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Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Calm down.

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Is Deputy Mattie McGrath going to be a Fianna Fáil candidate?

Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: They have gone. Deputy McGrath should go to Specsavers.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (16 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The school meals programme operated by the Department provides funding towards the provision of food services to some 1,600 schools and organisations and benefits over 207,000 children. The school referred to by the Deputy was allocated over €15,000 in respect of food costs for the school year 2014/2015, including an allocation for a breakfast club. The Department is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (16 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 55, 56, 64, 104 and 120 together. Rent supplement plays a vital role in supporting approximately 67,000 families and individuals at a cost of €298 million. Details of rent supplement recipients and expenditure each year since 2008 is provided in the attached tabular statement. Information on rent supplement expenditure by county is not available. A...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (16 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: As at 9thJuly 2015, a total of 43,144 individuals commenced JobBridge internships since the launch of the programme and there are currently 5,111 individuals on a placement. To date, a total of 728 individuals commenced childcare provision internships and there are currently 95 interns in such placements.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (16 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The JobsPlus incentive is designed to encourage employers and businesses to focus their recruitment efforts on those who have been out of work for long periods or on young people seeking work. JobsPlus provides a direct monthly financial incentive to employers in the form of a monthly grant paid over two years with two levels of grant payable - €7,500 or €10,000 provided the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (22 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Eligibility for the Community Employment (CE) scheme can be ascertained by the individual contacting their local Intreo Office or Employment Services Office (contact details on the website). The Department’s public website also lists all the eligibility criteria for the Community Employment scheme. A person of 18 years of age or over, who is currently in receipt of illness benefit for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (22 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons (including lone parents, recovering drug misusers and persons with a disability) with an opportunity to engage in part-time work and training within their communities on a temporary, fixed-term basis. The A8/A9 PRSI stamp paid by Community...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (22 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The Department of Social Protection has indicated that it is not in a position to provide funding for a gratuity or lump sum payment to Community Employment Supervisors on their retirement. This has been advised and has been detailed in numerous responses to Parliamentary Questions on this topic.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (22 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The school meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food services to some 1,700 schools and organisations which benefits over 217,500 children. Despite pressure on the social protection budget, the Government allocated an additional €2 million for the programme in 2015, providing a total allocation of €39 million. The school referred to by the Deputy, is a DEIS...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Maternity Benefit Data (22 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme provides assistance to eligible people in the State whose means are insufficient to meet their needs and those of their dependants. The main purpose of the scheme is to provide immediate and flexible assistance for those in need who do not qualify for payment under other State schemes. The Government has provided over €70 million for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Data (22 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme provides assistance to eligible people in the State whose means are insufficient to meet their needs and those of their dependants. The main purpose of the scheme is to provide immediate and flexible assistance for those in need who do not qualify for payment under other State schemes. The Government has provided over €70 million for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Funding (22 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: This Department has become aware in recent times of increases in insurance premiums for CE schemes. The main reason advised to the Department when this was queried on behalf of schemes was an increase in claims frequency over recent years by such schemes. The Department has been in consultation with the main insurers about the proposed increase and to seek to limit the incidence of future...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (22 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons (including lone parents, recovering drug mis-users and persons with a disability) with an opportunity to engage in part-time work and training within their communities on a temporary, fixed-term basis. With respect to the participants...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (22 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme is administered by designated persons formerly known as Community Welfare Officers. As part of the process to determine a person’s entitlement to SWA, a designated person may carry out a home visit to the person’s place of residence, for example, to verify a tenancy for rent supplement purposes or to interview someone who is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (22 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Rent supplement plays a vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme currently supporting approximately 65,000 people at a cost of over €298 million in 2015. Under the National Tenancy Sustainment Framework each tenant’s circumstances are considered on a case-by-case basis, and rents are being increased above prescribed limits as appropriate. Community Welfare...

Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (24 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank Deputy Daly for raising the issue of the review of the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) Act. I have circulated a response but I would rather have a conversation with him than read a scripted response on this. As a member of a trade union for many years, I understand the Deputy's and the families' frustration at not being able to get the repayment that I also...

Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (24 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I will be in touch with the Deputy in the coming weeks to organise that. He can brief his 12 families on this. There is nothing more shocking and upsetting than to lose one's job. Getting the redundancy payment and holiday benefits to which one is entitled can sometimes help to alleviate the financial problems, but there is nothing worse than when a company becomes insolvent and then one...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (24 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, the Department of Social Protection may make a single exceptional needs payment (ENP) to help meet essential, once-off and unforeseen expenditure which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income. The Government has provided €29 million for the ENP scheme in 2015. An application can be made...