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Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: -----where the marriage is deemed to have been valid from the date of solemnisation. The advice of the Attorney General on this matter is that a provision should be included in this Bill to minimise any difficulties which might arise relating to the succession tax and contracts on the family home under the Family Home Protection Act 1976.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Is about civil partnerships. We must make sure that there is no question in this respect after legislation is passed. It is from the civil partners legislation from January 2011. It is to ensure that we are disadvantaging anybody in this regard.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Deputies for their constructive engagement on Committee Stage and on Second Stage and I look forward to the debate on the next Stage in the Dáil. I thank the staff present for the work that they have put into the Bill. It is quite technical in nature and it has taken a number of months to get it to this stage. The co-operation of Members in the Seanad and on Committee...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (6 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 38 and 55 together. JobBridge includes a range of control and monitoring measures. Host organisations must give undertakings to meet rigorous scheme criteria before participating, they must complete regular compliance returns during the course of any internship, internships cannot reduce paid positions, there are limits on the number of internships that any...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (6 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income support to assist with reasonable accommodation costs of eligible people living in private rented accommodation who are unable to provide for their accommodation costs from their own resources. The overall aim is to provide short term assistance, and not to act as an alternative to the other social housing schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (6 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income support to assist with reasonable accommodation costs of eligible people living in private rented accommodation who are unable to provide for their accommodation costs from their own resources. The overall aim is to provide short term assistance, and not to act as an alternative to the other social housing schemes...

Social Welfare Appeals Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I welcome the opportunity to discuss the social welfare appeals system. I acknowledge that there has been an understandable level of concern about appeal processing times in the past few years and appreciate that this is what prompted Deputy Willie O'Dea's proposals. Appeal processing times are always a matter of concern, particularly when they impact on those who are most vulnerable in...

Social Welfare Appeals Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank both Deputies for their contributions. I will re-examine the useful suggestions made by the Deputy Ó Snodaigh. Deputy Willie O'Dea spoke about training. A total of 13,000 individual training days were delivered to staff in 2013. We are actively working on this. He also suggested that examples of the Department's decisions be published to provide a better understanding of the...

Social Welfare Appeals Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: In fairness, it reflects the hard work of Deputies in bringing forward Bills.

Social Welfare Appeals Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: A huge number of Bills have been brought in not only by the Deputy's party but by many others.

Social Welfare Appeals Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Will the Deputy send us an example?

Report of Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Motion (7 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I apologise on behalf of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly. He had intended to take this debate. However, unfortunately, due to a heavy diary commitment today, he could not make it. Anyway, he will be taking on board the views made by Deputies as things progress. I welcome the young people in the Gallery who are looking down at this debate....

Report of Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Motion (7 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I concur with the Deputy in his final remarks. It is wrong to disturb children during the school week. We need to move polling stations, if possible. I acknowledge that this is not the subject of the report, nor can it be dealt with in this debate, but I echo the Deputy's remarks. It would make common sense to move polling stations out of primary and secondary schools, where possible,...

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: It was dealt with in the environment committee.

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Fianna Fáil did. It was the last lot.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (11 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income support to assist with reasonable accommodation costs of eligible people living in private rented accommodation who are unable to provide for their accommodation costs from their own resources. There are currently approximately 72,500 rent supplement recipients for which the Government has provided over €344...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsIreland Service (11 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: JobsIreland () is a free vacancy advertising and job search service provided by the Department of Social Protection to support employers and jobseekers. Improving the job/candidate matching capability of this service is to incentivise employers to use the service to provide more jobs for those who are unemployed. At present jobseekers can use the site to manually search for jobs however...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (11 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Following the amalgamation of FÁS into the Department in 2012 the statistics from that time onwards are more readily available and the reply, as discussed with the Deputy’s office, is in respect of community employment (CE) schemes funded in the relevant areas during this time. There are currently a total of 36 (CE) schemes in Dublin 2, 4, 6,6W & 8 postal codes, with an...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (11 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, landlords are legally obliged to register tenancies with the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB). However, not all tenancies are required to be registered with the PRTB as the relevant legislation, the Residential Tenancies Act, provides for certain exceptions. The Department works closely with the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB)...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (12 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: There has been significant demand to reduce the age eligibility to 21 years on Community Employment (CE) in the past three years, particularly since the cessation of double allowances which had the effect of reducing the number of participants on the One Parent Family Payment (OFP) and, in particular, the number of participants taking up childcare places on CE. I am acutely aware of the...