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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's Benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce or reduce their working hours to care for a child or an adult in need of full-time care and attention. To qualify, the carer must satisfy PRSI conditions; employment conditions; show that they are providing full-time care and attention; and show that the care recipient requires full-time care and attention. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned is currently in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance at a rate of 178.00 euro per week which was awarded on the 24/07/2023 The person concerned applied for Jobseekers Benefit for 65 year old's on 28th of November 2023. This claim was disallowed on the grounds that the person concerned does not meet the specific contributions conditions as set out in legislation to qualify...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The objective of the School Meals Programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children to support them in taking full advantage of the education provided to them. The programme is an important component of policies to encourage school attendance and extra educational achievement. Following the expansion of the programme in recent years, some 2,600 schools and organisations, covering...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The number of recipients at end 2023 and the estimated number of recipients in 2024 as per the Revised Estimates Volume are shown in the the table below. Recipients by DSP Scheme Payment Frequency Recipients as at end December 2023 2024 Estimate for Average Recipients PENSIONS State Pension...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The 2023 and 2024 maximum personal weekly rate of social welfare payments are shown in Table 1. The 2023 and 2024 rates for an increase for qualified adult are shown in Table 2. The 2023 and 2024 rates for an increase in qualified child are shown in Table 3. The core average payment received in 2023 and 2024 (January - April) are shown in Table 4, which excludes the impact of any...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The delivery of locally based Community Welfare Services (CWS) to meet the needs of citizens across the country including in counties Cavan and Monaghan is a priority for me and for my Department. The Community Welfare Service provides a flexible service to meet the different needs of people, who may find themselves in a financially difficult or vulnerable situation. It is important that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Matters related to foster caring, including any criteria relating to work, are the responsibility of my colleague, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and for Tusla. This Government acknowledges the important role that carers, including Foster carers, play and is fully committed to supporting them in that role. Accordingly, the current State Pension...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Funding for the development of community gardens is available under a number of my Department's funding programmes. The extent to which the proposal referred to by the Deputy is eligible under each programme will depend on the nature of the activity to be funded. The Community Recognition Fund was first introduced in 2023 to recognise the huge efforts made by communities in welcoming and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regeneration Projects (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF) is a key capital investment scheme which directly supports the objectives of Our Rural Future and the Town Centre First policy. The RRDF provides funding for the development and construction of large scale capital projects in towns, villages and rural areas across Ireland. Since 2020, RRDF funding of €414 million has been approved for...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I believe it is important for dog owners to be aware of their responsibilities - not just to the general public but also to their dogs. For this reason, I launched a major national awareness campaign to alert dog owners to their responsibilities and to raise awareness of the dangers that can be posed to people and to livestock by uncontrolled dogs. The campaign is still running with some...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a range of supports which are available to Men's and Women’s Sheds. The table below outlines the specific funding allocated to both Men's and Women's sheds over the last three years. However, both groups of sheds access funding from a variety of other schemes, the details of which can be found below. Since 2018, under the Community Enhancement Programme (CEP),...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The LEADER Programme is a key intervention of Our Rural Future, the Government’s Policy for rural development which aims to deliver a range of actions to rural communities over the lifetime of the policy. It is delivered through Local Action Groups (LAGs) across rural Ireland. The programme is based on a community-led approach to rural development and plays an important role in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is a monthly allowance payable in respect a child aged under 16 who has a severe disability requiring continual or continuous care and attention substantially in excess of the care and attention normally required by a child of the same age, and the child must be likely to require this level of care for at least 12 consecutive months. Where an application...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 May 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 to promoting social security as an investment. My Department actively works to encourage take up of benefits and entitlements by promoting...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (16 May 2024)

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 an appeal by the person concerned of her Carer’s Benefit claim was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (16 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The objective of the School Meals Programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children to support them in taking full advantage of the education provided to them. The programme is an important component of policies to encourage school attendance and extra educational achievement. Following the expansion of the programme in recent years, some 2,600 schools and organisations, covering...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Invalidity Pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and for no other reason and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. The Department received an application for IP from the person concerned on 8 December 2023. Upon examination of his application, the person was refused IP on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (16 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned is currently in receipt of the increase for a qualified adult (IQA) on another person's State Pension Contributory (SPC). The IQA is a means-tested payment, payable to a claimant whose spouse, civil partner or cohabitant is being wholly or mainly maintained by them, and where that qualified adult’s personal means from any source does not exceed a means test...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (16 May 2024)

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 there is no record of any appeal by the person concerned having been...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Invalidity Pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and for no other reason and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. My Department received an application for IP from the person concerned on 29 August 2023. Based on the information supplied, it was refused on the grounds that the...