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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (20 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: People who were previously self-employed and are now in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance have access to the full range of activation measures available to other job-seeker’s allowance recipients. Many services are available to the formerly self-employed who are not in receipt of a social welfare payment. For example employment services, such as advice on job-search...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Reform (20 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: A primary function of the social welfare system in relation to persons of working age is to support those persons and their families where they have lost or are unable to attain employment. Consistent with this role the system, most notably via jobseeker’s schemes supports to part-time work under the family income supplement scheme, the system also helps persons to attain and maintain...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (20 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is not entitled to jobseeker’s allowance as she is currently engaged in a full-time course of study and so not available for or seeking full time employment. An overpayment in the amount of €4752.00 has been assessed for the period 15 November 2013 to 11 February 2014 during which the person concerned was in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance and also...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (20 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: Following a review of the rent allowance claim for the person concerned in December 2013, she was asked by her Rents Unit to provide further details from her employer of the hours she is working. The Rents Unit have written to her again this week requesting that she furnish more detailed information from her employer in order that a new assessment of entitlement can be made, and she should...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (20 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: The correct level of jobseeker’s allowance payable in the case of the person concerned is €342.60 per week. This includes a personal rate with an increase in respect of a qualified adult and one qualified child. It is open to the person concerned to call to his local office in Maynooth to submit an application for separate payments which will be processed accordingly.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Homelessness Strategy (20 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government is responsible for the policy in relation to homelessness. However, this Department has a role in providing income support to persons who are homeless and also engages through its work in the Homeless Persons Unit to facilitate persons to access private rented accommodation. Under the social welfare system, homeless people...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (20 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 and 143 together. People who have incurred an overpayment from the Department of Social Protection have a liability under law to refund the amounts involved. (Section 338 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 2005 (as amended) refers). They have received monies to which they were not entitled and every effort will be made to recover the amounts due...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (19 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: Major activation reforms have been introduced in my Department to help people back to work. Pathways to Work is the strategy driving these reforms. Activation measures include the requirement to attend group or individual meetings, and/or avail of suitable education, training or development opportunities, or specified employment programmes, which are considered appropriate to a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (19 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: There is no record of an application for a rent supplement from the person concerned since her previous claim in 2012. It is open to the person concerned to submit a new application and her entitlement will be examined in accordance with the qualifying conditions for the scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (19 Feb 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 allow the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision. The person concerned was notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision on 14 February 2014. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (19 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 25th October 2013. 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 15th January 2014 outlining the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance. ...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (19 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 14th March 2013. This application was referred to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors who considered that the child was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on the 20th May 2013 outlining the decision to refuse the allowance. The person concerned subsequently...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Eligibility (19 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: Invalidity pension is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and who satisfy the contribution conditions. This department received a claim for invalidity pension for the person concerned on 19 November 2013. Based upon the medical evidence supplied in support of her claim, a deciding officer decided that the person concerned is not...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: The living alone increase is an additional payment of €7.70 per week made to people aged 66 or over who are living alone and in receipt of certain social welfare payments, including State pensions. It is also available to people who are under 66 years of age who are living alone and receiving payments, mainly in relation to disability. The basic rate of the State pension has not...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (19 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: I am informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that, an appeal by the person concerned was registered on 6 February 2014, and in accordance with the statutory requirements, the Appeals Office has contacted the appellant and asked him to set out the complete grounds of his appeal. On receipt of his response the relevant departmental papers will be requested from the Department of Social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (19 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that a decision will issue to the person concerned in respect of her appeal within the next two weeks. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Payments (19 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is in receipt of Mortgage Interest Supplement since April 2010 and was paid at the rate of €486.40 per month up to 30 September 2013. On the 8th October 2013, the Department undertook a routine review of the Mortgage Interest Supplement claim and, as part of the review, requested the person to complete a MS1 form and to return it along with supporting...

Other Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: Well done.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Reform (18 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: Pensions policy is a topic with potentially broad and cross-cutting implications. An ad hoc group on pensions, involving relevant Ministers and chaired by the Taoiseach, meets as necessary to ensure a coherent and consistent approach. As this is an ad hoc group there are no formal terms of reference.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (18 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: To receive the back to education allowance (BTEA), a person must satisfy a number of conditions such as being a certain age; in receipt of a prescribed social welfare payment for a specified time period; pursuing a full time course of study leading to a recognised qualification in a recognised college; and progressing in the level of education currently held with reference to the national...