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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment (21 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Government policy to reduce youth unemployment is twofold: - to create an environment in which business can succeed and create jobs; and - to ensure that as many of these new jobs and other vacancies that arise in our economy are filled by people taken from the Live Register, including young people. Providing education and employment opportunities to young jobseekers forms a central tenet of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is aware of the current situation in the airline referred to where workers are being placed on reduced hours and are in receipt of the temporary wage subsidy scheme. To qualify for a jobseeker’s payment a person must satisfy all of the qualifying conditions for the scheme. Jobseeker’s payments operate on the basis of days of unemployment. A person in receipt...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Job Losses (21 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: My sincere thoughts are with all employers and employees faced with the prospect of forced restructuring and redundancies at this difficult time. Many sectors and industries have been badly affected by the measures the Irish Government, like many other governments across the globe, has had to take in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is probably fair to say that sectors associated with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Job Losses (21 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Firstly, I would like to say that my thoughts are with all of the workers concerned who are faced with job losses at this difficult time. I wish to assure the affected workers that my Department is available through its Intreo service to assist them in whatever way we can in terms of income supports and job-seeking over the coming weeks and months. The Protection of Employment Act 1977...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (21 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 443 and 480 together. As the Deputy will be aware, Community Employment (CE) supervisors and assistant supervisors have been seeking for several years, through their union representatives, the allocation of Exchequer funding to implement a 2008 Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme. It should be noted that CE...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Deaths (21 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Civil Registration Act 2004, as amended, provides that deaths may be registered at any time following death. Currently, the obligation to register a death rests with the relatives of the deceased, or in their absence, other persons specified in the Act. A death must be registered within three months of the date of death. However, there are no sanctions if a death is registered beyond...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (21 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The latest available PRSI data in respect of class H PRSI, the payable rate for non-Commissioned Officers and enlisted personnel of the Defense Forces, refers to 2019; 2020 PRSI data is not yet available. Accordingly, recipients of Working Family Payment in June 2020 is based on payment of PRSI class H in 2019. Period Working Family Payment 2017 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (21 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). At the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, my Department temporarily postponed the SAFE registration process. This decision was taken to comply with HSE and WHO guidelines in respect of social distancing. As a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (21 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is currently managing a large number of review requests for the PUP rerate at this time and for this reason we are not in a position to respond to enquiries as promptly as we would like. Following a review of the person’s record, I am pleased to inform you that his PUP has been re-rated back to €350 per week. Any arrears due will issue this week. I trust this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (21 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Where a person’s gross weekly earnings were €200 or higher then there is no change to the rate of the pandemic unemployment payment. If a person’s gross weekly earnings were under €200 then the rate of the pandemic unemployment payment has been adjusted to €203 per week which is in line with the standard personal rate of jobseeker's benefit. Where no...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (21 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Under Social Welfare legislation students are disqualified from receiving jobseekers allowance while attending a course of study, including school or college holiday periods and for the 3 month period after completing the Leaving Certificate or leaving second level education. Following the cancellation of this year's Leaving Certificate Examination, these students will be eligible to apply...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (21 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme is an established national initiative, funded by the Department of Education and Skills and managed by the Irish Research Council. The scholarship includes: - a stipend of €16,000 per annum - a contribution to fees, including non-EU fees, up to a maximum of €5,750 per annum - eligible direct research expenses of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Job Losses (21 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Protection of Employment Act 1977 makes it mandatory on employers to notify the Minister of a proposed collective redundancy. ‘Collective redundancies’ arise where, during any period of 30 consecutive days, the employees being made redundant are: - 5 employees where 21-49 are employed. - 10 employees where 50-99 are employed. - 10% of the employees where 100-299 are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ministerial Advisers (21 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: On the commencement of every Dáil, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform issues guidelines setting out the arrangements for the staffing of Ministerial Offices. The Guidelines for the 33rd Dáil are currently awaiting Government approval. It should be noted that the appointment of individual Special Advisers is a matter for each Government Minister subject to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (21 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 455 and 463 together. The pandemic unemployment payment was introduced as an emergency measure to meet the surge in unemployment which resulted from the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. The Government has set employment recovery as its top priority and the jobs stimulus package to be announced later this month will assist people back into work. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment (21 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: According to the records of my Department, an application for an exceptional needs payment (ENP) has not been received from the person concerned. An application form was issued to the person concerned on 17/07/2020. When the necessary documentation has been received an Officer of my Department will assess the application and contact the person concerned with a decision. I trust this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (21 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: 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. There are currently approx. 976,000...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (21 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). At the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, my Department temporarily postponed the SAFE registration process. This decision was taken to comply with HSE and WHO guidelines in respect of social distancing. As a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (21 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The COVID-19 pandemic unemployment payment was introduced as a time limited emergency measure in response to the pandemic. A two level payment structure has been introduced to link the pandemic unemployment payment level to prior earnings. If a recipient’s gross weekly earnings were €200 or higher then there is no change to their rate of payment. If a person’s gross...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 460 and 461 together. Rent supplement continues to play a key role in supporting families and individuals in private rented accommodation, with the scheme currently supporting approximately 21, 000 recipients. The scheme provides short-term income support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their...