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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (12 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 April 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 13th May...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: The Estimates for the Department published on Budget day provides for expenditure of €20.243 billion on schemes, services and administration in 2013. Of this, just under €580 million or 2.9% of total estimated expenditure will be spent on administration. The Department provides a very wide range of schemes and services. These include social insurance schemes where...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (12 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 20th March 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. When received, the appeal in question will be referred in to an Appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (12 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 16th May 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. When received, the appeal in question will be referred in to an Appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Reports (12 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: Following a Government decision to defer the selection of reviews pending the outcome of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Comprehensive Review of Expenditure (CRE) there were no Value for Money (VFM) reviews carried out in 2011. Each Government Department, including the Department of Social Protection, instead prepared a Comprehensive Expenditure Report in respect of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits (12 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was medically assessed by a Medical Assessor on 13th May, 2013. The medical opinion was conveyed to Household Benefits Section, Sligo and a decision letter was issued directly to the person concerned from Household Benefits Section on 14th May 2013 regarding the decision on her application.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (12 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: Every week, the Department pays nearly 1.5 million people a social welfare payment and, when qualified adults and children are included, almost 2.3 million people benefit from weekly payments from the Department. The Department engages in data exchange and matching exercises with other Government Departments and public bodies, including the Revenue Commissioners, for control purposes. Data...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: After-School Support Services (12 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: The After-school Child Care Scheme commenced its first pilot phase on 29 April, 2013, with up to 500 places made available in seven designated Social Welfare Local / Intreo 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 the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (12 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 13th May 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. When received, the appeal in question will be referred in to an Appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (12 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: Carer’s allowance was stopped on 24th October 2012 in respect of the person in question as, following a review, it was decided that the medical criteria were no longer satisfied. In order for a child under 16 years to be deemed eligible for carer's allowance, domiciliary care allowance must be in payment for that child. In those circumstances, the child is deemed to be automatically...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (12 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 10th June 2013, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Numbers (12 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: My Department aims to process and pay as appropriate all successful appeals returned by the Social Welfare Appeals Office (SWAO). In general, across schemes, there is no issue with implementing successful appeals. However, in the disability allowance and invalidity pension scheme areas, temporary delays are currently being experienced by successful appellants. These delays are arising due...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: After-School Support Services (12 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: The reforms to the one-parent family payment (OFP) scheme aim to provide the necessary supports to lone parents to help them to escape poverty and social exclusion. I believe that supporting lone parents to participate in education, training, and the workforce, once their children have reached an appropriate age, will improve both their own and their families' economic and social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (12 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: The person concerned is in receipt of Rent Supplement of €970 per month. However, the rent currently being paid exceeds the maximum amount for which a supplement is payable and the person has been advised on a number of occasions to seek a reduction in rent from the landlord, to a level that comes within the statutory maximum limit. In order to allow the person additional time to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (12 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 27th March 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. When received, the appeal in question will be referred in to an Appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Numbers (12 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that statistics are not maintained in the format requested by the Deputy. The average processing times are maintained for the overall scheme type, not for the issue(s) under appeal i.e. in this case rent supplement. The number of rent supplement appeals decided by Appeals Officers, and the number and average processing times for all...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Consultations (12 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. Currently, there are approximately 86,000 rent supplement recipients for which the Government has provided over €403...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rental Accommodation Scheme Payments (12 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. There are approximately 86,000 recipients of rent supplement for which the Government has provided over €403...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Application Numbers (12 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: The reforms to the one-parent family payment (OFP) scheme aim to provide the necessary supports to lone parents to help them to escape poverty and social exclusion. I believe that supporting lone parents to participate in education, training, and the workforce, once their children have reached an appropriate age, will improve both their own and their families’ economic and social...

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (11 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: For a lot of people, to employment, actually. They are delighted to be working or on community employment schemes or engaging in various other activities.