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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Genealogical Services (10 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The GRO hold the civil records of all births, deaths and marriages which occurred in Ireland. These records extend to 1864 for births and deaths and 1845 for marriages.Genealogical records of births that occurred more than 100 years previously, deaths that occurred more than 50 years previously and marriages that occurred more than 75 years previously are made available online via the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Primary weekly social welfare payments are intended to enable recipients to meet their basic day-to-day income needs. In addition to these primary payments, my Department also provides a range of other payments, both cash and non-cash, on a weekly, monthly, or less frequent basis. These payments are considered secondary in nature. The Living Alone Increase (LAI) is one of those secondary...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (10 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Following a review of his entitlement for the national fuel scheme (fuel allowance), the person in question is eligible for fuel allowance with effect from 06 January 2022. Notification of this decision issued on 05 May 2022. Arrears due will issue shortly to his nominated bank account. I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Child Benefit is a monthly payment to the parents or guardians of children under 16 years of age. Child Benefit can also be claimed for children aged 16 and 17, if they are in full-time education or full-time training or have a disability and cannot support themselves. Under the Convention of Social Security between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ukraine War (10 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: On 4 March 2022, the Council of the European Union adopted the decision to apply the Temporary Protection Directive 2001/55/EC to persons displaced from Ukraine on or after 24 February 2022 as a result of the military invasion by Russian armed forces that began on that date. This means that people from Ukraine arriving in the State will receive a letter confirming that they have been granted...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ukraine War (10 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is providing ongoing support and services to assist people covered by the Temporary Protection Directive who are fleeing Ukraine and who arrive in Ireland, such as the provision of PPSNs and income supports. Currently, where a recipient of a means tested social assistance payment provides accommodation in their own home, any rental payment received in exchange will be assessed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (10 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned has been in receipt of disability allowance (DA) from 31 March 2010. A request to have an increase for a qualified adult (IQA) added to her DA claim was received on 23 February 2022. The person concerned was awarded an IQA on her DA with effect from 16 February 2022. She was notified of this decision in writing on 15 March 2022. On foot of a request for the IQA to be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (10 May 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: School Meals Programme (10 May 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: Ukraine War (10 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Under the EU Temporary Protection Directive, my Department is providing income support and employment services to assist Ukrainians in Ireland who have fled the war in Ukraine. My Department's first priority is to address their immediate income support needs, followed by the provision of employment advice and support. To date, my Department has issued just under 30,000 PPS numbers to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €33.00 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) from October to April, at an estimated cost of €366 million in 2022.The purpose of this payment is to assist qualifying households with their energy costs. The allowance represents a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. It is not intended to meet those costs in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (10 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 542 and 543 together. Expenditure by my Department on Illness, Disability and Carers programmes, in 2020, was €4.7b or 15.7% of total expenditure. My Department commissioned Indecon International Research Economists to carry out research into the cost of disability in Ireland in order to get a better understanding of the extent and composition of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (10 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 544 and 554 together. The estimated full year cost of a €5, €10 and €15 increase to the Disability Allowance payment is as shown in the table below. These costings are based on the estimated number of recipients in 2022 and are subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Disability allowance (DA) is a weekly allowance for people aged between 16 and 66 with a disability which is expected to last for at least one year and who satisfy the medical condition, means test and are habitually resident in Ireland. In April of 2022, there were 155,639 people in receipt of disability allowance, by county as follows: County Number of people ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Details of the number of people who have received an Illness Benefit (including Enhanced Illness Benefit) payment, and the associated number of claims, in the year to date are shown in the table below: County Claim Count Customer Count Carlow 6,279 5,732 Cavan 6,901 6,289 Clare ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Artists' Remuneration (10 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 547 and 549 together. The pilot basic income scheme for artists which the Government launched in April is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. It is expected that there will be 2,000 participants on the pilot scheme which will run for three years. It is important to stress that a payment under the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Artists' Remuneration (10 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The pilot basic income scheme for artists which the Government launched in April is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. It is expected that there will be 2,000 participants on the pilot scheme which will run for three years. It is important to stress that a payment under the pilot Basic Income for Artists is not a social protection...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Media (10 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 550 and 551 together. The details, as specified, of social media posts published on the social media accounts of the Department of Social Protection and the agencies under the aegis of the Department between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022 follow. TWITTER: There were 3,599 tweets published on the Department’s Twitter account, of which 10 or 0.27%...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Media (10 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Between 01 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, 100% of the videos posted on the Department's social media accounts included subtitles. During the same period, 100% of videos posted on the social media accounts of Citizen's Information Board, MABS and Abhaile included subtitles. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce or reduce their working hours to care for a child or an adult in need of full-time care and attention. An increased payment can be made where full-time care is being provided to two people. To qualify, the carer must satisfy PRSI conditions, employment conditions, show that they are providing full-time care...