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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Fuel allowance is a means-tested payment to assist householders on long-term social welfare payments towards the cost of their heating needs. The main eligibility conditions that apply to the fuel allowance scheme are that a person must be in receipt of a qualifying payment, must satisfy a means test and must either be living alone or with other qualifying persons. Disablement Benefit is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Carer's Support Grant is an annual payment made to carers by my Department. I can confirm that my Department received an application for the Carer’s Support Grant (CSG) from the person concerned on 26 August, 2021. In order to qualify for CSG, a person must have provided, or be likely to provide, full-time care and attention to a person (or a combination of both) for a period of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Diet supplement, administered under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, is payable to qualifying persons, in receipt of the supplement prior to February 2014, who have been prescribed a special diet as a result of a specified medical condition. There are currently just over 1,500 people in receipt of diet supplement at a cost of almost €0.9m in 2020. A review of the costs...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Housing Policy (3 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides income support and makes payments to people who require help with their rent via the rent supplement scheme and has no role in relation to investment in social housing. This is an area which falls under the responsibility of my colleague, the Minister for Housing Local Government and Heritage. i hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (3 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is committed to supporting its staff to work in a safe and healthy environment. The Department has traditionally offered its employees a range of flexible working and family-friendly arrangements and throughout the pandemic has been operating temporary blended working arrangements in accordance with Covid-19 public health guidance. A new Wellbeing Unit was established to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (3 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I have met with Island representative groups on a number of occasions to date and my Departmental officials meet with the Island representative groups on an ongoing basis regarding the subsidised transport services to the islands. These meetings give the island communities the opportunity to highlight any issues they may have with an existing service and also to highlight changes that may...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Seirbhísí Iompair (3 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Mar is eol don teachta, is thrí an córas poiblí soláthair a dhéanann an Roinn iarratas ar thairiscintí dos na seirbhísí taistil agus lastais chuig na h-oileáin. I gcás na seirbhísí farantóireachta, is é cur chuige na Roinne ná iarratas a dhéanamh ar sholáthróirí a chuirfeadh seoltaí ar...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Seirbhísí Iompair (3 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Faoi láthair déanann mo Roinn fóir-dheonú ar dhá sheirbhís paisinéara éagsúla chuig trí oileáin Árainn. Dé réir na rialacháin a bhaineann le cúrsaí soláthair poiblí, is é an íosmhéid seoltaí agus eitiltí a iarrtar ar sholáthróirí sna tairiscintí a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Creimeadh Cósta (3 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Mar is eol don Teachta, bíonn clár mionoibreacha caipitil á reáchtáil ag an Roinn Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail le haghaidh na hoileáin gach bliain. Iarrtar ar na hÚdaráis Áitiúla atá freagrach d'oileáin atá scartha amach ón mór thír agus ar a bhfuil pobal seasta ina gcónaí orthu, liosta de...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (3 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) supports the improvement of rural roads and laneways that are not normally maintained by local authorities and represents a vital piece of infrastructure for rural communities. As part of 'Our Rural Future',the Government is committed to ensuring that the Local Improvement Scheme is funded into the future. This reflects the important contribution which the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (3 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Local Improvement Scheme (or LIS) supports the improvement of rural roads and laneways that are not normally maintained by local authorities. It makes an important contribution to connectivity in rural Ireland. Cork County Council has secured over €6 million in funding since the Scheme was re-established in 2017. The allocation of funding under the Local Improvement Scheme in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Staff (3 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Department of Rural and Community Development (DRCD) was established on 19th July 2017 to provide a renewed and consolidated focus on rural and community development in Ireland. While my Department has not formally adopted the Workplace Relations Commission Code of Conduct on the Right to Disconnect to date, it does actively adhere to the obligations set out for employers in the Code....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Child benefit is a monthly payment made to families with children in respect of all qualified children up to the age of 16 years. The payment continues to be paid in respect of children until their 18th birthday who are in full-time education, or who have a disability. Child benefit is currently paid to over 631,000 families in respect of almost 1.2 million children with expenditure of more...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Food Poverty (4 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is the designated managing authority for the Fund for European Aid to the most Deprived (FEAD) and has responsibility for the implementation of the programme in Ireland. Support provided through FEAD aims to help people take their first steps out of poverty and social exclusion by addressing their most basic needs. FoodCloud is the department's primary partner organisation...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (4 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: According to the records of my Department, the person concerned has a social insurance record of 669 full-rate paid contributions, 325 credited contributions and 892 HomeCaring Periods from their date of entry into insurable employment until pension age. The person’s pension entitlement has been assessed under both the yearly average and aggregated contributions methods. Based on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (4 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned had been awarded State pension (contributory) at 85% of the maximum rate from their 66thbirthday, based on their contribution record as held by my Department. Following a review of their contribution record for the social insurance years 1971/72 to 1976/77 an additional 213 full rate contributions have been awarded. The person’s pension entitlement was re-assessed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (4 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The current contract term for Birr Job Club is from 1 Jan 2021 to 31 Dec 2021 at which time it shall expire. My Department has met with Birr Job Club to inform them that this contract will not be renewed beyond the end of this year, as employment services will be delivered by the new Regional Employment Service in Offaly in 2022. My Department is now at an advanced stage in its first...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cross-Border Co-operation (4 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: There are no Project Ireland 2040 cross-border infrastructure proposals or projects under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cross-Border Co-operation (4 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The EURES Cross Border Partnership Ireland – Northern Ireland is concerned with the coordination of employment services across Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland (Louth, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim). It supports frontier and cross border workers, jobseekers and employers in the Ireland/Northern Ireland Border region. Up until 31 December 2021, the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (4 Nov 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 person can be considered to be providing full-time care and attention where they are engaged in employment,...