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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (21 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department administers the Illness Benefit (IB) scheme to those customers who cannot work because they are sick or ill provided they are covered by the appropriate class of social insurance (PRSI) and satisfy the PRSI conditions. One of these conditions is that a person must have a required number of paid or  credited contributions in the year that governs the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (21 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: Approved retirement funds or ARFs are funds managed by a qualifying fund manager into which an individual may invest the proceeds of their pension fund when they retire. The income and gains of such funds are exempt from tax within the fund. Any amounts withdrawn from an ARF are referred to as a distribution. A distribution is treated as income from an employment. It is subject to income tax...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (21 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: As stated in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 15 November 2018, the age-related reduced rate of €100 per week for Jobseeker's Allowance recipients was introduced in Budget 2010 in respect of 18 and 19 year olds, and extended in subsequent Budgets to those under the age of 25. The following table shows the financial savings (i.e. the estimated cost that...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: I assure the Deputy that no one pushes buttons in the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: We had some serious difficulties with payments for a number of weeks but, thankfully, payments have resumed to normal levels in recent weeks.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: Some 50,000 people who are entitled to illness benefit receive their benefit weekly. I reiterate that there will always be instances in which people do not get payments for whatever particular reason.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: Some non-payments may be as a result of human error, whether on the part of the person making the application, the doctor issuing a certificate or the employee in the Department.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: There will always be such cases. Thankfully, they are small in number.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: We have resumed normal business.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (22 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned is now fully paid up to the 24th November 2018 and arrears due have been issued. 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 Applications (22 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned is medically certified and paid up to the 15th November 2018. This customers next medical certificate was due on the 16th November 2018. If the person concerned 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (22 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: On 23 January last, the Government agreed to allow pensioners, born on or after the 1st September 1946, affected by the 2012 changes in rate bands, to have their state pension (contributory) entitlement calculated under an interim “Total Contributions Approach” (TCA).  The changes also provide for up to 20 years of home caring periods...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Payments (22 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The customer’s One Parent Family (Jobseekers Transition) Payment had a Penalty Rate applied.  This decision was reviewed and the penalty rate was lifted. The arrears issued to the customer on 15 November 2018. I trust this clarifies the matter. 

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications (22 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Partial Capacity Benefit claim for the person concerned has now been processed and all payments and arrears due to him up to 20th November 2018 have been issued.  I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (22 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned has been processed and all arrears due up to the 10th September 2018, the date of the customers final medical certificate, have been issued. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (22 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned is both certified and paid up to 14th November 2018. If the person concerned 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 to him. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (22 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned is in receipt of a Jobseekers payment and was requested on 30th October 2018 to submit documentation to show that they are genuinely seeking work (GSW). Unfortunately the person concerned returned limited information relating to efforts seek work. It was then considered that the person concerned was not genuinely seeking full-time employment....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (22 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned has been processed and any arrears due have been issued. The claim is paid up to the 26th November 2018 and medically certified up to the 29th November 2018. If the person concerned remains ill and unfit for work after that date,  further medical certificate should be submitted to the Department in order for further...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (22 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 23rd April 2018.  The application was not allowed as the child was not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance.  A letter issued on the 3rd July 2018 setting out the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance. An...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: I acknowledge that what the Deputy is saying is factual, but given that his party was involved in the negotiations on the budget, he is well aware that we attempted to spread a finite amount of money to as many people as we could. That is how we arrived at the agreed budget that is before the House.