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Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: If it contains such a recommendation and I do not make the appropriate responses, the Deputy will rightly be able to say-----

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I cannot tell the Deputy how I will make up my mind about something at this time next year because I do not know what the circumstances will be. Deputy O'Dea might be the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: Given the short amount of time I have been in office, I hope it is clear that when I say I will do something, I do it. If I have made a mistake and will not be able to do it for a particular reason, I will not have a problem admitting that and will tell Deputies why I cannot do it. My intention in considering the report is to see if what we have done has worked. If it has not, it must be...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: It has.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: Yes.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: The review being conducted by the Department will specifically examine the reduced payment rates and the impacts thereof. The report being produced by NUI Maynooth will examine the effectiveness of the reduced payments in terms of an upturn or uptake in encouraging young job seekers to avail of training, education and improving their skills. I will thus be aware of the impact of the...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: Or nine months.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I am quite sure that members are going to make sure I have no Christmas given everything they want within three months.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I will not be able to go for a pint. We are currently conducting a review of the Social Insurance Fund. We have got the actuarial review to tell us what the state of it is, and we will probably launch a public consultation on pensions and the automatic enrolment provision that we are hoping to go forward with, if not next Tuesday, then the following Tuesday. The only reason I mention...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: May I be really cheeky? I asked for something similar a while ago and I was told that the Department does not collect the money, it only spends it. If the Deputy wants that information I suggest she asks the Minister for Finance for it in a parliamentary question.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I only get the pleasure of spending the money, not that of collecting it.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (5 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The school meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food to schools and organisations at a total cost of some €47.5 million in 2017. In recent years priority for new applications for funding had been given to schools which are part of the DEIS programme, designed to give tailored support to schools which have high concentration of disadvantage. For the first time...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Funding (5 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The information is not immediately available in my Department but is being compiled at present. My officials will write to the Deputy when it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (5 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: An application for carer’s allowance (CA) was received from the person concerned on 27 October 2017. CA was awarded to the person concerned on 28 November 2017, with effect from 12 October 2017 and the first payment will issue to the person’s nominated bank account on 7 December 2017. Arrears of allowance due from 12 October 2017 to 6 December 2017 will also issue to the bank...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (5 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: This customer is on a means tested pension and requested a review in April 2016 of the rate of pension paid to her. Having regard to the information provided by her, the case was referred to an inspector for investigation. On foot of this investigation and the information provided by the customer to the inspector, the rate of pension payable was actually reduced and the customer was given...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Applications (5 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: I confirm that my Department received an application for Family Income Supplement (FIS) from the person concerned on 14th November 2017. FIS is not payable while an applicant is a Qualified Adult (QA) on Jobseekers Allowance (JA). The local INTREO office has now adjusted the above allowance and the person concerned has been awarded FIS with effect from 16 November 2017 to 14 November 2018....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (5 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The full cost of the Department’s 2017 fraud and control awareness campaign came to €163,922 excluding VAT. This includes all design and advertising costs associated with the campaign (print advertising, national and regional radio advertising, outdoor and online/digital advertising). No additional costs arose in staff resources, website development or in the provision of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (5 Dec 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 disallow the supplementary welfare allowance appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision. With regard to the disability allowance appeal, I am also...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (5 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, decided to disallow the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision on 17 October 2017. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of the Appeals Officer is final and conclusive and may only be reviewed by the Appeals Officer in the light of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (5 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Family Income Supplement (FIS), re-designated under Budget 2018 as the Working Family Payment (WFP), is an in-work support which provides an income top-up for employees on low earnings with children. The WFP/FIS is designed to prevent in-work poverty for low paid workers with child dependants and to offer a financial incentive to take-up employment. There are currently over 57,000...