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Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: Ag croílár obair mo Roinne, tá cur i bhfeidhm Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2021 agus an bogadh i dtreo seirbhís phoiblí dhátheangach. Céim shuntasach chun cinn sa mhéid seo a bhí i bhfoilsiú an chéad phlean náisiúnta um sheirbhísí poiblí Gaeilge i mí Dheireadh Fómhair anuraidh....

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: Tá a lán Gaeilge ann freisin.

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: Tá leagan Gaeilge ann ach níor úsáid an Teachta é.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Government is very aware of the key role that family carers play in Irish society and the challenges they face and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role. The Programme for Government has set out a timeline which commits to significantly increasing the income disregards for Carer’s Allowance in each Budget with a view to phasing out the means test during the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: My Department provides the Domiciliary Care Allowance which is a monthly non-means tested payment to a parent or guardian for a child aged up to 16 who has a severe disability and requires care and attention substantially over and above that required by other children their age. From January 2025, the rate of Domiciliary Care Allowance increased from €340 to €360 per month....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: Tá mo Roinn tiomanta do sheirbhísí i nGaeilge a chur ar fáil, i gcomhréir le hAchtanna na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, agus trí bhíthin ár Scéime Gaeilge agus ár gCairte Custaiméirí agus Plean Gníomhaíochta 2023-2026. Amhail an 31 Eanáir 2025, tá 293 ball foirne againn a bhaineann le raon Réimsí...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: Jobseeker's Pay-Related Benefit is a new social insurance income support which will replace the Jobseeker's Benefit scheme for people who become fully unemployed from 31st March 2025. Pay-related benefit means that a person's rate of payment will be linked to their previous earnings, subject to maximum and minimal rates. Government has provide almost €160 million for the scheme in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: In Budget 2025, it was announced that the Hot School Meals Scheme will be extended to all remaining primary schools in 2025, meaning that approximately 3,200 schools and 550,000 children will be eligible for hot school meals in 2025. My Department has contacted the remaining primary schools who have not yet joined the Hot School Meals Scheme asking them to submit expressions of interest if...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Programme (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: There are no EU Directives or Regulations under the aegis of my Department awaiting transposition into Irish law. Last year, my predecessor as Minister for Social Protection signed Regulations that transposed EU 2016/589 into domestic legislation - SI 553 of 2024. The purpose of these Regulations is to facilitate employment agencies other than solely Public Employment Services (Intreo) to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: My Department provides funding to Men's Sheds and Women’s (Sister) Sheds under various funding streams, namely the Community Enhancement Programme/Local Enhancement Programme and its various iterations, SICAP, LEADER, Scheme to Support National Organisations (SSNO) and via the Irish Men’s Shed Association (IMSA). Men’s sheds apply individually for most of the schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: In June last year, a new round of funding was announced to support community groups to upgrade and refurbish the community facilities in their areas. The Community Centre Investment Fund (CCIF) 2024 will provide funding of between €10,000 and €100,000 towards capital costs for the refurbishment of existing community centres. In November, just over €7.8 million was...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: Ó thaobh An Roinn Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail de, tá 210 ball foirne Coibhéis Lánaimseartha le fáil ann, agus tá 15 acu san in ann a gcuid dualgas a chomhlíonadh i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla. Tá tiomantas láidir léirithe ag an Roinn maidir lena dualgais faoi Achtanna na dTeangacha Oifigiúla a chomhlíonadh agus déanannan...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Legislative Programme (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: My Department has no EU legislation requiring transposition into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rental Sector (6 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: The number of people availing of Rent Supplement has reduced significantly. The Housing Accommodation Payment scheme and the Rental Accommodation scheme, administered by the local authorities, are now by far the largest schemes providing rental supports. Accordingly, the issue of a review in the rent limits used across all three schemes is a matter for the Minister of Housing, Local...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (6 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: Disability Allowance (DA) is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged 16 or over and under the age of 66. This disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, a means test and the habitual residency conditions. Social Welfare Legislation provides that the means test takes account of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Inquiries (6 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: 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. I can confirm that CA has been in payment to the person concerned for their first care recipient since 30 September...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (6 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: On receipt of an application for State Pension (contributory), entitlement to the standard State Pension (contributory) is examined first. Under current eligibility conditions, a person must have 520 full-rate paid contributions to qualify for standard state pension (contributory). According to the records of my Department, the first person concerned has a total of 320 full-rate...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Inquiries (6 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: Disability Allowance (DA) is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged 16 or over and under the age of 66. This disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, means test and the habitual residency conditions. The person concerned has been in receipt of DA since 18 November 2020 and had been...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Statutory Instruments (6 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: I will shortly be bringing Regulations to extend the timeframe for a further two years where the rental income from the 'Rent a room' scheme will be disregarded for means-tested schemes in my Department. This allows that up to €14,000 rent per annum will be ignored from the means test of social assistance schemes and Supplementary Welfare Allowance. Tenants cannot be direct family...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (6 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: A specific standard was set for School Meals under the Nutritional Standards for School Meals and Nutritional Standards for Hot School Meals. A technical Nutrition Sub Group comprised of Dietitians from the following organisations was involved in developing these standards: The Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute of Ireland,The HSE,Safefood, andThe Food Safety Authority of Ireland. The...