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

Joan Burton: The community welfare officer has contacted the person concerned by phone and has issued the necessary application forms. As soon as the completed forms and supporting documentation are received a decision will be made on his entitlement to payment.

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 referred to an Appeals Officer on 30thApril 2014, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. It is not possible to advise at this point when the appeal will be determined. The Social Welfare Appeals Office...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 28thApril 2014, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. It is not possible at this point to confirm when the appeal process will be completed. However every effort will be made...

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 was referred to an Appeals Officer on 20thMay 2014, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The additional information submitted will be brought to the attention of the Appeals Officer dealing with this case. The...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Drug Treatment Programmes Funding (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: Under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, the Department may make a single exceptional needs payment (ENP) to help meet essential, once-off and unforeseen expenditure which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income. There is no automatic entitlement to an ENP payment. ENPs are payable at the discretion of the officers administering the...

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

Joan Burton: Jobseeker’s allowance is a means-based social assistance scheme for unemployed people in respect of a week of unemployment, which is defined in law as a period of four days of unemployment in seven consecutive days. A person working five days per week would not satisfy this condition and jobseeker’s allowance would not be payable. The social welfare system provides a number...

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

Joan Burton: The person concerned will receive her final one parent family payment on the 26thof June. The family income support payment will be increased as a result of the termination of one parent family. This change will happen automatically.

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

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 458 and 465 together. You will appreciate that it is not appropriate for me to comment on matters relating to an individual pension scheme. Defined benefit pension schemes in Ireland are generally established under trust and the trustees of such pension schemes have a fiduciary duty under Trust Law toact in the best interests of all scheme members. A member...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 7th April 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: Community Employment Schemes Cessation (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: I can confirm that FÁS did not make funding available to pay enhanced redundancy to community employment supervisors in circumstances where a sponsor closed the project on its own initiative.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (27 May 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 a summary decision. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social...

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

Joan Burton: The application, based upon the evidence submitted, was refused on means grounds and the person concerned was notified in writing of this decision and the reason(s) for it on 9 April 2014. If the person has further information he wishes to submit his claim will be sent to a social welfare investigator for review.

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

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 464 and 473 together. As the person concerned has been on a career break from his previous employment, he has been contacted and asked to supply a letter from his employer stating that they currently have no position to offer him. A decision on his jobseeker’s allowance application can be made as soon as this information is received.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: New applications for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) continue to be processed in the Department since the judgement referred to was delivered. However, scheduled eligibility reviews of DCA claims already in payment, which have not been carried out since the review of the administration of the scheme was announced in May 2012, remain suspended pending further consideration of the judgement...

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

Joan Burton: The person concerned has the requisite claim paid days on the live register. However for all other eligibility conditions he must contact his local office who can advise him in this regard.

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

Joan Burton: The Carer’s Allowance Scheme is administered from the Department’s offices in Longford. Claims are referred by Carer’s Allowance Section to local Social Welfare Inspectors to carry out means assessments and reviews. The Balbriggan Inspectorate does not currently have a significant backlog of Carer’s Allowance applications for assessment or review. There are...

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

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 27th January 2014. The application is currently with a social welfare investigative officer for assessment of means and confirmation that all the conditions for receipt of carer’s allowance are satisfied. The person in question also submitted additional information on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Applications (27 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers. This includes ensuring that applications are processed and that decisions on entitlement are made as quickly as possible. In the case of Family Income Supplement (FIS) the Department has been working to build an awareness of the scheme through its engagement with employers and jobseekers and through the use of...

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

Joan Burton: Any individual who incurs an overpayment from the Department of Social Protection has a liability under law to refund the amount involved. They have received monies to which they were not entitled and every effort will be made to recover the amounts due through all available means. The overpayment in question is currently being recovered at the rate of €20 per week.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Data (15 May 2014)

Joan Burton: Employees whose income does not exceed €38 per week are not liable to pay Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI). It is estimated that for 2014 the number of income earners with income below this threshold will be 8,610. Where an employee’s weekly earnings exceed €38 but do not exceed €352 per week, he or she has no liability to PRSI but the employer is liable to...