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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: A Public Services Card (PSC) is only one of the forms of identification that are accepted by the National Driver Licence Service (NDLS) when a person attends an NDLS office to renew their driver's licence. The NDLS also accept a driver's licence (Irish or UK), a Passport, a national identity card (for EU/EAA/Swiss citizens), an Irish Certificate of Naturalisation or an Irish Travel Document...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that my Department has allocated a Personal Public Service Number (PPSN) to the person referred to by the Deputy. A letter issued to her on 10th November 2021 providing her with her PPSN. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Children in receipt of Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA), who are admitted to hospital, can retain entitlement to the payment for a period of 13 weeks in any 12 months. This period will be extended to 26 weeks from January 2022. When preparing estimates for Budget 2022, the Department estimated that the extension could benefit up to 170 children. However, as DCA is a demand led scheme, the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Children who are in receipt of Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) and who are admitted to hospital, can retain entitlement to the payment for a period of 13 weeks in any 12 months. This period will be extended to 26 weeks from January 2022. Children who remain in hospital after birth do not qualify for DCA as it is paid in respect of children with additional care needs who are being cared for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is payable to a qualified child's 16th Birthday, after which they may have an entitlement to Disability Allowance. The number of children in receipt of DCA in the month immediately before their 16th birthday will vary each month and over time. However, as an indication of the potential cost, at December 2020 there was just under 4,000 children aged 15 in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that my Department has allocated a Personal Public Service Number (PPSN) to the person referred to by the Deputy. A letter issued to him on 10th November 2021 providing him with his PPSN. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned was awarded an Exceptional Needs Payment (ENP) of €1,525 towards the cost of electrical goods and flooring on 08/10/2021. Following a request for a review, the Reviewing Officer found that the Designated Person complied with the legislation and guidelines in awarding €1,525 on the basis the person concerned has €3,000 in her Credit Union account....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Following a review of the Illness Benefit claim from the person concerned, a decision was made that they are capable of work and as such are not entitled to Illness Benefit from the 28th July 2021. A self-assessment form submitted by the person, along with medical reports submitted by the person's GP and a medical assessment from the Department's medical assessor were considered. After...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Social welfare legislation provides that all income and capital belonging to an applicant (and his or her spouse/partner, where applicable) is assessable for means testing purposes for social assistance schemes, such as the State Pension Non-Contributory (SPNC). This includes capital such as savings, investments, and property (other than the principal family home). Under the means...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Family Law Cases (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Issues relating to maintenance orders are a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Justice, who has responsibility for the Family Law Acts, which govern maintenance requirements. If a person was in receipt of maintenance that they are entitled to, following a court order, and has stopped receiving it, that person should contact the Courts Service. The Court on application may make an...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Eligibility to Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is based on a child having a severe disability that requires ongoing care and attention substantially over and above the care and attention usually required by a child of the same age and is likely to last for at least one year. It is payable in respect of children aged under 16 years and is not means tested. Incapacitated child tax credit...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Benefit Payment for 65 year olds was introduced in early 2021 in line with the Programme for Government commitment, to address the position of people who are 65 who are required to or who choose to retire at age 65 but who do not qualify for the State Pension until they reach age 66. The underlying statutory basis of this benefit is provided for under Jobseeker's Benefit. However,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: It is well known that as the yearly average method of calculating the rate of pay at which the State Pension (contributory) uses the time spent by individuals in the social insurance system, some can receive a full rate pension with as little as 10 years worth of contributions. To this end, the National Pensions Framework (2010) confirmed the intention to introduce a new method for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The original purpose of the mortgage interest supplement scheme (MIS) was to provide short-term support to eligible people who were unable to meet their mortgage interest repayments in respect of a house which was their sole place of residence, due to temporary unemployment or loss of earnings. The 2011 Inter-Departmental Mortgage Arrears Working Group Report, known as the Keane Report,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Correspondence (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 393 and 406 together. Firstly, I want to acknowledge the work of Local Employment Service and Job Clubs providers across the State. My Department has been given clear legal advice from the Chief State Solicitors Office and the Attorney General that the contracting of these services is unsustainable in its current form and there must be a competitive...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Credited contributions (credits) are social insurance contributions designed to protect the social insurance entitlement record of insured workers who are not in a position to make PRSI contributions. If, at any stage since starting work, a person has no PRSI contributions paid or credited for 2 full tax years in a row, that person cannot get credits until he/she returns to work and pays PRSI...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Following clarification with the Deputy’s office, the protocols requested pertain to DCA and Invalidity Pension. Domiciliary Care Allowance The fundamental guidelines for assessing Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) was developed by an Expert Medical Group (available on www.gov.ie) was established in advance of the transfer of the scheme to this Department in 2009, and recommended that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned must complete an application form for fuel allowance and submit it to the Department in order to have his eligibility checked and a formal decision made on his entitlement to the allowance. To date no application for fuel allowance has been received from the person concerned. An application form issued to him on 11 November 2021. I trust this clarifies the matter for the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned must complete an application form for living alone allowance and submit it to the Department in order to have his eligibility checked and a formal decision made on his entitlement to the allowance. To date no application for living alone allowance has been received from the person concerned. An application form issued to him on 11 November 2021. I trust this clarifies...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned was in receipt of Illness Benefit from the 5th May 2011 to the 29th November 2012, at which point he transferred to Partial Capacity Benefit (PCB). This is a scheme that allows a person to return to work and continue to receive a full or partial payment from the Department. He received PCB from the 30th November 2012 to the 22nd May 2013, at which point his entitlement to...