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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance 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 an adult who has such a disability that as a result they require that level of care. An application for CA was received from the person concerned on 30 January 2019. The application is currently being...

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

Regina Doherty: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance 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. An application for CA was received from the person concerned on 28 June 2018. This application was disallowed as their weekly means were found to exceed the statutory limit. The person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance 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 an adult who has such a disability that as a result they require that level of care. An application for CA was received from the person concerned on 6 February 2019. The application is currently being...

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 persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has such a disability that they require that level of care. An application for CARB was received from the person concerned on 14 January 2019. The application has been withdrawn by the person concerned as she informed my department on 6 March 2019 that she was...

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

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who has decided to hold an oral hearing in this case on the 26th March 2019. The person concerned has been notified of the arrangements for the hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (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. As the person concerned was in receipt of illness benefit (IB) Carer's allowance at half rate was awarded on 27 November...

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 persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has such a disability that they require that level of care. An application for CARB was received from the person concerned on 5 February 2019. The application is currently being processed and once completed, the person concerned will be notified directly of the...

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

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office. 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 received in the Social...

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

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that it is envisaged that a decision will be made by an Appeals Officer in this case within the next week. The person concerned will then be notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection and of the Department and is...

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

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (WFP) is an in-work payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children. In order to qualify for WFP, an applicant must have a qualified child and be engaged in full-time paid employment as an employee for not less than 38 hours per fortnight. Under Social Welfare Legislation, a qualified child is defined as a child under 18...

Civil Registration Bill 2019: Order for Report Stage (27 Mar 2019)

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

Civil Registration Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (27 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, line 6, after “2014;” to insert “to amend the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015;”. This amendment is to the long Title of the Bill and is consequential to amendment No. 3.

Civil Registration Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (27 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: I move amendment No. 3:In page 7, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 27 of Act of 2015 12. Section 27 of the Act of 2015 is amended, in subsection (5)(c), by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (i):“(i) the gamete referred to in paragraph (b) was one to which subsection (1), (5) or, as the case may be, (8)(b)...

Civil Registration Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (27 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: I move amendment No. 5:In page 7, line 26, after “Act” to insert “, other than section 12,”.

Civil Registration Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (27 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: I move amendment No. 6:In page 7, after line 31, to insert the following:“(4) Section 12shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Health may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision, and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.”.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (27 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: The fuel allowance is a payment of €22.50 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €630 each year) from October to April, to over 377,000 low income households, at an estimated cost of €240 million in 2019. The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs. The allowance represents a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Appeals (27 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that it is envisaged that a decision will be made by an Appeals Officer in this case within the next week. The person concerned will then be notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection and of the Department and is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Recognition (27 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: The current legislation does not provide for a person under 16 years to apply for a gender recognition certificate (GRC). The overall number of applications for a GRC from the introduction of the provision up to 28 February 2019 is 463, of which 1 application was refused. A review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 was conducted last year, with a report published in July 2018. The report...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ministerial Meetings (27 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: It should be noted that my Department has no contract for services with Working Links, rather its contract is with Turas Nua for the provision of JobPath services to jobseekers. I have not met with Turas Nua in regard to recent developments concerning Working Links. However, Turas Nua has kept officials from my Department briefed on developments in this area and my officials have sought...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Data (27 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: The transposition of the IORP II Directive will result in significant improvements to the regulation and governance of funded occupational pension schemes in Ireland. Officials in my Department, supported by the Pensions Authority, have conducted detailed analysis on the implementation of the Directive. While the Directive provides for the possibility of derogation from specific...