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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (19 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: My department received an application for carer's allowance (CA) from the person concerned on the 18 January 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: Illness Benefit Data (19 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement. Disability Allowance Registered Awarded Illness Benefit Registered Awarded Jan-17 1577 1385 Jan-17 20837 15774 Feb-17 2179 1469 Feb-17 17755 12755 Mar-17 2507 1552 Mar-17 18691 14943 Apr-17 1840 1065 Apr-17 14903 12089 May-17 2490 1721 May-17 19047 13732 Jun-17 1766 1900 Jun-17 17432 12598 Jul-17...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (19 Jun 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 28 May 2018. The application is currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Process (19 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 was examined at the Select Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection on 17 May 2018 and passed Committee Stage in Dáil Éireann on that date. Report Stage of the Bill in the Dáil is scheduled for 26 and 27 June. The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill is an important piece of legislation. It contains a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (19 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: The purpose of Rent Supplement is to assist with reasonable accommodation costs of eligible persons living in private rented accommodation, where they are unable to provide for their accommodation costs from their own resources and do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. Rent Supplement claims are regularly reviewed to ensure there is an ongoing need for the payment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (19 Jun 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 person’s means must be less than the statutory limit. It is a further condition for receipt...

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

Regina Doherty: The person concerned was in receipt of a jobseeker allowance claim up to 1/5/2018 at which time they secured employment. Upon termination of this employment the person concerned submitted an application for jobseeker allowance with effect from 28/5/18 and as part of this application was asked to provide evidence that employment had ceased. As an interim measure the person concerned was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (19 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: Sections 96 and 98 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 amend sections 6, 9 and 13 of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014. A number of amendments to civil registration legislation, including those referred to above, remain to be commenced pending the roll-out of training to staff of the Civil Registration Service who are employees of the HSE. The General Register...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (19 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, 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 of the...

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

Regina Doherty: Self-employed persons are liable for PRSI at the Class S rate of 4% which covers them for access to long-term benefits such as State pension (contributory) and widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's pension (contributory) as well as some treatment benefits, maternity and paternity benefit, adoptive benefit and guardians payment (contributory). Self-employed contributors have been...

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

Regina Doherty: The number of refused applications, by scheme, for the past five years, and the number of appeals received in the same years, by outcome, are shown in the following tables. Refused applications by scheme, 2013-2018 Scheme Jan-May 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 Illness Benefit 20,445 44,709 46,118 50,083 61,165 37,615 Occupational Injury Benefit 1,050 2,019 1,682 1,470 1,832 1,061...

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

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 555 and 558 together. 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...

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

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 556 and 563 together. My Department is committed to ensuring that the principles of natural justice are followed in allclaim decisions. This applies equally to decisions at initial claim stage and when claims are subsequently reviewed. The Department’s guidelines on are published on the website -. This message is reinforced through guidelines,...

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

Regina Doherty: My Department, like all Government departments and agencies is required to operate within a staff ceiling figure and a commensurate administrative staffing budget, which for this Department has involved reductions in staff. The staffing needs for all areas within the Department, including the Social Welfare Appeals Office and all areas involved in the processing of appeals, are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (19 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department receives the vast majority of personal data direct from customers themselves mainly on foot of an application for one of my Department’s schemes or for other supports and services provided. My Department has a firm legal basis for the processing of this personal data in accordance with the Social Welfare Consolidation Act, 2005, as amended. Circumstances where my...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (19 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 561, 565 and 571 together. Under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, the Department may make a single exceptional needs payment (ENP) to help meet essential, once-off expenditure which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income. The Department may make an urgent needs payment (UNP) to a person who may not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Data (19 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy is shown in the tabular statement. I note that this breakdown is not available for periods prior to July 2013. Carers Allowance Recipients by number of Carers: July 2013 to present Number of Carers July 2013 July 2014 July 2015 July 2016 July 2017 May 2018 1 51,727 53,252 56,848 60,806 67,440 70,104 2 4,553 4,621 4,964 5,427 6,437 6,990 3 5 10 15...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (19 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: The numbers of claims on hand pending decision in May 2017 and May 2018 for my Department’s principal schemes are shown in the tabular statement. Pending Figures May-17 May-18 State Pension (Contributory) 3493 4491 Widow(er)'s Contributory Pension 244 543 State Pension (Non-Contributory) 2334 2190 Jobseekers Allowance 5896 4313 Jobseekers Benefit 2088 1599 One-Parent Family...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (19 Jun 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: Unemployment Levels (19 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 of these new jobs and other vacancies that arise in our economy are filled by people taken from the Live Register, and in particular the long-term...