Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 December 2012

Thursday, 6 December 2012

Ceisteanna (51)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Ceist:

51. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons receiving supplementary allowance on 1 November 2012; the number of appeals with the social welfare appeals office on same; the number of applications not finalised by her Department on the same date for each of the social welfare schemes; and the average waiting times for each. [54894/12]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Social Protection

The total number of persons in receipt of Supplementary Welfare Allowance on 1 November 2012 was 33,090. I am informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that the number of appeals on hands for each scheme on 1st November 2012, along with the average processing time for each scheme for cases dealt with on a summary basis and by oral hearing is as set out in table 1. The number of Supplementary Welfare Allowance appeals not finalised on that date was 2,226. The total number of applications pending on each of the Department’s schemes on 1 November 2012 is detailed in Table 2.

Table 1: Appeals on hand and processing times

Scheme	No. on hand at 1st November 2012	Average processing time (weeks) at 1st November 2012 Summary Decisions	Average processing time (weeks) at 1st November 2012 Oral Hearings
Adoptive Benefit	1	-	-
Bereavement Grant	47	28.5	-
Blind Pension	12	18.2	-
Carers Allowance	1,582	33.4	40.7
Carers Benefit	80	26.4	30.9
Child Benefit	426	34.3	54.9
Disability Allowance	4,016	33.6	40.0
Domiciliary Care	1,178	32.6	40.1
Deserted Wives Benefit	7	-	-
Deserted Wives Allowance	0	-	-
Farm Assist	151	13.7	67.2
Family Income Supplement	147	20.4	24.7
Homemakers	1	-	-
Illness Benefit	1,524	41.1	50.7
Invalidity Pension	4,211	38.0	46.6
Liable Relatives	44	32.2	-
Lone Parent	1	-	-
One Parent Family Payment	641	27.3	45.0
Maternity Benefit	19	-	-
State Pension (Contributory)	98	36.5	45.0
State Pension (Non-Cont)	141	25.8	42.4
State Pension (Transition)	30	47.9	33.8
Occupational Injury Benefit	33	32.2	82.4
Disablement Pension - OIBDIS	251	28.4	39.0
Incapacity Supplement	22	-	28.1
Guardian's Payment (Con)	21	21.7	41.3
Guardian's Payment (Non-con)	9	31.8	29.8
Pre-Retirement Allowance	1	-	-
Partial Capacity Benefit	41	-	-
Jobseeker's Allowance (Means)	1,636	24.8	31.4
Jobseeker's Allowance	1,413	26.7	31.6
Jobseeker's Benefit	622	25.7	27.2
JA/JB Fraud Control	4	-	-
Respite Care Grant	135	26.7	33.0
Insurability of Employment	81	-	101.7
Supplementary Welfare Allowance	2,226	19.2	25.1
Treatment Benefits	1	-	-
Survivor's Pension (Con)	19	-	-
Survivor's Pension (Non-con)	25	26.4	27.3
Widows Parent Grant	3	-	-

Table 2. Applications pending on Department of Social Protection schemes

SCHEME	CLAIMS PENDING 31/10/2012	AVERAGE WAITING TIME IN WEEKS
Jobseeker's Benefit	7,689	2
Jobseeker's Allowance	23,048	4
One-Parent Family Payment	3,668	16
State Pension Contributory (Dom)	1,901	7
State Pension Transition (Dom)	1,457	5
Widow(er)'s Contributory Pension	308	2
State Pension Non-Contributory	1,561	13
Widow (ers) Non Contributory Pension	72	10
Household Benefits	3,470	3
Free Travel	63	1
Bereavement Grant	1,026	1
Domiciliary Care Allowance	344	5
SWA	5,346	1
Child Benefit (Domestic & FRA)	1,678	5
Child Benefit (EU Regulation)	2,098	35
Maternity Benefit	4,335	2
Family Income Supplement (New)	7,639	16
Family Income Supplement (Renew)	7,693	18
Carer's Allowance	9,517	23
Carer's Benefit	329	N/A
Disability Allowance	7338	N/A
Disablement	1,780	N/A
Invalidity Pension	4,561	40
Bereavement Grant	478	2
Illness Benefit	3,065	1
Interim Illness Benefit (OIB)	495	N/A
Respite Care Grant	730	N/A
One-Parent Family Payment - HQ	3889	15

Question No. 52 withdrawn.