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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (2 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The purpose of Rent Supplement is to assist eligible persons living in private rented accommodation, where they are unable to provide for their accommodation costs from their own resources and where they do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. In order to establish eligibility and means under legislation, certain information/documentation is required in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Carer's Allowance Appeals (2 Oct 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 child or an adult who has such a disability that as a result they require that level of care. I confirm that my department received an application for CA from the person concerned on 16 January 2018. The evidence...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Insolvency Payments Scheme Applications (2 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Insolvency Payments Scheme operates under the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) Act 1984, as amended. The purpose of the Insolvency Payments Scheme is to protect certain outstanding pay-related entitlements due to employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer. These include wages, holiday pay, sick pay, payment in lieu of minimum notice and certain...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (2 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Department arranges an official stand at important events such as the National Ploughing Championships as we believe these are important opportunities for face-to-face engagement with our customers and the general public. The aim of such events is to provide information to customers and to increase awareness of the wide range of services and supports provided by the Department. A total...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (3 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Budget 2018 measures that took effect from 29 March this year, specifically the increases to the income disregard, the primary rate and the increase for a qualified child, assisted a lone parent in receipt of the one-parent family payment or jobseeker’s transitional payment, working 15 hours a week on the National Minimum Wage, to be better off by almost €1,000 per year. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (3 Oct 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 child or an adult who has such a disability that as a result they require that level of care. An application for CA was received from the person concerned on 19 June 2018. The application is currently being processed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Applications (3 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (WFP) is a weekly tax-free payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children. An application for WFP was received from the person concerned on 11th August 2018. The applicant has been awarded WFP for 52 weeks with effect from 09th August 2018 to 07th August 2019. The first weekly payment and all arrears owing issued to the...

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

Regina Doherty: On 23 January last, I proposed and Government agreed to my proposal that will allow pensioners affected by the 2012 changes in rate bands to have their pension entitlement calculated on a Total Contributions basis, including a new provision for up to 20 years of home-caring periods to be recognised in the calculation of payment rates. A number of elements have to be put in place to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (3 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: Carer's benefit (CARB) is a PRSI based payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has such a disability that they require that level of care. An application for CARB was received from the person concerned on 22 June 2018. Additional information was requested from the person concerned on 1 October 2018. Once the information is received the...

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

Regina Doherty: On 23 January last, I proposed and Government agreed to my proposal that will allow pensioners affected by the 2012 changes in rate bands to have their pension entitlement calculated on a Total Contributions basis, including provision for up to 20 years of home caring in the calculation of that entitlement. A number of elements have to be put in place to facilitate the implementation of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Christmas Bonus was abolished in the 2009 Supplementary Budget and was partially reinstated as a 25% payment in 2014. This increased to 75% in 2015 and the Bonus was paid at 85% in 2016 and 2017. The decision to pay a Christmas Bonus, and the rate of payment, is usually made as part of the Budget process. The cost of paying an 85% bonus, as in 2016 and 2017, is estimated at...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (3 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy is not available currently in the format requested by the Deputy. My officials will write to the Deputy on the matter as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Appeals (3 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an oral hearing of the appeal by the person concerned took place on 2 August 2018 and that the Appeals Officer is now considering the appeal in the light of all of the evidence submitted, including that adduced at the oral hearing. it is expected that a decision will issue to the person concerned within the next week. The Social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: On 23 January last, I proposed and Government agreed to my proposal that will allow pensioners affected by the 2012 changes in rate bands to have their pension entitlement calculated on a Total Contributions basis, including provision for up to 20 years of home caring in the calculation of that entitlement. Legislation has to be enacted to enable implementation of these arrangements and...

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

Regina Doherty: The purpose of the Community Employment (CE) programme is to enhance the employability of disadvantaged and unemployed people by providing work experience and training opportunities for them within their communities. The programme helps break the cycle of unemployment and improve a person’s chances of returning to the labour market. In addition, the scheme operates a ring-fenced CE...

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

Regina Doherty: On 23 January last, I proposed and Government agreed to my proposal that will allow pensioners affected by the 2012 changes in rate bands to have their pension entitlement calculated on a Total Contributions basis, including provision for up to 20 years of home-caring in the calculation of that entitlement. A number of elements have to be put in place to facilitate the implementation of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (4 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: There are a number of payments and pensions paid by my department to people over State pension age. One of these is the State pension (contributory), qualification for which is based on a number of criteria. As a general policy the Government intends to introduce a Total Contributions Approach (TCA) to establishing level of entitlement for all new state pension contributory claims from...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Rates (4 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: In general employees pay PRSI at the Class A rate of 4% of their weekly earnings. For weekly earnings of €352 or less no PRSI is charged. Once weekly earnings exceed €352, Class A PRSI at the rate of 4% is charged on all earnings. Prior to the introduction of the PRSI credit in January 2016, the weekly PRSI charge for employees whose earnings for the first time exceed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (4 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 226 and 253 together. Social welfare legislation provides that for social assistance schemes, such as jobseeker’s allowance, disability allowance and one-parent family payment, all income and capital (such as savings, investments and property other than the family home) belonging to the claimant and his or her spouse/partner, where applicable, are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (4 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: In relation to the criminal sanction, the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 introduces an offence for an employer who fails to provide the statement of five core terms of employment required within one month of commencement of employment. It will also be an offence for an employer who deliberately or recklessly provides false or misleading information to an employee as part of...