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

Regina Doherty: The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 (the 2018 Act) was signed by the President on 25 December 2018. The Act came into force on 4 March 2019. The 2018 Act introduces a new right for employees whose contract of employment does not reflect the reality of the hours they habitually work. Such employees will be entitled to request to be placed in a band of hours that better...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (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 application for CARB was received from the person concerned on 23 October 2018.  The evidence submitted in support of this application was examined and the deciding officer decided that although the person...

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

Regina Doherty: The first meeting of the Interdepartmental Group (IDG) is arranged for 26th March 2019. The terms of reference are being finalised and it is expected that the IDG will consider and make practical proposals on which Department is best placed to host the social inclusion strand of the Community Employment (CE) scheme on a cost neutral basis. During the deliberations of the IDG,...

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

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy is aware, payment issues had arisen in relation to the illness benefit scheme last year when my Department transferred administration of the scheme from an old legacy IT payment system to its core business IT platform which is already managing many of the Department’s other scheme payments. Any customer who has an urgent financial need as a...

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

Regina Doherty: The main social welfare schemes for people who are unemployed are the jobseeker’s benefit (JB) and jobseekers allowance (JA) schemes which provide income support for people who have lost work and are unable to find alternative full-time employment. Both of these schemes allow a person to work up to 3 days a week but they must be fully unemployed for 4 days in 7 consecutive days. The...

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

Regina Doherty: My Department does not collect data on the value of unclaimed private pension funds nor does it have any way of estimating the value of such funds. Neither the Department nor the Pensions Authority have powers under legislation to require the disclosure of such information from pension providers. I hope that this clarifies matters for the Deputy. 

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

Regina Doherty: The issue raised by the Deputy is not relevant to my Department. It would be proper for the Deputy to raise this issue with my colleague, the Minister for Rural and Community Development.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Administration (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Partial Capacity Benefit is a voluntary social welfare scheme which allows people to return to work or self-employment (if they have reduced capacity to work) and continue to receive a payment from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. If the person has been getting Illness Benefit (for a minimum of six months) or Invalidity Pension and wishes to return to work, they...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (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 20th 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...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: That is all the Deputy has done for the past ten minutes.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: May I just clarify something before I start? I appreciate that we will stop at 12 noon. Am I speaking just to the questions that have been asked of me or to the amendment? The Deputy who moved the amendment did not speak to it.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Shall I speak to the amendment first and then answer the questions?

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I just wanted to-----

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: I will speak to the amendment first and then maybe get to the questions. I do not propose to accept the amendment to section 77 of the Bill. Section 77 provides for an amendment to section 287 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 2005 regarding the continuation of a whole range of social welfare payments. Section 287 is the section of the 2005 Act that allows me, the Minister for...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: I had explained why I was not accepting the amendment, but I also received some queries. Deputy Brady spoke about fuel allowances. Simply, the overlapping provisions included in the convention replicate the current arrangements and reflect the general rule that a person should not receive two payments in two jurisdictions. That issue needed to be addressed in the legislation. There is no...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: The reason I was smiling when the Deputy asked the question for the second time was because I answered it and he was not here. I am quite happy to read out again in its entirety what I read five minutes ago, or the Deputy can check the blacks, because I did answer the question in full. A letter went in the post to the Deputy yesterday in reply to the his letter of last week. To put him out...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: The only thing I can say is that the question is not relevant to this particular Bill. Maybe I can have a sideline conversation with the Deputy with regard to his request or maybe he can table a parliamentary question.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Again, I am here to talk about the omnibus Bill today. Had I been given notice, I might have had an answer for the Deputy. By all means, he should table a parliamentary question.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: I do not propose to accept this amendment either. Members will appreciate that the regulations under this section will only be required in the event of a no-deal Brexit. As is clear in section 83, the power to make such regulations is already subject to the circumstances as and when the transfer of data is required, and crucially only when the circumstances set out in that section arise. I...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Civil Registration Service (6 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Section 53 of the Civil Registration Act 2004 provides that An tArd-Chláraitheoir (Registrar General) shall establish and maintain a Register of Solemnisers to solemnise marriages.  The Registrar General has no role in the recruitment, training, or qualification process for marriage solemnisers.  This is a matter for the individual bodies that may apply, under section 54 of the...