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

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an oral hearing of the appeal of the person concerned took place on 8thAugust 2017 and that the Appeals Officer is now considering the appeal in the light of all of the evidence submitted, including that adduced at the oral hearing. The person concerned will be notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision when the appeal has been...

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

Regina Doherty: The rate of supplementary pension coverage in Ireland is 47% of the working population and this reduces to 35% when the private sector is considered in isolation. Whilst the State pension provides a reasonable basic level of income and guards against poverty in retirement, if measures are not taken to address this low rate of coverage, many future retirees will experience unwanted reductions...

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

Regina Doherty: In all, 2.8m Public Services Cards (PSC) have issued since SAFE registration commenced in 2011, and 66% of adults resident in the State have now completed registration to SAFE Level 2 (substantial assurance of identity) , which is the minimum for issue of a PSC. SAFE registration facilities are available at over 100 of the Department’s locations nationally, and in at least one...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1849, 1852, 1930 and 1931 together. In all, approximately 2.8m Public Services Cards (PSC) have issued since SAFE registration commenced in 2011. At the time of the commencement of the roll-out of the Public Services Card (PSC) in 2011, the then Data Protection Commissioner requested that controls be put place to ensure that PSCs were getting to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The roll out of Public Services cards is demand led. As a result it isn’t possible to precisely predict the volumes of cards will be issued or their costs over a given period of time. My Department has made a provision of some €5.2M to cover all costs associated with the PSC project in 2017. The Department’s estimates for 2018 and 2019 have not been finalised with the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: While a single document business case was not produced in the early 2000’s, the Department did endeavour, in as much as was then possible, to set out the constituent elements of a business case in the 2004 and 2005 Memoranda for Government and various associated papers (including the Accourt Study into the PSC and the SAFE Business Requirements). In his 2015 Report on the Accounts...

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

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is an employment activation service that supports people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. The service is delivered by two companies, Seetec and Turas Nua. The service was rolled out on a phased basis over the period mid-2015 to July 2016. The numbers referred...

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

Regina Doherty: The aim of the Community Employment (CE) programme is to enhance the employability of disadvantaged and unemployed people by providing work experience and training opportunities for them within their communities. The programme helps break the cycle of unemployment and improve a person’s chances of returning to the labour market. My Department is also conscious of the valuable...

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

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1855 and 1857 together. The aim of the JobPath service, which is provided for jobseekers only, is to assist them in finding sustainable full-time paid employment. Community Employment ( CE) schemes provide part-time work experience and training opportunities in local communities as a stepping stone back to employment for people on a range of Social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: My Department provides a range of activation supports catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market. These supports include Community Employment (CE) and JobPath. Job Path aims to place people into full-time sustainable employment. The period of engagement with the service for any individual is typically 52 weeks. During that time they receive...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability 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 20thMarch 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: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1859, 1860 and 1920 together. The Department’s EU and International section, which includes a separate Brexit Unit, is led by an Assistant Secretary. The Brexit Unit has, at present, three additional staff assigned to it and reports directly to the Assistant Secretary. These are two Assistant Principals, one on a full-time basis and one on a...

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

Regina Doherty: An interdepartmental working group, comprising officials from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, the Department of Finance and the Revenue Commissioners, has been examining the emergence of new forms of employment arrangements, which may involve a degree of disguised employment. These include arrangements i) where an individual, who would otherwise be an employee,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability 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 8thJune 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: Community Employment Schemes Data (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1864 and 1865 together. The following table outlines the position in relation to the numbers requested by the Deputy as at end March 2017. Total CE schemes Total CE Participants Total CE Supervisors Total CE Assistant Supervisors 953 22,121 1,129 251* * This figure represents 212 CE schemes which have both a supervisor and a least one assistant supervisor...

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

Regina Doherty: To minimise the cost implications of the change of the Department’s name, the change to the Department’s logo was done in-house. Also, the Department’s current stationery including information leaflets and application forms will continue to be used and will only be replaced with newly branded items when the existing stocks are depleted. Hence, the Department has not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: Qualification for treatment benefit is based on satisfying certain PRSI conditions. The person concerned would need to have paid 260 PRSI contributions at either Class A, E, H, P or S, since first starting work, and also have 39 contributions paid or credited in the tax year on which the claim is based. In this case, the person concerned does not qualify for the treatment benefit scheme as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1870, 1936, 1938 and 1939 together. Section 263 of the Social Welfare Consolidation, Act (as amended) provides that: (a) the following information is inscribed on the Public Services Card (PSC): forename, surname, Personal Public Service (PPS) Number, photograph, signature, card issue number and expiry date; and (b) the following information is...

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

Regina Doherty: Primary weekly social welfare payments are intended to enable recipients to meet their basic day-to-day income needs. In addition to the living alone increase my Department pays out a range of other payments, both cash and non-cash on a weekly, monthly or less frequent basis. These payments are considered secondary in nature. The living alone increase is an additional payment of €9.00,...

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

Regina Doherty: The information requested (where available) by the Deputy is detailed in the table. Recipients of Living Alone Allowances by Scheme and Gender at 31 December in each of the years 2012 to 2016 Disability Allowance Year Male Female Total 2012 14,613 8,597 23,210 2013 15,079 8,927 24,006 2014 15,655 9,323 24,978 2015 16,542 9,967 26,509 2016 17,197 10,487 27,684 Invalidity Pension...