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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (29 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The issue of extending additional social insurance benefits to the self-employed paying class S PRSI was considered in the Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance fund (SIF) as at 31 December, 2015, which I published on the 18 October 2017. The review, required by legislation, was carried out by independent consultants, KPMG. It examines the projected income and expenditure of the SIF over...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (29 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The letter received by the person concerned dated the 8th November 2018 regarding Illness Benefit inadvertently issued and can be ignored. The Department apologises for any confusion this may have caused. The person concerned was paid Invalidity Pension up to 12/9/18. She has returned to work. An entitlement to Partial Capacity Benefit has been considered, and a Deciding Officer determined...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Funding (29 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: Re-Engage Youth Employment Programme was a pilot initiative funded under the Department’s Community Employment programme (CE) over the past three years. The programme engages young people in Ballymun in a number employment, education and training activation supports. The initiative brings a number of real benefits to the participants. Officials from the Department are in on going...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Legislation (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Pensions Act 1990, as amended, requires trustees of occupational pension schemes in specified circumstances and within certain time limits to disclose certain information to members, prospective members, their spouses, other scheme beneficiaries, the Pensions Authority, and members' representative bodies. The information to be provided by trustee to scheme members includes: (a) details...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The school meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food to some 1,580 schools and organisations benefitting 250,000 children at a total cost of €54 million in 2018 representing an increase of €6.5 million over the previous year. The objective of the scheme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children who are unable, due to lack of good quality food, to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy is probably aware Community Employment (CE) scheme supervisors are employees of private companies in the community and voluntary sector that receive public funding. They are not employees of my Department or public servants. My Department funds wages and training costs in respect of CE participants and supervisors – it does not and has not provided provision for funding...

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

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 634 to 636, inclusive, together. The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the table. Revenue/Cost Employments affected 1% Increase in Employer's PRSI €778.6m 2,950,241 1% increase in employer's PRSI on salaries over €1,923 per week €69.12m 247,218 Increasing the employers’ PRSI threshold to exclude income under...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Funding (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department has not provided funding or grant aid to the association referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned has been processed and all arrears owing to her have been issued. The claim is now closed as this customer has returned to work. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned is paid up to the 1st December 2018 and all arrears owing to her have been issued. If the person concerned remains ill and unfit for work after the 1st December 2018, further medical certificates should be submitted to the Department for payments to issue after this date. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts Data (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested is currently being compiled by my Department and will be provided to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Occupational Injuries Benefit Payments (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Occupational Injury Benefit claim for the person concerned has been processed and any arrears owing to him will issue shortly. The claim is medically certified up to the 30th 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: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned made an application for a Supplementary Welfare Allowance Basic payment. As she is a full-time student and is not participating in the Back to Education Scheme the application was disallowed under the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act Section 190(1). The person concerned is in receipt of a maintenance payment from Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI). I hope this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department administers the Illness Benefit 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. The person concerned does not qualify for a payment of Illness Benefit as he does not satisfy the second PRSI qualifying condition which is as follows: 39 weeks of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: Job Club employment services are delivered by a variety of community based organisations via a contract for service. Job Club staff are employees of these organisations and therefore redundancy payments would be a matter for them to address. The Department would not ordinarily be involved unless a contractor / employer is unable to pay statutory redundancy to employees, in which case it is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (4 Dec 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (4 Dec 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement. Number of recipients of State Pensions at 31st October 2018 by County County State Pension (Non-Contributory) State Pension (Contributory) Widow/er's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension Invalidity Pension Carlow 1,225 4,572 1,488 1,104 Cavan 2,355 5,234 1,728 812 Clare 3,279 9,515 2,876...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement. Jobseeker's Recipients at 31st October by County County Jobseeker's Allowance Jobseeker's Benefit Carlow 2,818 426 Cavan 2,695 442 Clare 3,546 745 Cork 11,715 2,862 Donegal 8,769 1,212 Dublin 38,267 8,293 Galway 7,862 1,701 Kerry 5,293 1,697 Kildare 5,516 1,482 Kilkenny 2,490 435 Laois 3,092...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: Under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, the Department may make a single exceptional needs payment (ENP) to help meet essential, once-off expenditure which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income. Almost 86,000 payments have issued under the scheme in 2018 up to end October. A breakdown of payments by county is available in the following...