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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (26 Nov 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 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 were received in the Social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (26 Nov 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 received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 9 August 2019. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Applications (26 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (formerly Family Income Supplement) is a weekly tax free payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children. WFP for the person concerned was due for renewal from 30 October 2019 and an application was received on 29 August 2019 In order to process the claim, as the person concerned had a 2nd employment further information was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (26 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 479 and 489 together. Increasing pension age, to moderate the increase in pension duration, is a means by which pensions can be made sustainable in the context of increasing longevity. In order to provide for sustainable pensions and to facilitate a longer working life, legislation passed in 2011 provides for an increase in the State pension age in three...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Applications (26 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: An application for state pension non-contributory was received from the person concerned on 7 November 2019. A request for further information in relation to this pension claim was issued to the person concerned on 19 November 2019. On receipt of the requested information, the person's eligibility for pension will be examined and the person concerned will be notified of the outcome in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Nov 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. The person concerned was in receipt of carer's allowance until 31 October 2019, at which time it was stopped as the care...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Local Employment Service (26 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Local Employment Services are contracted by my Department on an annual basis to provide activation services to those on the Live Register, as well as “drop-ins” to these services. These contracts are reviewed annually to ensure they are fit-for-purpose in the context of the Irish labour market, as well as providing value for money for taxpayers. Indecon, in its reviews...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Data (26 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: The purpose of changes to the State pension age is to make the pension system more sustainable in the context of increasing life expectancy. If there is no change in State pension age, the proportion of a person's life spent in retirement will increase to levels where current workers will no longer be able to support current pensioners. This sustainability is vital, if the current...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Data (26 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: Increasing pension age, to moderate the increase in pension duration, is a means by which pensions can be made sustainable in the context of increasing longevity. In order to provide for sustainable pensions and to facilitate a longer working life, legislation passed in 2011 provides for an increase in the State pension age in three separate stages. In 2014, the State pension age was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Unfair Dismissals (26 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015 provide protection for employees from being unfairly dismissed from their jobs by laying down criteria on which the fairness or otherwise of dismissals can be judged. The Acts provide that every dismissal of an employee will be presumed to have been unfair unless the employer can show substantial grounds justifying the dismissal. There are currently...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Guardian's Payment (26 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned was awarded guardians non contributory payment with effect from 23rd August 2019. Payment commenced at their nominated Post Office from the 15th November 2019. My Department is in the process of calculating the arrears due from 23rd August 2019. Any arrears due will issue shortly. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Living Alone Allowance (26 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: The living alone allowance is an additional payment of €9.00 per week made to people aged 66 years of age or over who are in receipt of certain social welfare payments and who live entirely alone. It is only available to people to people who are under 66 years of age, if they are in receipt of disability allowance, invalidity pension, incapacity supplement or blind pension. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (26 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Deputy will appreciate that I am unable to comment on issues relating to a particular pension scheme. My Department has no role in setting the level of pension increases received by members of occupational pension schemes. Pension increases are entirely a matter for the scheme trustees and the sponsoring employer. Matters directly related to the sponsoring employer referred to in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (26 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: Firstly I would like to offer my condolences to Ms Miskells family at this difficult time. 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 received an...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (26 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: I can advise that Jobseeker’s Allowance has been approved for the person concerned with effect from the 31-May-2019 at the weekly rate of €274.50. The first payment will be in the Post Office on Wednesday 27th November, and arrears will be calculated and included in the following weeks payment. I trust that this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (26 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: A Fuel Allowance is a payment under the National Fuel Scheme which may be payable to certain households in receipt of long term Social Welfare payments who are unable to provide for their heating needs. Fuel allowance is a means tested payment and all income, including private/occupational pensions and capital such as savings and investments are taken into account. A single person, under age...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Paternity Benefit Applications (26 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: Paternity benefit claims are processed promptly and are ready for payment in advance of the person taking the leave, where the required advance notice is provided. Claimants are advised, via the Department’s website , that they should apply for the payment 4 weeks before they intend to go on paternity leave and that this should be increased to 12 weeks if they are self-employed....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (26 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: An application for the Household Benefits Package was received from the person concerned on 4 November 2019. The application was disallowed, as the person concerned is under age 66 and is not in receipt of a qualifying payment. I am further advised that the person concerned does not qualify for a widow(er)’s concession arrangement as their late spouse/partner was not in receipt of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (26 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Community Employment Scheme (CE) 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. The programme is delivered through independent Community Employment Sponsoring Bodies. The contract agreement between my...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Administration (26 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: In early 2019, the Government agreed to establish an Interdepartmental Group (IDG) to explore the most appropriate organisation arrangements to include social inclusion schemes including the Rural Social Scheme (RSS). A series of meetings of the IDG have taken place and a number of bilateral meetings were undertaken with the relevant Departments with included discussions on the rural...