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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (6 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 15 April 2014, 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 Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (6 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 30 April 2014, 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 Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pensions Data (6 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The figures requested by the Deputy relating to Invalidity Pension appeals received and finalised during 2013 and to the end of April 2014, are provided in the table. A total of 4,501 invalidity pension appeals were received during 2013. A total of 6,968 invalidity pension appeals were finalised during that year. 80.4% of the appeals which were finalised had a successful outcome for the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (6 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 16 April 2014, 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 Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (6 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 29 April 2014, 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 Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (6 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 27 February 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (6 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 30 April 2014. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When these have been received from the Department, the case in question will be referred to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (6 May 2014)

Joan Burton: Discussions are ongoing between this department and Offaly County Council. However, the matter is primarily one for Offaly County Council who made the original decision to cease the job initiative scheme.

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

Joan Burton: The person’s disability allowance application was disallowed on 16 April, 2014 on the basis that her weekly means exceeded the statutory limit allowable for a person in her circumstances. The means assessed against the person were derived from earnings from her spouse‘s employment. If the person’s circumstances change in the future it is open to her to re-apply for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (6 May 2014)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 244 to 246, inclusive, together. 137 host organisations have taken on more than one intern under the Jobbridge scheme in County Mayo since the scheme commenced in July 2011. However, a host organisation may not, for a period of six months, take on another JobBridge intern in the same position as their previous JobBridge intern, except where the previous...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (6 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The Office of the Revenue Commissioners advises that while it continues to support “Level W” numbers for the limited range of non-assessable spouse options, e.g., where a couple is being jointly assessed for tax purposes, its systems now require a non “Level W” number where they are dealing with an individual in their own right. Accordingly, Revenue asks people...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals (6 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 7 March 2014. The appeal, in this case, was referred to an Appeals Officer on 1 May 2014, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (6 May 2014)

Joan Burton: Child benefit is a monthly payment to assist with the costs associated with raising children. It is paid to around 616,000 families in respect of some 1.17 million children, with an estimated expenditure of around €1.9 billion in 2014. I am conscious that child benefit is an important source of income for all families. Child benefit as a “universal” payment is paid in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Reform (6 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The primary objective of pension policy is to ensure the sustainability of pension provision and in that context to support an environment which will provide an adequate income for people in their retirement. Significant changes in pension policy have been introduced in recent years, particularly in relation to increasing State pension age and supporting the sustainability of defined benefit...

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

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal in respect of overpayment of carer’s allowance by the person concerned was received in that office on the 14th April 2014. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When these papers have been...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (6 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: Job Assist Scheme Eligibility (6 May 2014)

Joan Burton: Given the scale of unemployment levels, the key objective of activation policy and labour market initiatives is to offer assistance to those most in need of support in securing work and achieving financial self-sufficiency. This policy objective prioritises scarce resources to those in receipt of qualifying welfare payments. Accordingly the employment services and schemes provided by the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (6 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 1 May 2014. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When these have been received from the Department, the case in question will be referred to an...

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

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that, following the submission of additional evidence, the Appeals Officer dealing with this case decided to set aside his decision of 8 January 2014 to disallow the appeal and the appeal is being re-opened by way of oral hearing. Every effort will be made to hear the case as quickly as possible and the person concerned will be informed when...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Proposed Legislation (6 May 2014)

Joan Burton: The main purpose of the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014 is to transpose the provisions of Directive 2010/41/EU on the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity, in so far as the Directive relates to ensuring that the spouse or civil partner of a self-employed worker can benefit from social protection in accordance with national...