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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ministerial Correspondence (11 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: My Department administers over 80 separate schemes and services, which affect the lives of almost every person in the State. The Department is committed to ensuring that members of the public and employers are fully aware of the welfare supports and services that are available to them. During 2020, the Department ran a number of public information campaigns which encouraged employees to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (11 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I confirm that an application from the person concerned for disability allowance (DA) was received by the Department on 19 November 2020. The processing time for individual DA claims may vary in accordance with their relative complexity in terms of the three main qualifying criteria, the person’s circumstances and the information they provide in support of their claim. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Department is reviewing 2,698 claims for a jobseeker's payment from employees of the company concerned and is writing to the individual employees requesting that they contact their employer for the information that is required to complete the review. The employer is required to complete a UP38 form in respect of the employee, providing details for each day in the review period on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance (11 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance Scheme is a means tested payment to assist pensioners and other long-term social welfare dependent householders towards their heating costs during the winter season. The payment is made at the weekly rate of €28.00 over the winter season (28 weeks in the 2020/2021 fuel season) to over 372,000 low income households. The numbers of Fuel Allowance recipients in Meath...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (11 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: 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. Means are any income belonging to the carer and their spouse, civil partner, or cohabitant, property, (except their own...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (11 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned is now 62 years of age and he will no longer be selected for Activation through Intreo and he will not be selected for Jobpath. He can however contact a Case Officer at his own request if he has any queries on courses or TSG ( Training Support Grant ) funding, whilst he is receiving a Jobseekers Allowance payment. I trust this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (11 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: 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 in respect of the person concerned on 13 November 2020. It is a condition for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 176 and 177 together. The COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) is a statutory scheme which is available to support those who have lost their employment due to the pandemic and where they were not being paid by their employer. In cases where a person's working hours have been reduced employees may claim part-time jobseeker payments or Short-Time Work...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Births (11 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Personal Public Service Numbers (PPSN) of each parent are required particulars set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Civil Registration Act 2004, as amended. The PPSN of the parents should be provided by a qualified informant (usually the parents of a child) in order to complete a birth registration. Registration of a birth can be completed where either or both parents do not have...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance (11 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme is the safety net within the overall social welfare system in that it provides assistance to eligible people in the State whose means are insufficient to meet their needs and those of their dependents. Supports provided under the SWA scheme can consist of a basic weekly payment, a weekly or monthly supplement in respect of certain expenses, as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance (11 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: My Department administers over 80 separate schemes and services, which affect the lives of almost every person in the State. The Department is committed to ensuring that members of the general public are aware of the welfare supports and services that are available to them. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department has delivered 18 public information campaigns designed to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (11 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The estimated full year cost of a €5 increase in the weekly rate of Disability Allowance is €43.1 million, based on the estimated number of recipients in 2021. This costing includes a proportionate increase for qualified adults. It should be noted that this costing is subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (11 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Further Revised Estimates for the Department of Rural and Community Development provided a gross capital allocation of €168.7 million for 2020. Provisional capital outturn amounted to €154.3 million, representing a saving of €15.4 million. €13.18 million of this has been carried over for use in 2021, ensuring that the funding is available to support projects...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (17 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Payment of Treatment Benefit is provided for under the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005. Under the Treatment Benefit scheme, dental, optical and aural services are provided to insured employees, the self-employed, and retired people who have the required number of qualifying Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) contributions. An estimated 2.25 million insured contributors qualify for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (17 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: According to the records of my Department, the person concerned submitted a claim for Jobseeker’s Benefit (JB) in June 2019. The claim could not be processed as the person concerned did not provide a valid Irish Residence Permit (IRP) formerly known as a GNIB card or a letter from the Department of Justice confirming his right to remain in the State. The person concerned applied...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (17 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Government established a Child Maintenance Review Group to examine certain issues in relation to child maintenance in Ireland. The Group is chaired by former Circuit Court Judge Catherine Murphy and includes legal, policy and academic professionals as well as officials from my Department and the Department of Justice. The Group's Terms of Reference are to consider and make...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit (17 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Maternity benefit is a payment made for 26 weeks to employed and self-employed women who satisfy certain PRSI contribution conditions based on their own social insurance record. The person concerned does not qualify for maternity benefit at this time as she is not currently in employment and does not satisfy the required PRSI contribution conditions. She is advised to contact her local...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Treatment Benefit Scheme (17 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: In order to qualify for treatment benefit ( when aged over 66 years) a PRSI contributor must satisfy the conditions of having a total of 260 paid contributions at class A/E/H/P/S since starting work and 39 contributions paid or credited in the relevant tax years. The person concerned does not meet this criteria. Although he has the 260 required paid contributions, he does not have the 39...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance (17 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Fuel allowance is a means-tested payment to provide assistance to householders on long-term social welfare payments towards the cost of their heating needs. The main eligibility conditions that apply to the fuel allowance scheme are that a person must be in receipt of a qualifying payment, must satisfy a means test and must either be living alone or with other qualifying persons. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (17 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Jobseekers Benefit is a statutory scheme which is available to people who have lost their employment and who satisfy the scheme's statutory conditions including the requirement to have paid sufficient social insurance contributions. The benefit is paid for 234 days (or 9 months) to people who have paid 260 or more PRSI contributions and for 156 days (6 months) to people who have paid less...