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Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: -----the position in the North in private.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: On child care, I am pleased to have given a significant amount of my tight budget to create the first system of after-school child care. Last year, Senator Ó Clochartaigh and others stated that the community employment sector would close down. Since the Department has taken over community employment schemes we have increased it, for instance, with Tús, of which Senators Mooney and...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: On the issues raised about the Árd Clárathóir, the Registrar, where persons are anxious to have arrangements on the registration of deaths abroad, the officials are working on legislation in that respect. Like much legislation, it is technically complex, but we are making quite an amount of progress on that. I hope to bring proposals in that regard to the Dáil and to...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: On actors, I have not heard about that particular issue previously. The great benefit of the social welfare system is that arrangements are set in law. Obviously, we will look at any such proposals, subject to affordability, in the context of future legislation.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: I was simply thinking aloud as I look at the Senators. However, intelligent software is being used. A number of Members asked the reason fingerprinting or iris recognition technology were not used, as the latter also is available and is used in many places of employment. I found a system that had been commissioned and tendered for when I came into the Department but which had not been...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: I thank all the Senators who contributed to the debate in such detail and with such knowledge regarding the way social welfare impacts on a huge number of people in our population. To deal with Senator Ó Domhnaill's contribution, the fundamental problem is that in the aftermath of his Government's disastrous bank guarantee over 250,000 jobs were lost in this country in three short years....

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: And the payment of services.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: The process will be extended to everybody.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: I am giving them the same rights as married people.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: These are public servants who have a public income but did not pay PRSI on additional private incomes.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: Of course.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: Yes.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: As Minister for Social Protection, I strongly believe social welfare must be there for those who need it and that we must do everything we can to help people back to work. In essence, the social welfare system must provide a safety net and a springboard to help people back to work. To achieve that, my focus has been on transforming the Department from a passive provider of benefits to an...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (13 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 11th February 2013. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. These papers were received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 5th ...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (13 Jun 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 March 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 received, the case in question will be referred to an Appeals Officer who will make...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (13 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 17th April 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 received, the case in question will be referred to an Appeals Officer who will make...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (13 Jun 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 contributions conditions. The person concerned was refused invalidity pension on the ground that they are not considered to be permanently incapable of work in accordance with the relevant statutory and regulatory provisions. They requested a review of this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (13 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: The Department has requested further information in relation to the current medical condition of the person concerned. When that information has been provided, the entitlement to rent supplement can be assessed accordingly.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Legislation (13 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: The marriage bar was a condition of the employment in the public service until 1973. Issues relating to public sector employment and pensions are the responsibility of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. In general, and similar to many civil and public servants, the social insurance class paid by women affected by the marriage bar was a modified rate (i.e. not the full Class A...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (13 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is currently in receipt of One-Parent Family payment and Family Income Supplement (FIS). The qualifying conditions for One-Parent Family payment are due to change with effect from 4 July 2013, whereby entitlement to OFP is based on the start date of the claim and the age of the youngest child. The person concerned will no longer satisfy the qualifying conditions for...