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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (10 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: Fuel allowance is a payment of €22.50 per week to recipients of a qualifying social welfare payment to assist with the energy costs of low-income households. Carer's allowance is not a qualifying payment for fuel allowance.  However, it is possible for a person in receipt of half-rate carer’s allowance and a qualifying social welfare payment to qualify for the scheme....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (10 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Traveller Community (10 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 196 and 202 together. In June 2017, my colleague, Mr. David Stanton TD., Minister of State for Justice with special responsibility for Equality, Immigration and Integration, launched the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy for the years 2017-2021 inclusive. This Inclusion Strategy is a cross-Departmental initiative to improve the lives of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Traveller Data (10 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department has committed to delivering and supporting a range of assistive and targeted measures to increase employment, training and apprenticeship opportunities for Travellers in line with the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy for the years 2017-2021 inclusive.  The promotion of the availability of employment and training initiatives continues, along with the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Review (10 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: An application for carer's allowance (CA) was received from the person concerned on 30 August 2018.  It is a condition for receipt of a CA that the person being cared for must have such a disability that they require full-time care and attention. This is defined as requiring from another person, continual supervision and frequent assistance throughout the day in connection with normal...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility (10 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned made an application for Farm Assist payment on 28/01/2019.  This claim is currently being finalised by a Social Welfare Inspector and a decision will issue in writing to the person concerned in the next few days.  With regard to the person concerned being off sick he may make an application for Illness Benefit or Disability...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Traveller Data (10 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department has committed to delivering and supporting a range of assistive and targeted measures to increase employment, training and apprenticeship opportunities for Travellers in line with the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy for the years 2017-2021 inclusive.  The promotion of the availability of employment and training initiatives continues, along with the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Functions (10 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The service provided by my Department to pension companies who wished to contact customers in relation to their pension entitlements was temporarily suspended, pending legal advice being obtained regarding compliance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).   Following further legal advice and the carrying out of a Data Privacy Impact Assessment, as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (11 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: Pensions Reform (11 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: It is well known that people are living longer lives.  For example, based on CSO figures, a 65 year old man in 1996 would have had life expectancy of 13.8 years (i.e. they could expect, on average, to live to 78.8), whereas by 2011 this had increased to 17.7 years, an increase of over 28%.  Over the same period, the life expectancy of a 65 year old woman increased...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (11 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: 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 JobPath service by means of a random selection process....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Sector Pensions (11 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy  refers to Public Sector Pensions.  This is therefore not a matter for my Department and is proper to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.  The Deputy should raise this matter with my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. 

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (11 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: CE scheme supervisors are employees of private companies in the community and voluntary sector that receive public funding.  They are not employees of my Department or public servants. The current agreement for public servants is an agreed approach to the continued unwinding of the FEMPI legislation and does not provide for a pay increase.   The Deputy should note that,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: European Labour Authority (11 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: In February, the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council reached a provisional agreement on the Commission's proposal to establish a European Labour Authority (ELA).  The ELA, will amongst other things, support Member States in providing information and services to citizens and business and facilitate cooperation and exchange of information between Member...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (11 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to introduce an enhanced PRSI scheme for the self-employed as part of the Government's policy of making work pay and encouraging self-employment and entrepreneurship.  Making progress on this commitment has been one of my key priorities since becoming Minister. Self-employed workers, who earn €5,000 or more in a contribution year,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Job Initiatives (11 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: Departmental Contracts Data (11 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: There were no contracts awarded by my Department over the past seven years to the company detailed in the question.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment (11 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Youth Employment Support Scheme (YESS) was introduced on Monday 1stOctober 2018 and has been open to applications from that date. The YESS is a work experience programme, specifically targeted at young jobseekers, but also other eligible cohorts, aged 18-24 years old where they have been out of work and in receipt of qualifying payment for at least 12 months. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Family Law Cases (11 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The issue of maintenance payments is first and foremost a private matter for the persons concerned, and if they cannot resolve the problem, then for the Courts Service through Family Law provisions. My Department is responsible for implementing the Liability to Maintain Family Provisions provided for in Part 12 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, as amended. The methods of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (11 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned submitted a child benefit (CB) application on the 25th of January 2019.  As she indicated on her application form that she had not entered employment since her arrival in Ireland her claim was disallowed as she did not meet the Habitual Residence Condition. The person has since provided information to her local...