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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: Child benefit is paid to 630,000 qualifying adults in respect of over 1.2 million children with an annual cost in 2018 of €2.1 billion. The estimated full-year cost of issuing a double child benefit payment to parents on the birth of a child is approximately €8.72 million. This estimate is based on the number of child benefit claims (61,856) received in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The estimated full-year cost of equalising jobseeker payments for those under 26 years of age to the standard rate of €203 per week is €57.75 million. The cost is on a full-year basis and is based on the estimated number of recipients in 2019.  It should be noted that this cost is subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: National Advocacy Service (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities (NAS) provides an independent, confidential and free issues-based representative advocacy service that works exclusively for the person using the service and adheres to the highest professional standards. NAS has a particular remit for people with disabilities who are isolated from their community and services, have communication...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Bereavement Leave (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The question as to whether an employee is entitled to take time off in such circumstances depends on whether any provision exists in the employee’s contract of employment providing for such leave.  For the vast majority of workers, conditions of employment, including bereavement leave provisions, are matters for negotiation between employers and employees.  In the absence of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Data (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Working Family Payment (WFP) is an in-work support which provides an income top-up for employees on low earnings with children. WFP is designed to prevent in-work poverty for low paid workers with child dependants and to offer a financial incentive to take-up employment. Estimated expenditure on WFP in 2018 was approximately €430 million and it is currently paid to almost...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department provides a number of options for income support to lone parents once their entitlement to the One-Parent Family Payment (OFP) ceases.  These include the Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment (JST) payment where the youngest child is aged 7-13 years (inclusive), and the Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA) payment which may be paid to lone parents where the youngest child is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Transitional Payment (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department provides a number of options for income support to lone parents once their entitlement to the One-Parent Family Payment (OFP) ceases.  These include the Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment (JST) payment where the youngest child is aged 7-13 years (inclusive) and the Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA) payment which may be paid to lone parents where the youngest child is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Transitional Payment (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The estimated full year cost of increasing the earnings disregard for the Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment  €10, €15, €20 and €25, respectively is set out in tabular form: Estimated additional Annual Cost @ 160 disregard €1,340,300.00 Estimated additional Annual Cost @ 165 disregard €2,010,450.00 Estimated additional Annual Cost @ 170...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Data (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The estimated full year cost of increasing the earnings disregard for the One Parent Family  payment €10, €15, €20 and €25, respectively, is set out in tabular form: Estimated additional Annual Cost @ 160 disregard €2,996,500.00 Estimated additional Annual Cost @ 165 disregard €4,494,750.00 Estimated additional Annual Cost @ 170 disregard...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Data (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: It is a condition for receipt of carer’s benefit, carer’s allowance and the carer’s support grant that the carer must be providing full-time care and attention (FTCA) to a person who requires such full-time care and attention because of a specified illness or disability. This condition is moderated by legislation allowing the carer to work or engage in training outside...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Data (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means tested payment, made to people who are providing full-time care and attention to elderly people or to people with disabilities and whose income falls below certain limits. The principal conditions for receipt of the allowance are that full time care and attention is required and being provided and that the means test which applies is satisfied. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned was previously in receipt of Occupational Injury Benefit and was paid up to the 18th November 2018 on this scheme. His Illness Benefit payment commenced from the 19th November 2018.  An officer of the Department has examined his claim and decided he is due arrears of €33.00 for the 19th November 2018 and this money has now issued to him. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes Data (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: All Jobseekers on the live register must be capable of; available for and actively seeking full-time employment. They are also required to engage with the Department’s activation services. The Social Welfare (Consolidated) Act 2005, as amended, specifies that participation in activation meetings is mandatory.  JobPath is an employment activation service that supports people...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: In assessing means for social assistance payments including jobseeker’s allowance, account is taken of the value of capital and property belonging to the person and their spouse or partner.  Property such as the family home or a premises used by a person in carrying out a business is not liable for assessment.  The capital assessment method for jobseeker’s allowance...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Data (2 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: My department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 4 December 2018.  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. The evidence submitted in support of this application was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Data (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The farm assist (FA) scheme is a means-tested payment for farmers on low incomes and is similar to jobseeker’s allowance (JA). Recipients retain the advantages of the JA scheme such as the retention of secondary benefits and access to activation programmes. The 2019 Revised Estimates for this Department provides for expenditure of some €72 million for the FA (which also includes...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: Jobseekers Allowance is one of a range of means-tested social assistance schemes, where account is taken of the income and the value of capital, including shares, of the claimant and his or her spouse/ partner. The general rule for assessment of pension funds or annuities is that money invested in a pension fund is not assessable for means purposes if it is not accessible to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Data (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: Employers are required to maintain accurate records of employees and contractors who they engage and to pay the appropriate class of PRSI.  There are already legislative provisions within the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 prohibiting the practice of misclassifying employment in order to avoid paying the correct social insurance contributions.  Workers who have concerns...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Data (2 Apr 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...