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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (10 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department provides a range of activation supports for long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market. These supports include employment programmes such as Community Employment (CE) schemes and Tús. Tús commenced operation in 2011 as a response to the high level of unemployment and the large numbers on the Live Register. It is a community work...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (10 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: Medical Review and Assessment Section are carrying out the medical assessment of Carer's Allowance and Carer's Benefit in a timely manner. As of 7th October 2019 the numbers awaiting medical opinions for Carer's Allowance claims stands at 256 and Carer's Benefit claims at 45. The oldest outstanding claim was made in the last week of September 2019 for both schemes. The Department endeavours...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Waiting Times (10 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means-tested payment, made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that they require that level of care. An increased payment can be made where full-time care is being provided to two people. My Department is committed to providing a quality service to all...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (10 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: The purpose of rent supplement is to provide short-term income support to assist with accommodation costs of eligible people living in private rented accommodation. It is subject to a means test and other eligibility criteria. Rent supplement payments are also subject to ongoing reviews and payments may be affected if relevant information is not provided, or if there is any change in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (10 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 266 and 267 together. My Department has responsibility for the legislation underpinning the social welfare code, occupational and private pensions, civil registration and gender recognition, redundancy and employer’s insolvency, employment rights and the Citizens Information Board. Nineteen Acts relating to these matters have been enacted since March...

Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: I move amendment No. 4:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann:” and substitute the following: “recognises that: — for 2020, the Low Pay Commission made its recommendations on the basis of current economic data and the assumption of an orderly transition for the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, and recommended that the rate of the...

Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: That is thanks to Fianna Fáil. The Deputy should not even go there.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (15 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Gateway Initiative was introduced in 2013 at a time of high unemployment in Ireland, with a target of 3,000 working opportunities. The aim of Gateway was to improve the employability and work readiness of participants by providing them with the opportunities to put their work skills into practice and to learn new skills to enable them to progress to work, further education or other...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (15 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: Under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, the Department may make a single exceptional needs payment (ENP) to help meet essential expenditure which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income. There is no automatic entitlement to a payment under this scheme.  Payments are made at the discretion of the officers administering the scheme taking...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (15 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department, like all Government departments and agencies is required to operate within a staff ceiling figure and a commensurate administrative staffing budget, which for this Department has involved reductions in staff numbers. The following tables detail the information requested. The first details the number of permanent full-time staff recruited through open competitions organised by...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (15 Oct 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 increased payment can be made where full-time care is being provided to two people. CA is payable for up to two care...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (15 Oct 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. I confirm that my department received an application for CA from the person concerned on 5 July 2019.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (15 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned was awarded the Household Benefit Package in May 2013.  Following a review of the person’s continuing entitlement to Household Benefit in 2018, it was found that the person concerned resides with their brother who was in receipt of Illness Benefit.  Under existing scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (15 Oct 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. My Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers. This includes ensuring that applications...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (15 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: The farm assist scheme was introduced in 1999 to provide income support for low income farmers.  It replaced the former smallholders’ unemployment assistance payment.  In line with the then existing arrangements for unemployment assistance (including smallholders) and pre-retirement allowance, the income of farm assist recipients was exempt from class S PRSI for self-employed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (15 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office.  It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought.  When these papers have been received from the Department the case in question will be referred to an...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (15 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 608 and 619 together. I am currently engaging with representatives of Community Employment supervisors to discuss issues arising following the 2008 Labour Court Recommendation.  All parties to this process have agreed that the detail of the discussions should remain confidential while the engagement is ongoing.  I would ask Deputies to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (15 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: Carer's allowance is a means-tested social assistance 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. An application for carer's allowance (CA) was received from the person concerned on 13 February 2019. The deciding officer requested financial documentation by way of letter on 24 April...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (15 Oct 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.  I confirm that my department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (15 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: The age related reduced rates for Jobseeker Allowance (JA) recipients aged 18 to 25 were introduced on a phased basis from 2009 to protect them from welfare dependency by providing them with a strong financial incentive to participate in education or training to improve their chances of obtaining sustainable full time employment. As part of the review of reduced rates being...