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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (18 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned applied for an exceptional need payment in December 2017 for a replacement boiler. An officer of the Department wrote to the person concerned on 12/12/17 seeking details of the item to be replaced and requesting three quotations. The requested information has not been received to date. A request for the documentation will re-issue to the person concerned on 16/4/18....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Payments (18 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The National Training Fund Levy (NTFL), collected alongside Employer PRSI for Classes A and H, increased by 0.1% from 0.7% to 0.8% from 1 January 2018. This means that Employer rates (combined PRSI and NTFL) for Classes A and H increased by 0.1% from 1 January 2018. Currently, Class A employers pay PRSI at the rate of 8.6% where weekly earnings are between €38 and €376. Once...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Telephone Support Allowance (18 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The new weekly Telephone Support Allowance (TSA) of €2.50 will be paid from June 2018. People in receipt of the Living Alone Allowance and the Fuel Allowance will automatically qualify for the TSA. It is expected that approximately 124,176 customers will qualify for the scheme and the estimated full year cost is €16.14 million. The primary objective of the TSA is to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (18 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: As you are aware, my Department operated an outreach Community Welfare Service (CWS) clinic from HSE premises in Dunleer each Wednesday from 10am to 12 noon. On 21stMarch 2018, the HSE informed the Department that the condition of the building had rapidly deteriorated and now posed a serious Health & Safety risk to customers and staff. Local management had no option but to immediately...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Telephone Support Allowance (18 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The new weekly Telephone Support Allowance (TSA) of €2.50 will be paid from June 2018. People in receipt of the Living Alone Allowance and the Fuel Allowance will automatically qualify for the TSA. It is expected that approximately 124,176 customers will qualify for the scheme and the estimated full year cost is €16.14 million. The first payment of the TSA is planned to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (18 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The State pension (contributory) is a contributory pension, as exists in most developed countries, where people qualify based on a social insurance record, and credited contributions where appropriate. It is based, therefore, on contributions under the PRSI system, and not to income tax collected under the PAYE system. People with no such social insurance record may qualify for a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (19 Apr 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 18 January 2018. Additional information was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (19 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 6 April 2018, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Data (19 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The free travel scheme permits free travel on most CIE public transport services, Luas and a range of services offered by some 80 private operators in various parts of the country for those eligible under the scheme. The free travel scheme is available to all people aged over 66 living permanently in the State. Applicants who are under age 66 must be in receipt of a qualifying payment and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (19 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 6 April 2018 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 Social Protection and of the Department and is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (19 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: I am assuming that the Deputy is referring to recommendations made in the “Make Work Pay for People with Disabilities” report. Following a commitment made in the Comprehensive Employment Strategy for people with disabilities 2015 -2024, the “Make Work Pay for People with Disabilities” report was published in April 2017. The report undertook to better identify how...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (19 Apr 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 22 November 2016. It is a condition for receipt of CA that every...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (19 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned is in receipt of a jobseekers allowance payment at a reduced rate. The reduced rate arises from an assessment of means derived from rental income. The decision was upheld by a Social Welfare Appeals Officer and the person concerned was advised by the social welfare appeals office of the decision on 12/10/17. A letter issued from Newbridge Intreo Office on 24/10/17...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: Committee Stage of the Bill the Deputy mentioned is coming in May. I am making arrangements at the moment that if overspill time is needed, it might take place in the first week in June. That will be confirmed through the committee in the next couple of days. We intend to have the Bill passed before the summer recess.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: That is up to the committee and requires the co-operation of the House. We will have Committee Stage at the end of May and then Report Stage. The legislation will then go to the Seanad. With co-operation from everyone involved, my intention is to have it passed.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: I refer to the Deputy who has talked about a diminution of services on foot of the closing of the Dunleer office. What I have to tell him is that we have improved the service and I think he is well aware of it.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: For the purposes of the Official Report, an office was deemed uninhabitable by the HSE and it closed the premises. We did not have premises available to us in that town. There are only six clients availing of services from my Department in that town. They receive a weekly phone call and in most cases, if there is anybody who needs to see us, we go out to see them. We have actually...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Board (24 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: In 2018 the Citizens Information Board (CIB) has been allocated €57.4 million from Exchequer funds to fund its activities and that of its service delivery partners, including the countrywide network of Citizens Information Services (CISs) and the Money Advice and Budgeting Services (MABS). Provision has been made in the 2018 allocation for the costs involved in the restructuring...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (24 Apr 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 JobPath...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (24 Apr 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 1 February 2018. Additional information was...