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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Waiting Times (5 Mar 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. My Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers. This includes ensuring that applications...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services Provision (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Over the last number of years the Department has developed a new integrated income and employment support service called Intreo. The aim of this development is to streamline and integrate the delivery of all services to the customer, eliminating duplication and enabling them to access all services in a single location. In the Intreo Centre customers can access job-seeking advice, information...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Rent supplement continues its vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme supporting approximately 23,300 recipients for which the Government has provided  €132.4 million for 2019. End of year statistics for rent supplement recipients by county for the years 2011 to  2018 and to date in 2019, are provided in the attached tabular statement. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 24th January 2019.  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. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Scéimeanna Fostaíochta (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Is éard a bhíonn i Scéimeanna Oibre amhail an Fhostaíocht Phobail (FP) ná tionscnaimh dhearfacha a chuireann ar chumas na ndaoine a bhíonn dífhostaithe go fadtéarmach a gcion a dhéanamh ar mhaithe lena bpobail le linn dóibh cur lena scileanna féin chun ullmhú i gcomhair na fostaíochta ionchais san am le teacht. Tá sé...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: In this instance it would not be appropriate for my Department to undertake a review as it is a matter for the Social Welfare Appeals Office (SWAO) which operates independently of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.  The person concerned can request the SWAO to review the decision of appeal 17/09672 which covers the decisions of Jobseekers Allowance...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Local Employment Service (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Local Employment Services (LES) engages primarily with long-term unemployed jobseekers, but may also engage with short-term unemployed jobseekers where a local need arises. Jobseekers are referred directly to the LES by Intreo offices. The following table reflects the numbers of activation customers who attended/engaged with the Local Employment Service, by provider, in 2018. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government agreed to establish an Interdepartmental Group (IDG) to explore how these social inclusion schemes might best be organised into the future including which Department should hold lead responsibility for sponsoring CE schemes focused on social Inclusion.  The deliberations of the group will inform any further consideration to review participation...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Northern Ireland Victims and Survivors Service delivers funding and support to survivors of the Conflict / Troubles on behalf of the Executive Office of Northern Ireland.  They have remit to assist all victims and survivors identified in the Victims and Survivors (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, providing support to those who have been injured (physically or psychologically), those who...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 2nd January 2019.  It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought.  When these papers have been received from the Department, the case in question...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Eligibility (5 Mar 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. Under the provisions of the legislation a person claiming CARB must be in remunerative full time employment (for a minimum of 16 hours in the week...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: There was no delay in processing the Community Employment (CE) position for the person concerned.  The (CE) eligibility form was received by CE Unit on the 6thFebruary 2019 and the person concerned commenced CE on the 4thMarch 2019. The average timeframe for processing a  CE application from receipt of eligibility form from the CE project to a customer...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: An application for carer’s allowance (CA) was received from the person concerned on 20 July 2018.  The application was awarded to the person concerned on 7 January 2019 with effect from 2 November 2017 and the first payment for 3 January 2019 issued to her nominated bank account on 10 January 2019. Arrears of carers allowance due from 2 November 2017 to 2 January 2019 will issue...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: This evaluation of the JobPath public employment service is being carried out in the context of a partnership between my Department and the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).  The final outputs of the project will be (1) the publication of a DEASP report; (2) the publication of a joint...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 548 to 550, inclusive, together. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection provides a range of activation supports catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market to secure and sustain full-time paid employment. These supports include the JobPath service. My Department selects clients for the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Rent supplement continues to play a vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme supporting approximately 23,300 recipients for which the Government has provided €132.4 million for 2019. The Department can confirm that rent allowance is being paid to residents in the facility referred to by the Deputy, in appropriate accommodation of their choosing. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: For the purpose of this response, I am working on the assumption that the Deputy was referring to the promotion of MyWelfare.ie services across all social media platforms. My Department is committed to ensuring that members of the public are aware of the welfare supports and services that are available to them and that many of these services are accessible easily online at...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Article 38 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) deals with the position of the Data Protection Officer (DPO). All public authorities and bodies including Government Departments are required to designate a DPO. My Department has assigned the DPO role to a senior manager at Principal level and has also assigned considerable staff resources to support the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Client Identity Services has responsibility for SAFE registration, which may result in a Public Services Card being issued. Client Identity Services is based in Shannon Lodge, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim. The Data Protection Officer is also based in the Department’s offices in Carrick on Shannon as are a range of other services of the Department. I hope this clarifies the matter...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Eligibility (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Carer's benefit (CARB) is a PRSI based 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.  Before a decision can be made on entitlement to carer’s benefit (CARB), evidence must be provided in respect of the care recipient’s care requirement, the level of care the carer...