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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (16 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The original Free Travel card issued in this case also allowed the spouse of the person concerned to free travel when accompanying the person concerned. When a replacement card was being ordered in August 2021, it was established from the person concerned that the appropriate civil status in this case is 'separated'. The appropriate entitlement for a person who is separated is personal Free...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (16 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The organisation referred to the Deputy was funded by my Department under the former Ability Programme. The Ability Programme, introduced in June 2018, was a three-year pre-activation programme for young people with disabilities. The funding for the programme amounted to approximately €16 million and was provided jointly under the European Union’s ESF 2014-2020 Programme for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (16 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 403 and 404 together. Disablement Benefit is one of the benefits payable under the Occupational Injuries scheme to an insured person who suffers a loss of physical or mental faculty as a result of an occupational accident or prescribed occupational disease, on or after 1 May 1967. In order to qualify for Disablement Benefit, the person must be in employment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (16 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: In line with the general policy across the Civil Service, my Department aims to promote respect, dignity, safety, and equality in the workplace. This policy applies equally to persons working in my Department and members of the public who need to attend at offices of the Department. My Department is clear that that all forms of bullying, harassment, and sexual harassment are unacceptable....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (16 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Dignity at Work policy is the anti-bullying, harassment and sexual harassment policy for the Irish Civil Service. This policy came into effect on 20th February 2015. The Dignity At Work policy is available to all employees on the Department’s intranet site, Stór and is publicly available on the gov.ie website. My Department is committed to creating a working environment...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Transport (16 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Department of Rural and Community Development was established in July 2017. The details of the car and driver expenses in my Department that were claimed by Ministers in 2021 is set out in the table below: Expense Claimant Total Annual Value Minister of State €11,110.82 Minister of State's Driver €1,184.61 ...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (16 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 563 and 564 together. The Civil Service is committed to protecting the dignity and respect of staff across all organisations. My Department operates under the Dignity at Work policy which is the centralised Anti-Bullying, Harassment and Sexual Harassment Policy for all of the Irish civil service. The policy aims to promote respect, dignity, safety and equality...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (21 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Firstly, may I take this opportunity to extend my condolences to the person concerned and their family on their recent bereavement. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (21 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The detailed medical report in respect of the person referred to has been forwarded to the Dutch authorities by the invalidity pension section by post on 15 June 2022. I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ukraine War (21 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Government has approved a monthly flat rate recognition payment of €400 per property in respect of individual properties (shared or vacant) to those who provide accommodation for people fleeing the war in Ukraine. My Department will administer the payment on behalf of the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. The recognition payment will be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Recognition (21 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Programme for Government - Our Shared Future, contains a number of actions with respect to gender recognition. My Department is engaged in progressing these actions. This work is ongoing across Government Departments and public bodies on evaluating the impact of changes required to ensure recognition of non-binary people. To this end, all Departments and public bodies have been asked to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Recognition (21 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Programme for Government, Our Shared Future, contains a number of commitments with respect to gender recognition.    These follow recommendations contained in the Report of the Review Group for the Gender Recognition Act, which was completed in July 2018. The previous Government signaled its intention to legislate to give effect to this recommendation of the Review Group with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (21 Jun 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 the Department of Social Protection. CIB provides funding to 22 companies in order to deliver services on its behalf. This includes eight CIS companies that operate a national network of Citizens Information Centres, including South Munster CIS, which...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (21 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The state pension non-contributory claim of the person concerned was reviewed on 8 June 2022. The person was awarded pension with effect from 4 February 2022, the Friday immediately following their 66th birthday.  A notification issued to the person concerned, advising them of the decision and confirming that a specified arrears amount would issue shortly. The arrears balance comprises...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (21 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person is not under any obligation to provide employment or employer details to the JobPath provider but, if they wish to do so and avail of the in-employment support offered, all information will be treated confidentially. It is not necessarily the case that the Department holds employment history of all individuals who are referred to the JobPath service.  JobPath providers...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (21 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Turas Nua is contracted by my Department to provide support and assistance to jobseekers seeking full time employment. This support is delivered through one to one intensive engagement with a case worker who will assist the jobseeker to identify and overcome barriers to employment. There is no barrier placed by Turas Nua or any other activation service of my Department on  what...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (21 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Currently the average time to decide an One Parent Family application by my Department is two weeks and there is no backlog of OFP claims. In general once a claim is received it is reviewed by a Deciding Officer within 72 hours. The time taken for a claim to be decided will vary depending on the individual case, as the officer may need to request more information from the customer before...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (21 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The social protection system includes a variety of social assistance payments with different rules in relation to means testing, reflecting the different contingencies under which payments are made.  The means assessment reflects the fact that there is an expectation that people with reasonable amounts of income or capital are in a position to use these resources to support themselves so...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that my department received an application for disability allowance (DA) from this person on 26 May 2022.  On 16 June 2022 the person concerned was requested to supply supporting documentation required by the deciding officer in order to make a decision on their eligibility.  On receipt of this information a decision will be made on their DA application and the person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned will reach pension age on 01 July 2022. Their application for State pension (contributory) was received on 07 June 2022. According to the records of my Department, the person concerned has a total of 520 qualifying paid social insurance contributions from their date of entry into insurable employment 01/01/2012 to December 2021. This gives an entitlement to the maximum...