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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Training Support Grant (5 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: The purpose of the training support grant is to fund quick access to short term training for individual jobseekers looking to exit the live register. The grant is provided where case officers have identified an immediate skills gap that represents an obstacle to taking up a job offer or accessing other activation measures. This grant provides case officers with financial resources to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (5 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: The development of Pathways to Work 2020-2024, which represents the Government’s overall framework for activation and employment support policy, is currently under way by my Department. Following on from previous phases, Pathways to Work 2020-2024, seeks to continue the goal of ensuring that as many jobs as possible go to those on the Live Register, whilst also ensuring that better...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Payments (5 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: A person who engages in volunteering within the State may continue to be entitled to Jobseeker’s Benefit or Allowance provided that, in engaging in volunteering, the customer continues to satisfy the statutory conditions of being available for and genuinely seeking work. The aim of the Voluntary Work Option is twofold, namely: (i) to encourage voluntary organisations to involve...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment and Youth Activation Charter (5 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Employment and Youth Activation Charter (EYAC) was launched on 29 September 2014 during a period of very high youth unemployment (25%). The aim of the charter was to encourage companies to consider and support young jobseekers currently on the Live Register when recruiting. Companies are also actively encouraged as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda to develop...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (5 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: Where persons are no longer in paid employment and not claiming social welfare benefits, there are two options available which allow the possibility to maintain their social insurance record. Credited contributions are social insurance contributions designed to protect the social insurance record of insured workers who are not in a position to make PRSI contributions. For example,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Proofing of Policies (5 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 394 to 396, inclusive, together. In my report under section 7 of the Gender Recognition Act 2015, I have set out my proposals for legislation in response to the recommendations of the Review Group report. These are as follows: - Simplifying the path to legal gender recognition for children aged 16/17 years by introducing an arrangement for self-declaration,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (5 Dec 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 the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (5 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: There are two agencies under the aegis of my Department, the Citizens Information Board and The Pensions Authority. The Pensions Authority currently employs three temporary agency staff. These posts are specialist posts in the Regulatory Intelligence Unit covering data analysis and software development. The Authority is endeavouring to fill these posts on a permanent basis. The Citizens...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (5 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: Passports and drivers licences do not come under the remit of this Department. This Question is more appropriate to my colleague in either the Department of Foreign Affairs or Transport.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility (5 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: Social welfare legislation provides that the personal representative of a deceased person, who at any time received a social assistance scheme payment, such as state pension (non-contributory), is obliged to give notice to my Department of their intention to distribute the deceased's estate and to provide a schedule of the assets of the estate. The personal representative is requested not to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (5 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned has been awarded a maximum rate widower's & surviving civil partner's contributory pension with effect from the 13th December 2019.In addition, the fuel allowance was awarded at the current weekly rate of €22.50 The person concerned has been notified of the decision. Payment will commence at their nominated Post Office from 13th December. I hope this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Review (5 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: Following completion of a recent review of rent supplement for the person concerned, the monthly rent supplement rate has been increased to €370 per month. A letter advising the person concerned of the outcome of his rent supplement review and of the requirement to provide evidence that he is on the housing list with Kildare County Council issued in the post on 3/12/19. I trust this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (5 Dec 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. Additional information in relation to the person’s application was requested by a deciding officer on 3 December...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Applications (5 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned applied for State pension (contributory) on 12 June 2019 and has now been awarded the maximum rate of pension. The person was notified in writing of this decision on 2 December 2019, together with details of payments due from 16 November 2019, his 66th birthday. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Applications (10 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: Please note that this claim for Farm Assist was forwarded to a Social Welfare Inspector to assess means. The Inspector undertook a visit to the land. Further documentation was requested on 6th November and when this was not submitted the claim was closed. On receipt of a separate representation, the relevant Intreo Centre office accepted that this claim would be reopened and a disallowance...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Applications (10 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: Child benefit is a monthly payment made to families with children in respect of all qualified children. It is currently paid, to approximately 637,000 families in respect of over 1.2 million children, with an estimated expenditure of €2.1 billion this year. A child benefit claim was received from the person concerned on 25th November 2019. Correspondence requesting additional...

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

Regina Doherty: The Community Employment Scheme (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and others 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 the Department and the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (10 Dec 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 31 October 2019. The application is currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (10 Dec 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 application in question was referred to a local social welfare inspector (SWI) on 31 October 2019 to confirm that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (10 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 597 and 605 together. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 3 October 2019. 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. The Social Welfare Appeals Office is...