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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (6 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The cost of Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) up to April 2021 will depend on the ongoing suppression of the Covid-19 virus. The Government has already decided to extend the PUP scheme to early April 2021 at an estimated total cost of €5.1 billion. The additional estimated cost of paying all people in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment a rate of €350 until April...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (6 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The estimated full year cost of increasing all weekly social welfare payments to €350 per week is €10.0 billion. It should be noted that these costings are subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients. It should also be noted that these costings include proportionate increases for qualified adults and for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (6 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The estimated full year cost of increasing all weekly social welfare payments to €300 per week is €6.1 billion. It should be noted that these costings are subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients. It should also be noted that these costings include proportionate increases for qualified adults and for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (6 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The estimated cost of paying a once-off bonus of €1,000 to all recipients of Carer's Allowance is €85.6 million, based on the estimated number of recipients in 2020. This estimate is subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients. All recipients of Carer's Allowance, Carer's Benefit and Domiciliary Care...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Living Wage (6 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy has clarified, this question relates to increasing the rates of all social welfare payments to meet the Minimum Essential Standard of Living (MESL). The MESL is an assessment, developed by the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice, of the minimum income needed to live and partake in the social and economic norms of everyday life for various household types. The most...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (6 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The main income supports for carers provided by my Department are Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and the Carer’s Support Grant. The estimated expenditure on Carer’s Allowance in 2020 is approximately €916 million. Combined spending on all these payments to carers in 2020 is expected to exceed €1.3 billion. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (6 Oct 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. My Department provides income supports to carers such as Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (6 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Department operates a range of means-tested social assistance payments. Social welfare legislation provides that the means test takes account of the income and assets of the person (and spouse/partner, if applicable) applying for the relevant scheme. Income and assets include income from employment, self-employment, occupational pensions, maintenance payments as well as property owned...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Support Grant (6 Oct 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 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 Benefit (6 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Self-employed workers who earn €5,000 or more in a contribution year are liable to pay social insurance contributions at the class S rate of 4%, subject to a minimum annual payment of €500. Such contributors are currently covered for a wide range of social insurance benefits including State pension (contributory), widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's pension...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance (6 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is a payment made in respect of a child with a severe disability who requires additional care and attention. It is payable to the person providing for the child's care while they are resident with that person for at least 5 days each week. DCA can be paid, for a period not exceeding 13 weeks in any 12 months, if the child is admitted to hospital on a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (6 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Programme for Government “Our Shared Future” includes a commitment to examine options for a pension solution for carers, the majority of whom are women, particularly those of incapacitated children, in recognition of the enormous value of the work carried out by them. This Government acknowledges the important role that carers play and is fully committed to supporting them...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (6 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 513, 516 and 517 together. The Community Employment (CE) Scheme is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a temporary, fixed term basis. A number of new conditions were introduced to the CE Scheme in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (6 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: If a person is advised to medically self-isolate they can apply for Illness Benefit for COVID-19 absences. To receive the enhanced payment, a person must be: - self-isolating on the instruction of a doctor or the HSE due to being a probable source of infection or diagnosed with COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and - absent from work and confined to their home or a medical facility An Illness Benefit...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (6 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 515 and 524 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 for CE supervisors who are employed by...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit (6 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce or reduce their working hours to care for a child or an adult in need of full-time care and attention. My Department received an application for CARB from the person concerned on 12 August 2020. Under the provisions of the legislation a person claiming CARB must be in remunerative full time employment (for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (6 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below, and refers to recipients of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) for the week ending 03 October. Age Recipients in Wexford Under 20 166 20-24 795 25-29 460 30-34 508 35-39 589 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme (6 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Back to Work Enterprise Allowance (BTWEA) scheme offers support for people who are long-term unemployed and who are interested in self-employment as a route to entering the labour market. The scheme plays a vital role in supporting the development of new enterprises for the long term unemployed. The BTWEA is payable to self-employed individuals for a 24 month period from the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (6 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 22 June 2020 and applied for their State pension (contributory) on 24 July 2020. They were awarded the maximum rate of pension with effect from their 66th birthday. They were notified in writing of this decision and arrears due on 14 August 2020. I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) (6 Oct 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. For the purposes of the means-test, it is necessary at the outset for applicants to provide full details of any...