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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (4 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The person concerned made an application for rent supplement on the 30th April 2013.The client has been requested to provide further information in order to process her claim in full. A decision will be made on her application when the information has been provided.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (4 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: As indicated in reply to PQ Ref No: 26529-13, the person concerned did not qualify for child benefit as she is not the qualified person for receipt of the payment under Social Welfare legislation. Section 159 (1) of S.I. 142/2007 provides that the person with whom a qualified child shall be regarded as normally residing shall be determined in accordance with the following Rules. 1....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Birth Certificates (3 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The provisions governing the registration of births in Ireland are set out in Part 3 of the Civil Registration Act, 2004. The standard procedures for registration of a birth require a qualified informant to give the required particulars to a registrar of births and to sign the register in the presence of the registrar. In cases where no qualified informant exists or can be found, the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility (3 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The person concerned applied for the State pension (non-contributory) on the 21st January 2013 and by decision dated 21st February, 2013 her application was refused as her means exceeded the statutory limit for receipt of that pension. The customer was advised of her right to appeal this decision.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Numbers (3 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: Since the 1st July 2012, there have been four reports of alleged physical assaults on members of staff of my Department, three by members of the public and one by another staff member. My Department’s Health and Safety Unit has recorded 103 other instances of alleged threats, assaults or abuse of staff members in the last year. The criminal prosecution of assaults is a matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Housing Issues (3 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The Government has provided various types of support to people affected by the November 2009 flooding. Humanitarian Aid payments were made, both in the immediate aftermath of the flooding and subsequently to enable eligible households to resume living at their home. Subject to certain conditions the Government also decided to provide support to a small number of families who are continuing...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Numbers (3 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker’s allowance schemes provide income support for people who have lost work and are unable to find alternative full-time employment. The Revised Estimates for my Department provide for expenditure on the jobseeker’s schemes of €3.66bn in 2013. As of end May 2013 there were 87,943 casual or part-time workers on the schemes, of whom 33,354...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Placements (3 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The JobBridge Scheme has made very significant progress since it came into operation on the 1st July 2011. Over 18,500 internships have commenced to date with circa; 6,000 participants currently undertaking an internship and over 2,000 internship opportunities presently advertised on . A recent independent evaluation conducted by Indecon Economic Consultants found that 61% of interns...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Issues (3 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: There is no specific mechanism to identify or track employees who were previously employed under a contract of service and who subsequently become C2 operators or self- employed and who have no intervening periods of unemployment. The allocation and issue of C2s is in the first instance a matter for the Revenue Commissioners. However, when determining whether an individual is employed or...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Funding (3 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: Vantastic, like all community and not-for-profit contract holders with the community services programme (CSP), acts independently of the Department of Social Protection in the determination of and the fees that it charges for the services it offers to its membership and the general public. Vantastic is funded from income from its membership, charges for journeys and funding under the CSP....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Replacement Rates (3 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: Almost three-quarters of the people on the Live Register (317,004 people) are only claiming a personal rate for themselves. They are either single or may have a spouse or partner who is working. In addition, just over half (53%) of the people on the Live Register receive less than the maximum personal weekly rate. This means that the great majority of people on the Live Register have a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Applications (3 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: This application for the person named has been medically assessed by a Medical Assessor on 1 July 2013. The medical opinion has been conveyed to Household Benefits Section, Sligo, and the customer in question will be contacted shortly regarding the decision on the application.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: After-School Support Services (2 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The after-school child care subsidised scheme commenced its first pilot phase on 29 April, 2013, with up to 500 places made available in seven designated Social Welfare local offices located in King's Inn Street in Dublin city centre, Finglas, Cork city, Dominic Street in Limerick city, Dundalk, Mullingar, and Tralee. This initial launch phase of the pilot scheme will allow my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (2 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The objective of the Intreo Service is to improve service efficiency and effectiveness and to maximise the potential for people to return to work or develop skills to help them back into the work force through the provision of a new integrated employment and income support service. A main element to the process is the delivery of a “one stop shop” service from an integrated...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (2 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The Department takes the view that internships in the Education Sector are a special case where interns, who under the terms of the scheme are entitled to receive a high quality real workplace experience, are at risk of missing out on that high quality internship experience during academic holidays. I accept that there may be some circumstances where an education sector internship experience...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Redeployment (2 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The implementation of a more intensive and rigorous case management requires that additional resources be devoted to the activation process. However, the implementation of the new Intreo process and the integration of previously separate functions in FÁS, the Community Welfare Service (CWS) and the Department of Social Protection also generates efficiencies and will enable staff to be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Administration (2 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: There are currently in excess of 770,000 in receipt of free travel from my Department and when spousal and companion passes are taken into account, there are over 1.1 million customers with some free travel eligibility. Expenditure on this scheme was frozen at 2010 levels by the previous Government. Expenditure for the free travel scheme in 2013 is set at €77 million. Given the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: There are currently no country specific recommendations (CSRs) for Ireland given that we are a programme country subject to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreed with the IMF/ECB/European Commission under the Programme for Financial Support. The recommendations referred to by the Deputy are contained in the European Commission's Economic Adjustment Programme for Ireland - Winter 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (2 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The number of additional places allocated to date in the Dublin area is currently 191 as at the 20th June 2013. These places are added to the general Community Employment (CE) allocation for each Division of the Department (3 in Dublin) and are not reported on separately, so it isn’t possible to determine the number of these additional places filled at this stage. Nationally, the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (2 Jul 2013)

Joan Burton: The entry age is already set at 18 years of age for these programmes. The Community Employment (CE) Operating Procedures state that CE Drugs Rehabilitation Places (DRP's) are available to persons aged 18 years or over who are in recovery and referred for a rehabilitation place on CE. Application for a drugs rehabilitation place is based on evidence of an appropriate referral following an...