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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Websites (13 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: There were no payments made by my Department in relation to its website to the company referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Homeless Accommodation Funding (13 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The primary responsibility for provision of accommodation for homeless persons rests with local authorities. This Department can support people who are homeless with no fixed abode by providing income support under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme. The supplementary welfare allowance scheme is considered the "safety net" within the overall social welfare system in that it...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (13 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: Carer's allowance is a means-tested social assistance payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has such a disability that 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, self-employment or on training courses outside the home as long as the duration of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: There are two separate matters here. First, in response to Deputy Michael Moynihan, nobody would stand over the letter that was issued - I will not say it was in error but it was without consideration or thought - last week-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: -----from my Department. The day the letter was brought to my attention, which unfortunately was not before it was issued, I refuted the allegation in it. I made a statement that there will be no review on foot of any pending actions next Monday-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I did that yesterday. To ensure that I would give due credit and regard to the people who carry out our CE work, which is a very valuable service throughout every county, I wrote to them yesterday giving them assurances that there will be absolutely no review of their funding, capitation, training or otherwise on foot of any action their employees take. The difficulty, however, is that...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Deputy for raising this as I am pleased to be able to outline a timeline. The first tranche of people who will receive an increase and a pension payment backdated to last March will start receiving them next week. Of the 79,000 people involved there was a cohort where we knew why they had gaps in their service or career contribution history and we were able to fill those gaps...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (14 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: One-Parent Family Payment (OFP) is a payment for men and women under 66 who are bringing children up without the support of a partner. To get this payment it is necessary to meet certain conditions and to satisfy a means test. An applicant for one-parent family payment must be the parent, step-parent, adoptive parent or legal guardian of at least one relevant child, who normally resides with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (14 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The procurement of external consultancy services is essential to support my Department in providing high quality service to the public in a cost effective and efficient manner. The Department is engaged in a number of service delivery modernisation and transformation programmes involving business process, organisational and technological change. These programmes are supported by the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (14 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: Carer's benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce to care for a child or an adult in need of full-time care and attention. An increased payment can be made where full-time care is being provided to two people. I confirm that my department received an application for CARB from the person concerned on the 3 January 2019. The application is currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Applications (14 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (WFP) is an in-work payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children. An application for WFP was received from the person concerned on 28 January 2019. The person concerned has been awarded WFP with effect from 10 January 2019 to 08 January 2020. The first weekly payment will issue to their nominated bank account on 14 February...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (14 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department’s main social welfare supports for people who are unemployed are the jobseeker’s allowance and the jobseekers benefit schemes which provide income support for people who have lost work and are unable to find alternative full time employment. The 2019 Estimates for my Department provide for expenditure this year on the jobseeker’s schemes of €1.95...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (14 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: In Budget 2019 I announced the introduction of a new social insurance based paid parental benefit scheme which will provide two weeks paid leave to both parents. The new scheme will be available to parents including those who adopt a child, who are employees or self-employed and who have the required number of PRSI contributions. This new scheme of parental benefit will support parents...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Capital Expenditure Programme (14 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I understand the Deputy is seeking information on projects with spend in excess of €10 million since 2011. The capital allocation for my Department is primarily used to deliver IT modernisation and carry out refurbishments on the Department’s buildings. There have been no capital projects with spend in excess of €10 million since 2011.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: She can dish it out but she cannot take it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Directives (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The transposition of the IORP II directive will result in significant improvements in the regulation and governance of funded occupational pension schemes in Ireland. While the directive provides for the possibility of a derogation from specific articles for smaller schemes, members of smaller schemes should have the same protections and oversight as members of larger ones. Money saved for...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Directives (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: To answer a number of the Deputy's questions directly, I am aware that the then Minister Séamus Brennan granted a derogation. I do not agree with the Deputy's description of what that derogation achieved. During the financial crisis many large and small investment pension schemes suffered significantly not only because of the years-long disaster but also because of the lack of...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Directives (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: All I can say respectfully to the Deputy is that I note his comments but the decision has already been made. We are well advanced in our work to transpose this directive and we will have it done by the end of March.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Government's position on the recent motion debated in the House on the JobPath service was clearly set out in my contribution and that of others at the time. I note the views of the House on the matter. However, the position of the Government remains unchanged. My Department has entered into legally binding agreements with the JobPath providers and the Government will honour these...