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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Funding (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The following table shows the grants awarded to projects within County Kildare for each of the past four years from this Department. Organisation Address Year and Name of Grant Scheme Summary Amount Awarded Kildare Town Youth Project Unit 1 & 2 Fairview Kildare Town Co Kildare 2010 - European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion Funding Initiative 2010 To explore...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Programme for Government Implementation (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The Programme for Government commits to implementing a fundamental programme of reform of the system of social protection. The scale of this reform is challenging and wide-reaching. I am committed to working with the Department and its agencies in the delivery of the commitments in this Programme for Government and substantial progress on many of the commitments has already been made. The...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Board, the Pensions Ombudsman and the Social Welfare Tribunal. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following. Agency/ Board Name of Company Service Supplied Expenditure Citizens Information Board* Marketing Network 0761 telephone...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that there are currently 41 Appeals Officers dealing with social welfare appeals. There has been a rapid and sustained increase in the number of appeals received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office since 2009 which has placed extraordinary pressure on the office. Up to 2009, the average number of appeals received was 15,000 per annum...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Carers Strategy Status (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The contribution that people provide in caring for members of their own family is critical for society. It was for that reason that the Government last year adopted the National Carers Strategy with a view to giving greater public recognition to carers and their work. Carers receive significant income supports from the Department of Social Protection so that people can continue living at...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 9 May 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 an...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The Department does not hold information regarding the number of children in direct provision. In order to qualify for payment of child benefit, a person must satisfy the Habitual Residence Condition. Section 246 (7) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 lists persons who shall not be regarded as habitually resident and this includes those who are at any stage of the asylum process,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Local Employment Service Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The department contracts for the provision of the local employment service (LES) with 22 local development/community companies, the details of which are set out in the following list. These organisations deliver employment services through a network of offices and outreach clinics. The LES provide services for both jobseekers who are referred to them by the department for activation...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: This application for carer's allowance was disallowed in November 2011 on two grounds, namely, that the person in question is not habitually resident in the State and that the care recipient is not in need of full-time care and attention. The person in question appealed this decision. Unfortunately, there has been a delay in the preparation of an appeal submission by the deciding officer...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Black Economy Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: A key priority for Government is to ensure that fraudulent activity within the social welfare system is vigorously prevented and combatted. A key element of this is the active policing of the black economy sector where there is a prevalence of social welfare fraud and tax non-compliance. A range of specific activities are being undertaken to ensure that the black economy is appropriately...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 4 April 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 have been received in the Social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Eligibility (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The aim of JobBridge is to provide work experience placements for interns in order to assist in breaking the cycle where jobseekers are unable to get a job without experience. In order to protect the intern and to ensure the integrity of the JobBridge Scheme in achieving this aim a variety of control measures and criteria have been introduced. The Scheme is designed to guard against the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: My Department's local staff in Dublin 15 have been in contact with Mr Ryan's family in this instance. The advice given is that they should attend a meeting with an officer from the Department's welfare service at Roselawn Health Centre where all available options and choices will be discussed. It is hoped that this will happen next week.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 538 to 573, inclusive, together. The following tables set out the requested information in relation to 2012 and to date in 2013. Illness Benefit; Recipients May 2013 – 61,042 - Claims Registered Claims Awarded Average time to Award (Weeks) Claims Pending Decision Claimload (recipients and pending claims) Claims Disallowed Appeals Lodged Appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: International Agreements (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The Bilateral Social Security Agreement between Ireland and Australia originally came into force on 8th April 1992. The agreement was revised with effect from 1st April 2006. The main purpose of the Agreement is to protect the pension rights of people who have worked and paid reckonable social security contributions in both Ireland and Australia. The Agreement does this by allowing social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: Payment of supplementary welfare allowance, to the person concerned, was disallowed by a Designated Officer of the Department on the grounds that she failed to disclose her means. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal in this case was referred to an Appeals Officer on 4 July 2013, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 4 July 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 an...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Rates (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: Child benefit is a universal payment that assists parents with the cost of raising children and contributes towards alleviating child poverty. The estimated expenditure on child benefit in 2013 is around €1.9 billion and it is currently paid to around 613,000 families in respect of some 1.17 million children. The Government is conscious that child benefit, as a universal payment,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Numbers (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 579 to 581, inclusive, 583, 585 to 590, inclusive, 592 to 599, inclusive, 601 to 604, inclusive, 606, 607, 609 to 612, inclusive, 614 and 620 to 622, inclusive, together. The information requested by the Deputy in respect of 2010 and 2011 remains unchanged from that which was forwarded to him in reply to questions 464, 465, 466, 468, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The total number of young persons under 25 years of age in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance at the end of May 2013 was 58,797. A detailed breakdown of this number by county and age is contained in the attached tabular statement. The cost of young persons in receipt of jobseekers allowance is not segregated from the scheme expenditure. Jobseeker's Assistance Recipients at end of May,...