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- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021) Heather Humphreys: Yes.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021) Heather Humphreys: That €30 million is for those specific changes there, but I will come back to the Deputy with more.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021) Heather Humphreys: Many noughts.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021) Heather Humphreys: Yes.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021) Heather Humphreys: Yes.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021) Heather Humphreys: I agree with the Deputy and I will work with him on this because he made valid points and he has been keen to pursue it since he was a Minister in this Department. We are in a better position now to look at these things. I take his point on the joint savings. It is not a case of what is yours is mine and what is mine is my own. It is a case of sharing. I will look at it and engage...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021) Heather Humphreys: I thank the Chairman. I get regular reports on the timelines of appeals. The timeline has been coming down. I will bring through provisions, as part of the Social Welfare Bill, to appoint a deputy appeals officer to assist. In the way the legislation was set up, only one person could do this work. I am hoping to change that. I will bring it through with the Social Welfare Bill so that I...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021) Heather Humphreys: Sorry, Chairman. We are not discouraging people; we are telling people to try to reduce their social contacts. We are asking them to be aware and exercise self-responsibility. I know that there have been some cancellations, but generally, there is no reason it is unsafe for people to eat in restaurants if they abide by the guidelines, be careful and are aware.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021) Heather Humphreys: I know the Deputy has raised this with me on many occasions. I take the point he makes and I have a good long report here on some questions he raised with me. I will come back to him on those. I just did not get a chance to go through them in detail yet. If the means test were changed across the board, it would have a huge impact.
- Violence Against Women: Statements (19 Jan 2022)
Heather Humphreys: We are here today to speak about violence against women because a young woman with her whole life ahead of her was attacked and murdered in a manner that has shocked us to our core. Ashling Murphy could have lived in any community in this country. She could have been our daughter, sister or friend. The sad reality is that as women, we have grown up expecting to be on guard or feel...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Arts Policy (20 Jan 2022)
Heather Humphreys: Both Disability Allowance and Blind Pension are structured to support recipients to avail of opportunities to pursue their own employment ambitions, be that self-employment or insurable employment. When an individual commences employment, they can avail of an income disregard of €140 per week. In addition, a 50% taper on earnings between €140 and...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Jan 2022)
Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €33.00 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 over a full fuel season) from October to April, to 371,000 low-income households, at an estimated cost of €323 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Jan 2022)
Heather Humphreys: Following a review of the entitlement of the person concerned, their claim was suspended on 13 December 2021 as they failed to supply the information required in order to assess their entitlement. The requested information was received from the person concerned and their file was sent to a social welfare inspector (SWI) on 22 December 2021 for a...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Jan 2022)
Heather Humphreys: Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and for no other reason and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. The person referred to was refused IP on the grounds that the medical conditions for the scheme are not satisfied. Notification of the decision issued to...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Legal Cases (19 Jan 2022)
Heather Humphreys: The following table sets out the number of litigation cases where the Department of Social Protection is the respondent. The Chief State Solicitor's Office, as Government solicitor, absorbs the costs of representing the Department. Year Number of litigation cases where the Department of Social Protection is the respondent 2021 21 ...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jan 2022)
Heather Humphreys: According to officials of my Department there is no record of a recent paper application for a Jobseeker’s payment in respect of the person concerned. It is not possible to check if the person concerned submitted an online application without an email address from which the application was made. Attempts were made by officials to ascertain the person’s email...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (19 Jan 2022)
Heather Humphreys: Further to Parliamentary Question 51529/21, my Department's officials have further investigated the availability of the data on historical PRSI contributions that would be needed to produce a breakdown by PRSI contribution level of State Pension (Contributory) claims for people who retired prior to 2010. I can confirm to the Deputy that the relevant data is not available, and hence...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jan 2022)
Heather Humphreys: The Household Benefits package (HHB) comprises the electricity or gas allowance, and the free television licence. The package is generally available to people living in the State aged 66 years or over who are in receipt of a social welfare type payment or who satisfy a means test. The package is also available to some people under the age of 66, who are in receipt of certain...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (19 Jan 2022)
Heather Humphreys: The Deputy will appreciate that I cannot comment on matters relating to individual pension schemes. My Department does not have any role in respect of the payment of pension benefits from occupational pension schemes to members or former members of such schemes. The Pensions Authority is the statutory body responsible for the regulation of occupational pension schemes, trust RACs and...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jan 2022)
Heather Humphreys: There is a wide range of benefits available to people who make Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) contributions. Entitlement to such benefits is dependent on the individual's social insurance contribution record, the class of social insurance paid as well as satisfying other qualification criteria relevant to the scheme being applied for. In...