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- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (1 Dec 2020)
Heather Humphreys: The person concerned has had his eligibility for arrears of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment assessed and the sum of €3,339.00 has been approved for payment. This payment is due to be credited to the nominated bank account of the person concerned on 1st December 2020.
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)
Heather Humphreys: The Government recognises the importance of supporting people with disabilities to access employment opportunities. Through the Comprehensive Employment Strategy, my Department is committed to improving employment outcomes and removing barriers to employment for persons with disabilities. The supports provided are designed to enable them to achieve their employment ambitions by focusing on...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment (1 Dec 2020)
Heather Humphreys: We know from past recessions that young people tend to be disproportionately impacted by any labour market shock. This is because many employers operate a "last in-first out" protocol when reducing their labour force and also because young people tend to work in occupations and sectors, such as retail and hospitality, that are most immediately affected by economic downturns. As research...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit (1 Dec 2020)
Heather Humphreys: Under the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 (No. 1), the Government, having regard to the manifest and grave risk to human life and public health posed by the spread of Covid-19, extended the provisions of the Social Welfare Acts to provide for entitlement to illness benefit for persons who have been diagnosed with, or are a...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (1 Dec 2020)
Heather Humphreys: The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) is available to the unemployed who lost their employment due to Covid- 19 and satisfy the scheme conditions. Self- employed individuals must have suffered a reduction in their trading income to the extent that they are available for full time employment. The weekly rate is linked to prior weekly earnings. Individuals with prior earnings of €400...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Inquiries (1 Dec 2020)
Heather Humphreys: In accordance with the provisions under the FOI publication scheme, my Department publishes details of public contracts awarded (over €25k). The tables below outline all contracts over €25k for 2018, 2019 and to the end of Q3 2020. 2018 Tender Name Contract Awarded To-Name Contract Award Date Expected Value of Contract- Excluding VAT ...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (1 Dec 2020)
Heather Humphreys: The Christmas Bonus will be paid in the week beginning 7th December to social welfare recipients, such as pensioners, people with disabilities, carers and lone parents in recognition of their long-term financial dependence on social welfare payments for all, or most, of their income. In recognition of the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on employment levels and the sudden...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (1 Dec 2020)
Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that my Department has allocated a Personal Public Service Number (PPSN) to the individual referred to by the Deputy. A letter issued to the individual on 27th November 2020 with details of the PPSN. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (1 Dec 2020)
Heather Humphreys: Working Family Payment (WFP) is an in-work family payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children, relative to family size. An application for WFP was received from the person concerned on 17 February 2020. Their application was referred to a Social Welfare Inspector (SWI) for clarification on 02 March 2020 as it was not possible to carry out a...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (1 Dec 2020)
Heather Humphreys: Following a review of the entitlement of the person concerned, it was found that she had a decrease in her means from 18 March 2020. Based on the information provided to my Department, an increased rate of disability allowance (DA) was awarded. The first payment will be made to their chosen payment method on 2 December 2020. A letter issued to the person concerned informing her of this on...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (1 Dec 2020)
Heather Humphreys: From last March to June 29th last the Pandemic Unemployment Payment was paid at a flat rate of €350 per week. From June 29th the Pandemic Unemployment Payment was paid at two different rates and this rate was linked to an employee's average gross weekly earnings in 2019. If the average was greater than €200 per week in 2019 then the appropriate Pandemic Unemployment...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit (1 Dec 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: Paternity Leave (1 Dec 2020)
Heather Humphreys: While there are no plans to extend Paternity Leave and Benefit beyond the existing duration of two weeks, fathers will be able to avail of the extension to Parent's Leave and Benefit from two weeks for each parent to five weeks, as provided for in Budget 2021. This extension will be made available retrospectively to parents in respect of all children born or adopted on or after 1st November...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Living Alone Allowance (1 Dec 2020)
Heather Humphreys: An application for the Living Alone Increase was received from the person concerned on 15 November 2020. The increase was awarded with effect from 16 May 2020, backdated six months from date of receipt, in line with social welfare legislation. The person was notified of this decision on 16 November 2020. Further backdating of this allowance beyond six months may be considered where the...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)
Heather Humphreys: The Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment was introduced as a support to employees who lost their employment as a direct consequence of Covid-19. It is also available to self-employed persons who can demonstrate that their income ceased, or reduced, as a direct consequence of Covid-19, to the extent that they would be available to take up full-time employment. The Covid-19 Pandemic...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance (1 Dec 2020)
Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is currently a payment of €24.50 per week for 28 weeks from October to April, at an estimated cost of €261.35 million in 2020. The purpose of the payment is to assist qualifying households with their winter heating costs. The allowance represents a contribution towards their heating costs and is not intended to meet these costs in full. Only one allowance...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Inquiries (1 Dec 2020)
Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. The information required by the Deputy in relation to average waiting times for schemes that are subject to appeal is set out in the attached table below. The time taken...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)
Heather Humphreys: The 2020 Further Revised Estimates voted on by the Dáil on Wednesday, 18th November 2020 provides for an allocation of €5,094.4 million for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP), €1,740 million for the Employee Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) and €74 million for Covid-19 Illness Benefit. Based on trends up to end of November 2020, the budget for the Department will be...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)
Heather Humphreys: My Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers, ensuring that applications are processed and that decisions on entitlement are made as quickly as possible. There are no significant backlogs in the Department's scheme areas at present. All scheme areas are mainly up to date on claim processing and any backlogs are currently being worked down. I can assure the...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (1 Dec 2020)
Heather Humphreys: The State Pension (Contributory) is a PRSI-based pension, financed by contributions made by current workers and their employers, and paid to pensioners, at a rate based upon their PRSI record when working. A person is required to have a minimum of 520 paid reckonable PRSI contributions in order to qualify for the State Pension (Contributory). As the actuarial value of the State Pension is...