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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: Once a person has been deemed eligible to participate and commences on the Community Employment (CE) programme they remain on CE for the duration of their annual contract. They may also be retained for further time on CE if their CE Supervisor and the DSP officer agree to the extension of participation.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 345 and 346 together. The number of persons aged 25 and under in receipt of jobseeker's allowance at the end of October 2013 was 58,820. A breakdown of the number of recipients by age and duration is contained in the attached tabular statement. Number of Recipients of Jobseeker’s Allowance 25 and under by Duration Age Less than 6mths 6-12mths...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Local Employment Service Issues (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: The Local Employment Service (LES) delivers employment services through a network of local contact points and/or outreach services. The LES provide services for both jobseekers who are referred through the department’s activation processes and jobseekers identified as being most distant from the labour market e.g. people who have a disability, ex-offenders, etc. In 2011 the LES had...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Funding (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: “Your first EURES job” is an existing EU job mobility scheme specifically targeted to help young people find work and to help employers find workers. It aims to match young jobseekers and job changers to fill vacancies across Europe. “Your First EURES Job” is one of the existing initiatives that may be utilised in implementing the Youth Guarantee in Ireland in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 349 and 350 together. There are currently approximately 300 employment service officers/advisors. A further 300 staff are being re-assigned to these roles. The first 160 staff to be redeployed have been identified and notified of their re-assignments and training has commenced. The remaining 140 staff to be re-deployed have been identified and are in the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 351 and 352 together. To facilitate early and targeted interventions, the initial priority within Intreo and other offices in the Department has been to profile customers, including young persons under 25 years of age, as they join the Live Register. The number of young persons currently under 25 years of age, who have been profiled up to 10 November 2013,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Employment Initiative (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: Negotiations on the regulations for the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), and for the European Social Fund more generally, are almost concluded. The Government has sought to maximise the possible benefits to Ireland in these negotiations. It has now been indicated, provisionally, that Ireland will be allocated funding of €63.66 million (at 2011 prices; €68.15 million at...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: In order to develop and implement a Youth Guarantee Plan, the Department of Social Protection has set up an interdepartmental Youth Guarantee Implementation Group with officials and programme managers from the Department of Education and Skills, the Department of Jobs Enterprise and Innovation, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: General Register Office (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: The General Register Office operates a dedicated genealogy research room in Dublin with capacity for 40 people. Members of the public can search indexes of births, deaths and marriages and obtain photocopies of entries they require. The following table gives a summary of research activity for the years 2008-2012. - 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 General search 2,466 2,780 2,612 2,353 2,093...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: The person concerned submitted an application for Jobseekers Allowance on 30 April, 2013. A condition for receipt of Jobseeker’s Allowance is that a person must be habitually resident in the State. As he was found not to be habitually resident, his application was disallowed and he was informed of this decision on 22 July, 2013. The person concerned has appealed this decision and the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Services Data (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: Places on activation programmes are not generally reserved for a specific age-group. However, expected take up by unemployed young people on programmes offering full-time opportunities is currently expected to be in excess of 27,500 next year. The programmes involved here are JobBridge; Tús, Community Employment and Gateway; JobsPlus; the Back-to-Work Enterprise Allowance; FAS/Solas...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (26 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 17 September 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: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: The overall concern of the Government in this and previous budgets has been to protect the primary weekly social welfare rates and we are not in a position to reverse this budget measure. Maintaining the rate of the State pension and other core payments is critical in relation to protecting people from poverty. To allow us to protect these core payments, we have had to look very carefully at...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (26 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, decided to disallow the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision on 1 November 2013. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of an Appeals Officer is final and conclusive and may only be reviewed in the light of additional evidence or new...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: The client concerned is in receipt of her full entitlement to rent supplement based on the information she provided at time of application. She and her partner are both in receipt of separate full rate weekly payments. Their rent supplement entitlement is based on their income, household composition, location and their monthly rental expenditure.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: In the case of casual/part-time employment, the practice of having the weekly signing docket verified in advance by the employer was discontinued in 2009 in order to ensure the timely issue of payments to jobseeker customers who worked on a casual/part-time basis. At that time, the numbers of such workers had risen significantly and there was insufficient time available following the receipt...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 30 October 2013, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Data (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: Persons joining the Live Register, including young persons under 25, are profiled in Intreo and other offices in the Department. The number of young persons currently under 25 who have been profiled since its introduction to 10 November 2013, is 36,155. Of these, 19% had a PEX value which indicated a low probability of exit from the live register, 71% had a medium PEX, and 10% had a high...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: To qualify for a Jobseeker payment, a person must meet certain conditions, including the requirement to be available for, capable of and genuinely seeking full-time work. A range of sanctions, including suspension, disqualification, closure or disallowance of the jobseeker claim, may be imposed where a client fails to meet the stated conditions. In relation to activation, further sanctions...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Burton: In 2013 my Department will spend €3.66bn on jobseeker's benefit and allowance, down €130m on 2012 expenditure. Receiving the full adult rate of a jobseeker's payment at a young age can lead to welfare dependency from an early age. If they do not improve their skills, young jobseekers are at risk of becoming long term unemployed. Therefore, it is considered necessary to provide...