, the Department endeavours, where possible, to provide a fully accessible toilet facility for customer use. However, in some locations where a toilet was not provided at the time of original building construction, it is often not feasible to retrofit such a facility. This may be due...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (30 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: The client concerned is in receipt of their full entitlement to Rent Supplement based on their location, monthly rent, weekly income and family composition.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: As outlined to the Deputy in reply to Parliamentary Question No 120 of 17 September 2014 the client ceased to have an entitlement to one parent family payment in July 2014 and the reasons for this have been outlined. The client applied for and has been awarded a carers allowance at the maximum entitlement based on their personal circumstances and family composition.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (30 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: As a result of new information received by the Department the rate of Rent Supplement has been increased to include arrears as an exceptional measure due to the fact this family have extenuating circumstances.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (30 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: The back to education allowance (BTEA) programme is designed to support certain recipients of social welfare payments to pursue courses of education with the objective of improving their chances of accessing work. To qualify, a customer must satisfy a number of conditions such as, inter alia, being a certain age, in receipt of a prescribed social welfare payment for a specified time period,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (30 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: The figures for Nutgrove Social Welfare Local Office that the Deputy has requested are as follows: Year No. 2013 26 2014 (to date) 9

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (30 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has been assessed with means of €135 per week against her normal one parent family payment entitlement of €247.60 leaving a balance of €112.60 due to her. The means calculation is based on her receiving maintenance payments of €303 per month and the fact that her mortgage is being paid by her former spouse. The person concerned appealed this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (30 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal by the person has been withdrawn on the basis of a revised decision by Invalidity Pension Section on 26 September 2014 which was favourable to the person concerned. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Agencies (30 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: I am aware that the Deputy has clarified that his question relates to the statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection. These bodies are the Pensions Authority, the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman, the Citizens Information Board, and the Social Welfare Tribunal. Details requested by the Deputy in relation to these bodies are outlined in the table....

Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: The geothermal Bill will be published late next year. As Deputy Durkan will be aware, the minerals Bill is coming through in this session. On the sale of alcohol Bill, the heads of that Bill were cleared by the Government some time ago but I expect it will come back to Government again before coming before the House.

Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: I do not have the detailed agenda to hand but I will come back to Deputy Smith separately.