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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The EmployAbility service is based on the ethos that participation in employment can be achieved by people with a disability (PwD) when they are able to avail of individualised supports that are based on their choices and preferences. It should be noted that, due to public health restrictions, referrals to all contracted public employment services...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: My Department recognises the additional difficulties people with disabilities experience in securing and maintaining paid employment. To this end, my Department has contracts for the provision of the Employability services to help address these difficulties. These services are currently delivered under contract by 24 different organisations located around the country. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means-tested payment, made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that they require that level of care.  An increased payment can be made where full-time care is being provided to two people. I can confirm that my department received two applications for CA...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered with that office on 3 February 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.  These papers were received on 31 March 2021.  The appeal...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Budgets (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Below in tabular format are the unspent amounts that my Department has returned to the Exchequer for the years 2017 to 2020 inclusive. Year Surplus € Deferred Surrender € Surplus to be surrendered € 2017 21,019,255 (1,000,000) 20,019,255 2018 39,887,039 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Protected Disclosures (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The number of protected disclosure submissions made to DSP, as requested by the Deputy, is set out in the table beneath. Year Received Comments  2016 1 2017 10 2018 16 2019 9 2020 1 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 465 and 466 together. Over the course of 2021, 6,840 people have been supported by the Short Time Work Support Scheme. The additional information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tables below. Table 1: Short Time Work Support by Month and by County Table 2: Short Time work Support by Month and by Sector of last known employer

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Customers are entitled to apply for a Jobseekers' payment while on reduced hours.  Entitlement to a Jobseekers' payment is subject to the normal qualifying conditions as set out in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act, including Section 62.  There are 3 categories of claimant who may qualify for Jobseeker’s Benefit while partially employed - short-time workers, part-time...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will appreciate, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 as amended, the Garda Commissioner has responsibility for management of An Garda Síochána and for the allocation and efficient use of Garda resources. This includes responsibility for personnel matters and the distribution of personnel across the various Garda Divisions.  As Minister, I have no...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I wish to advise the Deputy that the majority (approx. 75%) of data breaches recorded by my Department since 2018 related to incidents where, due to human error, data was provided to incorrect recipients. Other data breaches include the misfiling of documentation internally, and the loss of encrypted devices such as mobile phones.  The Deputy is advised that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I have requested a report on the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities, however this was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, all vehicle tenders and contracts for Garda vehicles are handled through the Office of Government Procurement (OGP)  in consultation with An Garda Síochána. As Minister, I have no direct role in this matter. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the OGP has entered into a contract, with effect from 20 November 2020, for the supply of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I have requested a report on the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities, however this was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the general management and administration of Garda business under the Garda Síochána Act 2005. This includes the deployment of members of An Garda Síochána throughout the State and, as Minister, I have no role in these independent functions. I can inform the Deputy that my Department publishes...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is a multi-agency statutory body established under the Criminal Assets Bureau Act, 1996. The Bureau’s remit is to target the assets, wherever situated, of persons which derive or are suspected to derive, directly or indirectly, from criminal conduct. Officers from the Social Welfare, Revenue and Revenue Customs also seize...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 516 and 517 together. As the Deputy will be aware, proactively tackling all forms of drug crime is a priority for An Garda Síochána. The Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) is having significant success in disrupting the supply of illicit drugs by organised crime groups. Its work is supported by Divisional Drugs Units...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy may be aware, the Age Card is issued under the Intoxicating Liquor Act of 1988 and it is not an age identity card but is only issued as proof of age (i.e. being over 18). The fee to purchase an Age Card is €10. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the information requested is commercially sensitive as the Age Card is due to go to tender this year and as such...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy is aware, the Protected Disclosures Act was enacted in 2014 to allow employees to bring alleged wrongdoing to the attention of the appropriate authorities. The Act also affords very important protections to persons making protected disclosures. I am sure that the Deputy will appreciate therefore that it would not be appropriate for me to comment on, nor confirm the existence...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I wish to advise the Deputy my Department publishes an Annual Report, on an anonymised basis, in relation to the disclosures received and dealt with under its policy in accordance with the requirements of section 22 of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014. The Annual Reports for Protected Disclosures received by my Department for the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 are available on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I wish to advise the Deputy that matters relating to the EU Covid-19 Digital Green Certificate are under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Health.  Due to the recent cyber attack, I understand that the Department of Health is not in a position to provide responses to parliamentary questions at present. Therefore, I am unable to transfer your question to the...