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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has such a disability that they require that level of care. I confirm that my department received an application for CA from the person concerned on the 29 September 2017. Additional information was requested from the person concerned on 11...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a person who has such a disability that they require that level of care. I confirm that my department received an application for CA from the person concerned on the 8 November 2017. Additional information was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 2 October 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: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: In order to be eligible for fuel allowance, a person in receipt of jobseeker's allowance must be in receipt of payment for 390 days, satisfy a household means test and live alone or only with certain other qualified people. Where a person does not satisfy these conditions they will not be entitled to the fuel allowance. Unfortunately, the person referred to by the Deputy does not have the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005 sets out the legal obligations of public service bodies to promote and support the employment of people with disabilities, comply with any statutory Code of Practice, meet a target of 3% of employees with disabilities and report every year on achievement of these obligations. The National Disability Authority (NDA) reports on compliance with the 3% target. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Data (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested (where available) by the Deputy is detailed in the tabular statements. Carer’s Allowance claims registered and awarded or rejected in each year 2013 to 2017 Registered Awarded Rejected 2013 12,060 16,011 9,881 2014 17,759 12,560 7,708 2015 18,929 14,378 7,920 2016 22,722 19,308 11,144 2017 23,800 17,292 8,599 Outcome of Carer’s Allowance Appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned is currently in receipt of a jobseeker's payment and is also working on a part time basis. The weekly rate of payment she receives from the Department is calculated with regard to the number of days per week she is employed coupled with the level of income she receives from that employment. Based on the current information provided to the Department, by the person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Family Law Acts, which are under the remit of the Department of Justice and Equality (D/JE), place a legal obligation on parents to maintain their children. In cases where the family unit has broken down these obligations continue to apply and relevant maintenance payments can be arranged either directly between the couple or through supports like the Family Mediation Service, the Legal...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: The primary legislation governing claims and late claims is set out in Sections 241, 342 and 342A of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, as amended. The legislation requires that persons must claim their entitlements within a specific period from the date their entitlement arises - this is referred to as the 'prescribed time'. The prescribed times for each payment are set out in the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: Penalty rates were introduced as a means of encouraging jobseekers to engage with activation measures and co-operate with efforts of the Department to assist them in securing employment. The Department is committed, under Pathways to Work, to incentivise the take-up of activation opportunities, including implementing sanctions for failure to engage. The legislation underpinning the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is an employment 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 was rolled out on a phased basis over the period mid-2015 to July 2016. The numbers referred initially were low but this has increased with almost 141,000 Jobseekers having...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the tabular statement. Recipients of a Jobseeker’s Payment or signing for Jobseeker’s Credits aged 45 years or over at 31 December 2017 - Amount Jobseeker’s Allowance 69,785 Jobseeker’s Benefit 16,309 Jobseeker’s Credits Only 25,472 Total 111,836

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department’s main social welfare schemes for unemployed persons are the jobseeker’s allowance and the jobseekers benefit schemes. Both schemes provide significant support to individuals so that they can work up to 3 days a week and still retain access to a reduced jobseeker’s payment. The 2018 Estimates for my Department provide for expenditure this year on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: The fuel allowance is a payment of €22.50 per week from October to April each year to low income households to assist them with their energy costs. The allowance represents a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. It is not intended to meet those costs in full and only one allowance is paid per household. Participants on the Rural Social Scheme (RSS) can be paid...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: The purpose of credited contributions (credits) is to protect social insurance entitlements by bridging gaps in an employee’s social insurance record, where they are not in a position to pay PRSI, such as for period of unemployment, illness or in receipt of certain payments, including carer’s allowance. In isolation, credits do not give entitlement to social insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has such a disability that they require that level of care. My department received an application for CA from the person concerned on the 24 November 2017. The application is currently being processed and once completed, the person concerned will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer, 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 Employment Affairs and Social Protection and of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Data (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: Entitlement to state pension (contributory) is assessed on the basis of an applicant’s complete social insurance record and satisfaction of the eligibility conditions for the scheme applicable on the date the applicant reaches pension age. Social welfare legislation provides that a self-employed contributor shall not be regarded as satisfying the qualifying conditions for state pension...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Information and Communications Technology (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department invests on an ongoing basis in traditional, defence-in-depth deployments of preventative controls like firewalls, email gateways, endpoint protection and advanced threat detection tools. My Department employs security technology that, together with a dedicated ICT security team and well defined processes, continually monitors the Department’s network and services. My...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Government Information Service (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: Details of the Department’s expenditure on public awareness campaigns in 2017 are set out in the following table. Public Awareness Campaign Costs 2017 (Includes Design) Date Campaign Name Cost (VAT Inclusive) March MyGovID €83,674 April Welfare Cheats €201,625 April Treatment Benefit: Open to self employed €107,889 July Back to School Clothing &...