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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned made an application for Jobseeker’s Allowance on 28 April 2014. The person’s means are currently under investigation and a decision on the claim will be made shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: Partial capacity benefit (PCB) is a social welfare scheme which allows a person to return to employment if they have a reduced capacity for work and to continue to receive an illness related payment from this Department. Applicants for PCB must first be in receipt of either illness benefit (IB) for at least 6 months or invalidity pension (IP). Entry to the Scheme is subject to medical...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and who satisfy the contribution conditions. It is the department’s policy to pursue all debts with the aim of recouping the money owed within the shortest possible timeframe. To this end, the department may withhold any arrears due to the customer and/or implement...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (27 May 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 hold an oral hearing in this case on 12thJune 2014. The person concerned will shortly be advised of the arrangements for the 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 Appeals (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an oral hearing of the appeal of the person concerned took place on 6thMay 2014 and that the Appeals Officer is now considering the appeal in the light of all of the evidence submitted, including that adduced at the oral hearing. The person concerned will be notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision when the appeal has been...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: Diet supplement, administered under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, is payable to qualifying persons who have been prescribed a special diet as a result of a specified medical condition. Following the outcome of a review of the costs of healthy eating and specialised diets by the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute commissioned by the Department during 2013, the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 20thMarch 2014. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Social Protection. These papers were received in the Social Welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 01stMay 2014. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Social Protection. These papers were received in the Social Welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned failed to attend activation meetings and a penalty rate was applied to his claim. Following further non-attendances at planned meetings his payment was suspended. During this period he was also requested to provide proof of address on several occasions. This was not provided and his claim is now closed.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Appeals (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that a one parent family payment 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: I am not aware of any undue delays in processing claims for jobseekers payments. For claims processed in April, the average time to award a claim was 1 week for Jobseeker’s Benefit and 2 weeks for Jobseeker’s Allowance. Where a person states that they have found work, it is normal practice for a jobseeker claim to be closed. However, in cases where the customer informs the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: According to the records of the department there is no application for an exceptional needs payment for the person concerned. It is open to her to make an application for such payment in her local office.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 440 and 455 together. Post-graduate courses that lead to a higher diploma in any discipline are eligible for support under the back to education allowance scheme (BTEA). Other than the professional masters in education, to which eligibility has been extended for the forthcoming academic year following the introduction of number of improvements to the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Funding (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: Moatview Fairfield Development Association recently submitted an application for additional places on their Community Employment project. The application indicates that the additional Community Employment participants would be employed managing Darndale Park. The main objective of Community Employment is to enable long-term unemployed people to re-enter the labour market through the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: One of the primary aims in the transfer of the Community Welfare Service (CWS) from the Health Service Executive to the Department on 1st October 2011 was to provide a streamlined and consistent service to customers. As part of this process and to support the Department’s activation commitments under the Pathways to Work Programme and the development of Intreo services nationally, it...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The provisions in the Pensions Act do take the length of service accrued in a pension scheme into account when calculating pension entitlement. For example, consider two members of a scheme, one with 30 years’ service completed and one with 15 years’ service completed. Assume the pension formula is 1/60thof pensionable salary per year of service, both have the same pensionable...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 02ndApril 2014. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Social Protection. These papers were received in the Social Welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (27 May 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 by that office on 16thMay 2014 and that the case 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 Welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is in receipt of a reduced rate disability allowance. The means assessed against him are derived from a pension his spouse receives. There are no disregards allowable for private pensions in the calculation of means for disability allowance. If a person’s spouse or partner is in insurable employment, means are calculated as follows; gross earnings less employee...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: Child benefit is paid up to and including the month of a child’s 16th birthday and continues to the month of the 18thbirthday, provided the child is in full-time education. In order for payment to continue after the age of 16, it is necessary for the school to certify that the child is in full-time education and will be until the age of 18. In the case of the person concerned, a...