Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 November 2010
161 Deputy Seán Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are specific conditions that are being deliberately disregarded for the purposes of deliberating on domiciliary care allowance applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44502/10]
View answerIn order to qualify for domiciliary care allowance a child must have a disability so severe that it requires the child needing care and attention and/or supervision substantially in excess of another child of the same age. This care and attention must be given by another person, effectively full-time so that the child can deal with the activities of daily living. The child must be likely to require this level of care and attention for at least 12 months.
Eligibility for domiciliary care allowance is not based primarily on the impairment or disease, but on the resulting lack of function of body or mind necessitating a degree of extra care and attention required; as such it is not possible to say in advance if a child diagnosed with any specific condition will qualify for a payment under the scheme. Every application is assessed on its individual merits by one of the Department's Medical Assessors and a medical opinion, based on the information submitted by the applicant in support of their claim, is offered in each case. The deciding officer then makes a decision having considered the medical opinion provided and all the other information available.
162 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Social Protection when supplementary payment will be restored in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when a determination will be made in regard to an application for lone parent payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44517/10]
View answerThe Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that payment of basic supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) and rent supplement to the person concerned were stopped as she moved accommodation without notifying the HSE. The HSE further advised that it will restore payment of basic SWA to the person concerned shortly. The person concerned has also made an application for one-parent family payment but no decision has been made on her application.
163 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobseeker’s allowance and jobseeker’s benefit claimants respectively who collect weekly payments at their local post office; the numbers paid by electronic fund transfer to their nominated bank account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44530/10]
View answerThe information requested by the deputy is contained in the attached tabular statement.
|
Cheque |
Electronic Fund Transfer |
Post Office |
Total |
|
|
Jobseekers Allowance |
24,646 |
27,766 |
190,628 |
243,040 |
|
Jobseekers Benefits |
46,526 |
1,357 |
66,428 |
114,311 |
|
71,172 |
29,123 |
257,056 |
357,351 |
