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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (12 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from this person on 9 February 2011 and was found eligible for the allowance. DCA is payable from the month following receipt of the application unless good cause is shown for the delay in submitting the claim, in which case backdating to a maximum of 6 months can be considered. When dealing with the application the deciding...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes Data (12 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: I can confirm for the Deputy that no formal complaint or correspondence has been received from the person refereed to. Seetec have also advised my Department that no complaint has been received by them. My Department’s Local Intreo Office have advised the person concerned of the Complaints Process should he wish to make a complaint. It is a requirement of Seetec’s contract...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (12 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: Government policy to reduce unemployment is twofold.First, through policies set out in the Action Plan for Jobs, to create an environment in which business can succeed and create jobs; and second, through Pathways to Work, to ensure that as many as possible of these new jobs and other vacancies that arise in our economy are filled by people taken from the Live Register, including young...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Budgets (12 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Department’s capital allocation for the years 2019 to 2022 is outlined in the table below. However, this is subject to ongoing review in the context of the annual Estimates process. The 2023 capital allocation will be set out in the context of the 2019 Estimates. The capital allocation will be split across three subheads i.e. A.2.v Office Equipment and External IT Services, A.2.vi...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Unemployment Data (12 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: According to the Eurostat Labour Force Survey, in 2017 there were 171.22 million households in the EU (excluding households composed solely of students or solely of inactive people aged 65 and over). Of these, some 28.18 million households (16.5% of the total) were jobless - that is, no adult in the household was working. For Ireland, the total number of relevant households was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Applications (12 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned applied for standard state pension (contributory) on 13 April 2018. According to the records of the Department, the person has a total of 317 full-rate paid social insurance contributions. As one of the qualifying conditions for state pension (contributory) requires a social insurance record of at least 520 full-rate paid contributions, the person concerned does not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Data (12 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: SAFE registration is about the verification of identity and the verification of the information that the Department already holds on its records, following which a Public Services Card may be issued. Where a person presents for SAFE registration, their record is retrieved from the Department's systems using the name and date of birth. Following this, where the person claims to have been born...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (12 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: Last December, an 85% Bonus was paid to some 1.2 million long-term social welfare recipients, including pensioners, people with disabilities, carers, lone parents and the long-term unemployed, at a cost of €218.6 million. The cost of a 100% Bonus is estimated at circa €257 million in 2018. As was the case in previous years where a Bonus was subsequently paid (2014 to 2017...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Data (12 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1269 to 1271, inclusive, together. The following tables show the number of persons who had reckonable earnings for Social insurance purposes only within the bands requested by the Deputy. Reckonable earnings generally refers to income derived from insurable employment (i.e. employment income) which is taxed under PAYE. Those paying PRSI on reckonable...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: EU Data (12 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: No fines were imposed by the EU nor have any EU fines been paid by Ireland in relation to the areas for which the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has responsibility during the period from 2015 to 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals (13 Jun 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 11th June 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme (13 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Back to Work Enterprise Allowance (BTWEA) is designed to provide a monetary incentive for people who are on social welfare payments to develop a business while allowing them to retain a reducing proportion of their qualifying social welfare payment over two years; 100% in year 1 and 75% in year 2. All Jobseekers, including those who were previously self-employed but became...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (13 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: The following table provide the details which have been requested by the Deputy for the years 2015 to 2017 and to the end of May 2018. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme (13 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Back to Work Enterprise Allowance (BTWEA) is designed to provide a monetary incentive for people who are on social welfare payments to develop a business while allowing them to retain a reducing proportion of their qualifying social welfare payment over two years; 100% in year 1 and 75% in year 2. At the end May 2018, there were 8,300 participants on the BTWEA scheme. Questions on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Appeals (13 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 26th April 2018. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When these papers have been received from the Department, the case in question will be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (13 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is an employment service which helps long-term unemployed people and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. On the 8th of June 2018, there were 59,495 jobseekers in receipt of activation support through the JobPath service; 33,000 were engaged with Seetec, and 26,495 were engaged with Turas Nua.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (13 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned made an application for an Exceptional Needs Payment for assistance with insufficient funds and travel costs. The application was refused on the 15/5/2018 as the person’s means are in excess of the Supplementary Welfare Allowance rate. The request for a review has been acknowledged and the process has been initiated. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Workplace Relations Services (13 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: While responsibility for employment rights policy and legislation transferred to my Department pursuant to the transfer of functions that took effect in September 2017, responsibility for the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), the statutory authority responsible for ensuring compliance with employment rights legislation, did not transfer across. The WRC continues to operate under the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme (13 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: Back to Work Enterprise Allowance (BTWEA) applicants are required to produce a business plan as part of the application process so that the viability of the new business can be considered. The length of time it takes to prepare a business plan can vary from case to case depending on the nature and complexity of the proposed enterprise. Regarding the processing time for BTWEA...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (13 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: The reasonable accommodation fund assists employers to take appropriate measures to enable a person with a disability/impairment to have access to employment by providing a range of grants. These grants and supports include the workplace equipment adaptation grant, the personal reader grant, the job interview interpreter grant and the employee retention grant. The purpose of the scheme is to...