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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Infrastructure (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Broadband Officer role was established in 2016 on foot of a recommendation of the Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce. The role is intended to act as a single point of contact between telecoms operators and local authorities, between the local authority and members of the public and internally, between local authority business units. My department co-funds the employment costs of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Ministerial Staff (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The appointment of civilian drivers in my Department is made in line with the “Instructions to HR Managers on Ministerial Appointments for the 33rdDáil” and the “Guidelines on the Staffing of Ministerial Offices for the 33rdDáil’’. Ministers and Ministers of State may appoint 2 civilian drivers. I currently have 1 civilian driver in my Department,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides social insurance and social assistance payments to those who are experiencing a particular contingency. Social insurance schemes are paid to those covered by the Social Insurance Fund, whereas social assistance payments are designed to support those most in need and are based on a means-test. However, there is a general principle of one person, one payment, which...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 21 July 2021. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. These papers were received on 24 January 2022 and the case in question has now been referred...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The issue raised by the Deputy is under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Health.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (26 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy is aware, my Department publishes recipient numbers by county in annual and quarterly formats. Annual reports, including an archive of reports dating from 1998 onwards, are available through gov.ie/dsp/statistics. Quarterly data is available through the national open data portal, data.gov.ie. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. ">One-parent...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (26 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The figures to which the Deputy refers indicate that the number of recipients of One-Parent Family Payment (OFP) in County Clare reduced from 1,175 in 2014 to 646 in 2015. This is not surprising given the changes to the eligibility rules for OFP and the introduction of the Jobseeker’s Transition Payment (JST) during that period. Budget 2012 included a number of significant reforms...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (26 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Details of all new contracts granted by my Department in relation to Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic are set out in tabular format below: Contract - Year Contractor Value excl. VAT Tendering process Provision of laptop peripheral devices -2020 Datapac €770 Single Supplier Procurement ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (26 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that the only services contracted by my Department for the purposes of the Covid-19 response were provided by Quadra Consulting Ltd. The services provided were Covid-19 risk assessments and advice relating to our offices in Ballina and Dublin. The services were procured using a Framework Agreement established by the Office of Government Procurement for the provision of Health...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (27 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 375,000 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 of a household....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax Credits (27 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: If the Deputy is referring to the Single Person Child Carer Credit (SPCCC) this credit does not fall under the remit of my Department. It is a tax credit administered by the Revenue Commissioners and under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Finance. The key role of the Department of Social Protection is that of income support. The main income supports to carers provided by my...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (27 Jan 2022)

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. An application was received for CA from the person concerned on 28 September 2021. It is a condition for receipt of CA...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (27 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has not commissioned any polling of the general public for the period in question. As part of our ongoing commitment to customer service and quality assurance, a number of customer satisfaction surveys were conducted during this period and for these an external agency was engaged. The details of the surveys carried out for the period 1 January 2021 to date are as follows: -...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (27 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department received an application for Illness Benefit from the person concerned on the 15th October 2021. She stated on her application that she wished to make a claim from the 4th March 2021. My Department has not received medical certificates from this date and as such her claim was withdrawn. In order to make an application for Illness Benefit, a person must submit medical certificates...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (27 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As of 24th January 2022, there are 3,286 applicants awaiting a decision for Jobseeker's Allowance, with an average waiting time of 13 days. According to our latest data, around 98% of applicants for Jobseeker's Allowance are awarded payment within 6 weeks or less of their claim being registered.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As of 24th January 2022, there are 2,476 applicants awaiting a decision for Jobseeker's Benefit, with an average waiting time of 12 days. According to our latest data, around 96% of applicants for Jobseeker's Benefit are awarded payment within three weeks or less of their claim being registered.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (27 Jan 2022)

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. The average number of weeks to award new CA applications was 5 weeks at the end of December 2021. There were 1,459...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (27 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I am not aware of any difficulties with customers contacting Newbridge Intreo Centre. The current opening hours in the Intreo Centre are 09:15 to 13:00 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday with a later opening time of 10:30 on a Thursday to allow for staff training. Scheduled appointments are available for customers from 13:00 to 17:00 each day. Customers can contact Newbridge Intreo...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (27 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The provision of a public library service is primarily a matter for local authorities in their capacity as library authorities under the Local Government Act 2001. However, my Department provides funding to supplement investment by local authorities in their library services. Funding is provided as a contribution towards the cost of developing library buildings, technological capacity and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Data (27 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that my Department has not commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within the remit of my Department for the period 1 January 2021 to date.