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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: An application for Partial Capacity Benefit (PCB) was received from the person in question on 29th June 2018. The PCB application and medical opinion have now been updated and a letter has issued to him today. The correspondence includes a statement for the employer to complete, related to dates worked this year. Upon receipt of the returned employer statement, a decision will be made and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned has been processed and all arrears owing to him have been issued. His claim is certified to 8th November 2018. If he remains ill and unfit for work, a further medical certificate should be submitted to the Department as soon as possible to enable further payments to be made. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (6 Nov 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. Means are any income belonging to the carer and their spouse, civil partner, or cohabitant, property (except their own...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Statutory Retirement Age (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: Any application from staff of my Department to be retained in the Civil Service after they reach their maximum retirement age is dealt with in accordance with the provisions of Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's Circular 21/2017, which is a temporary Circular to allow for certain Civil Servants to be retained beyond their compulsory retirement age of 65 years until they reach the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 22nd August 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 were...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Deputy may be aware that as part of Budget 2019, I announced the introduction of a paid parental benefit scheme for parents of children during their first year. This scheme will provide parents with 2 weeks' paid leave from November 2019. While I have responsibility for the associated social welfare parental benefits, my colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality, has lead...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the two carer's allowance appeals by the person concerned were registered in that office on 10th and 15th October 2018 respectively. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: Increasing pension age, to moderate the increase in pension duration, is a means by which pensions can be made more sustainable in the context of increasing longevity. In order to provide for sustainable pensions and to facilitate a longer working life, legislation passed in 2011 provides for an increase in the State pension age in three separate stages. In 2014, the State pension age was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1121 and 1125 together. The back to education allowance (BTEA) is a second chance education opportunities scheme operated by the Department that enables those in receipt of certain social welfare payments to continue to receive a payment while pursuing an approved full-time education course that leads to a higher qualification than that already held. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned is now certified and paid up to 5th November 2018. If the customer remains ill and unfit for work, a further medical certificate should be submitted to the Department as soon as possible in order for further payments to issue. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 11th September 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 were...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (6 Nov 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 carer’s allowance (CA) was received from the person concerned on 27 September 2017. A person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (6 Nov 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 13 September 2018. The application is currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: As part of the Programme for Government’s commitment to introduce a pay-related social insurance (PRSI) scheme for the self-employed, I recently announced a new benefit scheme for the self-employed who become unemployed to be introduced in Q4 2019. This follows on from the extension of treatment benefit and invalidity pension to self-employed workers in Budget 2017. This measure...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Government intends to introduce a Total Contributions Approach (TCA) to establishing the level of entitlement for all new state pension contributory claims from 2020 onwards (TCA2020). I launched a public consultation on this proposal earlier this year in May, which closed last month. The consultation sought input on a range of relevant factors which included the amount of contributions...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: My department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on 18 June 2018. A person can be considered to be providing full-time care and attention where they are engaged in employment, self-employment or on training courses outside the home for a maximum of 15 hours per week, provided that they can show to the satisfaction of a deciding officer that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cyber Security Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department is a major user of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and invests on an ongoing basis in securing the ICT technical infrastructure and the services and data used in support of our business. This includes traditional, defence-in-depth deployments of preventative controls like firewalls and endpoint protection and advanced threat detection tools. My Department also...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (6 Nov 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 increased payment can be made where full-time care is being provided to two people. An application for carer's...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 9th October 2018 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, has decided to disallow the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment...