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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Telephone Support Allowance (4 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: The new Telephone Support Allowance (TSA) is a weekly payment of €2.50 not a monthly payment. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts Data (4 Jul 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (4 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: The 2018 Estimates for my Department provide for expenditure this year on the jobseeker’s schemes of €2.17 billion. Jobseeker’s benefit (JB) is a contingency based social welfare payment typically for employees who have suffered a substantial loss of employment and have sufficient social insurance contributions to qualify. If a person does not qualify for JB they may...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (4 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: The back to education allowance (BTEA) is a scheme that allows persons in receipt of certain social welfare payments the opportunity to pursue a course of study, while still maintaining their income support, subject to satisfying a number of conditions. The conditions include progressing in the level of education held by the client with reference to the national framework of qualifications....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Civil Marriages (5 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: I refer the Deputy to an earlier reply on this issue, concerning the validity of marriages conducted in other jurisdictions [14 June 2018, PQ 26165/18]. The law relating to this is set out in section 29 of the Family Law Act 1995, which comes under the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications (5 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: According to departmental records, an application for Supplementary Welfare Allowance has been received from the person concerned. On several occasions, additional documentation was requested from the person concerned to include a completed HRC form, bank statements, passports and flight information. When all documentation has been received, a decision will be made in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications Data (5 Jul 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. The following table provides the details requested by the Deputy in respect of invalidity pension appeals received and finalised from 2016 to 2018....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Training (5 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department has rolled out a number of GDPR training solutions to date. There have been a series of GDPR training and awareness sessions across the Department’s network of offices and to date, over 2500 staff have attended these sessions. These sessions will be ongoing over the summer and beyond. Separately to this, the Department has commissioned a GDPR training video, with an...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (5 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: All jobseekers referred to my Department’s activation service, including those referred to the JobPath service, are requested to complete a personal progression plan (PPP) which contains a schedule of activities; actions and job focused targets, taking into account a person’s specific qualifications and employment preferences. The person will be requested to sign the PPP as an...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Review (5 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. My department received an application for CA from the person concerned on 22 November 2016. It is a condition for receipt of CA that every...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (5 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: To qualify for a standard state pension (contributory) (SPC) a person must have at least 520 full-rate paid contributions. Eligibility for a mixed insurance state pension (contributory) is based on a combination of at least 520 full-rate and modified-rate paid contributions, with a minimum requirement of 260 full-rate paid contributions. The person’s entitlement to both a standard and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Data (10 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: The back to education allowance scheme (BTEA) enables eligible persons to pursue approved education courses and to continue to receive income support for the duration of a course of study, subject to meeting certain conditions. The BTEA is designed primarily to support second chance education. Budget 2017 introduced a new €500 annual cost of education allowance for parents,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Data (10 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 855 and 856 together. Child Benefit is a monthly payment made to families with children in respect of all qualified children up to the age of 16 years. The payment continues to be paid in respect of children up to their 18th birthday who are in full-time education, or who have a disability. Child Benefit is currently paid to more than 631,000 families...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (10 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 for CA from the person concerned on the 1 June 2018. As the applicant has previously been...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (10 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 for CA from the person concerned on the 20 June 2018. As a question arises as to whether...

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

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who has decided to hold an oral hearing in this case on 17 July 2018. The person concerned has been notified of the arrangements for the 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: Constitutional Amendments (10 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: The aim of my Department is to promote active participation in society through the provision of income supports, employment services and other services to all citizens. Article 41.2 of the Constitution is concerned with the recognition of the role and duties of women and mothers in the home. While this Department provides a range of welfare supports to parents, including mothers, no...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (10 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: It has not been possible in the time available to respond to this PQ to confirm if the information specified was provided or not. The Department of Justice and Equality was the Department with responsibility for providing the Secretariat to the Constitutional Convention, and I have asked my officials to liaise with officials in that Department to ascertain whether or not such...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (10 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department has set measurable targets for the awarding of claims for the majority of schemes under its remit and details of these are in the attached table 1. 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...

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

Regina Doherty: This person submitted a retrospective application for Jobseekers Benefit. While his contribution record has been amended in relation to the matter referred to, further information is required before a decision can be made on his entitlement. This additional information was requested from him in April 2018, but unfortunately has not yet been received. The local Intreo Centre has written to...