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Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The information sought by the Deputy is not compiled on a city or county basis within the Department. Statistics on fraudulent claims are not maintained in such a manner as to enable the information sought by the Deputy to be provided.

Written Answers — Money Advice and Budgeting Service: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The number of people in North Tipperary who have availed of the services of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service in 2008 and in 2009 is outlined in the table below. Year New Clients in North Tipperary MABS 2008 206 2009 311 This represents a 51% increase in new clients in 2009 as compared to 2008. An additional part-time money advisor was appointed in North Tipperary MABS on 23...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: Disability Allowance is a weekly Allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged over 16 and under 66. The disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, a means test and a habitual residence test. The person concerned applied for Disability Allowance on 10 November 2009. Her claim was assessed by a Medical...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the supplied tabular statement. Year Labour Force (1) Number in Employment (1) One-Parent Family Payment One-Parent Family Payment as % of Labour Force One-Parent Family Payments as % of Employed Disability Allowance Disability Allowance as % of Labour Force Disability Allowance as % of Employed 2000 1,763,700 1,684,100...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that, following receipt of the relevant Departmental papers including comments on the grounds of appeal, the appeal from the person concerned has been referred to an Appeals Officer for consideration. As part of this consideration, the Appeals Officer will examine all evidence submitted. The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an office of the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: On 5 March 2009 a Deciding Officer gave a formal insurability decision that the person (details supplied) was engaged in self-employment on the day of the accident. On 2 April 2009 solicitors acting on behalf of the person appealed the decision to the Social Welfare Appeals Office. The Social Welfare Appeals Office wrote to the Department in September 2009 and requested that additional...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: As a result of Budget 2009 the personal rate of farm assist was reduced from €204.30 to €196.00. This represents a decrease of 4.1%. The reduction in the persons farm assist rate is consistent with the decreases announced in the Budget.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: Under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive, an exceptional needs payment (ENP) may be made to help meet an essential, once-off cost which the applicant is unable to meet out of his/her own resources. There is no automatic entitlement to this payment. Each application is...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: My Department encourages people to engage in voluntary work within the State. Any person who engages in voluntary work may continue to be entitled to Jobseeker's Benefit or Allowance provided that, in engaging in the voluntary work, the customer continues to satisfy the statutory conditions of being available for and genuinely seeking work. Examples of voluntary work in which jobseeker's may...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The legislation governing means-tests for Disability Allowance and other welfare schemes provides that certain compensation awards are disregarded in the assessment of means. For instance, compensation awards by the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal 1997, the Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal 2002 or compensation awards by a court of competent jurisdiction to persons who have...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that, following receipt of the relevant Departmental papers including comments on the grounds of appeal, the appeal from the person concerned has been referred to an Appeals Officer for consideration. The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an office of the Department that is independently responsible for determining appeals against decisions on...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme provides for a weekly or monthly supplement to be paid in respect of rent or mortgage interest to any person in the State whose means are insufficient to meet their needs. The supplementary welfare allowance scheme is administered by the community welfare service of the Health Service Executive on behalf of the Department. The purpose of the rent...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 456 and 457 together. Social welfare legislation does not currently provide for the reimbursement to the Department by insurance companies of social welfare payments deducted from awards of special damages in respect of loss of earnings. However, officials in the Department have been examining this matter. The Department does not routinely collect information...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The person concerned applied for a jobseeker's allowance on 16 November 2009. One of the conditions for receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance is that the person must satisfy a means test. In this regard her application was referred to the local Social Welfare Investigator and their investigation has been completed. A decision on her claim will issue to her shortly. A person may apply for...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The Department has no record of an existing claim for Jobseeker's Allowance or any other Social Welfare payment from the person concerned. If he wishes to submit an application he should contact his local Social Welfare Office.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: Spouses who are actively engaged in a commercial partnership, including the operation of a farm, as opposed to simply being the joint owners of a property, are treated as individual self-employed contributors. In these cases both spouses are liable to pay PRSI (Class S) contributions in a timely manner. On foot of a Programme for Government commitment an information leaflet, 'Working with...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: Disability Allowance is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged over 16 and under 66. The disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, a means test and a habitual residence test. The person concerned applied for Disability Allowance on 16 October 2009. His claim was assessed by a Medical...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The various social assistance schemes operated by my Department are means tested and include schemes such as jobseeker's allowance and one-parent family payment. For means test purposes, account is taken of the value of any capital or property owned by the person in addition to any cash income the person might have including, inter alia, earnings from employment, income from self-employment,...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The Department continues to provide customers, on request, with a copy of their full social insurance contribution history, together with the booklet "Working it Out", to assist them in assessing their possible pension entitlement. This enables a customer to review their contribution history. Should they identify any "gaps" in their record, they can have these investigated and rectified in...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The person concerned made a claim for Jobseeker's Allowance on 6 January 2009, at Finglas Social Welfare Local Office. He was assessed with means which were in excess of his entitlement. His means were derived from self–employment, spouse's insurable employment and capital/property. Accordingly, he was not entitled to Jobseeker's Allowance. He was informed of this decision on 27 February...