Results 8,041-8,060 of 12,033 for speaker:Regina Doherty

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The arms of the State are there for exactly that purpose - to allow persons who feel they have been treated badly by another party to make a complaint. Such complaint can be made to the Workplace Relations Commission, the Labour Court or, in particular, in the instance referred to by the Deputy, the scope division of my Department, which are open for business all day, every day. I suggest...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: I regret I was not invited to this morning's press conference by CE supervisors. I would have been happy to attend and I have been happy to meet CE supervisors up and down the country for the past year. I regret that a strike is imminent. When the ruling was handed down by the Labour Court we had a Fianna Fáil Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. We then had a Labour Party...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: With respect, it was not.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: I reiterate the point that the previous speakers made-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: Please do, because no solution was found in the five years that Deputy Howlin was at the helm.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: We would not be having this conversation now if there had been a solution.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: Everybody is of the same mind-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The services provided by CE supervisors, assistant supervisors and every participant in community employment schemes in rural and urban areas are extremely valuable and appreciated by the State and the communities that each of us serves. A solution must and will be found.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The current Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, has been meeting the trade unions for some years. A number of proposals have been put forward by the unions to solve the issue but no solution has been found as yet. We will not stop until we find one.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (16 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned entered the State and details regarding her identity need to be clarified.   She agreed in February last to provide her new certificate of residence to the local Intreo Centre in order to clarify some of her personal details but, to date, she has not done so. Once this has been presented, her application will be further processed. I trust this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Homemakers Scheme (16 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: A policy to introduce the Total Contributions Approach (TCA) to pensions calculation was adopted by Government in the National Pensions Framework in 2010, as was the decision to base the entitlements of all new pensioners on this approach from around 2020.  In January 2018, I announced the Government Decision to introduce a new interim Total Contributions Approach (TCA) to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (16 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Roadmap for Pensions Reform, published last year, commits the Government to examine and develop proposals to set a formal benchmark target of average earnings for the state pension (contributory), and to institute a process whereby future changes in state pension rates of payment are explicitly linked to changes in consumer prices and average wages. My Department is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (16 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned submitted an application for jobseeker's allowance with effect from 11/3/19. The person concerned was disqualified from payment for a period of 9 weeks by a Deciding Officer, in accordance with section 147(4)(b) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 as amended, as he was deemed to have refused employment. When jobseeker's allowance is re-instated on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (16 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: Illness Benefit is paid for a maximum of 1 year if a person has a total of between 104 and 259 reckonable social insurance contributions paid or for a maximum 2 years if a person has a total of 260 or more reckonable social insurance contributions paid. The entitlement of the person concerned to Illness Benefit exhausted on the 29th March 2019 as she had received a full year of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Bereavement Grant (16 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: During the economic downturn, my Department focused on protecting primary social welfare rates.  In recent years, as the economy has been recovering, the Government's priority has been to concentrate resources in improving the core rates of these payments, particularly for pensioners, resulting in considerable increases in these rates. The Bereavement Grant was a payment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (16 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned will receive arrears due in respect of his jobseekers allowance by Electronic Funds Transfer to his Bank Account on 15th April 2019. I trust that this clarifies the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Yield (16 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: It is estimated that a reduction of 0.4% in the lower employer PRSI rate would cost €16.5 million in a full year and affect approximately 794,800 employments. These estimates are based on PRSI Class A contributions.  They use the latest available data and reflect macro-economic indicators for 2019.  It should be noted that these estimates do not take into account any...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (16 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: At the outset it should be noted that there is no legally mandated retirement age in the State, and the age at which employees retire is a matter for the contract of employment between them and their employers.  While such a contract may have been entered into with a retirement date of 65, in the context of the previous State pension arrangements, there is no legal impediment to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Act Employment Targets (16 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 540 and 541 together. My Department is committed to meeting its obligations under the Disability Act, 2005. According to the return to the NDA of the position as of 31 December, 2018, the number of staff employed in my department and in the agencies under its aegis who have disclosed a disability are set out in the table. The returns do not categorise the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (16 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: I can confirm to the Deputy that documentation requested from the person concerned has been received by Community Welfare Officer.  This documentation relating to verification of the position of the person concerned on the Local Authority housing list was required in order to complete a rent supplement review.  I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.