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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Retained (part-time) fire-fighters, provide services which are vitally important to their communities. Typically, these workers provide services in rural and less densely populated areas but larger urban centres may also have a cohort of part-time workers. Retained fire-fighters who are otherwise unemployed are entitled to a jobseeker’s payment in respect of days that they are...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: To qualify for a jobseeker’s payment a person must meet the conditionality for the schemes which include that you must be available for and genuinely seeking work and unemployed for at least 4 days out of 7 consecutive days. Any change to the 4 in 7 rule while potentially incentivising part time employment would reduce the incentive to progress off welfare and into full time...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Please find the number of employees by gross income range for the years requested in the following table. Gross income range 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 0 to 30,000 2,880 2,642 2,581 2,489 3,553 2,964 2,731 2,743 3,312 30,000 to 40,000 1,321 1,478 1,538 1,673 1,678 2,062 2,128 2,148 2,106 40,000 to 50,000 945 1,025 1,048 1,227 1,264 1,572 1,591 1,560 1,490 50,000 to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: An application for carer's allowance (CA) was received from the person concerned on 9 November 2016. It is a condition for receipt of a CA that the person being cared for must have a disability whose effect is that they require full-time care and attention. This is defined as requiring from another person, continual supervision and frequent assistance throughout the day in connection with...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Following a review of the Farm Assist claim of the person concerned a Deciding Officer of the Department assessed his weekly means at €270.00 per week. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who has decided to hold an oral hearing in this case on 12thJanuary 2017. The person concerned has been...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: To qualify for a State pension (contributory), a person must satisfy a number of qualifying conditions which include commencing insurable employment at least 10 years before pension age, having a minimum of 520 qualifying PRSI contributions and achieving a yearly average of at least 10 qualifying contributions, paid or credited, over their working life. Social insurance contributions...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Maternity Benefit Applications (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: An application for maternity benefit from the person concerned was refused on the grounds that she was not in insurable employment at the time of her application. In order to qualify for maternity benefit, in addition to having met the PRSI contributions for the tax year relevant to the claim, the person concerned must also be in insurable employment that is covered by the Maternity...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The person concerned first received child benefit in respect of her eldest children from June 2001, the month after her arrival in the State. Payment in respect of her next two children commenced in each case from the month following their birth. In May 2016, a claim was received in respect of two additional children; who were born in 2011 and 2013. No reference had been made to these...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I confirm that my department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on 30 October 2015. It is a condition for receipt of carer’s allowance that the person must be providing full-time care and attention to a person who requires that level of care. It is also a condition that where the carer and care recipient live apart from each other, there...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: To qualify for Jobseeker’s Benefit (JB), a person would need to satisfy certain Payment Related Social Insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. According to our records, the person concerned does not satisfy the PRSI contribution conditions for the scheme. Should the person concerned wish to discuss the details of his case he may contact his local Branch Office. I hope this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The person concerned was in receipt of One Parent Family payment (OFP) from 01/04/2010 to 17/07/2013. OFP is a means tested payment which includes taking account of maintenance received and rent paid by the client. In this instance, the person concerned moved to a new address on 23/02/2011, however, she failed to notify the Department until 21/09/2011. The new accommodation had a lower...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 17 August 2016. 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 were received in the Social Welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: An application for state pension (contributory) (SPC) was received from the person concerned in September 2016. In order to qualify for SPC, all outstanding self-employment liabilities must be paid. According to the Department’s records, outstanding liabilities remain in respect of the 2008 tax year. The person concerned has been notified that the conditions for SPC are not...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Waiting Times (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: My Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers. This includes ensuring that applications are processed and that decisions on entitlement are made as quickly as possible. My Department has seen a significant reduction in the average CA processing from 22 weeks at the end of May 2016 to 11 weeks at the end of December 2016, while for carer’s benefit...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: According to the records of the Department, the person concerned does not currently have an entitlement to jobseeker's allowance. The person concerned was in receipt of a jobseeker's allowance payment from October 2014 until November 2016. Following a normal review of her claim which included a means assessment, a revised decision issued effective from 30 November 2016, deemed that the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I understand from the Deputy’s office that this question refers to a person who does not qualify for the State Pension Contributory and applied for the State Pension Non Contributory (SPNC). However, she did not qualify for SPNC due to her means, and was unsuccessful in her appeal of this decision. In assessing means for social assistance payments such as SPNC, account is taken of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The Community Employment (CE) Operating Guidelines allow the grant aiding of participant wages by the Department to the CE Sponsor organisation/employer for up to 56 working hours of medically certified sick leave (the hourly equivalent of 7 full days). Only when that 56 hour threshold has been exhausted is grant aid for wages suspended for any further certified sick leave by that...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 28 November 2016. 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 papers have been received from the Department, the case in question will be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The following tables provide the details which have been requested by the Deputy from 2012 to 2016. The figures provided in the tables for appeals which had a favourable outcome for the appellant include appeals which were either allowed in full or in part by an Appeals Officer and appeals which were resolved by way of a revised decision in favour of the appellant by a Deciding...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an oral hearing of the jobseeker’s allowance appeal of the person concerned was scheduled for 10.45 am on Thursday, 12 January 2017 in the Prince of Wales Hotel, Athlone. The person concerned was informed of the arrangements for the hearing on 21 December 2016. According to the information available the person concerned did not...