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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme (21 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Farm assist is a means-tested income support scheme for farmers. To qualify for the payment, a customer must be a farmer, farming land in the State, aged between 18 and 66 and satisfy a means test. The annual farm assist review is a necessary part of the normal review process for all these customers and a standardised review form is used for this purpose. The means test for farm assist...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (21 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The programme referred to was a work placement programme delivered by FÁS which started in June 2009. The programme provided up to nine months work experience for unemployed people who were in receipt of a qualifying payment from the department. There were two streams in the programme, Stream 1 was for graduates and Stream 2 was for unemployed people generally, with places reserved...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (21 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Youth Employment Support Scheme (YESS) was introduced on 1st October 2018 and was open to applications from that date. YESS targets at young jobseekers aged between 18 and 24 who are long-term unemployed or who face barriers to employment. The scheme aims to provide jobseekers with the opportunity to learn basic work and social skills in a supportive environment while on a work...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (21 Apr 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 they can 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (21 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: My Department published a Request for Tender (RfT) on eTenders and OJEU for a Publications Dispatch Service in July 2019. A contract was awarded to Rehab Logistics Ltd under Article 20 of DIRECTIVE 2014/24/EU on public procurement, which used reserved tendering procedures for companies that promote the integration of disadvantaged persons. The work involved is primarily related to, but not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (21 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Back to Education Allowance Scheme (BTEA) is designed to support second chance education. It enables eligible persons to pursue education and to continue to receive income support for the duration of a course of study. There were 7,300 students in the 2019/2020 academic year pursuing education while supported with a weekly BTEA allowance. There are currently approximately 6,400 students...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Department's HR unit, in dealing with individual illness-related cases, consult with the Office of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and the medical reports and advice are considered in addition to all other relevant information pertaining to each case. The person concerned retired from the Civil Service in October 2001 on the grounds of ill health. An application for reinstatement to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (21 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Every year, the Department carries out a range of social impact assessments on the welfare measures contained in the Budget, using the ESRI’s SWITCH tax-benefit microsimulation model. The Social Impact Assessment is an evidence-based methodology which estimates the likely distributive effects of policies on household incomes, families and poverty. This informs decision-making leading...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension (21 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned has been provisionally awarded a widow(er)'s & surviving civil partner's contributory pension, with effect from 09/04/2021. Letters, including a short questionnaire requesting bank account details for the person concerned; and a request for their original marriage certificate have issued on 12/03/2021 and 13/03/2021. In light of the pandemic, if the letters...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (21 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below, and refers to students in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment in the last calendar week of the month. It should be noted that these figures are based on a combination of self-certified information provided by the claimants and checks performed against administrative files from the HEA, and should therefore be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (21 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The assessment of a person’s capital is just one element of the means test for One-Parent Family Payment (OFP), and other social assistance payments. Calculating the amount of capital that a person can have and still qualify for an OFP payment is complex and the value of a person’s capital for this purpose depends on a range of factors. For the purposes of OFP, capital (which...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment (21 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Departmental records reflect that an application for an Exceptional Needs Payment (ENP) has not been received from the person concerned. My officials have advised that an ENP pack was issued by post on 15/04/2021. On receipt of a completed application form and any relevant supporting documentation, the application will be assessed and a decision will issue to the person concerned. I trust...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: JobPath provides employment assistance and advice to the long-term unemployed on behalf of my Department. On 22 October 2020, I announced an extension of referrals to the JobPath service for a further twelve months until the end of 2021. There will be a run out period for the contract after new referrals have ceased. At that time I also announced similar extensions to the Local...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (21 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Following a review of the entitlement of the person concerned, it was found that she had a decrease in her means from 3 February 2021. Based on the information provided to my Department, a maximum rate of disability allowance (DA) was awarded from that date. A letter issued to the person concerned informing them of this on 13 April 2021. Their first payment at maximum rate will be made on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Support Payments (21 Apr 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. A recipient of full rate CA is entitled to claim an Increase for a Qualified Child (IQC) at the following rates: - A...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax Credits (21 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: In order to establish a person’s entitlement to the State Pension (Contributory), a completed pension application form must be lodged with the Department and the social insurance record of the person concerned examined by a deciding officer. According to the records of my Department, the person concerned has not, to date, lodged a pension application form with the Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Insolvency Service of Ireland (21 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Insolvency Payments Scheme operates under the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) Act 1984, which derives from EU Directive 80/987 and associated amending Directives (Directives 87/164, 2002/74 and 2008/94). Responsibility for this legislation transferred to the Minister for Enterprise Trade & Employment on 14 October 2020. As provided for within...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (21 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Following a review of entitlement to Disability Allowance (DA) of the person concerned, it was found that he had means in excess of the statutory limit from 21 April 2021. Based on information provided to my Department, a subsequent review of his entitlement has been carried out and he has been awarded a reduced rate of disability allowance (DA) from that date. The person concerned will also...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Appointments to State Boards (21 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The statutory bodies operating under the aegis of my Department are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Council and the Social Welfare Tribunal. Citizens Information Board The legislative provisions governing appointments to the Citizens Information Board are contained in the Comhairle Act 2000, the Citizens Information Act 2007 and the Social Welfare and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (21 Apr 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...