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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The purpose of rent supplement 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. The overall aim is to provide short term assistance, and not to act as an alternative to the other social housing schemes operated by...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 348 and 362 together. In line with previous years, the deadline for applications for 9 month internships in the education sector will be 13th September, 2013 and for 6 month internships the deadline will be 6th December 2013. Education sector host organisations may submit applications from 1st August to 6 December 2013 for placements for the academic...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all the available evidence, has allowed the appeal of the person concerned by way of summary decision. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 18th May 2012. The application was awarded on 10th of May 2013. The first payment will issue to the Post Office on 16th of May 2013 and arrears of allowance due from 24th of May 2012 to 15th of May 2013 less any other payments made to the person in question will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The Personal Public Service Number (PPS Number) is the individual’s unique reference number for all dealings with Government Departments and public bodies. A PPS Number is automatically issued in the case of children born in Ireland. In other cases PPS Numbers are issued following a controlled allocation procedure which takes approximately 20 minutes and involves personal attendance...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Support Services (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: In 2013, my Department will spend over €2.8 billion on supports to families and children. The Social Impact Assessment of Budget 2013, which was published this March, examines the impact of the main welfare and direct tax measures in Budget 2013. Social impact assessment is an evidence-based methodology which uses a tax/welfare simulation model developed by the Economic and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 21st September 2012. This application was referred to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on the 17th October 2012 advising of the decision. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: Following his successful medical appeal, weekly means (if any) will now be determined and a final decision on his application will be issued shortly to the person concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Appeals (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer having fully considered all the available evidence disallowed the appeal of the person concerned by way of summary decision. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer decision. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of the Appeals Officer is final and conclusive and may only be reviewed in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The Department’s records show that the person referred to by the Deputy made a claim for credits on 18th December, 2012 and is still signing. I am advised that, taking into account the earnings of her spouse, she would not satisfy the means test for a Jobseeker payment and accordingly is signing for credits. However, the person meets the eligibility requirements for JobBridge by...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: Retained fire-fighters are entitled to a jobseeker’s payment in respect of days that they are engaged in fire-fighting or training. They are, however, required to satisfy the statutory conditions for the receipt of a jobseeker’s payment of being available for and genuinely seeking work. Taking account of the unusual circumstances of retained fire personnel, a departmental...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Offices (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: I am very conscious of the need to provide efficient and effective customer facing services at a local level for clients of the Department. As part of the relocation of community welfare services to Waterford, the frequency of clinics is being increased from 3 to 4 days per week and the number of staff available to these clinics will be increased, giving clients improved access to services...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The following table shows the number of staff in the Department within each of the salary ranges as at week ending 16 March 2013. Current details for the bodies under the aegis of the Department are also provided. Salary Band Number of Staff in band Dept of Social Protection Citizens Information Board Pensions Board Pensions Ombudsman Over €200,001 0 0 0 0...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service Remit (14 May 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: Departmental Expenditure (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the individual amount of overtime paid in the case of each political/Ministerial appointee for the period 2007 to date in 2013 relative to my Department, is set out in tabular statement below. No overtime has been paid to the Special Advisers or the Secretary Generals within the Department of Social Protection during the period 2007 to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 15th 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 the 9th...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The Revised Estimates for my Department provide for expenditure of nearly €935 million on the one parent family payment scheme in 2013. When assessing means for the one parent family payment, account is taken of all cash income which the person is receiving. Where a recipient has earnings from employment, the first €110 per week is disregarded and the balance is assessed at...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Activation Measures (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The Department has significantly increased the volume and efficiency of activation referrals in recent years by bringing groups of customers to information sessions prior to one-to-one engagement. Through this Group Engagement process, referrals in the first four months of 2013 were 38,100, as compared with 18,500 in 2012. One-to-one referrals (including direct referrals and post-Group...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: 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 medically eligible for carer’s allowance. Once the child reaches 16 years and is no longer entitled to domiciliary care allowance, a review of the continuing entitlement to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Live Register Numbers (14 May 2013)

Joan Burton: The information requested by the Deputy is not routinely collated by my Department. However the Central Statistics Office (CSO) publishes breakdowns in respect of the live register on their website each month. I attach a tabular statement detailing the number of persons on the live register in the Bandon social welfare branch office which has been extracted from the CSO’s website and...