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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Applications (9 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (formerly Family Income Supplement) is a weekly tax free payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children. An application for Working Family Payment (WFP) was received from the person concerned on 26 April 2018. The applicant has been awarded WFP from 26 April 2018 to 24 April 2019. Payment is due to issue to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Capital Expenditure Programme (9 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Question Nos. 271 to 273, inclusive, together. My Department’s capital allocation is split across three subheads i.e. A.2.v Office Equipment and External IT Services, A.2.vi Office Premises Expenses and A.2.ix eGovernment Related Projects. Table 1 below outlines the capital allocation for 2018 to 2022, however, this is subject to ongoing review in the context of the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Community Employment Schemes Review (9 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Senator. He already knows that the retirement arrangements announced last year by Government that affected public service employees have only been introduced to increase the compulsory retirement age from 65 years for certain categories of public servants. The Government also agreed that in advance of the legislation coming into effect, interim arrangements could be introduced...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Community Employment Schemes Review (9 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: I recognise the difficulty that community employment, CE, schemes are having in filling places, which is why I made the announcement a couple of weeks ago to allow participants of JobPath to participate in CE and Tús. From 1 June, anybody who is currently engaged with JobPath can also apply for CE places or Tús places. I do not think that will solve the problem, however, because I...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobs Initiative (10 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Job Initiative (JI) scheme was launched by FÁS in 1996 and transferred to my Department with effect from 1 January 2012. A Memorandum of Agreement for the contract period is completed annually between my Department and the Managing Agents for this scheme. My Department provides financial funding to schemes towards administration costs, participant and supervisor wages. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (10 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 281 to 283, inclusive, together. The school meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food to some 1,580 schools and organisations benefitting 250,000 children at a total cost of €54 million in 2018. Expenditure for the school meals programme for the last five years is provided in the attached tabular statement. Funding is based on a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Review (10 May 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. It is a condition for receipt of CA that the applicant’s means are less than the statutory limit which in this case is €265.10...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions Payments (10 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement. Eligibility for the State Pension (Non-Contributory) requires that the claimant be habitually resident in the State. Tabular statement Pension Number of recipients residing outside the State Average weekly payment (all claimants) Approximate weekly expenditure (non-resident claimants) €m...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (10 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested (where available) by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement. I note that all Invalidity Pension recipients are transferred to State Pension (Contributory) on reaching the age of 66. Tabular statement Pension Number of Recipients under the age of 66 Average weekly payment (all claimants) Approximate weekly expenditure (claimants under 66) State...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Local Employment Service (10 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department commissioned Indecon to conduct a review of the Local Employment and Jobclub services. This review is the first significant independent review that has been commissioned since the Local Employment Services (LES) was established in 1995 and it will help inform future decisions regarding how the Department contracts, monitors and procures for LES. My officials are currently...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (10 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: My department received an application for carer's allowance (CA) from the person concerned on the 20 February 2018. 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. A person can be considered to be providing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (10 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested (where available) by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement. Tabular statement Average time to Award for principal DEASP schemes, March 2018 Schemes Average time to award (weeks) Jobseeker's Benefit 1 Jobseeker's Allowance 2 One-Parent Family Payment 5 State Pension Contributory 4 Widow, Widower’s and Surviving Civil Partners...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (10 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. All claim decisions taken by the Department’s deciding officers are appealable to the Chief Appeals Officer. In any year about 85% of all...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (10 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. I understand the Deputy’s question relates to outcomes of appeals dealt with by Appeals Officers by reference to whether the appeal was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (10 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Article 10 of the Social Welfare (Appeals) Regulations 1998, provides that the Minister shall furnish to the Chief Appeals Officer a statement from...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (10 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned appealed the decision to refuse her claim for Carer’s Support Grant. Unfortunately, the notice of appeal was sent to the wrong office of my Department. It has now been received by the Deciding Officer who refused the claim. Talking account of all details of the claim, including the issues raised by the person concerned in her letter of appeal, the Deciding Officer...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (10 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: Penalty Rates are a legal provision within the Jobseeker schemes to ensure that the Department can achieve compliance with Government Activation Policy as stated in Pathways to Work. Activation measures include the requirement to attend group or individual meetings, and/or avail of suitable education, training or development opportunities, or specified employment programmes, which are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Data (15 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: It is estimated that increasing the rate of pay related social insurance to 15.75% on the portion of salary paid in excess of €100,000 per annum would yield €323.2 million in a full year. This estimate is based on PRSI Class A contributors. It uses the latest available data and reflects macro-economic indicators for 2018. It should be noted that the estimate does not take...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (15 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: Under current legislation, a Public Services Card (PSC) cannot be requested by any public or private body or person that is not designated as a specified body in Schedule 5 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (as amended). The PSC can only be used by public bodies specified in this legislation when conducting a public transaction with the person concerned. One of the provisions...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (15 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: Turas Nua is a joint venture between FRS Recruitment and Working Links. Turas Nua is registered with the Companies Registration Office as Turas Nua Ltd., Registration No: 3344143VH and for which Tax Clearance Certificates have been issued. It is not intended to publish the individual payments to the JobPath companies as these are commercially sensitive and to do so would place the State at a...