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- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Dec 2006)
Séamus Brennan: The back to education allowance is a second chance education opportunities programme designed to encourage and facilitate people on certain social welfare payments to improve their skills and qualifications and, therefore, their prospects of returning to the active work force. To qualify for participation in the scheme a person must be, at least 21 years of age (18 for people with...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Dec 2006)
Séamus Brennan: The person concerned claimed Illness Benefit in January 2005. Her entitlement was reviewed in November this year and, on the basis of the opinion of a Medical Assessor that she was capable of work, a Deciding Officer disallowed her claim with effect from 18 November 2006. This decision is currently under appeal by the person concerned. While Illness Benefit cannot be paid to a person who has...
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Séamus Brennan: By any standards, this was a fairly historic budget. With a package of over â¬1.4 billion, it delivers the largest increase in social welfare spending in the history of the State. It is also a reforming welfare budget with a number of significant and fundamental reforms of social policy at its core. Total social welfare expenditure next year will be â¬15.3 billion, or â¬1 in every â¬3...
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Séamus Brennan: I announced a revamped payment.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Séamus Brennan: Deputy Rabbitte is wrong.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Séamus Brennan: It cost â¬60 million, so Deputy Rabbitte is wrong.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Séamus Brennan: An additional â¬60 million is being provided. The Deputy is wrong.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Séamus Brennan: It is an extra payment on top of it. Deputy Rabbitte is wrong.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Séamus Brennan: Deputy Rabbitte is wrong. It is â¬60 million on top of child benefit.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Séamus Brennan: The Deputy is wrong.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Séamus Brennan: So there is an extra â¬60 million on the new rate.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Séamus Brennan: I thought Deputy Rabbitte would support an extra â¬60 million for child poverty.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Séamus Brennan: That is good.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Séamus Brennan: Hear, hear.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Séamus Brennan: I increased the disregard.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Séamus Brennan: I doubled it. Deputy Rabbitte should look it up.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Séamus Brennan: I doubled it. Are we reading the same budget?
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Séamus Brennan: We have doubled the means test for fuel allowance, so the Deputy is wrong.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (6 Dec 2006)
Séamus Brennan: The living alone increase is an additional payment of â¬7.70 per week made to people aged 66 years or over who are in receipt of certain social welfare payments and who are living alone. It is also available to people who are under 66 years of age who are living alone and who receive payments under one of a number of invalidity type schemes. The increase is intended as a contribution...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Dec 2006)
Séamus Brennan: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which includes rent supplement, is administered on my behalf by the Community Welfare Division of the Health Service Executive. The Executive has advised, that while it has received a rent supplement application from the person concerned, it has requested additional information together with supporting documentation in order that a decision can be...