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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (18 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who will consider the appeal in the light of all of the evidence submitted. It is expected that a decision will issue to the person concerned within the next week. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister of Employment Affairs and Social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ministerial Meetings (18 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection has not met the names person(s) or representatives of companies in the past two years to date.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Data (18 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department recently moved to new IT system and this has impacted on payments to some Illness Benefit customers. The transition from the old to the new system has involved moving from a payment in arrears system to a real-time system for Illness Benefit. The Department acknowledges that this move has caused difficulties for some customers, leading to a large volume of calls to its helpline...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Communications (18 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers. This includes ensuring that applications are processed and that decisions on entitlement are made as quickly as possible. I understand and deeply regret the inconvenience and upset caused to customers by delays in processing illness benefit applications and issuing payments. I understand that this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Data (18 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: Reply awaited.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Reform (18 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department recently moved to new IT system and this has impacted on payments to some Illness Benefit customers. The transition from the old to the new system has involved moving from a payment in arrears system to a real-time system for Illness Benefit. The Department acknowledges that this move has caused difficulties for some customers, leading to a large volume of calls to its helpline...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (18 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned has completed three years on a Community Employment Scheme (CE) which is the maximum amount as per the Government strategy of July 2017. However, provision has been put in place under CE (Service Support Stream - SSS) for older jobseekers, ages 62 years and older. Places under this option is limited to 10% of participants per individual scheme. This offers North...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (18 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned has participated on a Community Employment Scheme (CE ) from 28/10/2013 and their current finish date is 19/10/2018. This brings their total time spent on CE to 5 Years. Based on the records the participant was on the Part Time Integration Option (pre July 2017) . This option allowed for a maximum duration of 2 years continuous participation on CE. The correct...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (18 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned was requested to send in documentation in order for a review to be carried out on his Jobseekers Allowance claim. On receipt of all the documentation on 11 October 2018 a full review was completed. The Deciding Officer informed the person concerned by letter, dated 12 October 2018, that the payment was reinstated and outlined the payment collection details. The person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (18 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned applied on 27th September 2018 for an exceptional needs payment (ENP) towards a deposit on a new rental accommodation. ENPs are only made in exceptional circumstances. The customer had already made a planned move from the family home to the new accommodation and had provided her own deposit prior to making her ENP application. When applying for this ENP, she advised...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Dental Services (18 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: Qualification for dental benefit is based on satisfying certain PRSI conditions. In order to qualify, the person concerned would need to have paid 260 PRSI contributions at either Class A, E, H, P or S, since first starting work, and also have 39 contributions paid or credited in the tax year on which the claim is based, the 2016 year in this case. As the person concerned does not have the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (18 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: Rent Supplement is paid to people living in private rented accommodation who cannot afford the cost of their accommodation from their own resources. A lease agreement is made between landlord and tenant and it is the responsibility of the tenant to discharge their liability to the landlord. While it is not possible for the Department to discuss the details of individual cases with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Applications (23 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: A person wishing to pursue a course of study under the Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) scheme will have to satisfy a number of conditions such as being a certain age, in receipt of a prescribed social welfare payment for a specified time period, pursuing a full-time course of study leading to a recognised qualification in a recognised college and progressing in the level of education...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (23 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The fuel allowance is a payment of €22.50 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €630 each year) from October to April, to over 368,000 low income households, at an estimated cost of €227 million in 2018.  The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs.  The allowance represents a contribution towards the energy costs of a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Paternity Benefit (23 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: Paternity benefit was introduced from 1stSeptember 2016 and provides a payment in respect of two weeks paternity leave to be taken within 26 weeks of the birth of the baby.  In the period from the commencement of the scheme up to the end of September 2018 a total of 48,806 people have availed of this leave and have been awarded and paid paternity benefit. The table shows a breakdown by...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Waiting Times (23 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department recently moved to a new IT system and this has impacted on payments to some Illness Benefit (IB) customers. The transition has involved moving from a payment in arrears system to a real-time system for IB.  The Department acknowledges that this move has caused difficulties for some customers leading to a large volume of calls to its helpline and long delays in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (23 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department recently moved to a new IT system and this has impacted on payments to some Illness Benefit (IB) customers. The transition has involved moving from a payment in arrears system to a real-time system for IB.  The Department acknowledges that this move has caused difficulties for some customers leading to a large volume of calls to its helpline and long delays in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (23 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 8 November 2017.  It is a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (23 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: A policy to introduce the total contributions approach, TCA, to pensions calculation was adopted by Government in the national pensions framework in 2010, as was the decision to base the entitlements of all new pensioners on this approach from around 2020.  In advance of this, on 23 January, the Government agreed to a proposal that will allow pensioners affected by the 2012 changes in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Reform (23 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department recently moved to a new IT system and this has impacted on payments to some illness benefit, IB, customers. The transition has involved moving from a payment in arrears system to a real-time system for IB.  The Department acknowledges that this move has caused difficulties for some customers leading to a large volume of calls to its helpline and long delays in...