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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Customer concerned has been contacted and advised of outstanding documentation required to progress his application. Once received the Deciding Officer will make a decision on the case. I trust this clarifies the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department administers the Illness Benefit scheme to those customers who cannot work because they are sick or ill. Customers must be covered by the appropriate class of social insurance (PRSI), satisfy the PRSI conditions and provide a Certificate of Incapacity for Work from a medical practitioner. Entitlement to Illness Benefit is not contingent on the nature of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Process (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is responsible for the legislation underpinning the social welfare code, occupational and private pensions, civil registration and gender recognition and the Citizens Information Board / Comhairle. Details of provisions in the above that are yet to be commenced are set out in the table below. Uncommenced Provision Description Status ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (1 Feb 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 for CA was received from the person concerned on 30 November 2021. Means are any income belonging to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The following is a list of locations and offices in Leinster (excluding Dublin) in which members of the public can meet with a Community Welfare Officer (CWO): County Location Opening hours Carlow Carlow Intreo Centre Intreo business hours (see below) Kildare Athy All day by appointment ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The school meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food to some 1,506 schools and organisations benefitting 230,000 children. The objective of the programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children who are unable, due to lack of good quality food, to take full advantage of the education provided to them. The programme is an important component of policies to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Part-time Job Incentive Scheme (PTJI) is an administrative scheme under Jobseeker's Allowance, which allows those who are long-term unemployed to take up part-time employment for up to 24 hours per week and receive a weekly income supplement where they satisfy the qualifying scheme conditions. As the PTJI is an income supplement for jobseekers in part-time employment, the rate...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: It is important to note that the primary state income support in respect of people who are aged 66 years or over is the State Pension – either the contributory state pension or the non-contributory pension, which is means tested. Currently, where a person aged 66 and over is in employment, no employee social insurance contributions are payable and either a nil liability, or reduced...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Service Level Agreements (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 555 to 557, inclusive, together. Turas Nua is one of two companies contracted to provide the JobPath employment assistance and advisory service on behalf of my Department. The purpose of the service is to provide assistance and advice to jobseekers who are long-term unemployed. Providers are paid based on performance and except for the initial registration...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The fuel allowance entitlement of the person concerned has been re-examined in light of the new income limit rules that were introduced in Budget 2022. The person concerned has been awarded a fuel allowance at the weekly rate of €33.00 in addition to her widow's contributory pension from the 12 October 2021. In addition she has also been granted the telephone support allowance at the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a number of income supports for those unable to work due to illness or disability. There is a 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 561 and 563 together. The Pensions Commission was established in November 2020 to examine the sustainability of the State Pension system and the Social Insurance Fund, in fulfilment of a Programme for Government commitment. The Commission was an independent body comprised of knowledgeable and experienced academics, pension experts, members of civil society...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Maternity Benefit is paid for 26 weeks to employed and self-employed women who satisfy certain pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution and other conditions. In Budget 2022 I provided for an increase of €5 in the weekly payment rate. As a result, the rate of Maternity Benefit now stands at €250 per week. The rate of Maternity Benefit is in line with the rates of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware my Department provides co-funding, with the relevant Local Authorities, for minor capital works on our inhabited offshore islands. Applications from the Local Authorities for 2022 are still incoming and therefore it is too early to give any figure as regards funding for this year. However, I can confirm that in the 5 year period from 2016-2021 my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 864, 865 and 866 together. Our Rural Future 2021-2025 is the most ambitious rural development policy for Ireland in decades. It was published in March 2021 and contains more than 150 commitments across the whole-of-Government, for both short-term recovery and longer-term development. Updates on the implementation of the five-year Policy will be provided by a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Our Rural Future is the most ambitious and transformational policy for rural development in Ireland for decades. The policy contains 152 measures for delivery across the whole-of-Government, with the underlying theme of economic, environmental and societal sustainability. The policy has a vision of ensuring vibrant and thriving rural towns and villages, with a key objective to maximise...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Our Rural Future clearly recognises the transformative role that remote working can have. One of the key actions which the policy commits to in this regard is establishing a comprehensive and integrated network of 400 remote working hubs over the lifetime of the policy to 2025. An interdepartmental working group, chaired by the Secretary General of my Department was established in October...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Medical Cards (2 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Treatment Benefit Scheme provides dental, optical and aural services to insured workers, the self-employed, retired people and their dependant spouse/partner who have the required number of social insurance (PRSI) contributions.  In order to qualify a person needs to have at least 260 PRSI contributions paid at either Class A, E, H, P or S, since first starting work, and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (2 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, decided to disallow the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision.  The person concerned was notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision on 2 November 2021. Under social welfare legislation the decision of an Appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (2 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Domiciliary Care Allowance is a monthly payment for parents caring for a child with a severe disability. The number of children, in respect of whom Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is being paid,  who are admitted to hospitals for periods in excess of 13 weeks but under 26 weeks in any given year will vary. However, based on the numbers of such cases advised to DCA section in recent...