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Select Committee on Social Protection: Convention on Social Security between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (21 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I know-----

Select Committee on Social Protection: Convention on Social Security between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (21 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: It might seem futile but it is the double lock. I know that we will pass it, that it is no different from what is in the convention and that it may never be commenced, but I need to have it in the back pocket.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Convention on Social Security between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (21 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: Yes, just in case.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Convention on Social Security between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (21 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The way the current situation works is there is no overlapping because all the schemes that are based in the Bill have a legislative basis and we share data. I will use the Deputy as an example for argument's sake. He cannot work in Ireland and in the UK subscribing a contribution in the same week. There is no overlap around anything else that requires a contribution. The winter fuel...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Convention on Social Security between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (21 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: Everything else requires a contribution but the winter fuel allowance is not a contributory payment. It is an allowance that is given towards alleviating fuel poverty. It is slightly different in that there is no legislative underpinning.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Convention on Social Security between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (21 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Chairman.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: No.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Rates (26 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: Prior to 6 April 1995 civil and public servants were insurable under the PRSI system as modified rate contributors. This meant that they and their employers paid a lower rate of PRSI and, as such, were insurable for a limited range of social welfare benefits. Currently Class D contributors are insured for widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's (contributory) pension, Occupational...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals (26 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, has decided to allow the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (26 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I am acutely aware of the valuable and dedicated service that Community Employment, CE, sponsor organisations provide in running CE Schemes all over the country. CE supervisors, as employees of these organisations, are an integral part of that good work. However, it is important to emphasise the fact that CE scheme supervisors are employees of private companies in the community and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 20 September 2018. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. These papers were...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (26 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I have outlined below my Department’s record of staff attendances at conferences in the period 2017- 2019, supporting staff engaged in areas of key business importance including audit, communications, data protection, FOI, governance, health and safety, human resources, IT and digital services, pensions and procurement. Staff attendances at Conferences Year 2017 2018 2019 Cost...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (26 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department has not incurred any expenditure on advertising or sponsorship in respect of conferences for the period 2017 to 2019. There is currently no specific allocation for this type of expenditure in 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (26 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: No staff from my Department attended the event mentioned in your parliamentary question during the period in question, nor were any costs incurred by my Department in relation to advertising or sponsorship of the event during that period. The statutory bodies operating under the aegis of my Department are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Council, the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (26 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 Payments Administration (26 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department provides two main options for payment methods for its customers: payments in cash at post offices or payments direct to customer accounts in financial institutions. The Department intends, where possible, to continue to offer its many customers the choice of being paid in cash at the post office, directly into their post office account or an account in a financial institution...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (26 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The information requested (where available) by the deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement. Social Welfare claims by average waiting times 31 January 2019 Scheme Average Waiting time (weeks) Jobseeker's Benefit 1 Jobseeker's Allowance 1 One-Parent Family Payment 5 State Pension Contributory 9 Widow’s, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner’s Contributory...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Education Schemes (26 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department does not administer these schemes. It would therefore be proper for the Deputy to raise this matter with my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (26 Feb 2019)

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 increased payment can be made where full-time care is being provided to two people. The person concerned is in receipt...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (26 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The free travel scheme provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for those eligible under the scheme. These include road, rail and ferry services provided by companies such as Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann, as well as Luas and services provided by over 80 private transport operators. There are currently approx. 937,000...