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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: State pension (contributory) is a social insurance payment made to people at pension age, who satisfy certain social insurance contribution conditions. Pension entitlement is assessed on the basis of the eligibility conditions applicable on the date an individual reaches pension age. Factors such as an individual’s social insurance record, their attachment to the workforce, and their...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 492 and 493 together. The school meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food to some 1,580 schools and organisations benefitting 250,000 children. The objective of the scheme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children who are unable, due to lack of good quality food, to take full advantage of the education provided to them. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 6 February 2020. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The management and distribution of tips is a matter of contract between an employer and an employee. There are currently no provisions in employment law or within any other statutory framework that oblige employers to deal with tips in a particular way. It is a matter for employers and employees to agree such terms. In the event of a breach of contract, it is open to either party to refer...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 18 March 2020. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: An application for Domiciliary Care Allowance was received from the person concerned on the 5th December 2019. The application was not allowed as the child was not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance. A letter issued on the 24th February 2020 setting out the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance. An appeal of the decision was registered...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: 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. Once claims are in payment, the Department periodically reviews them to ensure that there is continued entitlement....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Meals-on-Wheels Services (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Contacts between the project sponsors and this Department have been on-going since October 2019. There was also a meeting in February 2020 between an official of my department and their counterpart in the HSE to discuss the matter. Due to Covid 19 restrictions the opportunity to meet with the scheme sponsors was not possible. However, following the easing of Covid 19 restrictions, a meeting...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has an important role to play in assisting households in the immediate aftermath of flooding events. Under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, the Department can make an exceptional needs payment (ENP) to help meet essential, once-off, exceptional expenditure, which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Further to clarification received by the Deputy’s office, I understand this question relates to the general policy for the Widow’s, Widower’s and Surviving Civil Partner’s pension. This pension is a weekly pension paid to the husband, wife or surviving civil partner of a deceased person and is available to those who satisfy the necessary PRSI contribution...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The SAFE Registration Process, which my Department uses to authenticate a person's identity, is a face to face process which results in the issuing of a Public Services Card (PSC). Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, my Department has temporarily suspended the SAFE registration process. This decision was taken to comply with HSE and WHO guidelines in respect of social distancing....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 13 May 2020. They applied for State pension (contributory) on 5 June 2020. The person has a contribution record of 340 paid full-rate social insurance contributions. As their contributions fall short of the required 520 paid full-rate contributions to qualify for standard State pension (contributory), their claim was disallowed. The person was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I refer the Deputy to the answer provided under Dáil Question No. 1014. The Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) was introduced by my Department in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is an income support payment for both employees and the self-employed who have become fully unemployed due to a downturn in economic activity related to Covid-19. One of the qualifying...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Where a person in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment returns to work they should notify the Department of the date they resume working as they are not entitled to the payment when in work. Although the payment is closed from the day the person returns to work they will receive their final payment the following week as it is payable a week in arrears. Where a person will not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Since the start of the pandemic unemployment payment on March 16th 2020, approximately 174,000 cases did not satisfy the conditions of payment for the reasons listed in the table below. Note that this is a count of specific cases, and not a count of individual customers who have applied for but did not receive a PUP. Reason % Overlap with Revenue...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Programme for Government (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: During the course of Government formation talks, the Department provided briefing material and costings related to various policy proposals. These were published on 3 July 2020 by the Department of the Taoiseach and can be found at Costings for the specific Programme for Government commitments related to this Department will be explored over the coming months in the context of estimates...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The primary State income support in respect of people who are aged 66 years or over is the State Pension – either the contributory State pension or the non-contributory pension, which is means tested. Recipients of State pension payments may, subject to satisfying eligibility conditions, have access to a range of additional supports. These supports include the living alone...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Consultancy Contracts (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The procurement of consultancy services supports my Department in providing diversity and inclusion training. Details of the consultancy service providers engaged by my Department since 2018 are set out in the following table: External Training / Learning Date Payable Supplier / Provider Description Amount 15/02/2018 Institute of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Legal Costs (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Department incurs expenditure on costs associated with legal cases from Vote 37 (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection) and the Social Insurance Fund. Some costs are borne by the Chief State Solicitor's Office. The following table sets out the amount paid by the Department for external legal services for the period since January 2016 to date: Year ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Data (7 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The main reservoir of date of vacancies posted to the Department for jobseekers and others seeking employment is held on the Department's JobsIreland online recruitment platform. JobsIreland.ieis a free, easy to use and is provided by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection which is available to employers across the country to advertise their vacancies and to jobseekers to...