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- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: The person concerned reached pension age on 22 October 2024. An application for the contributory State Pension was received on 26 June 2024. Under current eligibility conditions, an individual must have 520 full-rate paid contributions in order to qualify for standard contributory State Pension. 520 full-rate contributions equate to 10 years of full-rate insurable employment. According...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: Illness Benefit is a payment for people who cannot work due to illness and who satisfy the pay-related social insurance contribution conditions. Illness Benefit is classified as a short-term scheme and is paid for a maximum of one year if a person has between 104 and 260 total PRSI contributions paid since entering insurable employment, and a maximum of two years provided a person has least...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: The new Programme for Government contains a commitment to introduce the Automatic Enrolment (AE) Retirement Savings System. The legislative basis for implementing the new system was enacted last July. The aim of introducing AE is to address the pension coverage gap that exists in Ireland and to provide workers with greater comfort and security regarding their retirement savings. The new...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: 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. I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence,...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Offices (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: Awaiting reply from Department
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Leave (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: Awaiting reply from Department
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: 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. I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence,...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: Awaiting reply from Department
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: Awaiting reply from Department
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: Awaiting reply from Department
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: Awaiting reply from Department
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: 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. I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence,...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: Awaiting reply from Department
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: 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. I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence,...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: The person concerned reached pension age on 26 March 2018. A State Pension (contributory) was awarded from the 26 March 2018. According to the records of my Department, the person concerned has a total of 1,366 reckonable paid contributions and 211 credited contributions from 1968 to 2018. This equates to a yearly average of 32 which gives entitlement to a state pension contributory at a...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: Awaiting reply from Department
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: Awaiting reply from Department
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: The Government is very aware of the key role that family carers play in Irish society and the challenges they face. The Programme for Government has set out a timeline which commits to significantly increasing the income disregards for Carer’s Allowance in each Budget with a view to phasing out the means test during the lifetime of the Government. I trust that this clarifies the...
- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Projects (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: This is a matter which does not fall within the remit of my Department and I would encourage the Deputy to engage directly with Cork County Council in respect of the issue referred to. Once the project is a position to proceed, funding may be available through the range of rural development schemes operated by my Department.
- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: The Cliffs of Moher trail has been on my Department's Walks Scheme since December 2010. Under that scheme, participants receive a modest payment to maintain the section of the trail that crosses their land. Since 2020, funding of over €132,000 has been paid to the landholders along the trail. In that time, funding of €1.146 million has been allocated for 6 projects on the...