asked the Minister for Social Welfare if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be considered for an invalidity pension; and if so, when.
Written Answers. - Social Welfare Benefits.
88.
The person concerned appears to satisfy the medical and contribution conditions for invalidity pension. It will be necessary for him to formally apply for pension and a claim form has now been forwarded to him.
89.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of people drawing unemployment assistance and unemployment benefit at present, both locally and by post, at each of the following locations (a) Athlone, County Westmeath (b) Ballinasloe, County Galway (c) Ballaghadereen, County Roscommon (d) Boyle, County Roscommon (e) Castlerea, County Roscommon (f) Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitmim and (g) Roscommon.
The information sought by the Deputy as at 27 May, 1988 is given in the following table. As there is no Social Welfare office in Ballaghadereen, it is not possible to give a breakdown of unemployment claims specifically for that area. The area is serviced by the local offices at Boyle, Castlerea and Swinford, and the number of unemployment claims in Ballaghadereen is included in the totals for these offices.
TABLE
No. of Persons in Receipt of UB and UA at 27 May 1988
|
Social Welfare Office |
Unemployment Benefit |
Unemployment Assistance |
|||
|
Local Office |
Postal |
Local Office |
Postal |
Total |
|
|
Athlone |
326 |
259 |
477 |
291 |
1,353 |
|
Ballinasloe |
95 |
219 |
258 |
503 |
1,075 |
|
Boyle |
63 |
58 |
114 |
121 |
356 |
|
Castlerea |
76 |
181 |
110 |
354 |
721 |
|
Carrick-on-Shannon |
91 |
299 |
93 |
378 |
861 |
|
Roscommon |
111 |
65 |
100 |
95 |
371 |
|
Swinford |
79 |
172 |
166 |
307 |
724 |
90.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare when disability benefit will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who was examined by a medical referee recently and who is not allowed to resume work by his general practitioner due to the serious condition of his health.
The person concerned was paid disability benefit to 30 January 1988 after which date payment was disallowed following an examination by a medical referee who considered him to be capable of work.
He appealed against this decision and was examined by another medical referee on 16 June 1988 who also expressed the opinion that he was capable of work.
He was informed of the result of this examination and was supplied with a form on which to set out the grounds for appeal if he wished to have his case referred to an appeals officer for determination. His case will be reviewed on receipt of this form.