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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Housing Assistance Payment (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is administered by Local Authorities and overall policy responsibility for HAP rests with my colleague the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. Matters relating to the processing times for HAP applications and the payment of arrears are primarily a matter for that Department. Notwithstanding this, I understand that arrears may...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Data (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department is implementing SAFE 2 registration on a phased basis with its customers and customers of other public services that require identity verification to a substantial level of assurance. It is a standard for establishing and verifying an individual’s identity for the purposes of accessing public services which was agreed by the Government in 2005 During SAFE registration,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: An application for carer's allowance was received from the person concerned on 27 November 2017 in respect of two care recipients. The application was awarded to the person concerned on 8 March 2018 and the first payment is due to issue to their nominated bank account on 29 March 2018. Arrears of allowance due from 30 November 2017 to 28 March 2018 will issue in shortly. The person concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The provision of payments is a critical function of the Department for Employment Affairs and Social Protection. My Department has robust contingency plans in place to ensure the minimisation of any disruption which would impact on our ability to make payments to our customers. My Department is also represented on the National Emergency Coordination Group (NECG) with a view to ensuring a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The fuel allowance is a payment of €22.50 per week for 27 weeks from October to April, to over 365,000 low income households, at an estimated cost of €227 million in 2018. The purpose of this payment is to assist these households 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Sick Pay Scheme (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: In general, an employee has no right under employment law to be paid while on sick leave. Consequently, it is at the discretion of the employer to decide their own policy on sick pay and sick leave, subject to the employee’s contract or terms of employment. Under Section 3 of the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 an employer must provide an employee with a written statement of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Work Permits Eligibility (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Dependent/Partner/Spouse Employment Permit enables the immediate family members of Critical Skills Employment Permit holders and researchers to enter the labour market during their period of residence here in Ireland. Its objective is to motivate foreign nationals with in-demand skills to take up employment in Ireland by providing a mechanism for their families to integrate easily into...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizen Information Services (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The executive of the Citizens Information Board (CIB) is implementing the decision of the Board of CIB to reorganise the governance arrangements of ninety three individual local company boards, comprising 42 Citizens Information Services (CIS) and 51 Money Advice and Budgeting Services (MABS), to a new regionally based sixteen company model, comprising eight CIS and eight MABS companies. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Bodies (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: It is proposed to answer Questions Nos. 947, 966, 967 and 973 together. The Department currently has 58 Branch Offices at various locations throughout the country. Each Branch Office is operated and managed, under a contract for services, by a Branch Manager who is required to act as an agent for the Department in the area served by the office. Branch Office managers operate on a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: In this case the Person concerned was invited to provide further documentation and information in support of their review request for an Exceptional Needs Payment (ENP). However no further correspondence was received from the customer. The Review Officer considered all the available information and documentation relevant to the application at the time. The Officer upheld the original...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The legislative provisions pertaining to the recognition of divorces outside the State are set out of the Domicile and Recognition of Foreign Divorces Act, 1986. In accordance with Section 5, a foreign divorce will be recognised in this state, if one of the parties to the divorce was domiciled in the country granting the divorce when proceedings were initiated. Responsibility for this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: Carer's benefit (CARB) is a PRSI based 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. An application for CARB was received from the person concerned on 28 February 2018. The application is currently being processed and once completed, the person concerned will be notified directly of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 Mar 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. My department received an application for CA from the person concerned on the 16 November 2017. CA was awarded to the person concerned on 10...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: Community Employment (CE) scheme supervisors are employees of private companies in the community and voluntary sector. The State is not responsible for funding pension arrangements for such employees even where the companies in question are reliant on State funding. It is open to individuals to make provision for a pension by way of PRSA which all employers are obliged to facilitate. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: Currently there is a provision which allows Community Employment (CE) participants aged 62 or over to apply to extend their participation on CE beyond the standard participation time limits, providing the eligibility conditions of CE are met. Participants aged 62 or over are allowed to participate on a continuous basis up to the State Pension age, subject to satisfactory performance on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: All Jobseekers on the live register must be capable of; available for and actively seeking full time employment, they are also required to engage with the Department’s activation services whether the service is provided internally by an Intreo case officer or externally by one of the contracted providers e.g. JobPath providers and Local Employment Service providers. The Social Welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The following table outlines the position in relation to the number of persons engaged in Community Employment as at the end of December for each year from 2012 to 2017 and at the end of January 2018: Year Participants Supervisors Total 2012 21,081 1,364 22,445 2013 22,575 1,368 23,943 2014 23,249 1,396 24,645 2015 22,813 1,405 24,218 2016 22,356 1,377 23,733 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Department’s dental benefit scheme is a PRSI-based scheme. PRSI paid at classes A, E, H, P, or S count towards qualification for this benefit. Class D is a reduced rate of PRSI applying to certain public service employments and does not count towards qualification for this particular benefit. As a result the person concerned does not qualify for treatment benefit. I trust this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The jobseeker’s schemes provide income support for people under 66 who have lost work and are unable to find alternative full-time employment. The 2018 Estimates for my Department provide for expenditure this year on the jobseeker’s schemes of €2.17 billion. It is a fundamental qualifying condition for both jobseeker’s benefit and jobseeker’s allowance that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The fuel allowance is a payment of €22.50 per week for 27 weeks from October to April, to over 365,000 low income households, at an estimated cost of €227 million in 2018. The purpose of this payment is to assist these households 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...