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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (22 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Ireland has a unified system of social security whereby all contributions paid by workers (and their employers, where applicable) are paid into a single fund, the Social Insurance Fund (SIF), from which various benefits are paid to those withe established entitlement. The Irish social welfare system recognises different categories or “Classes” of workers. The rate of...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Department of children officials are working on this. They are confident they will be able to accommodate the new arrivals in the designated centres. That is my understanding. It remains to be decided where the centres will be. The Department continually runs data modelling of arrival numbers, which allows it to plan for the arrival centre capacity required. They are doing much work...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Advertising (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department administers more than 90 separate schemes and services, which affect the lives of almost every person in the State. We are fully committed to ensuring that members of the public are aware of the welfare supports and services available, and ensure key changes are communicated to them. Public information campaigns play an important role in achieving this objective. All...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Media (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...channels. My Department administers over 90 separate schemes and services, which affect the lives of almost every person in the State.  The Department is committed to ensuring that members of the public are fully aware of the welfare supports and services that are available to them. Public information campaigns, including advertising on social media platforms, are an important part...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Data Centres (27 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform through the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO). These services use a number of data centres which are Government owned and ISO 27001 certified. The standard provides guidance for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving an information security management system. These...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I will come back in there. There are town teams in every town as the Deputy knows. We have appointed town regeneration officers. They are meant to look at the towns and engage with communities and businesses and help them to develop their plans for their particular town. The officers are in place now. We are very much about a bottom-up approach. Sometimes I know local authorities employ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (17 Sep 2020)

Heather Humphreys: In order to qualify for Community Employment (CE), a number of conditions must be met, including being in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment for a specific period.  The focus of CE is on those who are long-term unemployed and the programme is monitored on an on-going basis to ensure that the CE schemes are meeting the needs of both the communities, including rural...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Government advice provides that the manufacture of work-wear apparel or footwear and the manufacture of products necessary for the supply chain of essential services are deemed to be essential services. Further details are set out in  Employers are requested to refer to this guidance to decide whether their organisation is providing an essential service; it is not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, my Department can make additional needs payments to help meet expenses that a person cannot pay from their weekly income. This is an overarching term used to refer to exceptional and urgent needs payments, and certain supplements to assist with ongoing or recurring costs that cannot be met from the client’s own resources and are deemed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The table beneath outlines the expenditure and the average number of payments for One Parent Family Payment in 2019, 2020 and up to end of February 2021. One Parent Family Payment Expenditure and Average Recipient Numbers 2019, 2020 & to end of February 2021 2019 2020  (Provisional Outturn) 2021  (Data up to end...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The table below illustrates the number of staff who are currently absent, as of 12 April 2023, on sick leave, and of those 317 staff, those who are medically certified as either ‘stress’ or ‘work stress’ i.e. 15 staff. 2023 to date figures are also given, as are those for the previous five years.  These figures reflect total number of separate absences within...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Job Losses (21 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...on employers to notify the Minister of a proposed collective redundancy. ‘Collective redundancies’ arise where, during any period of 30 consecutive days, the employees being made redundant are: - 5 employees where 21-49 are employed. - 10 employees where 50-99 are employed. - 10% of the employees where 100-299 are employed. - 30 employees where 300 or more are employed. As...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Infrastructure (9 Mar 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Broadband Connection Points (BCPs) are public locations which have been selected to receive high-speed connectivity as part of the National Broadband Plan. The locations of the BCPs include public areas such as community halls, libraries, sports facilities, enterprise hubs, tourist locations and other public spaces A typical BCP receives its connectivity from National Broadband Ireland (NBI)...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Bodies Code of Conduct (20 Jun 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I am advised that all of the State Bodies under the aegis of my Department have confirmed that they are tax compliant for the year 2015. In relation to the 2016 accounts all of those Bodies which have submitted accounts to date are also in compliance.  There are a number of Bodies which have yet to submit their 2016 accounts due to differing statutory deadline requirements, but all will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Offshore Islands (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Officials from the Department are in regular communication with island representative groups, such as Comhdháil Oiléain na hÉireann, and it is intended that this practice will continue. Department representatives attended the Irish Local Development Network, ILDN, council meeting, which was attended by Comhar na nOileán, on 2 September. Department representatives met...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...pensioner who is being wholly or mainly maintained by that recipient. The means assessment reflects the fact that there is an expectation that people with reasonable amounts of income or capital are in a position to use these resources to support themselves, so that social welfare expenditure can be directed towards those who need it most. It should be noted that the means test applies to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (12 Jul 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...workers in the educational sector is kept under review. In general, there is no delay in processing Jobseeker Benefit claims if the relevant claim application forms and supporting documentation are completed by the customer in a timely manner. Issues have arisen in the past where details of accrued holiday pay were not furnished so my Department would encourage that these details be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...workers in the educational sector is kept under review.In general, there is no delay in processing Jobseeker Benefit claims if the relevant claim application forms and supporting documentation are completed by the customer in a timely manner. Issues have arisen in the past where details of accrued holiday pay were not furnished so my Department would encourage that these details...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...to make definitive assessments of likely outturns. The real story around capital takes place in the summer. My Department is liaising very closely with the local authorities and my officials are continuing to impress on them the need to have projects completed as soon as possible, as am I and the Ministers of State, Deputies Ring and Kyne. Under this year's recently launched town and...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council Grants (28 Jun 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...Nos. 164 and 165 together. Aosdána is an initiative established by the Arts Council in 1981 to honour creative artists who have made a significant contribution to the arts in Ireland.  There are currently some 250 members of Aosdána. Individual m embers of Aosdána can qualify for a means-tested payment known as the Cnuas if they are resident in Ireland, are full-time...