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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (26 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: In line with other EU and OECD jurisdictions where such measures feature in their social welfare systems, Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA) age related reduced rates were introduced on a phased basis to tackle high youth unemployment. Receiving the full adult rate of a jobseekers payment at 18 years of age, without a strong financial incentive to engage in education or training, can lead to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (26 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Rent supplement continues its important role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme supporting approximately 22,600 recipients for which the Government has provided €132.4 million for 2019. The total number of recipients of those not yet 26 years of age (aged 18 to 25 years of age) is 556, which is approximately 2.5% of the total number of rent supplement recipients...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (26 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (WFP) is an in-work weekly payment which provides additional financial support to employees on low earnings with children. An application for WFP was received from the person concerned on 23 August 2018. Their application was referred to a local Social Welfare Inspector (SWI) for further clarification. The SWI has confirmed that the case has been prioritised for...

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

Regina Doherty: Carer's Benefit (CARB) is a PRSI based payment made to a person who leaves 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. An application for carer’s benefit was received from the person concerned on 12 February 2019. The application was awarded to the person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (26 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: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (26 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 adult who has such a disability that as a result, they require that level of care. Where CA is applied for in respect of the provision of full-time care and attention to a child aged less than 16 years of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (26 Mar 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 based on post Budget 2012 rate-bands. These payments are being reviewed under a new Total Contributions Approach (TCA) pension calculation which includes provision for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (26 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Community employment (CE) is the largest employment programme administered by my Department. It aims to enhance employability and mobility by providing work experience and training opportunities for unemployed persons within their own communities. In addition, it helps long-term unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to...

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

Regina Doherty: First, I wish to acknowledge 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. 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: Interdepartmental Working Groups (26 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: The information requested is currently being compiled within the Department and will be made available to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (26 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned is currently in receipt of Illness Benefit at a rate of €198 per week. He was previously in receipt of Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance, but this payment ceased as his Illness Benefit claim was awarded. The Illness Benefit claim from the person concerned has been paid up to the 15th March 2019, which is the date on his most recent medical certificate. If...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes Data (26 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department collects and holds large volumes of personal data and is very aware of the need to have adequate data protection policies, procedures and structures in place in line with current data protection legislation. My Department’s contracts with the JobPath providers are in compliance with all relevant legislation and any information shared is contractually based and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (26 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Penalty rates were introduced in 2011 as a means of encouraging jobseekers to engage with activation measures and to co-operate with efforts of the Department to assist them in securing employment. The Department is committed, under Pathways to Work, to incentivise the take-up of activation opportunities, including implementing sanctions for failure to engage. The legislation underpinning...

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

Regina Doherty: The offices that the Deputy is referring to are social work offices and do not come under the remit of this Department. The office in Finglas is a health centre and comes under the remit of the Department of Health while the office in Ballymun is a Tusla office and comes under the remit of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The Deputy may wish to redirect this question to my...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Data (26 Mar 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 based 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: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (26 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Under the Service Support Stream (SSS) participants aged 62 years and over who meet the Community Employment (CE) eligibility requirements may remain continuously on CE up to the State Pension age. The places available under this stream are subject to limitation. In the case referred to by the Deputy, I understand the person has left her current CE placement due to ill health. She is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (26 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Child benefit is only paid after the age of 16 if the child is still at school/college. It is paid to the end of the academic year, unless the child is continuing in education at the start of the next term – in effect, payment ends in June unless schooling is continued in September and the child is still under 18. Child benefit stops in all circumstances when the child turns 18. In...

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

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred on 7th March 2019 to an Appeals Officer who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (26 Mar 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 based 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: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (26 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: The aim of the Community Employment (CE) programme is to enhance the employability of disadvantaged and unemployed people by providing work experience and training opportunities for them within their communities. The programme helps break the cycle of unemployment and improves a person’s chances of returning to the labour market. The individual referred to in the Deputy’s...