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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (22 Mar 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...during this very traumatic time for them. My Department is working closely with the Department of Justice, which is responsible for providing the letter to those arriving confirming that they are covered by the EU directive. Officials from my Department and the Department of Justice are currently based in Dublin Airport in a sort of one-stop shop to meet with those who have arrived...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (2 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...providing high quality services to the public, in a cost effective and efficient manner. My Department ensures that there is an appropriate focus on good practice in purchasing and that procedures are in place to ensure compliance with all relevant guidelines. 48 Local Development Companies (referred to as Implementing Bodies) and Údarás na Gaeltachta deliver a number of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...for that in order to pay that €100. A few people have raised this issue with me, and the request I have got most frequently is to continue paying child benefit when the child is 18 and they are still in secondary school. They will be 18 in March and nothing will have changed in April and they are still in secondary school. However, going out as far as aged 22 would be a big jump....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (28 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA) is a means-tested payment made to people who are unemployed and who do not qualify for Jobseeker’s Benefit (JB) or who choose to apply for JA instead of JB. Jobseeker’s aged 18 to 24 are eligible for the full personal rate of €220 of JA if they meet any of the following conditions: •they have a qualified child. •they are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...Navan District since 1 January 2019 is as follows: 2019  2020 2021 (year to date, as of 23 April) 111 112 15 The above figures are taken from the Garda PULSE system, as of 23 April 2021. For the Deputy's information, these figures have been taken from PULSE as of 05:00 on 23 April 2021...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...allowance represents a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. It is not intended to meet those costs in full. Only one allowance is paid per household. Qualifying payments for Fuel Allowance are those payments that are considered long term payments and an applicant must also satisfy a means test. People on long term payments are unlikely to have additional resources...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers, ensuring that applications are processed and that decisions on entitlement are made as quickly as possible. Disability allowance (DA) is a means tested payment for people with a specified disability who are aged 16 or over and under the age of 66. The applicant must be suffering from an injury, disease,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Discussion (7 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The type of data we are talking about are social insurance records. The provision would allow the payment of the necessary benefits that people are entitled to. Initially we had thought we would need a data protection change but we did not as it relates to the law enforcement directive, which has its own data protection requirements. We can make this agreement through an exchange of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Advertising (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is committed to ensuring that members of the public are aware of the welfare supports and services that are available to them and that they are notified of any scheme changes which may affect them. Public information and advertising campaigns are an important part of our work and cover national and regional print media and radio, digital and social media. All campaigns are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Illness Benefit (IB) is a payment made to people who are unable to work due to illness and who satisfy certain PRSI contribution conditions. The maximum payment duration for IB is two years. Persons on IB may apply for Invalidity Pension (IP) if they are permanently incapable of work or have been incapable of work for at least 12 months and are likely to be incapable of work for at least...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: IDA Ireland Site Visits (7 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: There are no incentives for a company to locate in Dublin. The incentives apply when companies locate outside Dublin. I wish to have a strong city but I also wish to have strong regions because both are necessary. It should not be a case of Dublin against the rest of the country. I am from rural Ireland too and we want jobs in the regions. That is certainly a priority for me. However,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Lobbying Reform (22 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: There are two senior staff members in the Department of Social Protection who are also on the Boards of bodies registered for lobbying purposes under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. The staff members sit on the Boards in a personal capacity. The bodies in question engage in education and sporting activities and are not related to the functions of the Department of Social Protection....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Staff Data (21 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: As Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, I have employed the services of two Special Advisers, details of whom are available through the Department of Public Expenditure website, but are set out below for the Deputy’s information. Name Role Salary Ms Lucy Moylan Special Adviser PO Standard Scale (Point 1) Mr. Pauric McPhillips Special Adviser PO Standard Scale (Point...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Disability Allowance (DA) is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged 16 or over and under the age of 66. This disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, means test and Habitual Residency conditions . Blind Pension (BP) is a means tested payment paid to blind people and certain people with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (8 Sep 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Requests for extending participants on Community Employment Schemes are only considered by the Department at the request of the Project Sponsor and a request for an extension has not been received in respect of the person concerned. Work Schemes such as Community Employment (CE) are labour market programmes that enable long-term unemployed people to progress into employment and/or further...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (30 Mar 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 83 and 90 together. Primary weekly social welfare payments are intended to enable recipients to meet their basic day-to-day income needs. In addition to these primary payments, my Department also provides a range of other payments, both cash and non-cash, on a weekly, monthly, or less frequent basis. These payments are considered secondary in nature. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...Government's new national employment services strategy; Pathways to Work 2021-2025. WPEP is a funded work placement scheme to provide work experience opportunities for up to 10,000 jobseekers who are unemployed for more than six months, including time spent on the pandemic unemployment payment (PUP). Participation on WPEP is entirely voluntary. All participants are paid €306 per...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (21 Sep 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an Office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision making functions. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that significant efforts and resources have been devoted to improvements in the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (26 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 975, 979 and 1024 together. Primary weekly social welfare payments are intended to enable recipients to meet their basic day-to-day income needs.  In addition to these primary payments, my Department also provides a range of other payments, both cash and non-cash, on a weekly, monthly, or less frequent basis.  These payments are considered...