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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The COVID 19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment is an income support payment for employees and self-employed resident in the State and who are unemployed due to a downturn in economic activity related to COVID 19.  Where a person is resident in Northern Ireland and working in Ireland and becomes fully unemployed due to the effects of the pandemic they are not entitled to the COVID19 Pandemic...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Services (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 855 and 856 together. The Youth Employment Support Scheme (YESS) was introduced on 1st October 2018 and has been open to applications since that date. YESS is targeted at young jobseekers aged between 18 and 24 who are long-term unemployed or who face barriers to employment. The scheme aims to provide jobseekers with the opportunity to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: A reduced rate generally applies for younger jobseeker’s allowance recipients aged 18-24 for the purpose of providing a strong financial incentive to participate in education or training to improve their chances of obtaining sustainable full time employment. Currently the weekly personal rate for jobseeker’s allowance recipients aged 18-24 years is €112.70.  Reduced...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government introduced a number of measures to assist employers whose businesses were significantly disrupted by the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.  One of the main measures was the temporary wage subsidy scheme operated by the Revenue Commissioners. The legislation underpinning the temporary wage subsidy scheme requires...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Enterprise Support Services (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The back to work enterprise allowance (BTWEA) is designed to provide a monetary incentive for people in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment to develop a business while allowing them to retain a reducing proportion of their payment over two years; 100% in year 1 and 75% in year 2.  Since January 2017, jobseekers taking up self-employment are able to access the BTWEA after 9...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The back to education allowance (BTEA) provides income support for jobseekers and others in receipt of certain social welfare payments that pursue courses of education at second or third level.  The main focus of the BTEA is to assist qualifying applicants to improve their educational qualifications and improve their prospects of gaining employment. During the course of the roadmap to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The cost of Carer's Allowance and Carer's Benefit in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 is as follows; Carer’s Allowance: 2018 Outturn 2019 Provisional Outturn 2020 REV 2020 to end June €795.4 million €862.4 million €919.0 million €447.1 million Carer’s Benefit:  ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Government acknowledges the important role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role. This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for Government and the National Carers’ Strategy. The main income supports to carers provided by my Department are Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Government acknowledges the crucial role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role. This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for Government and in the National Carers’ Strategy.  The main income supports to carers provided by my Department are Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Support Grant (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The main income supports to carers provided by my Department are Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and the Carer’s Support Grant.  Combined spending on all these payments to family carers in 2020 is expected to exceed €1.3 billion.  The Carer’s Support Grant is an annual payment of €1,700 a year for each care...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: From the 29th June the rate of Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) which a person receives will depend on their gross weekly employment earnings as follows; - For those whose prior gross earnings were €200 per week or higher (about 75% of recipients), the PUP payment rate remains at €350 per week; - For those whose prior gross earnings were up to €199.99 per week (about...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Government acknowledges the important role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role. This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for Government and the National Carers’ Strategy.  The main income supports to carers provided by my Department are Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The county breakdowns of persons who have received an unemployment payment, namely Jobseeker's Allowance, Jobseeker's Benefit and the Pandemic Unemployment Payment, for the week of July 28th 2020 are included in the tabular statement attached. The number of recipients of a Pandemic Unemployment Payment, Jobseeker's Allowance or Jobseeker's Benefit at the 28th of July 2020. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: For the purpose of this reply, I am responding to the Deputy on the basis that he is referring to checks carried out at ports and airports by social welfare inspectors from my Department. Since 2012, social welfare inspectors have had legal powers to carry out these checks as part of the ongoing control and compliance work they are engaged in.  Since 7th July 2020, checks have been...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Department of Justice and Equality has policy and legal responsibility for parents leave and my Department has responsibility for the payment of the associated parent's benefit. Any proposal to extend the duration of parent's leave for one parent families would be a matter flor consideration by my colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 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. As is the case with most other means-tested social welfare payments, CA is not payable on an extended basis to or in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The emergency Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment was designed to support employees and self-employed people, aged between 18 and under 66, who were in employment or self-employment immediately prior to 13 March 2020 and have lost their employment due to the downturn in economic activity as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic. In order to do this, the qualifying conditions were kept as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: An application for maternity benefit was received from the person concerned on 16/06/2020.  One of the qualifying conditions for receipt of maternity benefit is that the applicant must have been in employment with a last day of work within 16 weeks of the end of the week in which her baby is due.  The person concerned has not been in insurable...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Based on the information available, the person concerned will qualify for treatment benefit as a dependant spouse on her husband's insurance record. An Eligibility Application for dental benefit has been approved and notification has issued to her. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: State pension non-contributory is a means-tested payment for people aged 66 and over, habitually residing in the State, who do not qualify for a state pension contributory, or who only qualify for a reduced rate contributory pension based on their social insurance record. In order to satisfy the habitual residence condition, the person must have a legal right of residence in the State. An...