asked the Minister for Social Welfare the reason unemployment assistance at the maximum rate is not being paid to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal.
Written Answers. - Unemployment Assistance.
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In order to qualify for unemployment assistance at the maximum rate a person must be assessed with nil means. The person concerned was assessed with means of £5.15 derived from the letting value of her holding, leaving her entitled to £20.30 a week unemployment assistance being appropriate maximum rate £25.45 less means £5.15. She has appealed against the amount of means assessed and her case has been referred for review to a social welfare officer before being sent to the appeals officer for determination. Her entitlement will be reviewed in the light of his decision.
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asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will give the following information in respect of each personal assistant, adviser, consultant, secretary, typist or any other category employed from outside the civil service in a temporary, part-time or permanent capacity or contractual capacity, for the period 18 December 1982 to date: name, rank, remuneration, terms of conditions of employment, if seconded, and, if so, from where.
In reply to a question by the Deputy for written answer on 26 January 1983 I gave particulars regarding a temporary full-time appointment to the position of personal secretary to the Minister for Social Welfare. The particulars given were the name of the person appointed, rank, remuneration, terms of appointment, and included also information regarding secondment.
No other appointments to positions in the categories mentioned by the Deputy have been made in the period 18 December 1982 to date.