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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: My Department provides a range of supports to people as contingencies arise during a person's lifecycle. A number of payments allow for an additional six weeks payment, when a death occurs, to the person's spouse, civil partner or cohabitant. The purpose of this continuation of payment is to support the surviving spouse in those early weeks of bereavement. I have no plans to provide for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Poverty Impact Assessment (22 Oct 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 currently over 82,000 rent supplement recipients for which the Government has provided over €403 million...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration Legislation (22 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: The loss of a child in any circumstances is an extremely tragic event for a family and I would like to extend my deepest sympathies to those families who have lost children. The procedures governing the registration of deaths are provided for under Part 5 of the Civil Registration Act, 2004. When a death occurs it is registered on foot of a certificate of cause of death supplied by a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (22 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer's allowance from the person in question on the 29th July 2013. An information request was made to the person in question on 18th of October 2013 requesting details of the nature of payments to a bank account. As soon as the information is received , the application will be processed and the person concerned will be notified...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (22 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: Under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, the Department may make a single exceptional needs payment (ENP) to help meet essential, once-off and unforeseen expenditure which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income. It is expected that the estimated expenditure for ENPs in 2013 will be over €35 million. There is no automatic...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (22 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an appeals officer, having fully considered all the documentary evidence, disallowed the appeal of the person concerned by way of summary decision. The person concerned was notified of the appeals officer's decision on 26th September 2013. Under Social Welfare legislation, an appeals officer may decide a case before him/her on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Support Services Issues (22 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: At the outset, I would point out that my department has striven to maintain the level of income and employment supports for people with disabilities against a background where very significant reductions in the department's budget over successive years had to be imposed in order to comply with the national recovery programme. However, against this backdrop, my department will spend...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Payments (22 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an appeals officer having fully considered all of the available evidence, including that adduced at oral hearing, decided to allow the appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned was informed of the Appeals Officers decision on 4 September 2013. The appeal in question was returned to the Social Welfare Appeals Office by the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programme (22 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: Gateway is a joint initiative between this Department and county and city councils which will provide short-term work placement opportunities with county and city councils. The objectives of Gateway include assisting the personal and social development of participants, supporting the work-readiness of people who are unemployed for two or more years and bridging the gap between unemployment...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (22 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: The death of the brother of the person concerned did not contribute to the overpayment. The overpayment occurred as the person concerned received state pension contributory in conjunction with full rate carer's allowance. A person is entitled to receive half rate carer's allowance with another social welfare payment. The person in question was not entitled to full rate carers allowance for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (22 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: The most recent application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 30th November 2012. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on the 9th February 2013 refusing the allowance. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration Legislation (22 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: The notification, solemnisation and registration of marriages are governed by Part 6 of the Civil Registration Act 2004. Section 51(2) (c) of the Act provides that a registered solemniser “...shall not solemnise a marriage unless the solemnisation takes place in a place that is open to the public”. Section 51(5) states that this, and certain other requirements, are declared...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (22 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: A total of 12,719 customers were re-classified as back to education allowance during the months of August and September 2013. The vast majority of these customers would have originally been in receipt of either jobseekers allowance or jobseekers benefit. It does, however, also include some other categories of customers, such as one-parent family payment, who are not included on the Live...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (22 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was requested to submit documentation in relation to his means during his period of absence from the state, which according to the information available to this Department was from the 14 July 2013 until the 15 August 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (22 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: Invalidity pension is a payment for persons who are permanently incapable of work and who satisfy the PRSI contribution conditions. The person in question was in receipt of invalidity pension from 29 January 2009. Following a review of her claim, her payment was suspended with effect from 23 May 2013, as it was discovered that she was working without permission while in receipt of an...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (22 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 19th February 2013. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Social Protection. These papers were received in the Social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (22 Oct 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 15th 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (22 Oct 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 Protection and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (22 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 2nd 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: Disability Allowance Appeals (22 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing in this case. Every effort will be made to hear the case as quickly as possible and the appellant will be informed when arrangements have been made. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for...