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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (20 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: I am advised that the Department has no record of an application for a Personal Public Services Number (PPSN) in respect of this individual. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (20 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment is an emergency payment introduced by the Government for a 12 week period for employees and self-employed people who have lost all their employment due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.  The original rate of payment was €203 per week which was increased to €350 per week. It is expected that 585,000 will receive the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (20 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The main income supports, excluding the emergency time-limited Pandemic Unemployment Payment, offered by my Department for people who have lost employment are the social insurance contribution based jobseeker's benefit and means tested jobseeker’s allowance schemes. Jobseekers benefit is paid for 9 months (234 days) for people with 260 or more PRSI contributions paid and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Eligibility (20 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The back to school clothing and footwear allowance (BSCFA) scheme provides a once-off payment to eligible families to assist with the costs of clothing and footwear when children start or return to school each autumn.  The Government has provided €53.98m for the scheme in 2020 which operates from June to September. The allowance is payable in respect of eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (20 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The COVID 19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment was introduced in March 2020 as a time limited emergency measure to meet the surge in unemployment in Ireland which resulted from the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic.  In order to be eligible for this payment a person must have been resident in the state and in employment or self-employment on or after 6 March 2020 and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Dental Services (20 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: Dental services, provided to qualified contributors under the departments dental benefit scheme, are paid for monthly on an arrears basis, based on the contracted dentist submitting a claim for the treatment they provided to the qualified person. The vast majority of such claims, over 97%, are submitted on line via the departments WelfarePartners portal, following confirmation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Dental Services (20 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Government has introduced a number of initiatives to help employers and their employees during this difficult time.  One of the main supports available is the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme, which is operated by Revenue and provides the payment of support to employers in respect of eligible employees where the employer’s business has experienced significant disruption due to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (20 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: In January 2018, I announced an Interim Total Contributions Approach (TCA) to calculate the entitlement of pensioners who reached state pension age on or after 1 September 2012 (i.e. those born on or after 1 September 1946) and who have a reduced rate pension entitlement based on post Budget 2012 rate bands. People whose pensions were decided prior to 1 September 2012 were not affected...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (20 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment was introduced as an emergency income support measure to meet the dramatic surge in unemployment as a consequence of the pandemic.  The emergency payment supports people of working age from 18 and up to 66 years who became unemployed as a result of the pandemic and are not being paid by their employer.  This age range is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (20 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: My Department engages consultancy service providers (individuals or organisations) to provide analysis that contributes to policy development.  The procurement of such services supports my Department in providing a high quality service to the public in a cost-effective manner and is governed by a comprehensive regulatory framework. Details of all contracts awarded over €25k by...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence Services (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 907, 912 to 914, inclusive, 920, 921, 924, 931, 965, 986 and 1015 together. Responsibility for the development and provision of services to support victims of domestic violence rests with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The co-ordination of the services addressing the needs of these customers is managed by The Child and Family Agency,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: There are a range of supports available from my Department for people following a bereavement. Under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, the Department may make an exceptional needs payment (ENP) to help meet essential, once-off expenditure which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet from their weekly income. An application can be made under the ENP scheme for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 909 and 919 together. The school meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food to some 1,580 schools and organisations benefiting 250,000 children. The objective of the scheme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children who are unable, due to lack of good quality food, to take full advantage of the education provided to them. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Redundancy Payments Act 1967 remains in force during the emergency period, apart from one section which is temporarily suspended in certain circumstances. The provisions of Section 12 of the Act which relates to temporary lay-offs and short-time work were not considered adequate to deal with the current emergency situation. The provisions of Section 12 provide that an employee who has...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 provides that an employer must provide its employee with a written statement of the particulars of the employee’s terms of employment. It also provides that an employer must notify the employee of any changes in the particulars given in the statement. The Act provides a right of complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission where an...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Free Travel scheme provides free travel on most CIÉ public transport services, Luas and a range of services offered by some 80 private operators in various parts of the country. There are currently 975,508 customers in receipt of Free Travel as of the end of April 2020. The 2020 budget allocation for the Free Travel scheme is €95 million. Attached as requested is a list of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 916, 927, 964, 982 and 1008 together. Maternity benefit is a payment made for 26 weeks to employed and self-employed women who are on maternity leave and who satisfy certain pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. Expectant mothers in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment will not be adversely affected by the Covid...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: Firstly, I would like to say that my thoughts are with all workers who are dealing with job losses or facing the prospect of redundancies at this difficult time. I want to assure everybody that my Department is assisting affected workers through its Intreo service to help them in whatever way we can in terms of income supports and job-seeking over the coming weeks and months and will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 918, 935, 942, 949 and 971 together. The COVID-19 unemployment payment was introduced as a time limited emergency measure to meet the surge in unemployment which resulted from the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic and the final payment is due to be made on 9th June 2020. As we gradually move through the phases of reopening our society, we need to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: My Department introduced new measures in the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 to ensure that births could continue to be registered during the Covid-19 Pandemic. These measures removed the necessity for a qualified informant (QI) to sign the register of births and to attend before a registrar in order for a birth to be registered. The QI can use an...