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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (21 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that a disability allowance appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 19 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 have been received from the Department, the case in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (21 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 21 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 have been received from the Department, the case in question will be referred...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Levy Issues (21 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The pension levy is a matter for the Minister for Finance and I have asked that his Department respond to you directly on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (21 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The claim by the person concerned for One-Parent Family Payment was disallowed as he failed to supply the Department with the documentation required to support his claim.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (21 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: In order to accrue a statutory entitlement to payment by an employer in respect of a public holiday, employees must have worked at least 40 hours in the 5 weeks ending on the day before the public holiday. In cases where a casual or part-time employee has no accrued entitlement to pay in respect of a public holiday and where s/he is unemployed on that day, the day may be treated as a day...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Eligibility (21 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for a mortgage interest supplement on 12 November 2013. Following the processing of her application it was disallowed on three grounds: Firstly, as her loan was not a primary mortgage for the purpose of purchasing, repairing or improving her home, it was not a qualifying loan under the mortgage interest supplement scheme. Secondly, her mortgage arrears were of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (21 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: Following the birth of her third child, information regarding her husband’s means was requested from the person concerned in order that her means be established. To date this information has not been forthcoming despite being requested and her claim for a rent supplement has been disallowed. The person concerned has been notified of this decision in writing and of her right to appeal...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Issues (21 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, decided to disallow the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision on 13 December 2013. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of an Appeals Officer is final and conclusive and may only be reviewed in the light of new evidence or new...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: In general, assistance towards clothing is only awarded as a single payment where evidence of an exceptional need is available. This would have been the case last year when she applied for, and received, a payment. This year the person concerned first applied for clothing assistance on 25 October 2013. She presented a letter from her GP asserting that she suffers from a medical condition...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (21 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The current eligibility rules do not extend generally to persons under 25 years. Community Employment (CE) is not generally intended for persons under 25 years of age as there are other more appropriate and suitable interventions for that cohort, for example, training programmes provided under the Local Education and Training Boards (ETBs). However, the Department is prepared to consider in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (21 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: Tús, the community work placement initiative introduced during 2011, was set up to provide short-term, quality work opportunities for those who are unemployed for more than a year. This initiative is being delivered through the network of local development companies and Údarás na Gaeltachta. Tús is designed to break the cycle of unemployment, and maintain work readiness...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme (21 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: Credited contributions (credits) are social insurance contributions which are awarded, under certain circumstances such as unemployment or illness, to an insured person without payment of a Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) contribution. Their purpose is to help protect the social insurance entitlements of insured persons during periods when paid PRSI contributions are not due. A person...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (21 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 358 and 360 together. 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 16 January 2014 and that the case will be referred to an Appeals Officer who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (21 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The entitlement of the person concerned cannot be examined until such time as the person concerned makes a claim with this Department. The Department cannot comment on any entitlement which may arise in another jurisdiction.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (21 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The purpose of rent supplement is to provide short-term support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation, whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. The overall aim is to provide short-term assistance, and not to act as an alternative to the other social housing schemes operated by...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (21 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The supplementary welfare allowance and jobseeker’s allowance claims, by the person concerned, were disallowed by a Designated/Deciding Officer of the Department on the grounds that she failed to disclose her means. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeals in this case were referred to an Appeals Officer who has decided to convene an oral hearing of both...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (21 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The following table details the additional places that have been allocated since January 2013 either to specific Community Employment (CE) schemes within each county, or to the DSP Divisional Manager for allocation within their division. The places were divided into the main dedicated placement types of child care-related, health care-related, drugs schemes and Other (i.e. general CE). If an...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Review (21 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The review of the Domiciliary Care Allowance scheme (DCA) was published in April 2013 The report makes a number of recommendations in relation to the operation of the scheme. The full report, including all of the recommendations, is published on . An implementation group, comprising of officials from the Department of Social Protection, other relevant departments/ relevant bodies and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (21 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: The Department received an application for carer’s benefit from the person in question on 26 October 2012. Under the provisions of carer’s benefit and carer’s leave legislation, a person claiming carer’s benefit may take up limited employment outside the home for up to 15 hours per week. Earnings from this limited employment cannot exceed €332.50 per week....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (21 Jan 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 has been notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection...