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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Community Employment (CE) Schemes are active labour market programmes providing eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a temporary fixed term basis. Participation limits on these schemes are necessary to allow for the maximum availability of places for qualifying persons and to assist...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The free travel scheme provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for those eligible under the scheme.  These include road, rail and ferry services provided by companies such as Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann, as well as Luas and services provided by over 80 private transport operators.  There are currently...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme (PTJI) is a scheme which allows long-term Jobseeker's Allowance recipients to take up part-time employment for up to 24 hours per week, and receive a special weekly income supplement.  Recipients must be genuinely seeking work and available for full-time work while availing of the PTJI. As the PTJI is an income supplement for jobseekers in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is procuring a new Local Area Employment Service over two distinct phases. Phase one of the process for procuring new employment services involved seven counties in the Midlands and North West currently without a Local Employment Service, contracts were signed last month and services are in the process of being mobilised. Phase two of the process has now commenced, with the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Programmes (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy will be aware that the HSE is responsible for the delivery of Civil Registration Services which includes birth registration and managing appointments for parents to attend at a civil registration office. I am aware of the current difficulties members of the public are encountering in obtaining an appointment, particularly those parents based in the East of the country who wish...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Over €9 billion has been spent on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) since its introduction in March 2020 demonstrating the Government's absolute commitment to support workers who have been impacted by the Government mandated Covid-19 public health restrictions.   The re-opening of the scheme last December was specifically designed to support those workers who lost their...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) was introduced as an emergency measure to provide an income support to those who had lost their employment as a result of Covid.  Initially, payment was made at a weekly rate of €350. From 26 June 2020, the rate at which the PUP is paid was linked to the amount that individuals previously earned and made it more targeted and fairer. In...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: COVID Illness Benefit (Enhanced Illness Benefit) is a scheme that was introduced in March 2020, to support people who are incapable of work or who are required to self-isolate, as a result of a COVID diagnosis or being a probable source of infection.  To date a total of 365,376 COVID Illness Benefit related claims have been processed of which 340,005 have received a payment.   The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Sector Staff (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1057, 1058 and 1059 together. Between 2016 and 2021 there have been no public sector workers in County Clare under my remit. I understand that my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, will answer these questions on behalf of all Departments in relation to the Civil Service sector. 

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (19 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 is in receipt of disability allowance (DA) including  fuel allowance and an increase for a qualified adult for his spouse and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Jobseekers schemes, consisting of jobseekers Benefit based on a person’s paid social insurance contributions and jobseekers allowance, which is a means tested payment, provide support to individuals who have lost work and are unable to obtain full time employment.The estimated revised expenditure for 2022 for the statutory jobseekers schemes is approximately €2.17 billion....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: With limited exceptions, social welfare legislation provides that persons over the age of 16 and under the age of 66 who are employed under a contract of service or apprenticeship shall be employed contributors for the purposes of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (as amended). However, an employment contract which is deemed to be unlawful because the worker does...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Citizens Information Board (CIB), is a statutory independent body as set out in the Comhairle Act 2010 which operates under the aegis of my Department.  CIB funds and supports the South Munster Citizens Information Service company which in turn has responsibility for the provision of information, advice and advocacy services in its geographic area, which encompasses Co. Kerry. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Birth Certificates (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy will be aware that the HSE is responsible for registering births including processing applications received electronically or by post. The General Register Office has made enquiries with the HSE and I can inform the Deputy that the birth in question was registered on the 10th October 2021. I trust this clarifies matters for the Deputy. 

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The delivery of public library services, including the provision and upgrade of library premises, is a matter for each local authority in accordance with the Local Government Act, 2001. Accordingly, the delivery of library services in Mayfield is primarily a matter for Cork City Council.  My Department has had ongoing discussions with Cork City Council regarding a new library...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Town and Village Renewal Scheme provides funding to support the revitalisation of our rural towns and villages. I can confirm that the Bunratty village project, referred to by the Deputy, was awarded funding of €137,600 through the 2019 Town and Village Renewal Scheme. Clare County Council, who are responsible for managing the project, sought changes to the scope of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Infrastructure (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce was re-established on 15 December 2021 with an inaugural meeting co-chaired by myself and Minister of State Ossian Smyth TD. This first meeting allowed for Minister of State Smyth and I to set out our priorities for the coming period, which include improving mobile phone coverage in rural areas, examining issues around planning permissions and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Undefined (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: LEADER is a rural development programme co-funded by the EU that operates a locally-led, bottom-up approach to meeting the needs of local communities and businesses. The programme supports private enterprises and community groups in rural areas. For the period 2014- 2020 LEADER was included in the suite of measures that constituted Ireland’s Rural Development Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Rural Regeneration and Development Fund provides funding for the development and construction of ambitious capital projects in towns and villages and rural areas across Ireland. The Fund has, to date, through a series of calls allocated funding of €277 million for 191 projects across the country worth a total of €374 million. All budgetary matters relating to projects...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Outdoor Recreation and Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) provides funding for the development and enhancement of outdoor recreational infrastructure such as trails, walkways, cycleways, blueways and bridleways in rural areas. It is funded by my Department in partnership with Fáilte Ireland.  Over the last year my Department has seen an increased emphasis on the...