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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (5 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: The purpose of the redundancy payments scheme is to compensate workers, under the Redundancy Payments Acts for the loss of their jobs by reason of redundancy. It is the employer’s responsibility to make statutory redundancy payments to its eligible employees. The time limit for an employee to make a statutory redundancy lump sum claim is 52 weeks after the date of termination of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications (5 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: The client in question was awarded jobseeker's allowance from 31 January 2014, having being in receipt of a supplementary welfare allowance from 16 January 2014. The client was asked to supply further information in relation to her rent supplement claim on 4 February 2014 and a decision on entitlement will be made on receipt of same.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (5 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: Schemes, such as the back to education allowance (BTEA), are introduced under powers conferred on the Minister for Social Protection under the Social Welfare Acts to provide and fund a range of support programmes and schemes for people in receipt of a certain social welfare payments. The rules applying to BTEA are not contained in primary or secondary legislation but in operational...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (5 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: The table lists the various social welfare schemes and payments that are provided for on a statutory basis and on a non-statutory basis. In general, the weekly income replacement payments, such as State pensions, illness and disability benefits, jobseekers payments etc., are provided for on a statutory basis. However, other schemes which provide a variety of services free of charge or at...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration Legislation (5 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: The loss of a child in any circumstances is an extremely tragic event for a family and I would like to extend my deepest sympathies to those families who have lost children. The procedures governing the registration of deaths are provided for under Part 5 of the Civil Registration Act, 2004. When a death occurs it is registered on foot of a certificate of cause of death supplied by a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (5 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was received in that office on 27 November 2013 and was registered on 9 December 2013. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. These papers were received in the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (5 Feb 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 proposes to hold 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 have been made. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Reform (5 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: The principle underlying a service tapered approach would be that those who have contributed for longest should get the most out of the scheme in the event of the wind up of scheme. As I indicated in my previous response, this was one of the many options considered during the deliberation phase which preceded the publication of the Social Welfare and Pension (No. 2) Bill 2013. It was...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (4 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: The back to education allowance (BTEA) scheme is a second chance education opportunities scheme designed to remove the barriers to participation in second and third level education by enabling eligible people on certain social welfare payments to continue to receive a payment while pursuing an approved full-time education course that leads to a higher qualification than that already held....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Bodies Issues (4 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 298 to 300, inclusive, together. Staff from the Employment Supports and Community Services areas of FÁS were integrated with the Department of Social Protection on foot of a Government decision from 1 January 2012. The staff were designated at the equivalent civil service grade by reference to the rate of salary; there were no changes in those salary...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (4 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 6 November 2013. 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 received from the Department, the case in question will be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (4 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 302, 341, 355 and 360 together. The Department does not maintain statistics on JobBridge internships by Nace Rev. 2 codes or on the education profile of interns by economic sector. 125, 341 and 357 internships started in Waterford City and County in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 respectively. 622 and 573 internships started in Counties Louth and Meath...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (4 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: A dedicated Employer Engagement Unit was established in 2012 to coordinate the Department’s engagement with employers. The unit includes staff dealing with JobBridge, the European Job Mobility Portal (EURES), and the National Contact Centre, which hosts the Jobs Ireland website, as well as staff providing policy and coordination support to employer engagement across the country....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (4 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy is collated at county level by my Department annually for inclusion in the Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services report. Work has commenced on the compilation of data for the production of the 2013 report. However, the most recent data available, at present, in respect the number of participants on labour activation schemes at the end of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (4 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 305 and 306 together. A key objective of the transfer of the Community Welfare Service (CWS) from the Health Service Executive to the Department on 1 October 2011 was to provide a streamlined and consistent service to the customer. As part of this process and to support the Department’s activation commitments under the Pathways to Work Programme and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (4 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: Applicants for a range of social assistance payments must satisfy the condition of being habitually resident in Ireland. The person concerned applied for jobseeker’s allowance and completed the habitual residency condition form. The application was disallowed by a deciding officer on the grounds that the person does not satisfy this condition. It is open for them to appeal this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Issues (4 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, disallowed the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of the Appeals Officer is final and conclusive and may only be reviewed by the Appeals Officer in the light of new evidence or new facts. ...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (4 Feb 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 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 Office functions...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (4 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer has fully considered all of the available evidence in the case of the person concerned and has decided to disallow her appeal 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (4 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned has been 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 Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible...