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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (12 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned was awarded a Jobseeker's Allowance (JA) payment from 31/08/2021. He made an application for a Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) on 30/09/2021 to pursue the 4thyear of a Computer Science degree which had commenced in Maynooth University on 22/09/2021. There are a number of qualifying criteria for receipt of BTEA for the Third Level option. One of these is that the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (12 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned applied for a Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA) payment with effect from 28/06/2021 after his entitlement to Jobseeker’s Benefit expired on 26/06/2021. JA is a means tested payment. A means test is an assessment of all household income, savings, shares, investments or property that a person owns, apart from their own home. The means test also includes any income...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (12 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Following the submission of further medical evidence by the person concerned, their case has been reviewed and they have been awarded disability allowance with effect from 14 July 2021 as they were in receipt of a higher payment of illness benefit (IB) up to that date. The first payment will be made on 27 October 2021. Arrears of payment due will issue as soon as possible once any necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (12 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: An application for Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 23rd July 2021. Applications are processed in date of receipt order, and the processing of applications received in late July will be underway shortly. The Deciding Officer will notify the customer in writing as soon as the application has been finalised. I hope this clarifies the matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (12 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The data requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. This data is based on the last known address, and is based an analysis of free-text address fields; there may be cases where a postcode is not recorded and so is excluded from the below Year People 2016 7,163 2017 7,362 2018 7,435 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (12 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The data requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. This data is based on the last known address, and is based an analysis of free-text address fields; there may be cases where a postcode is not recorded and so is excluded from the below. Exceptional & Urgent Needs Payments Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments 2016 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Poverty (12 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Government is committed to protecting vulnerable households from the impact of energy costs through a combination of supports, energy efficiency awareness initiatives and investment in programmes to improve the energy efficiency of the housing stock. With regard to income supports my Department provides a range of schemes to assist with energy costs. These include - - The Fuel...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (12 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 25 March 2011. According to the records of my Department, they had a total of 867 full-rate contributions and credits from their date of entry into insurable employment (25 March 1961) until end-December 2010 which gives a yearly average of 17. They were awarded a standard State Pension (contributory), based solely on their Irish contribution...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (12 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: There are four (4) statutory bodies operating under the aegis of my Department: the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Council and the Social Welfare Tribunal. Details in relation to the total membership and gender balance of each of these is set out in tabular format below: Statutory body Total Membership of Board No. of Women...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (12 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Ballymun Intreo Centre is open to walk-in customers from 09:15-13:00 Monday to Friday. It remains open to customers to contact the Intreo Centre in person or by post at Main Street, Ballymun, Dublin 9, D09 K8W2. Alternatively, customers can contact the Intreo Centre by phone or email for the following services: Service Phone Email Payments ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (12 Oct 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 370,000 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. It is not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (12 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's benefit (CARB) is a PRSI based 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. There are a number of conditions that must be satisfied in order to qualify for CARB, including employment conditions and certain PRSI contribution conditions. Only PRSI conditions paid in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (12 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Disability allowance (DA) is a means tested scheme and the way means are assessed is laid down in social welfare legislation. In summary, any income, with some exceptions, belonging to the person is assessable as means for DA purposes. Where a person is in receipt of DA and is also a self employed farmer, then the Department assesses the prospective income from the farm in the next 12...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (12 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The information requested by the Deputy is listed in tabular form below. The tables contain all contracts undertaken by way of negotiated procedure without prior publication under Regulation 32 of the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016, for 2020 and to date in 2021. 2020 Purpose Value ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Functions (12 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a dedicated mailbox for each of the main schemes whereby Teachtaí Dála can raise specific queries for their constituents directly with the relevant scheme area. These mailboxes are monitored every day and have been operating very quickly, efficiently and effectively. With the onset of COVID-19, the imposition of social distancing meant that my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (12 Oct 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 370,000 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. It is not...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (12 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I have requested the information asked for by the Deputy from the Garda authorities, and I will contact him directly when this is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Investigations (12 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 406, 407 and 408 together. I can advise the Deputy that any allegations of misconduct made against an employee of the Irish Prison Service (IPS) are treated very seriously, both by the IPS and by me. The allegations raised by the Deputy have not been made to me or to the IPS and we were not aware of them previously. There are a number of ways a person...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (12 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I have requested the information asked for by the Deputy from the Garda authorities, and I will contact him directly when this is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (12 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I would like to thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. Reforming the system to better support vulnerable victims as they come into contact with our criminal justice system is a priority for this Government and is being done through the implementation of Supporting a Victim’s Journey- our detailed and ambitious plan to implement the recommendations of the O'Malley Review....