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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (9 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: The family income supplement (FIS) provides an income support for employees with families on low earnings who otherwise might be at risk of financial poverty. It also preserves the incentive to remain in employment in circumstances where the employee might only be marginally better off than if he or she were unemployed and claiming social welfare. Expenditure on FIS for 2012 was of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (9 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 122 and 123 together. Child benefit is a universal monthly payment made to the parents/guardians of children that assists families with the cost associated with raising children. Child benefit is paid to around 606,000 families in respect of some 1.15 million children with an estimated expenditure of around €1.9 billion in 2013. The needs of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (9 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: The school meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food services for disadvantaged children through two schemes. The first is the statutory urban school meals scheme, operated by local authorities and part-financed by the Department. The second is the school meals local projects schemes through which funding is provided directly to participating schools and local and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (9 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned together with the relevant Departmental papers were received by that office on 09 September 2013 and that the case will be referred to an Appeals Officer who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. In order to be fair...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (9 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal in this case relates to a refusal of disability allowance on medical grounds. I understand that an oral hearing was held on 12 August 2013 and that in the course of the hearing the Appeals Officer requested the person concerned to provide reports from his GP, Orthopaedic Surgeon and Psychiatrist. As soon as the requested medical...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (9 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: There are currently two options for participation on Community Employment (CE) based on the length of time a person is in receipt of CE-qualifying social welfare payments: - Part-time Integration Option (PTI) which is a one-year programme of CE for those who have generally been in receipt of qualifying social welfare payments for 52 continuous weeks or more. - Part-time Job Option (PTJ) which...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Expenditure (9 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: The family income supplement (FIS) provides income support for employees with families on low earnings, who otherwise might be at risk of financial poverty. FIS also preserves the incentive to remain in employment in circumstances where the employee might only be marginally better off than if he or she were unemployed and claiming social welfare. Expenditure on FIS for 2012 was of the order...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (9 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 allow 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (9 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: The rent supplement claim for the person concerned has been awarded.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (9 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: The company size/employment thresholds which are used for the purpose of determining the maximum number of interns which an organisation may host is set out in the table. The requirement that an organisation must have a minimum of 1 full time employee who is employed for 30 hours or more per week, is on the payroll and subject to PAYE and PRSI, applies to all host organisations. The...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Live Register Data (9 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: A total of 407,207 live register claims were closed during the period October 2012 to September 2013. Information relating to the total number who found full-time employment; the number who found part-time employment; the number who moved onto a State sponsored employment scheme; and the number who left the country is not available in my Department. However, the breakdown of closure reasons...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (9 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 22 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 have been received from the Department, the case in question will be referred to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (9 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 19 December 2012. Based upon the evidence submitted, he was refused on medical grounds and the person was notified in writing of this decision on 22 February 2013. A review of this decision was completed on 3 July 2013 as a result of which there was no change to the original decision to disallow on medical grounds and the person was...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments (9 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. The Government has provided over €47 million for the ENP scheme in 2013. ENPs are payable at the discretion of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (9 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 7th May 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 Welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (9 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 14th May 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 Welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Statistics (8 Oct 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Appeals (8 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: The qualification criteria for back to education allowance stipulate that the approved full-time education course must lead to a higher qualification on the National Framework of Qualifications other than that already held; existing participants cannot pursue a course at a similar qualification level. A Case Officer will meet with the person concerned to review options and seek to agree a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: The social welfare code recognises three types of relationship between couples which includes those who are married, civil partners and cohabitants. The term civil partner only applies to a person who has registered their civil partnership. Cohabitants are same sex or opposite sex couples who are living together. Widowed or surviving civil partner grant is a once-off payment of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (8 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: A review of the jobseekers allowance claim of the person concerned was undertaken following his disposal of a property. A new entitlement of €122.80 jobseekers allowance per week has now been established.