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Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: I must make it clear that I have not sought at any point in time to interfere in any way, as implied by the Deputy, with the workings of the Irish courts. Cases are before the Irish courts, where applicants have applied to the courts. Those applicants are absolutely entitled to progress their cases through the courts as they wish. For the Deputy to suggest that I have sought in some way to...

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: The Deputy said something about the Irish courts.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: That was at their request.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: What is it?

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: We are all northsiders over here.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: Deputy Olivia Mitchell is from the southside. Maybe she heard it?

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: It must be a DART expression.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: Deputy Boyd Barrett should know the term as he is from Dublin’s deep south.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: It was the Fianna Fáil Party that did that.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: Fianna Fáil brought in those schemes at the height of the crisis. It was former Deputy Brian Lenihan-----

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: No. I must correct the Deputy. It was done by Deputy Brian Lenihan, sitting here-----

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: Certainly that is the case with the schemes Deputy O'Dea referred to at the Central Bank and-----

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: We are not in government for three years.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill and the measures contained in it will not in any way affect people who are in receipt of either the contributory or non-contributory State pension. The measures I am outlining relate to defined benefit pension schemes only and the need for greater fairness when such schemes run into difficulty....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Reports (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: The 2012 Annual Report for the Department of Social Protection was published on 6 June 2013 and was laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas on the same date. The 2012 Annual Report is available for download on the Department of Social Protection website at .

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme 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. There are approximately 80,000 rent supplement recipients for which the Government has provided over €403 million...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Data (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy regarding the number of persons in receipt of farm assist at the end of each month since January 2012 to date in 2013 is detailed in the attached tabular statement. Number of Recipients of Farm Assist, 2012 and 2013 to date. 2012 Month Number of Recipients January 11,351 February 11,364 March 11,346 April 11,158 May 11,154 June 11,137...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: Eligibility for treatment benefit (including medical appliances) is based on a person’s PRSI record. A claimant must have at least 260 reckonable PRSI contributions paid since first starting work, and 39 such contributions paid or credited in a relevant tax year. Only PRSI paid at classes A, E, H, or P count towards benefit. While the person concerned has a full PRSI record, these...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: Further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 28 November 2013, a person who is in receipt of rent supplement who commences the back to work enterprise allowance may retain entitlement to rent supplement, subject to the means test, if they are deemed as eligible for the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) by a housing authority. The back to work enterprise allowance scheme is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: This client made an application for rent supplement on 24 October 2013. The Department is awaiting information required to determine eligibility that was requested on two occasions, most recently on 2 December 2013. A full assessment will take place on receipt of the information.