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

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €28.00 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €784 each year) from October to April, to an average of 372,000 low income households, at an estimated cost of €300 million in 2021. The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs. The allowance represents a contribution towards the energy costs of a household....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (11 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: In answer to the Deputy's question, since the start of the scheme there have been 88,336 people from Cork who have availed of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP). As of March 9th 2020 a total of 47,011 people in Cork are currently in receipt of the PUP.

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

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 3 March 2021. 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. When these papers have been received from the Department the case in question will be referred...

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

Heather Humphreys: Carer's Benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce or reduce their working hours to care for a child or an adult in need of full-time care and attention. An increased payment can be made where full-time care is being provided to two people. To qualify, the carer must satisfy certain PRSI conditions, employment conditions, show that they are providing full-time...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (11 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The customer concerned has received his arrears, including rerate arrears, in 3 separate payments, €1191, €585 and €300. The payment of €1191 was authorised on 17/12/2020 and corresponds to rerate arrears for the period 06/11/2020 to 10/12/2020 and arrears at €203 per week for the period 16/102020 to 05/11/2020. The payment of €585 was paid on...

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

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned submitted an application for disability allowance (DA) on 25 November 2020. The application, based upon all the evidence submitted, was refused on medical grounds as it was not found that this lady was substantially restricted in taking up employment. It was also refused on having means in excess of the statutory limit. Notification of this decision and the reason(s) for...

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

Heather Humphreys: Fuel Allowance is a means tested payment to assist pensioners and other long-term social welfare dependent householders with their winter heating costs. The payment is a contribution towards heating costs. It is not intended to meet these costs in full. The payment is made at the weekly rate of €28.00; or if preferred, by way of two lump sum payments; and is paid over the winter...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (11 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the tabular statement below: 1990 Recipients without Adult Dependants Recipients with Adult Dependants Total Recipients Old Age Pension Contributory 55,148 19,322 74,470 Old Age Pension Non Contributory 109,271 8,952 118,223 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (11 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The table below provides details of PRSI receipts for each of the years 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2020 as requested by the Deputy. - 1990 2000 2010 2020 Social Insurance Fund €1,604 million €3,726 million €6,701 million €10,639 million National Training Fund ...

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

Heather Humphreys: As previously outlined in Dáil Questions 519 and 587, payment of a Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA) in the case of the person concerned ceased on 23/12/2020 and is currently suspended pending the provision of a current Irish Residence Permit (IRP) formerly known as a GNIB card. This permit is required to verify continued entitlement to JA. The person concerned applied for a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (11 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, a subsidised air service is in operation between Aerfort Chonamara and the Aran Islands. Work is underway within my Department to develop the new PSO tender documents, with a view to tenders being sought in the coming months. There are no proposals to include an air service to Inishbofin as part of the request for tenders.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Pandemic Unemployment Payment Scheme is available to employees and self- employed people who have lost their employment and the income from that employment due to the pandemic, and who satisfy the other qualifying conditions of the scheme. From the outset of Covid-19, many employers will have taken the initiative, in line with requests from the Government, to be as flexible as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As outlined in the response to Dáil Question number 180 on 25th February 2021, the person concerned submitted an application for a Supplementary Welfare Allowance with effect from 02/02/2021 pending the outcome of his Invalidity Pension appeal. In order to complete the means assessment for this payment, a letter dated 10/02/2021 issued to the person concerned in which he was asked to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: On 5th August 2020 the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) was introduced as a statutory scheme and all applicants of the scheme must meet all of its qualifying conditions.  In common with other Jobseeker payments such as Jobseekers Benefit and Allowance, the fundamental condition for receipt of PUP is that the person is available to work but cannot do so because suitable work is not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 960, 984, 1010 and 1024 together. I introduced the new Benefit Payment for 65 year olds in line with the Programme for Government commitment, to provide a benefit payment for people who are  aged 65 and who are required to retire, or who chose to retire, without a requirement to sign on, engage in activation measures or be available for and genuinely...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 18 December 2013.  According to the records of my Department, at that time they had a total of 1,075 qualifying full-rate paid and credited contributions from their date of entry into insurable employment on 24 January 1967 to end-December 2012.  This equated to a yearly average of 23 contributions and gave them an entitlement to a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 962 and 966 together. My Department administers the JobsPlus incentive which is designed to encourage employers and businesses to focus their recruitment efforts on those who have been out of work for long periods or on young people seeking employment. The conditions under which the JobsPlus scheme operate are designed to ensure that they address the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's Benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce or reduce their working hours to care for a child or an adult in need of full-time care and attention. To qualify the carer must satisfy PRSI conditions, employment conditions, show that they are providing full-time care and attention and must show that the care recipient requires full-time care and attention....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Mar 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 from the person concerned on 5 November 2020. The evidence submitted in support of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Poverty (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Government’s Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty was published by the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications in 2016.  The Strategy set out a number of actions to alleviate the burden of energy poverty on the most vulnerable in society.  The focus of the strategy was on high impact actions which aimed to make a real difference to the lives of those in energy...