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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Legal Cases Data (18 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: Costs incurred by the State in personal injury cases brought to court involving properties occupied by my Department are managed by the State Claims Agency. In accordance with financial procedures in cases involving compensation against the State such costs are incurred by the State Claims Agency.  The figures for the years requested are set out as follows: 2016 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Capital Expenditure Programme (18 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department has a Headquarters Building and Intreo Centre in Dundalk and an Intreo Centre in Drogheda. The buildings are fitted out to modern standards and are regularly maintained. There has been no capital expenditure by my Department associated with these buildings over the past four years. I trust that this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office was established in 1990 and operates independently of  the Department. The role of the Office is to determine appeals against decisions of Deciding Officers/Designated Persons of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection on social welfare entitlements and insurability of employment.  The main legislative provisions governing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Civil Registration Documentation (5 Mar 2020)

Regina Doherty: I would like the Deputy to know that I appreciate the sensitivities relating to significant personal impacts in individual cases in this area. It is important that should any changes be made, we must ensure the continued integrity and robustness of the civil registration system, including the registers maintained under that system. The registers that record vital life...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Data (5 Mar 2020)

Regina Doherty: Applicants for International Protection accommodated under the system of Direct Provision operated by the International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) of the Department of Justice and Equality are provided with full board accommodation and other facilities/services. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection administers the daily expenses allowance (DEA) which is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (5 Mar 2020)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1111, 1133 and 1172 together. I wish to acknowledge the valuable and dedicated service that Community Employment (CE) sponsor organisations provide in running CE Schemes all over the country.  CE supervisors, as employees of these organisations, are an integral part of that good work.  We simply could not sustain a lot of our local...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions Payments (5 Mar 2020)

Regina Doherty: The expenditure and recipient numbers for the State Pension Contributory (SPC) and State Pension non-Contributory (SPNC) are detailed in Table 1. Expenditure for 2019 is provisional and is subject to audit. The projected number of pensioners and the associated expenditure for these pensioners is contingent on policy decisions regarding qualification criteria. A number of potential scenarios...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (5 Mar 2020)

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 14 November 2019. It is a condition for receipt of a CA...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) (5 Mar 2020)

Regina Doherty: 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (5 Mar 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 13 January 2020.  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. On 6 February...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (5 Mar 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 13 January 2020.  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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (5 Mar 2020)

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 16 November 2019. It is a condition for receipt of a CA...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (5 Mar 2020)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, has decided to allow the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision.  The person concerned was notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision on 21 February 2020. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension Eligibility (5 Mar 2020)

Regina Doherty: Death Benefit Pension/Widow’s Occupational Injury Pension is payable in cases when a person dies as a result of an occupational accident or prescribed occupational disease, or if immediately before death they were in receipt of a Disablement Pension for a loss of faculty of 50% or higher, their widow, widower or surviving civil partner may be entitled to a Death Benefit Pension. A...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (5 Mar 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare and Pensions Act, 2011 provided for an increase in the age for qualification for the State pension from 66 years to 67 years from 2021.  Social welfare legislation states that jobseekers payments may be made until a person reaches pensionable age and also provides that the definition of "pensionable age" will increase as State pension age increases. This means...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (5 Mar 2020)

Regina Doherty: My Department is required to operate within a staff ceiling figure and a commensurate administrative staffing budget. The staffing needs for all areas within the Department are continuously reviewed, taking account of workloads, management priorities and the ongoing need to respond to new demands across a wide range of services.  This is to ensure that the best use is made of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (5 Mar 2020)

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 CA from the person concerned on 6 February 2019.  It is a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (5 Mar 2020)

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 15 May 2019. A person can be considered to be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disablement Benefit (5 Mar 2020)

Regina Doherty: Disablement Benefit is one of the benefits payable under the Occupational Injuries scheme to an insured person who suffers a loss of physical or mental faculty as a result of an occupational accident or prescribed occupational disease.  It is medically assessed to determine the loss of faculty which can range from 1 to 100 per cent.  Injuries or diseases sustained since 1 January...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (5 Mar 2020)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence including that adduced at the oral hearing, decided to disallow the appeal of the person concerned on 16 December 2019. Under social welfare legislation the decision of an Appeals Officer is generally final and conclusive and may only be reviewed by the Appeals...