Written Answers Nos. 89-96
91. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4692/14]
View answerI am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all the evidence has disallowed the appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned has been notified of the decision.
The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions on social welfare entitlements.
92. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4694/14]
View answerI confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on 19 September 2013. The application was awarded on 18 October 2013 and the first payment issued to the bank on 7 November 2013.
93. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry could be considered for redeployment outside of her Department to vacant positions in other Departments. [4696/14]
View answerAll Departments are subject to an Employment Control Framework (ECF) as determined by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
The only staff from my Department who have been made available for redeployment are those who could not be facilitated, due to ECF constraints, with a return to work following the expiry of their career breaks.
I understand that the person in question recently applied to be considered for a transfer to the Department’s office in Limerick. In line with the Department’s standard practice, his place on the transfer list has been reached and he has accepted the offer of a transfer which will take place shortly.
94. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the employment supports that are available to adults who may not have been diagnosed previously as being on the autistic spectrum and may be unable to get such a diagnosis but are able and willing to work. [4703/14]
View answerMy Department provides a range of income and employment supports for people with disabilities, including those with autism.
In regard to employment supports for people with disabilities, the Department’s supported employment programme, which operates nationwide under the “EmployAbility” banner, provides the services of a jobcoach for those wishing to avail of employment opportunities. Other relevant supports include the wage subsidy scheme.
However, where a person is not in receipt of an illness-related payment from the Department, but is available to work, it is open to that person to avail of the range of services my Department provides for jobseekers.
95. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 21 November 2013, the position regarding an application for information on a pension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4712/14]
View answer96. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 21 November 2013, if the request for a breakdown of payments indicating the overpayment will be supplied, as the person contends that all payments due were recouped by her Department on each occasion that he or she absented him or herself from employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4713/14]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 95 and 96 together.
The person concerned was employed in the Department from January 1990 until his dismissal from the Civil Service in February 2013. Following the termination of his employment, he was informed of his preserved pension entitlements on his reaching 60 years of age.
In relation to the breakdown of overpayments, the person concerned was informed upon his departure that a salary overpayment was outstanding and that this amount would be recouped from his preserved pension entitlement when it falls due, if the balance is still outstanding. Full details of the overpayments have now issued directly to the officer concerned.
