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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. I confirm that my department received an application for CA from the person concerned on the 9 July 2018. The evidence...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Qualified Child Allowance (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Qualified Child Allowance (QCA) for the customer's daughter is now awarded to October 2019 and all arrears due have issued. The QCA in respect of two of his sons is already in place and is paid up to date. 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. An application for CA was received from the person concerned on 12 April 2018. This application was disallowed and the...

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. A person can be considered to be providing full-time care and attention where they are engaged in employment,...

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

Regina Doherty: Overall payment levels of Illness Benefit (IB) are now at their normal level. For information, in any one week, circa 50,000 customers are entitled to an IB payment. Last week, circa 54,000 customer payments were made, approximately 4,000 payments in excess of the normal level, and this includes some customers due arrears. For any customers with arrears outstanding, the Department would...

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 9 May 2018. The application was awarded to the 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. I confirm that my department received an application for CA from the person concerned on the 25 September 2017. 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 to 1st 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: Illness Benefit Payments (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned is now certified and paid to 1st 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: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the domiciliary care allowance appeal from the mother of the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who had decided to hold an oral hearing in this case on 9th October 2018. The notification of the hearing was issued to the appellant. However, subsequently, the Appeals Office was advised by the appellant that she was unable...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax Clearance Certificates (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The wage subsidy scheme (WSS) is an employment support to private sector employers. The scheme provides financial incentives to private sector employers to hire people with a disability for between 21 and 39 hours per week under a contract of employment. The objective of the wage subsidy scheme (WSS) is to increase the likelihood of people with disabilities participating in the open...

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

Regina Doherty: Section 18 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014 allows for the discrimination on the grounds of age in respect of a prescribed class of persons in the provision of employment services and supports. The provisions in Section 18 facilitate the implementation of the Youth Guarantee, which was agreed by the European Council on 22 April 2013 to tackle the challenge of youth joblessness....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: North-South Implementation Bodies (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Department's budget allocation for 2019 is €20.498 billion, providing for schemes and services relating to pensions; working age income supports; working age employment supports; illness, disability and carers; children; supplementary payments; as well as pay and non-pay administration. While there is no specific allocation within my Department's 2019 Budget Estimates for north...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Commissions of Investigation Data (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: In 2018, there have been no tribunals under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts 1921 to 2004 concerning my Department. Neither has there been a commission of investigation under the Commission of Investigations Act 2004 in relation to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. Therefore no costs have incurred in relation to the carrying out of a tribunal of enquiry...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (7 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned has now been processed and any arrears owing to her have been issued. If she remains ill and unfit for work, she should forward further medical certificates to the Department as soon as possible to enable payments to continue to issue. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (7 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: Overall payment levels of Illness Benefit (IB) are now at their normal level. For information, in any one week, circa 50,000 customers are entitled to an IB payment. Last week, circa 54,000 customer payments were made, approximately 4,000 payments in excess of the normal level, and this includes some customers due arrears. For any customers with arrears outstanding, the Department would like...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (7 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned is certified to 2nd February 2019 and is paid to date. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Waiting Times (7 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Secretary General will appear before the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection on 8th November 2018 in order to update the committee on the issues pertaining to recent Illness Benefit payment matters and the steps taken to address these issues. The Secretary General will respond to any questions raised by the committee at that meeting. In addition to his role as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (7 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 165 and 166 together. In line with other EU and OECD jurisdictions where such measures feature in their social welfare systems age related reduced jobseeker’s allowance (JA) payments for young unemployed people were introduced on a phased basis to tackle high youth unemployment.  Receiving the maximum rate of JA without a strong financial...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (7 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Youth Employment Support Scheme (YESS) has been open to applications since Monday 1st October 2018.  YESS is targeted at young jobseekers aged 18-24 years of age who are long-term unemployed or who face barriers to employment. The scheme aims to provide jobseekers with the opportunity to learn basic work and social skills in a supportive environment while on a...