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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (3 Jul 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. An application for CA was received from the person concerned on 19 April 2018. The application is currently being processed and once completed,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (3 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy is aware Community Employment (CE) scheme supervisors are employees of private companies in the community and voluntary sector that receive public funding. They are not employees of my Department or public servants, and as such were not subject to pay reductions under the provisions of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) which only applied to public...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (3 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011 provided for the necessary amendments to increase the State pension age in line with the National Pensions Framework. It provided for an increase in the age for qualification for the State Pension from 66 years to 67 years from 2021, and a further increase to 68 years from 2028. The Deputy should note that currently people on labour activation...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (3 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: On the 23rd January, the Government agreed to a proposal that will allow pensioners affected by the 2012 changes in rate bands to have their pension entitlement calculated under a total contributions approach which will include up to 20 years of a new HomeCaring credit. The TCA will ensure that the totality of a person’s social insurance contributions - as opposed to the timing of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (3 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being compiled by my officials and will be provided to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (3 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: In this case, the decision of the deciding officer (DO) of 29 May 2018 was made based on the information provided in an application for Jobseekers Allowance (JA). The customer was disqualified from receiving JA for a period of 5 weeks as he voluntarily left his employment with Seetec. The decision was made in line with section 147(4) (a) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (3 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 23 April 2018. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. These papers have been...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (3 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 23 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: Telephone Support Allowance (3 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: The new weekly Telephone Support Allowance (TSA) is a payment of €2.50. Customers of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection who are in receipt of a qualifying payment and who are also in receipt of the Living Alone Allowance and the Fuel Allowance automatically qualify for the TSA. Approximately 127,000 customers are in receipt of the TSA payment. The estimated...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (3 Jul 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. As a result of an appeals officer’s decision, CA was awarded to the person concerned on 29 June 2018. First payment will issue to his...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Review (3 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: A person is paid Carer’s Allowance each week on the basis that he/she continues to meet all of the caring requirements. Such persons receive payment of the Carer’s Support Grant automatically. A carer who is not in receipt of Carer’s Allowance may still qualify for the annual ‘standalone’ Carer’s Support Grant. Initial application is made...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Live Register Data (3 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: Live Register statistics from the Blanchardstown and Navan Road IntreoOffices approximate the Live Register for Dublin 15 and 7 respectively. The Live Register for both areas is characterised by a downward trend, as shown in the following tabular statement. Live register figures for Blanchardstown and Navan Road. Date LR State LR Blanchardstown LR Navan Road LR Navan Rd +...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (3 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: Carer’s allowance (CA) and the foster care allowance (FCA) are fundamentally different in their purpose. CA is a primary social protection income support paid by my Department to those on low incomes who are providing full-time care and attention to a person requiring such care. FCA which is the responsibility of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, which falls under the remit of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (3 Jul 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 from of the person concerned for CA in respect of two care recipients (her parents) on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (4 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: Any decision to introduce a travel allowance along the lines suggested by the Deputy would significantly change the nature of the free travel scheme and would have considerable budgetary consequences. Various alternatives to the existing system, including the use of vouchers, have been examined previously by my Department. It concluded that a voucher type system, which would be open to a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Data (4 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: An estimate of €431.3m has been provided for in the 2018 Revised Estimates for the Working Family Payment. It is not possible to disaggregate the cost of administering the Working Family Payment scheme from the overall costs of Department’s administration because staff processing claims for any scheme are typically working on a range of schemes.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Data (4 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: In 2006, the maximum rate of the State Pension (contributory) was €193.30. This was increased by €14 to €209.30 for 2007 and by €14 again for 2008 bringing the rate to €223.30. In January 2009, the contributory pension was increased by €7 to bring the rate to €230.30. As the recession continued, the contributory pension rate did not see any...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Bereavement Grant (4 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: During the economic downturn, my Department protected primary social welfare rates and in recent years, as the economy recovered, the Government has concentrated resources in improving the core rates of payments, particularly for pensioners. Abolishing the bereavement grant provided a significant annual saving and allowed my Department to protect other core social welfare payments such as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (4 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: While an application was received from the person concerned, not all documentation was provided. The applicant has been notified of this and has been asked to provide all of the required documentation. Where a person comes or is coming to the State and requires a PPS Number, they can attend and apply in person at a PPS Number allocation centre. At this centre, they should provide...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Treatment Benefit Scheme (4 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: The treatment benefit scheme provides for an optical examination and new spectacles every second calendar year for everyone who meets the PRSI qualification criteria. There are no special allowances for spectacles that have been stolen within that period. However, as the person concerned last claimed under the optical benefit scheme more than two years ago he is eligible to claim for a new...