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

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a number of payments for families with children.  While such payments aren't specifically targeted at families that welcome a child through surrogacy, such families may be able to avail of these payments.  Child Benefit is available to families with children in respect of all qualified children up to the age of 16 years.  The payment...

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

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned was previously in receipt of an Illness Benefit payment. Illness Benefit is paid for a maximum of two years or 624 payable days. This is governed by legislation and cannot be extended. The person concerned was paid Illness Benefit up to the 20th February 2021, at which point their entitlement to Illness Benefit exhausted as they had received their full 624 days of...

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

Heather Humphreys: In addition to providing income supports, my Department provides a range of employment-related supports for both jobseekers with disabilities, including people who are blind or have a visual impairment, and to employers seeking to employ a jobseeker with a disability (or retain an existing employee who has or acquires a disability).  Supports have been designed...

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

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned submitted an application for an Exceptional Needs Payment (ENP) on 28/05/2020 for assistance with the cost of funeral expenses.  The application was refused on the basis that her income exceeded the prescribed limit for a person of her circumstances and an exceptional need had not been established.  The person concerned was notified of her right seek a review of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 998, 1003, 1021 and 1027 together. I am aware of concerns that have been raised regarding the pace of recovery for the live events sector, and that it has been suggested that the level of support be increased and/or that the application of some of the new State supports should be delineated on the basis of explicit sectoral qualification criteria....

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

Heather Humphreys: Turas Nua is one of two companies contracted to deliver the JobPath service, as part of the State's Public Employment Service. JobPath provides employment assistance and advice to the long-term unemployed in order to assist them secure full-time paid employment. JobPath is a payment by results model and all set-up and day-to-day operational costs are borne by the...

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

Heather Humphreys: My Department is responsible for the administration of a range of benefits that support parents of new born and young babies.  In all circumstances, entitlement to claim benefit follows on from having an entitlement to the corresponding leave and the legislation covering the different forms of leave are the responsibility of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Government acknowledges the important 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. My colleague, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has policy responsibility for leave from employment...

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

Heather Humphreys: My Department owns two vehicles: a diesel engine van and a petrol engine motorcycle.  The Citizens Information Board owns a diesel engine van. I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

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

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides income supports to carers such as the Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and the Carer’s Support Grant.  Combined spending on these payments to carers in 2021 is expected to exceed €1.4 billion.  Carer’s Allowance is a payment to people on low incomes who are caring full-time for a...

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

Heather Humphreys: The department does not collate the requested data in county format and therefore county breakdown is not available. The total number of disability allowance (DA) applications received, allowed and disallowed or withdrawn from 2018 to the end of 2020 are set out in the table below. DA Scheme Year DA Received *DA Award  DA...

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

Heather Humphreys: The number of Carers Allowance (CA) applications received, allowed and disallowed or withdrawn from 2018 to the end of 2020 are set out in the table below.  The Department does not collate data in county format and so a breakdown of the figures by county is not available. CA Scheme   Year CA Received *CA Award CA ...

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

Heather Humphreys: Applications for Exceptional Needs Payments are made under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance Scheme  administered by Designated Persons in the Community Welfare Service in my Department . The purpose of the Exceptional Needs Payment (ENP) is to assist people with essential, once-off, exceptional expenditure, which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their...

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

Heather Humphreys: JobsPlus is a subsidy paid to employers who recruit long-term unemployed people for new positions in their workplace. Employers can avail of JobsPlus when filling new positions or positions that arise as a consequence of natural turnover and receive a subsidy of €7,500 or €10,000 per employee. The value of the grant is dependent on the age of the new employee and their duration...

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

Heather Humphreys: Firstly, may I take this opportunity to extend my condolences to the person concerned and his family on their recent bereavement. The Carer’s Support Grant (CSG) is an annual payment for Carers who look after a person in need of full-time care and attention. The grant of €1,700 (€1,850 from June 2021) is payable to Carers on the first Thursday in June each year. It...

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

Heather Humphreys: The Pensions Commission was established in November 2020 to examine sustainability and eligibility issues with the State Pension and the Social Insurance Fund, in fulfillment of a Programme for Government commitment.  These issues are being considered from a perspective of fiscal and social sustainability, and intergenerational fairness.  It has held eight meetings to...

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

Heather Humphreys: My Department is cognisant of the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the delivery of health care services provided by General Practitioners in the community and by the Health Service Executive hospitals. Eligibility criteria for the Illness, Disability and Carer’s schemes are stipulated in legislation. When assessing applications, the Medical Assessors exercise...

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

Heather Humphreys: The Part-Time Education Option (PTEO) was introduced by my Department to enable unemployed persons to attend part-time day/evening courses of education or training and retain their jobseeker's payment provided that they continue to satisfy the conditions of being available for and genuinely seeking employment on an on-going basis. The person concerned was disallowed Jobseeker’s...

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

Heather Humphreys: The issue of family maintenance payments is first and foremost a private matter for the people concerned. Social Welfare legislation provides that some or all of the cost of One-Parent Family (OFP) payments are recovered. In every case where OFP is awarded, the Department seeks to trace the other parent (liable relative) in order to ascertain whether they are in a financial position to...

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

Heather Humphreys: The table beneath outlines the expenditure and the average number of payments for One Parent Family Payment in 2019, 2020 and up to end of February 2021. One Parent Family Payment Expenditure and Average Recipient Numbers 2019, 2020 & to end of February 2021 2019 2020  (Provisional Outturn) 2021  (Data up to end...