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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (17 Sep 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 for prospective future employment.  It helps to break the cycle of unemployment and improve a person’s chances of returning to the labour market.  Under the Service Support Stream (SSS) on CE, participants aged...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (17 Sep 2019)

Regina Doherty: The IORP II Directive is a substantial Directive, the transposition of which will result in significant improvements to the regulation and governance of funded occupational pension schemes in Ireland.  Officials in my Department, supported by the Pensions Authority, are managing this transposition process.  In 2014, the Department undertook an open public consultation...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (17 Sep 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 31 July 2019.  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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Cessation (17 Sep 2019)

Regina Doherty: Community Employment (CE) schemes are typically sponsored by voluntary and community organisations wishing to benefit the local community.  As the employers, these sponsoring organisations contract with my Department, on an annual basis, to provide job seekers with good quality work experience and training qualifications to support their progression into employment.  CE supervisors...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Workplace Relations Commission (17 Sep 2019)

Regina Doherty: An award was made by the Workplace Relations Commission which requires the employer to make  payment to their former employee. If the company in question has gone into liquidation, it is the responsibility of the liquidator to manage any outstanding debts.   The purpose of the Insolvency Payments Scheme, which operates under the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency)...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit Applications (17 Sep 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred on 16 July 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.  The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (17 Sep 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 29 July 2019. The application is currently being processed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (17 Sep 2019)

Regina Doherty: In late September 2018, my Department began examining the social insurance records of over 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Investigations (17 Sep 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Scope section of this Department made decisions in relation to the insurability status of two individuals employed by Globetech in November 2016.  The decisions ruled both individuals to be employed under a contract of service (employee status) and insurable at PRSI Class A. These decisions were not appealed by the company.  Employee status was then applied to all other...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Investigations (17 Sep 2019)

Regina Doherty: Scope Section of my Department undertakes investigations on foot of requests from a variety of sources, for example, employees, employers or Social Welfare Inspectors.  These investigations cover a variety of situations, for example, modified classes of PRSI for civil and public servants, family employments or the insurability of Directors. Of all the cases referred to Scope, those...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (17 Sep 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 14 June 2019.  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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (18 Sep 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. Two carers who are providing care on a part-time basis in an established pattern can also share a single CA payment and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (18 Sep 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 205 and 208 to 212, inclusive, together. The issue of family maintenance payments is first and foremost a private matter for the people concerned. Where a one parent family payment (OFP) is awarded, the Department seeks to trace the other parent, referred to as the liable relative, in order to ascertain whether he or she is in a financial position to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (18 Sep 2019)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, decided on 7 February 2019 to allow the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision and award Invalidity Pension from 2 September 2018.  Under social welfare legislation the decision of an Appeals Officer is final and conclusive and may...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (18 Sep 2019)

Regina Doherty: Carer's Benefit (CARB) is a PRSI based payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has such a disability that they require that level of care.  It is payable for a maximum of 104 weeks for each person being cared for. The Deputy states that the person concerned recently applied for carers and was refused on the grounds that her last stamp...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (18 Sep 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Family Law Acts place a legal obligation on parents to maintain their children.  In cases where the family unit has broken down these obligations continue to apply.  Relevant maintenance payments can be arranged either directly between the parties themselves, or with the assistance of supports from the Department of Justice and Equality, such as the Family Mediation Service and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (18 Sep 2019)

Regina Doherty: The issues relating to maintenance are currently a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality, who has responsibility for the Family Law Acts, which govern maintenance requirements.   Existing Family Law Acts place a legal obligation on parents to maintain their children.  In cases where the family unit has broken down these obligations...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Data (18 Sep 2019)

Regina Doherty: One-Parent Family Payment (OFP) is a payment for men and women under 66 who are bringing children up without the support of a partner.  As at month-end July 2019 there are 39,606 families with 65,711 children in receipt of the OFP.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Data (18 Sep 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 relative to their family size.WFP is designed to prevent in-work poverty for low paid workers with child dependents and to offer a financial incentive to take up employment. There are currently 52,074 persons (families) in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Blind Person's Pension Data (18 Sep 2019)

Regina Doherty: The number of persons in receipt of Blind Pension for Limerick city and county is currently 47.  I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.