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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The amount spent by my Department on photography, external public relations and communications advice since 1 January 2016, by date and company engaged, in tabular form is as follows: 2016: Photography Date Details Supplier Cost (inc VAT) 16/02/16 Launch of Clondalkin Intreo Centre Robbie Reynolds Photography €553.50 24/02/16 Pathways to Work Maxwell Photography €645.75...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 19 January 2018. 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 Social Protection. These papers have been received in the Social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: JobPath is an employment service, designed to support people who are long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. In relation to the number of people who have commenced their engagement period with the service, it is important to note that jobseekers may be supported through the service for up to 30 months. Under the service jobseekers have access to a Personal Advisor...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (13 Feb 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: Public Services Card (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Only bodies specified in legislation and currently included in Schedule 5 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (as amended) or their agents can ask for and use the Public Services Card (PSC). The current proposal in Section 5 of the Social Welfare Bill does not change this. That protection will remain if the legislative proposal is adopted. As the law currently stands, even if a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The objective of the Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) is to assist those who are distant from the labour market to acquire the necessary education to improve their chances of becoming independent of the social welfare system. Administration of the BTEA by my Department is aligned with the student support schemes under the Department of Education and Skills. The Allowance enables social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 28 August 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. These papers have been received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The establishment of a child maintenance service to assist lone parents to seek child maintenance payments would be a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality. In cases where the family unit has broken down obligations regarding child maintenance continue to apply and relevant maintenance payments can be arranged either directly between the couple themselves or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice (VPSJ) developed a model of a minimum income standard (MIS). The MIS is defined by the VPSJ as “the gross income a household needs in order to reach their minimum essential standard of living”. The VPSJ’s Minimum Essential Standard of Living 2017 (MESL) is derived from a negotiated consensus, based on focus groups with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 627 to 629, inclusive, together. The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices used in the following table is sourced from the Department of Finance’s 2018 Budget Day book. This provides forecasts for inflation for the four years 2018 to 2021 inclusive. However, there is no projection available for 2022 or 2023 and, thus, no costings are provided for the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tús Programme (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Tús is one of a range of supports provided by my Department to cater for long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market. It provides part-time temporary work in local communities, as a stepping-stone back to employment. However, it is important to note that these placements are not full-time sustainable jobs and are designed to break the cycle of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Citizens Information Board (CIB) is a statutory body established by the Oireachtas. In addition to its own statutory responsibilities in relation to information and advocacy service provision, it has statutory responsibility for the countrywide networks of Citizens Information Services (CIS) and the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS). CIB has been allocated €57.410 million...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The aim of the JobPath service is to assist participants in finding sustainable full-time paid employment. Community Employment (CE) schemes, provides part-time employment and training opportunities in local communities for people in receipt of a Social Welfare payment, including long-term unemployment payments as a stepping stone back to employment. It is important to note that Community...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Determinations made by Designated Persons in relation to claims made under Section 201 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation Act) 2005, i.e. Exceptional Needs Payments can be reviewed by a SWA Reviewing Officer under Section 323 of that Act. As the Deputy has requested that a review be conducted, the relevant review officer has been notified of your request and they will now commence the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Zero-hour Contracts (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Section 14 of the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017, which was published in December, proposes the replacement of the existing section 18 in the Organisation of Working Time Act with a new section. One of the purposes of the proposed new section 18 is to prohibit zero hour contracts in most circumstances. The University of Limerick (UL) in its study on the prevalence of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The current free travel scheme provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for those eligible under the scheme. These include road, rail and ferry services provided by companies such as Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann, as well as Luas and services provided by almost 80 private transport operators. There are currently...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: According to the records of my Department, a jobseeker allowance claim was disallowed for the person concerned from 19 July 2017. The disallowance arose due to the person concerned having means in excess, which was assessed from her partner’s self-employment. The person concerned appealed the decision and the file is currently with the Social Welfare Appeals Office. With regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 16 January 2018. 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: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Citizens Information Board (CIB) is a statutory body established by the Oireachtas. In addition to its own statutory responsibilities in relation to information and advocacy service provision, it has statutory responsibility for the countrywide networks of Citizens Information Services (CIS) and the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS). The decision to restructure the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: All Jobseekers on the live register must be capable of; available for and actively seeking full time employment, they must engage with the Department’s activation services. JobPath is one of my Department’s employment activation services which supports people who are long-term unemployed, including those underemployed and working part time to secure and sustain full-time...