Written answers

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Department of Social Protection

Social Welfare Benefits

7:00 pm

Photo of Clare DalyClare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 174: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin could sign on in their local office and collect their payment in their local office. [38528/11]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
Link to this: Individually | In context

The person is currently on the part time job incentive scheme. This scheme is for those working less than 24 hours a week who had been on jobseeker's allowance for more than 15 months. It allows them to take up part-time work and get a part-time job allowance instead of jobseeker's allowance.

Due to technical constraints, payment under this scheme must be made manually. Manual payments are authorised from the maintenance section of each Local Office and paid at the nearest Post Office. The local office in this case is Swords and currently, the services for Swords are provided from a number of locations, pending the acquisition of suitable premises in Swords itself. Fresh claims, enquiries and claim decisions are dealt with from two separate premises in Swords while the signing centre and maintenance section for Swords is located in North Cumberland Street, Dublin 1.

My Department appreciates the inconvenience but under the current arrangements until such time as suitable premises are available in Swords, the person must attend the maintenance section in North Cumberland Street to collect authorisation for a manual payment to be made at Parnell Street Post Office.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.