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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility (24 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: According to departmental records no application for an exceptional needs payment has been received from the person concerned. An officer of the Department will contact the person concerned today to discuss their circumstances. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (24 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned had a reduced Jobseekers payment from 02/05/2018 to 15/05/2018 due to their non-attendance at meetings with their Jobpath Provider. On 15/05/2018 the person re-engaged with the Jobpath Provider and returned to their full Jobseekers payment. The person concerned has been contacted by my Department and has agreed to submit documentary evidence to explain the reasons for...

Order of Business (29 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: They can go to a different school.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (29 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: As Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection I welcome the recent agreement between An Post and the Irish Postmasters Union (IPU). I understand that the plan paves the way for a modernisation programme which will facilitate the development and renewal of the post office network. While responsibility for An Post rests with the Department of Communications, Climate Action and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Payments (29 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: An application for Working Family Payment (formerly Family Income Supplement) was received from the person concerned on 8thMarch 2018. One of the conditions for receipt of Working Family Payment (WFP) is that an applicant or the applicant and spouse, partner or cohabitant must be engaged in full-time employment as an employee for not less than 38 hours per fortnight or 19 hours per week. As...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (29 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: An application for carer's allowance (CA) was received from the person concerned on 30 November 2017. It is a condition for receipt of CA that the person being cared for must require full-time care and attention. The evidence submitted in support of this application was examined and the deciding officer decided that this evidence did not indicate that this condition was satisfied. The person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (29 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: I wish to clarify to the Deputy that I replied to the correspondence in question on the 22ndMay 2018. As advised the primary goal of the Department’s activation services is to move people from unemployment to full-time and sustained employment. All jobseekers are required to engage with the Department’s activation service and this obligation applies irrespective of whether the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (29 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. I confirm that my Department received an application for CA from the person concerned on the 20 April 2018. The application is currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Telephone Support Allowance (29 May 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: Pension Provisions (29 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The over-arching objective of IORP II is to facilitate the development of occupational retirement savings in the EU. Many of the provisions contained within the IORP II directive will also support positive reform of the Irish occupational pension sector. The directive provides for a range of new requirements concerning governance, management standards in schemes, safekeeping of assets, the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Support Grant (29 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Carer’s Support Grant (CSG) formerly the Respite Care Grant (RCG) is paid automatically on the first Thursday in June to people in receipt of Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance or Prescribed Relative’s Allowance. Other people who are not in receipt of a social welfare payment but who are providing full-time care and attention are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Data (29 May 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. There are currently approximately 911,000 customers in receipt of free travel. Travel operators must comply with a number of terms and conditions when entering the free...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (29 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: Upon referral the JobPath provider receives data that allows them to commence engagement with the customer. This data includes the customer’s name, address, date of birth, PPSN, education and employment history and work skills (e.g. possession of a driving licence) and employment preferences. During the period of the customer’s engagement with the JobPath service the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (29 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware JobPath is an employment activation service that supports people who are long-term unemployed and those most distant from the labour market to secure and sustain full-time paid employment. While customers are participating with JobPath they receive intensive individual support to help them address barriers to employment and to assist them in finding jobs....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Leave (29 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Department of Justice and Equality has responsibility for maternity leave which is provided for in the 1994 and 2004 Maternity Protection Acts (as amended). The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has responsibility for the associated social welfare payment of maternity benefit as provided for in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (as amended). The 2018...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Traveller Education (29 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: During the years of the financial crisis from which Ireland is emerging, those at the margins of our society frequently, and regrettably, suffered disproportionately from the effects of financial adjustments. Now that Ireland’s economy is back on a firmer footing, it is a moral and societal imperative that we work together to address the real needs of the Traveller community. In...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Applications (29 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Person contacted Dundalk Intreo Centre, to make an appointment, to apply for One Parent Family Payment on 4thApril 2018. As part of the application process Habitual Residence Conditions must be established. An appointment was arranged for 12thApril to facilitate this. Unfortunately, the Person did not keep the appointment. No decision has been made on the claim. The Person has been...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (29 May 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: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (29 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The 2018 Revised Estimates for the Department provide for expenditure this year on the jobseekers’ allowance (JA) scheme of €1.83 billion. The JA scheme offers income support for people who have lost work and who are available for and genuinely seeking full-time employment. This scheme is a means tested payment which has always been available to all jobseekers including...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Treatment Benefit Scheme Applications (29 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The current eligibility checking process for treatment benefit allows contracted dentists and opticians to check the eligibility of the customer on-line, via the Departments new on-line portal “WelfarePartners”. This facility can approve customers, in over 80% of cases, normally within 20 seconds of the enquiry being submitted. Over 1 million such enquiries have successfully...