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Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (1 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: About 5% of adult Ukrainians who are here are aged over 66. Approximately 3,500 people are getting pensions. PPS numbers had been issued to 72,240 people as of the close of business on 22 January. Some 48% of them are adult women; 30% are people aged under 18; 22% are adult males; and, as I said, about 3,500 are adults aged over 66 who get a pension.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...status to avail of income supports from my Department.  We have an excellent record in reacting quickly and appropriately to emergency situations.  Officials from my Department and the Department of Justice are in Dublin Airport to meet with people arriving from Ukraine to ensure that temporary residence certificates and PPSNs are allocated quickly and that financial...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: All jobseekers, including those who are working part time and in receipt of a jobseeker's payment from my Department, are required to be genuinely seeking and available for full time employment and to engage with my Department's employment services.  JobPath is an employment assistance and advice service that supports and assists people who are long-term...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jul 2020)

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. There are no backlogs in most of the Department's scheme areas at present.  All scheme areas are up to date on claim processing with the exception of the jobseekers scheme where...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: In terms of engagement in the workforce, we have a number of programmes and we are actively engaging with Ukrainians who are available to work. There are 83,000 who remain in Ireland and the average number of temporary protection applicants per week in 2024 is higher than the 2023 level. There are currently some 17,000 in employment and we continue to engage and work with them to give them...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Properties (19 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department occupies offices in Trinity Point, Dublin 2 and Government Buildings in Ballina, Co. Mayo. Our offices in Ballina are in the ownership of the Office of Public Works (OPW) and are shared with a number of Departments. In this case, roof maintenance, as non-elective works to a State building, are funded directly by the OPW. Our offices in Trinity Point are leased on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (8 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department follows the Civil Service Code of Practice on the employment of people with disabilities. I wish to advise the Deputy that while there is no specific budget allocated for assistive technologies required for persons with disabilities in my Department, these additional supports are available to staff on request as required. All such requests are made...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Advertising (5 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is committed to ensuring that 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, as well as radio, digital and social media. These campaigns are...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Management (24 Sep 2015)

Heather Humphreys: Under EU law Ireland is obliged to ensure that European sites (SACs and SPAs) are afforded suitable protection and an activity or project can only be undertaken after it has been ascertained that it will not adversely affect the integrity of a European site. A list of Activities Requiring Consent (ARCs) has been identified for each European site. ARCs are intended to capture the type of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Department’s in-person services are provided through our network of Intreo Centres. All of our Intreo Centres have continued to operate a service for the public throughout the pandemic with the full range of services being provided. All of these centres are open 5 days per week, as are our branch offices. Offices are open for walk-in service each morning and appointment all day...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy. What we are doing is helping people to get back to work and we are giving them all the supports. In the July stimulus package, there was considerable investment in back to education and back to training, apprenticeships and measures to help people to get back to work. If there are specific issues, I am happy to look at them. The purpose is to allow people to reskill...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Public Service Numbers (3 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...of mine. My number was changed to the same as my husband's with a "w" on the end of it. That is quite some time ago. I got another PPS number a good number of years ago. I do not know if there are many cases where people have not got the new PPS number. I imagine they are few and far between but I will check it out to make sure people are aware they got one in their own right. I do...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (9 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The community welfare service, CWS, is committed to providing a quality service to all citizens, ensuring applications are processed and decisions on entitlement are made quickly. There are no backlogs at present and work on hand is within the scheme's normal processing levels. Complete applications are finalised within two weeks and there is less than two weeks' work in process....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (30 Jun 2020)

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. There are no backlogs in most of the Departments scheme areas at present.  All scheme areas are up to date on claim processing with the exception of the jobseekers scheme where there...

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The NSAI has guidelines on how companies should operate. They are available and companies should be adhering to them. There is no doubt about that. If there are issues and concerns, they should contact the Health and Safety Authority, HSA. We are developing a much more detailed set of guidelines to cover many more issues that are going to arise, and we will publish them as soon as we can....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Offices (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. The community welfare service is committed to providing a quality service to all citizens, ensuring that applications are processed and ensuring that decisions on entitlement are made as quickly as possible. It is a key service and deals with approximately 12,000 claim applications per month. Over 2,600 additional needs payment claims are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Advertising (24 Apr 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 campaigns are targeted carefully, using the best mix of media formats, to ensure that the Department’s messages reach members of the public effectively. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (17 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...quality work experience to unemployed jobseekers to build their skills and experience. The placements run for 6 months at 30 hours per week to include time spent on training. All participants are paid a minimum of €311 per week, plus any social welfare increases for qualified adults and children. Participation on WPEP by jobseekers is entirely voluntary. There are a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Intreo Centres (ICs) are a single point of contact for all employment and income supports.  The Centres are designed to provide a streamlined approach, offering practical, tailored employment services and supports for jobseekers. In the interest of continuing to observe the current public health advice in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic and to safeguard both customers and staff, my...