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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications (2 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has not received an application for Partial Capacity Benefit from the person concerned. An application form has been sent to her for completion and upon its return it will be processed as soon as possible. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (2 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: As part of Budget 2019, I announced that my Department would commence a pilot scheme from September 2019, providing Hot School Meals in 36 primary schools for an estimated 7,200 children at a cost of €1m for 2019 and €2.5 m in 2020. All 3,239 primary schools have been issued with an invitation to submit an expression of interest to participate in the pilot. Schools will be...

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

Regina Doherty: Yes, an affidavit is acceptable documentation advising on the separation of a couple in circumstance in which a couple is separated. For a person to qualify as a separated in order to qualify for the One Parent Family Payment s/he must have been living apart from his/her spouse/civil partner for at least 3 months.

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

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred on 29 May 2019 to an Appeals Officer who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. I wish to confirm to the Deputy that the appeal case file provided to the Appeals Officer includes the medical evidence to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (2 Jul 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 10 May 2019. The application is currently being processed...

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

Regina Doherty: The primary purpose of JobPath is to provide a case management based employment advice and counseling service to long-term unemployed jobseekers. This is the group of jobseekers facing the most significant barriers to secure and sustain full-time employment. Between July 2015 and May 2019, some 227,590 jobseekers had commenced their engagement period with the JobPath service. Of this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (2 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 638 to 640, inclusive, together. I am committed to address the issue of false self-employment, and I have put in train a series of measures to deter, detect and tackle it. A key element is the increased focus by Social Welfare Inspectors on the enforcement of PRSI compliance obligations. Inspectors nationwide have commenced a campaign of employer inspections...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (2 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: Ireland has a comprehensive body of employment legislation, in respect of which the Workplace Relations Commission, which comes under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Ms. Heather Humphries T.D., is mandated to secure compliance. Ireland’s employment rights legislation protects all employees, including those employed on publicly...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (2 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: The costings sought by the Deputy are detailed in the following tables. Table 1: Cost of €1 increase in all social insurance payments Scheme Full year cost of a €1 increase €m Social Insurance Schemes Pension Payments State Pension (Contributory) 22.45 Widow/er's Contributory Pension (Aged 66 and over) 4.98 Deserted Wife's Benefit (Aged 66 and over)...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Expenditure (2 Jul 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 May 2019, to almost 634,000 families in respect of over 1.2 million children, with...

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

Regina Doherty: The cost of extending the Fuel Allowance payment for the full calendar year would be €201.9 million. To examine the impact of the measure on poverty rates, a social impact assessment has been carried out. This is an evidence-based methodology which estimates the likely distributive effects of this change on household income. The assessment uses a tax-welfare simulation model...

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

Regina Doherty: The estimated full year cost of increasing Child Benefit by €10 would be €146.6 million. To examine the impact of the measure on poverty rates, a social impact assessment has been carried out. This is an evidence-based methodology which estimates the likely distributive effects of this change on household income. The assessment uses a tax-welfare simulation model developed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (2 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: Community Employment (CE) is an employment and training scheme which helps long-term unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to work routine. The scheme assists by enhancing and developing a person’s technical and personal skills which can then be used in the workplace. The very significant improvement in the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (2 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department operates a number of employment support schemes one of which is the Community Employment (CE) scheme. I am fully committed, as are all of my Ministerial colleagues, to the future of these community services and the valuable contribution they make to local communities. We want to see them sustained. I believe that we need to take a wholly inclusive approach for people...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (2 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. All claim decisions taken by the Department’s Deciding Officers and Designated Persons are appealable to the Chief Appeals Officer. In any...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (2 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: The most recent rent supplement claim in respect of the person concerned was closed in October 2017. There is no record of any application for rent supplement since that date. It is open to the person concerned to contact the South Kildare/West Wicklow Rents Unit should he wish to submit an application for a rent supplement payment. The Rents Unit can be contacted by telephone at 01...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Payments (2 Jul 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. The person concerned is currently in receipt of CA since 11 April 2013 in respect of one care recipient. Her current...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (2 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: Approved Retirement Funds or ARFs are funds managed by a qualifying fund manager into which an individual may invest the proceeds of their pension fund when they retire. The income and gains of such funds are exempt from tax within the fund. Any amounts withdrawn from an ARF are referred to as a distribution. A distribution is treated as income from an employment. It is subject to income tax...

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

Regina Doherty: Carer's Benefit is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce to care for someone in need of full-time care and attention. A person may be eligible for Carer's Benefit if they have enough PRSI contributions. This and other care-related supports, such as the Carer’s Allowance payment and the Carer’s Support Grant, provide recognition and support for the valuable...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (2 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled by my Department. It will be made available to her as soon as possible.