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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (9 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The person concerned made an application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) on the 9th June 2010. This application was not allowed and she was notified of the decision in writing on the 30th July 2010. She appealed this decision and was notified by the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 21st July 2011 that the appeal had not been allowed. There is no record of a more recent DCA application...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (9 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: As a standard part of the jobseekers claim process, customers are required to attend their local office to sign on at specified intervals. The customer is notified of their individual signing arrangements at the outset of their claim and are reminded each time they sign of their next signing day. To further assist the customer, a system is now in place whereby jobseeker customers who have...

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

Joan Burton: Invalidity pension is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and who satisfy the contribution conditions. This Department received a claim for invalidity pension for the person concerned on 28 March 2013. The medical evidence provided by the claimant in support of his claim was examined by a medical assessor who was of the opinion, based...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Citizen Information Services (9 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The Money Advice and Budgeting Service ( MABS), under the aegis of the Citizens Information Board, provides a high quality personal service to assist people who are over-indebted and need help and advice in coping with debt problems, in particular those on low incomes and people living on social welfare payments. In 2013, the Citizens Information Board has been allocated some €47.4...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Citizen Information Services (9 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS), under the aegis of the Citizens Information Board, assists people who are over-indebted and need help and advice in coping with debt problems, in particular those on low incomes and people living on social welfare payments. In 2013, the Citizens Information Board has been allocated a budget of approximately €47.5 million of which some...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (9 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare and Pensions Act, 2011 provides that State pension age will be increased gradually to 68 years. This will begin in 2014 with the abolition of the State pension (transition) thereby standardising State pension age for all at 66 years. The State pension age will be further increased to 67 years in 2021 and to 68 years in 2028. These changes apply to all fully insured...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (9 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The requirement to be habitually resident in Ireland was introduced as a qualifying condition for certain social assistance schemes and child benefit with effect from 1 May 2004. This qualifying condition is applied to all applicants, regardless of their nationality. The effect of the condition is that a person whose habitual residence is elsewhere would not normally be entitled to social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (9 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: Appeals cases for schemes such as invalidity pension and disability allowance are also normally medically assessed at desk level on the basis of assessment of medical evidence submitted by the customer and with reference to the Department’s evidence based medical guidelines and protocols. However the option is available to assess someone by in person assessment in special...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (9 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 7 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: Carer's Allowance Applications (9 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the Department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on 1 February 2013 in respect of the care of two people. The person concerned was refused carer’s allowance for one of the care recipients on the grounds that the care recipient was not so disabled as to require full time care and attention as prescribed in regulations. The...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (9 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The person concerned has a substantial overpayment of almost €59,000, most of which remains to be recovered, and it is in this context that it was decided to offset arrears due to her against the overpayment. The person concerned was communicated with and given an opportunity to comment on the proposal before the decision to withhold the monies was made. Her comments were considered...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (9 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 332 and 337 together. The purpose of rent supplement is to provide short term income support to assist with reasonable accommodation costs of eligible people living in private rented accommodation who are unable to provide for their accommodation costs from their own resources and who do not have accommodation available to them from another source. Under...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Appeals (9 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: Further to my response to Parliamentary Question Ref. No. 29597/13 on 19 June 2013, I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an oral hearing of this case, which was scheduled to be heard on 19 February 2013, was postponed at the hearing at the request of the person concerned through his solicitor. The Appeals Officer granted the adjournment and returned the file to the Social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (9 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received in respect of the person concerned on the 24th May 2013. This application has been forwarded to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors for their medical opinion. Upon receipt of this opinion, a decision will issue to the person concerned. It can take up to 8 weeks to process an application for DCA.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Eligibility (9 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: Change of Status credits may be awarded when an insured person, following a period during which s/he was insured at a modified rate of contribution (e.g. PRSI Class B, C or D), commences employment that is insurable for State Pension (Transition) or State Pension (Contributory) purposes. These credits are reckonable only for the State Pension (Transition), the State Pension (Contributory)...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (9 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 11 June 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: Carer's Allowance Appeals (9 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an oral hearing of the appeal of the person concerned took place on 26th June 2013 and that the Appeals Officer is now considering the appeal in the light of all of the evidence submitted, including that adduced at the oral hearing. The person concerned will be notified of the Appeals Officer's decision when the appeal has been...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (9 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The Department operates a wide range of working age employment support schemes. Details of the individual schemes, the provisional expenditure outcome for 2012 and the estimate for 2013 are outlined in the table that follows this reply. The Estimate for 2013 provides for an increase of €102 million or close to 11% in the overall allocation for these schemes. The 2014 allocation will...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (9 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The aim of JobBridge is to assist individuals to bridge the gap between unemployment and the world of work. The scheme has made very significant progress since it came into operation in July 2011. As at 27 June 2013, some 18,587 internship placements have commenced to date with 5,934 participants currently undertaking internships and 1,936 internship posts available on the JobBridge...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Statistics (9 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: My Department has local offices in all areas of the country and maintains records of jobseekers on a local office basis. Statistics relating to the number of job seekers at each local office are monitored on a continuous basis and are available on the CSO website. A regional distribution of live register statistics is also provided at Table 5 of the monthly CSO live register statement....