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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: The record of mutual commitment, introduced in line with the Government’s Pathways to Work policy, includes requirements for jobseekers and for the Department of Social Protection. The Department of Social Protection is committed to providing comprehensive employment support and income supports to jobseekers. The Department's goal is to help our clients in two ways; first by...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: The Revenue Commissioners are the primary collection agents in relation to income tax and outstanding PRSI for the self-employer. Income tax and PRSI payable by a self-employed contributor is treated as one aggregate sum in accordance with the provisions of Section 23(4) of the 2005 Social Welfare Consolidation Act. For that reason, it is not possible to separate payments to Revenue between...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Rebates (28 Nov 2013)

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. Compensation is based on the worker’s length of reckonable service and reckonable weekly remuneration, subject to a ceiling of €600 per week. It is the responsibility of the employer to pay statutory redundancy to all...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Employment Services (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: Following the integration of certain FÁS services within the Department of Social Protection, the Department has assumed responsibility for public employment services in Ireland. This service includes EURES (European Employment Service) which is a European wide network of all the public employment services in the European Union and the European Economic Area. Under EU regulations,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: The back to education allowance (BTEA) scheme is designed to support second chance education. It enables eligible persons to pursue approved education courses that leads to a higher qualification than that already held and to continue to receive income support equivalent to the value of their prior social protection payment for the duration of a course of study, subject to conditions. BTEA...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Budget 2013 Impact (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: My Department is currently preparing an analysis of the Budget 2014 tax and welfare packages. This Social Impact Assessment will include an analysis of the distributive and poverty impacts of these changes on different family types as well as the impact on at risk of poverty levels. Social impact assessment is an evidence-based methodology which uses a tax/welfare simulation model developed...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: The detail requested by the Deputy cannot be prepared in the time available. It will be provided directly to the officer concerned in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: Where individuals exit the workforce prior to pension age they may seek the support of either the jobseeker’s benefit or jobseeker’s allowance schemes. Jobseeker's benefit is a weekly payment to people out of work and covered by social insurance. If a person does not qualify for jobseeker’s benefit they may qualify for means tested jobseeker's allowance. The Revised...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Education and Training Provision (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: The Department of Social Protection together with the Department of Education and Skills provides a range of supports to enable jobseekers to pursue educational, training and development opportunities. Of the measures open to the Department of Social Protection, the Training & Education Support Grant and the Technical Assistance Training Scheme provide cash resources to a jobseeker...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: In order to consider the award of a qualified adult allowance a deciding officer must satisfy themselves as to the current income of that person. Where the qualified adult is self-employed, a notice of assessment for a previous year is considered as part of the overall assessment of current income. While the income from the previous 12 months is a useful indicator to estimate the likely...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (28 Nov 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. The overall aim is to provide short term assistance, and not to act as an alternative to the other social housing schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: As the Deputy is aware, provision was made in the Social Welfare & Pension Act 2012 to allow for Social Welfare Inspectors to exercise certain functions at ports and airports for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the Act. The powers came into effect on 7th June 2012. Since then, 122 cases have been detected at airports. The total amount of control savings resulting from these...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of disability allowance appeals from 2008 to 2012 and to date in 2013 is contained in the table below. A total of 5,151 disability allowance appeals were processed during 2012. 2,939 (57.06%) of these appeals had a successful outcome for the appellant. 730 (24.84%) of the successful appeals were in fact revised decisions made by...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (28 Nov 2013)

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 disallow 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: Carer’s allowance was stopped with effect from 11 December 2013 in respect of the person in question as, following a review, it was decided that the medical criteria were no longer satisfied. In order for a child under 16 years to be deemed eligible for carer's allowance, domiciliary care allowance must be in payment for that child. In those circumstances, the child is deemed to be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for jobseeker’s allowance on 11 October 2013. Her application was disallowed on the grounds that she was not habitually resident in the State. She was advised of the decision in writing on 25 October 2013 and of her right to appeal within 21 days. No appeal has been received. There is no record of an application for basic supplementary welfare allowance...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: The client made an application for rent supplement on 24 October 2013. Additional documentation was requested from the client which has not to date been received. The Department will make an assessment on the client’s application when all outstanding documentation has been provided.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Applications (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for State pension (contributory), including an increase for a qualified adult in respect of his spouse. His application was disallowed as he had insufficient contributions to qualify under Irish legislation. His entitlement to State pension (contributory) under EU Regulations is currently being examined and he has been awarded a pro-rata State pension...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is currently in receipt of a weekly payment of supplementary welfare allowance for herself and her dependant children as she has insufficient contributions to qualify for an illness benefit payment. She does not satisfy the conditions for a jobseeker’s allowance payment while she is ill and unable to seek employment. She will continue to receive a supplementary...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 27 August 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...