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

Mary Hanafin: The qualifying criteria for the Treatment Benefit scheme remain unchanged for 2010. The changes introduced in the recent Budget affect only the range of treatments available under the scheme, which for 2010 are limited to a free Dental and Optical examination and medical appliances, namely hearing aids and contact lenses prescribed for medical purposes. The scheme will be reviewed again...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (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 — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (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. In addition, to qualify for a State Pension (Contributory), at least one year's...

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

Mary Hanafin: An application for Domiciliary Care Allowance was received by the Department on 10 January 2010. This application is currently being processed, a decision will issue to the person in question within eight weeks of the date of receipt.

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (26 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: In recognition of the devastation suffered by people in many areas of the country as a result of the flooding from November 2009 onwards the Government set up a Humanitarian Assistance Scheme to provide income tested financial support to people who have suffered damages to their homes not covered by insurance. An initial sum of €10million has been set aside by the Government for this...

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (21 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: In recognition of the devastation suffered by people in many areas of the country as a result of the flooding from November 2009 onwards the Government set up a Humanitarian Assistance Scheme to provide income tested financial support to people who have suffered damages to their homes not covered by insurance . An initial sum of €10 million has been set aside by the Government for this...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (21 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The information requested is currently being compiled within the Department and will be made available to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The Treatment Benefit scheme is paid from the Social Insurance Fund (SIF). Although the SIF has operated a surplus since 1996, this position began to change last year, and expenditure had to be partially funded from the accumulated Exchequer surplus. It is estimated that the accumulated surplus will be completely exhausted in the first half of 2010, and that Exchequer will be required to...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (21 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The Family Support Agency funds the Family and Community Services Resource Centre Programme and the Scheme of Grants to voluntary organisations providing marriage, child and bereavement counselling. There are two Family Resource Centres in South Tipperary and they received funding of €203,220 in 2009. Seven organisations received funding of € 85,150 under the 2009 Scheme of Grants. The...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 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 and are thus liable to social insurance contributions. On foot of a Programme for Government commitment an information leaflet, 'Working with your spouse: how it affects your social...

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (21 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: This Department has not conducted any tribunals of enquiry.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (21 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The four statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department are the Pensions Board, the Citizens Information Board, the Family Support Agency and the Social Welfare Tribunal. In addition the Pensions Ombudsman comes under the remit of the Department. The total expenditure for each of the Agencies/Boards under the aegis of the Department in the years 2006 to 2008 and provisional...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The person concerned claimed one parent family payment from 21 May 2009. His claim was disallowed on 11 September 2009 as he failed to disclose his means. He lodged an appeal on 30 September 2009 and his file was sent to an inspector for a review of his case. The inspector contacted the person concerned on 9 October 2009 and requested a P45 or a letter from his employer and bank statements....

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: To date, no application for commercial partnership has been received in the case of the person mentioned (details supplied). To qualify for a State Pension (Contributory) a number of conditions must be satisfied, including the condition that a person must have entered into Social Insurance before attaining age 56. Department's records show that the person concerned first paid...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The person concerned applied for Carer's Allowance on 30 December 2009. On 5 January 2010 the case was referred to an Investigative Officer of this Department for means assessment and confirmation that the conditions necessary for receipt of the allowance are satisfied. On completion of the necessary investigations a decision will be made and he will be notified directly of the outcome....

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The person concerned claimed one-parent family payment from 24 April 2008. The claim was disallowed on 12 January 2009 on the grounds that she was not a qualified parent for the purpose of the one parent family payment scheme. She appealed the deciding officer's decision on 19 January 2009 and the decision was upheld by an appeals officer on 7 September 2009. The person concerned made a new...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (21 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 and are thus liable to social insurance contributions. Spouses who operate in a commercial partnership may be brought into the social insurance system, subject to certain criteria. In...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (21 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which includes rent supplement, is administered on behalf of the Department by the Community Welfare Service of the Health Service Executive (HSE). 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...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (21 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The four statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department are the Pensions Board, the Citizens Information Board, the Family Support Agency and the Social Welfare Tribunal. In addition the Pensions Ombudsman comes under the remit of the Department. The total number of staff for each of the Agencies/Boards under the aegis of the Department in the years 2007, 2008 and 2009 is...

Written Answers — Departmental Websites: Departmental Websites (20 Jan 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The Department currently maintains four websites. The Department's main website, www.welfare.ie, contains information on the range of schemes and services provided by the Department, as well as policy publications and online services. Support and maintenance costs for the website and associated content management system in 2009 were €47,248. In 2009 there were over 2.75m unique visits to...