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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The national social target for poverty reduction agreed by Government in 2012 is to reduce consistent poverty to 4% by 2016 and to 2% or less by 2020. The child poverty target is to lift over 70,000 children out of consistent poverty by 2020. Ireland’s contribution to the Europe 2020 poverty target is to lift a minimum of 200,000 people out of ‘combined poverty’ (i.e....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: My Department currently has four staff members suspended from work pending the completion of investigations under the Civil Service Disciplinary Code. - Grade Suspended From Reason for Suspension 1. HEO August 2012 Alleged Fraud 2. EO June 2015 Alleged Inappropriate Behaviour 3. HEO September 2015 Alleged Inappropriate Behaviour 4. EO November 2015 Alleged Inappropriate Behaviour In...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Protected Disclosures Data (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Department is committed to fostering an appropriate environment for addressing concerns relating to potential wrongdoing in the workplace and to providing the necessary support for staff that raise genuine concerns. The Act requires public bodies to establish and maintain procedures for dealing with protected disclosures, and to provide written information relating to these procedures to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 24 July 2017, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Department of Social Protection does not directly employ any actuaries. However, there is one actuary employed in the Pension Authority which operates under the aegis of this Department.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Civil Registration Legislation (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The legal basis for the appointment of marriage solemnisers in Ireland may be found in Part 6 of the Civil Registration Act 2004, as amended. Section 54 of the Act provides for the categories of bodies that may apply for registration of persons on the Register of Solemnisers maintained by an t-Árd Chláraitheoir (the Registrar General). These are: (a) The Health Service Executive...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Death Certificates (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The registration of deaths is provided for in Part 5 of the Civil Registration Act 2004. Specifically, section 37 of the Act provides that when a death occurs in the State it is the duty of a relative of the deceased, who has knowledge of the required particulars in relation to the death, to provide these particulars, within three months of the death, to any registrar. The required...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Central Bank of Ireland Data (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The employment rate for people aged 15-64 is just over 65%. This means that, according to the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) for Q1 2017 published by the Central Statistics Office in May, there are about 1.05 million people in this age group who are not working. As the employment rate has improved from a low of 59% in early 2011, the number of non-working people in this age...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 21 June 2017. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. These papers have been...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The farm assist scheme was introduced in 1999 to provide income support for low income farmers. It replaced the former smallholders’ unemployment assistance payment. In line with the then existing arrangements for unemployment assistance (including smallholders) and pre-retirement allowance, the income of farm assist recipients was exempt from class S PRSI for self-employed workers. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Expenditure (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: Child Benefit is a monthly payment made to families with children in respect of all qualified children up to the age of 16 years. The payment continues to be paid in respect of children up to their 18th birthday who are in full-time education, or who have a disability. Child Benefit is currently paid to around 627,000 families in respect of some 1.2 million children, with an estimated...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The key objective of activation policy and labour market initiatives is to offer assistance to those most in need of support in securing work and achieving financial self-sufficiency. This policy objective prioritises resources to those in receipt of qualifying welfare payments – Jobseeker’s Benefit or Jobseeker’s Allowance – that are conditional on the recipient...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The jobseeker’s allowance scheme provides income support for people who have lost work and are unable to find alternative full-time employment. The 2017 Estimates for my Department provide for expenditure this year on the jobseeker’s allowance scheme of €2.16 billion. Social welfare legislation provides that a person is not entitled to jobseeker’s allowance while...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: Social welfare legislation provides that all income and property (excluding the family home) of the claimant and his or her spouse/partner is assessable for means assessment purposes of social assistance schemes. The purpose of contingency based income support payments such as Disability Allowance is to provide an income to those who have no other source of income (or only a very...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 6 June 2017. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. These papers were received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 8 August...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1778 and 1779 together. I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, including extra documentation as required and the evidence adduced at oral hearing, decided to disallow the appeal of the person concerned as he does not fulfil the statutory requirement of the habitual...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The following tables provide a breakdown of political staff employed in this Department for the years requested: An Tánaiste Joan Burton TD Year: 2015 Position held Annual salary Chief of Staff to the Tánaiste €144,550 Economic Advisor to the Tánaiste €114,424 Special Advisor to the Tánaiste €79,401 Special Advisor to the Tánaiste...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Living Alone Allowance (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The living alone increase is an additional payment of €9 per week made to people aged 66 years or over who are in receipt of certain social welfare payments, including State pensions, and who are living alone. It is also available to people who are less than 66 years of age, living alone and in receipt of disability allowance, invalidity pension, incapacity supplement or blind...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, has decided to allow the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: My Department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 4 November 2016. The application was referred to a local social welfare inspector (SWI) to assess the level of care being provided, assess means and confirm that all the conditions for receipt of carer’s allowance are satisfied. It is a condition for receipt of CA that every claimant...