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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: Auto-enrolment is a separate issue.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: It is a separate question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The consultations that I have with the partners will not be a secret and none of them is shy about telling anybody what we talk about. This will only work if we all want the same thing, which is to provide adequacy in our income levels for our pensioners, people who have disabilities, or varying levels of ability and our jobseekers. That is the aim we will have. I would like to have it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Initiatives (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I will do my best to fill them. On an annual basis, the live register has been falling rapidly, for which we are to be thankful. In 2018 it fell by 15.5% nationally. In Tipperary town it fell by 18.2%, which is equal to almost 200 people coming off the live register during the course of 2018. My Government is determined to provide the best possible environment for economic growth...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Initiatives (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: Deputy Mattie McGrath does not want to help.

Civil Registration Bill 2019: Order for Second Stage (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Civil Registration Bill 2019: Second Stage (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to have the opportunity to introduce this important legislation to the House. We live in a changing society that has a more diverse range of family formations than in the relatively recent past. It is important that we reflect this in our laws and how we recognise family units. I fully intend for civil registration...

Civil Registration Bill 2019: Second Stage (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I really appreciate the support of Deputies on all sides of the House and their co-operation in passing this legislation which has been too long in the waiting, but that is why we are placing the provisions in a stand-alone Bill in order to prioritise it, not just from a Government perspective but also from the perspective of all of us. We want to fix this anomaly in order that we can aid...

Civil Registration Bill 2019: Referral to Select Committee (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: Illness benefit is a short term payment made to insured people who are unable to work due to illness.  The payment is funded by the social insurance fund (SIF) through the payment of PRSI contributions by workers and employers and, in the event of a shortfall between contributions received and benefits paid, the Exchequer.  The fund is central to Ireland’s system of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Payments (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The primary legislative provisions for SAFE registration and identity verification are set out in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act, 2005 (as amended).  These provisions require a person to satisfy the Minister as to their identity and allow for disallowance or disqualification from receipt of a benefit in the event that it is not done.  Given that my Department spends over...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: As previously announced the Government intends to introduce Automatic Enrolment  by the end of 2022.  It will see employees without personal retirement savings automatically enrolled into a quality assured retirement savings system, with freedom of choice to opt-out. Delivering on a commitment made in the Government’s Roadmap for Pensions Reform 2018-2023, I launched...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: National Carers' Strategy (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Government acknowledges the crucial role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role. This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for a Partnership Government and the National Carers’ Strategy. The Department of Health has responsibility for the National Carers’ Strategy which sets out the strategic direction for future policies,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 59 and 63 together. First, I wish to acknowledge the valuable and dedicated service that Community Employment supervisors provide in running Community Employment Schemes all over the country.  We simply could not sustain a lot of our local community services without their work and it is, of course, a concern to me that the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 60 and 98 together. I understand the Deputy has provided details of two cases.  Both of these cases concern  public servants who were employed in a permanent and pensionable capacity and who were  determined to be paying the wrong class of PRSI for a period of time.  They were paying the standard rate class A PRSI when they...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Community Employment (CE) placements are categorised into two strands, Social Inclusion and Activation.  The Social Inclusion placements are generally taken up by adults who need additional supports: for example,  people from very disadvantaged backgrounds, people with mental health issues, refugees, those requiring drug rehabilitation and ex-offenders.  CE schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Live Register Data (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The latest available CSO figures for January 2019 record 3,409 people on the Live Register in County Carlow, its lowest level since early 2008.  This represents a year-on-year decrease of almost 10% (372 people). Over the longer period, the Live Register in County Carlow has fallen by almost 50% in the five years since January 2014, which is in line with national trends.  This...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Eligibility (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The rural social scheme (RSS) provides opportunities for farmers and fishermen / women who are currently in receipt of specified social welfare payments to work to provide certain services of benefit to rural communities.  Communities benefit from the skills and talents of local farmers and fishermen and participants have the opportunity to improve existing skills, or develop new skills,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: Since late September 2018, my Department has been examining the social insurance records of approximately 90,000 pensioners, born on or after 1 September 1946, who have a reduced rate State pension contributory entitlement on post Budget 2012 rate-bands.  These payments are being reviewed under a new Total Contributions Approach (TCA) to pension calculation which includes provision for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 66, 67 and 97 together. My Department’s main social welfare supports for people who are unemployed are the jobseeker’s allowance and the jobseekers benefit schemes. Both schemes are based on a day of employment or unemployment as the case may be.  This days based system provides significant income supports to jobseekers who are part-time...