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Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: I want to put this on the record because I believe the Deputy is misinformed. It was never compulsory for people to go on CE schemes. It was always voluntary and it is entirely voluntary. We do not refer people to CE schemes.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: Different people were paid on different days because people are on different schemes.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: Refundables.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: We had this conversation at the meeting before Christmas. It is in another column now, but they are still being funded. Do not worry.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: Self-employed workers who earn €5,000 or more in a contribution year, are liable for PRSI at the class S rate of 4%, subject to a minimum annual payment of €500. This provides them with access to the following benefits: State pension (contributory), widow’s, widower’s or surviving civil partner’s pension (contributory), guardian’s payment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Local Employment Service (28 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: Local Employment Services form part of the State’s public employment service. This service is managed by the Department of Social Protection and delivered directly by its own Intreo service as well as by contractors, such as JobPath, Local Employment Service, and Job Club providers. The expansion of the department’s activation capacity with the introduction of JobPath and the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (28 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department does not record the numbers who are referred to Community Employment (CE) centrally but rather the numbers who take up CE. The following table provides detail on the number of the participants which started each year in the period 2013 – 2017. Year Participants 2013 9,614 2014 12,102 2015 11,915 2016 11,010 2017 10,527 The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tús Programme (28 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested is not readily available and is currently being compiled by my Department. The information will be provided to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Data (28 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The rural social scheme (RSS) is an income support initiative which provides part-time employment opportunities in community and voluntary organisations for farmers or fishermen who are in receipt of certain social welfare payments and underemployed in their primary occupation. The RSS is a supplementary income support scheme. RSS is delivered through 35 Local Development Companies and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (28 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is a service that supports people who are long-term unemployed to obtain and sustain paid employment. The service was launched in 2015 on a ‘rolling basis’ with referral numbers gradually increasing over time. As of the end of February 2018, just over 151,000 people had commenced their engagement period with the service. This figure is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: Within the social welfare system and subject to the qualifying conditions of the particular scheme, a primary claimant may apply for payment of an increase for a qualified adult (IQA) in respect of a dependent spouse, civil partner or cohabitant. Generally, persons in respect of whom IQA payments are being made are free to make an application for a social welfare payment in their own...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (28 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment, made to a person who is providing full-time care and attention to a person who has such a disability that they require this level of care. The Department periodically reviews claims in payment to ensure that there is continued entitlement. Following a review in this case, which involved an investigation by a local social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (28 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department operates a range of employment support measures which are designed to encourage the unemployed to re-enter the labour market by participating in schemes such as Community Employment (CE), Tús and the Rural Social Scheme (RSS). The Deputy will appreciate that given the welcome improvements in the labour market in recent years with reducing numbers of long term unemployed on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (28 Mar 2018)

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 allow the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Applications (28 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Act 1997, in line with the recommendations in the final report of the National Pensions Board, provided for an increase in the number of paid contributions required for entitlement to old age contributory pension from 156 or three years to 520 or ten years. This increase was introduced in two phases with lengthy timescales which recognised the need for a long lead-in time...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (28 Mar 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 Codes of Practice, meet a target of 3% of employees with disabilities and report every year on achievement of these obligations. According to the latest staff census figure, compiled for the year ending...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (29 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 396 to 399, inclusive, together. Entitlement to state pension (contributory) is assessed on the basis of an applicant’s completed social insurance record and the eligibility conditions applicable on the date they reach pension age. It is not possible to determine a person’s pension entitlement until a pension application is received in the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Training (29 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: Details of social media training commissioned by the Department in each year since 2016 are set out in the following table. There has been no social media consultancy during this period. Social Media Training & Consultancy 2016 Date Training Spend Consultancy Spend Total Nil Nil Nil Nil Social Media Training & Consultancy 2017 Date Training Spend Consultancy Spend Total...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Training (29 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: Details of social media training commissioned by the Department is set out in the following table. In summary, social media training has been delivered to staff in the Department on three occasions during 2017. There has been no social media training so far in 2018. Social Media Training Date Training Spend Total 08/02/2017 €750.30 €750.30 19/05/2017 €553.50...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence including that adduced at the oral hearing, has decided to allow the appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for...