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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (22 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Child Benefit is a monthly payment made to families with children in respect of all qualified children up to the age of 16 years.  The payment continues to be paid in respect of children up to their 18th birthday who are in full-time education, or who have a disability.  Child Benefit is currently paid, as of end-March 2019 to almost 632,000 families in respect of nearly...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (22 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The free travel scheme provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for those eligible under the scheme.  These include road, rail and ferry services provided by companies such as Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann, as well as Luas and services provided by over 80 private transport operators.   The free travel...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: His rudeness.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The average waiting time until the end of last year was 19 weeks, which is wholly unacceptable, but it is currently 15 weeks. Although that does not meet the 12-week target we have set in the Department, it is moving in the right direction, for two reasons. The first is we have changed the application form to try to make it less onerous and to allow us gather more information. There are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Waiting Times (28 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (WFP) is a weekly in-work payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children. An application for WFP was received from the person concerned on 13 March 2019. In order to process their application, further information is required from them. The Department wrote to the person concerned on 16 May 2019 to request additional details....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tús Programme (28 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Tús commenced operation in 2011 as a response to the high level of unemployment and the large numbers on the Live Register. It is a community work placement initiative which aims to provide short-term work opportunities for those who are unemployed for more than a year. The duration of the Tús contract is a maximum of 12 months and this ensures that as many people as possible who...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (28 May 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. A statement of CA payments from 2 January 2014 to 1 November 2017 was issued to the person concerned on 20 May 2019. I...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (28 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Community Employment (CE) is a positive initiative that enables the long-term unemployed to make a contribution to their communities whilst up-skilling themselves and obtaining valuable work experience for prospective future employment. This scheme helps to break the cycle of unemployment and improve a person’s chances of returning to the labour market. CE schemes are typically...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (28 May 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: Carer's Allowance Appeals (28 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence including that adduced at the oral hearing, has decided to disallow the carer's allowance appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (28 May 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 means...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (28 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned has been in receipt of a maximum rate state pension (contributory) with effect from their 66th birthday. Their current weekly rate of payment is €258.30, which includes an over age 80 increase of €10.00 per week. A qualified adult increase in respect of the claimant’s spouse is also in payment. This is a means tested payment, based on the means of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (28 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Child Benefit is a monthly payment made to families with children in respect of all qualified children up to the age of 16 years. The payment continues to be paid in respect of children up to their 18th birthday who are in full-time education, or who have a disability. Child Benefit is currently paid, as of end-March 2019 to almost 632,000 families in respect of nearly 1.2 million children,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (28 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The household benefits package (HHB) comprises the electricity or gas allowance, and the free television licence. My Department will spend approximately €248 million this year on HHB for over 440,000 customers. The package is generally available to people living in the State aged 66 years or over who are in receipt of a social welfare type payment or who satisfy a means test. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (28 May 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 375,000 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 Allowance Appeals (28 May 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 2 July 2018. It is a condition for receipt of a CA that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (28 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The purpose of rent supplement is to assist with reasonable accommodation costs of eligible persons living in private rental accommodation, where they are unable to provide for their accommodation costs from their own resources and do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. It is subject to a means test and other criteria. Rent supplement payments are subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (28 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: An application form issued to the person concerned on 16thApril 2019 which was returned on the 15thMay 2019. In a letter dated the 16thMay 2019, the Community Welfare Officer (CWO) requested further information in order to allow for a decision on the application. The CWO made further contact by telephone with the person concerned on the 20thMay 2019 to clarify the outstanding information...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Payments (28 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (WFP) is a weekly in-work payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children. The person concerned has an outstanding debt with the Department and this debt is being recovered through an agreed direct debit recovery plan which amounts to repayments of €30.00 per week. It is the Department's policy is to pursue all...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Payments (28 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned is currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance at the following rate: Personal rate:€203 Half rate for 5 qualified children€ 91 Sub total€294 Less means from employment€20 Total weekly payment€274 An increase is not payable in respect of a Qualified Adult due to maternity benefit currently in payment. Half rate payment for 5 qualified...