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

Heather Humphreys: ...also see that in my office. Much of the medical information is not put down. It is on the provision of further medical information that the payment is granted. We have done a lot for carers. A pension scheme has been introduced for long-term carers. The carer's support grant has been increased to its highest ever level. The weekly carer's payment has been increased by €29 in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (25 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Heather Humphreys: I thank Deputy Tully for raising this matter. As she will be aware, one of the main ideas in the Green Paper I published for consultation last year was to consolidate disability allowance, blind pension and invalidity pension into one single payment. I sought people's views on an approach to providing additional support to those most in need by increasing payments for those people with most...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Apr 2024)

Mr. Seamus McCarthy: On that, the Department of Defence also has an Army pensions Vote. It may be worthwhile, to get a complete view of expenditure in that area, to include that Vote as well.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I am committed to improving outcomes for people with a disability. In budget 2024 for example I provided for: A €400 once-off payment for Disability Allowance, Blind Pension, Invalidity Pension and Carer’s Support Grant recipients in November 2023 to address the high cost of living. A €200 lump sum Living Alone Allowance payment. A €300 lump sum Fuel Allowance...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (25 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 21. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her assessment of the impact of the Supreme Court's recent decision to award a pension to a widower who was not married but had children with his former partner; if this will have an impact on other retrospective and future cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18202/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (25 Apr 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 24. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to provide a State pension for those currently in receipt of the increase for qualified adult under their partner’s pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18366/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (25 Apr 2024)

Niamh Smyth: 25. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specifics regarding the pension entitlements being worked on for carers by her Department presently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18134/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (25 Apr 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: 27. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to allow for caring periods under 20 years to be included for long-term caring contributions for the purposes of the State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18355/24]

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

Heather Humphreys: ...;29 per week over the last three budgets with proportionate increases for qualified adults. In addition, the income disregards which can be availed of by people receiving Disability Allowance or Blind Pension, have increased by almost 38% over the same period to a current level of €165. As part of Budget 2024, the Social Protection budget, which is the largest in the history of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (25 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Matt Carthy: ...if she will review the position regarding the mandatory retirement age for participants on the job initiative scheme to ensure that those who wish to can remain on the scheme past the State pension age. [17717/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (25 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants who have been refused insurance-based private pensions on the basis of insufficiency of contributions over their working lives or part thereof; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18338/24]

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

Heather Humphreys: ...suite of income supports for those who are unable to work due to an illness or disability. These include contributory payments, based on PRSI contributions, such as Illness Benefit and Invalidity Pension, and non-contributory payments, based on a means test, such as Disability Allowance and Blind Pension. At an estimate, a non-means tested universal payment at €350 per week for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...our advertising campaigns ensure the best possible mix of media is used to effectively reach our target audience. In 2023, my Department ran a public information campaign on changes to the State Pension Contributory to inform long term carers know about their entitlements. The target audience for our national media and social media advertising campaign were people who have either cared...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...payment of €500. Where all qualification criteria for the particular scheme are satisfied, this class of PRSI gives access to the following benefits: Adoptive Benefit, Guardian's Payment (Contributory), Invalidity Pension, Jobseeker's Benefit (Self-Employed), Maternity Benefit, Parent's Benefit, Partial Capacity Benefit (where in receipt of Invalidity Pension), Paternity...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (25 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail the pension entitlements for An Taoiseach. [17660/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The living alone increase is a payment for people aged 66 years or over who are in receipt of certain social welfare payments, including state pension (contributory), state pension (non-contributory), widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's (contributory) pension, widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's (non-contributory) pension, widow's/widower's pension under the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...for people following bereavement which provide more significant support than the former grant. These include weekly-paid Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner’s (Contributory and Non-Contributory) pensions, which are based on contributions or a means test, and a once-off Widowed or Surviving Civil Partner grant of €8,000 where there is a dependent child. A...

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

Heather Humphreys: ...Payment for 65-Year-Olds was introduced in line with the Programme for Government commitment to address the position of people who are required to or choose to retire at age 65 before the State pension age of 66. The payment is designed to bridge the gap for people who retire from employment or self-employment at age 65 until they qualify for the State Pension at age 66. This support...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...Liable Relatives 7 One Parent Family Payment 291 Rent Allowance 2 Rent Supplement 22 State Pension Non Contributory 185 SWA/BASI 541 Travel Supplement 1 Widows Non Contributory Pension 7 Total ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Priorities (25 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this answer

Bernard Durkan: ...to care for a relative or family member and returned to the workforce with insufficient time to enable them to make the necessary contributions can meet the necessary contributions to qualify for a pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18711/24]