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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: For the week ending 26th June 2022, there were 119,631 individuals in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance on a short or long-term basis.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: For the week ending 26th June 2022, there were 29,636 individuals in receipt of Jobseeker's Benefit.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (30 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The State Pension (Contributory) is a PRSI-based pension, financed by contributions made by current workers and their employers, and paid to pensioners at a rate based upon their PRSI record. A person is required to have a minimum of 520 paid reckonable PRSI contributions in order to qualify for the State Pension (Contributory). The actuarial value of the State Pension is circa...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: To qualify for a Disability Allowance (DA) payment a person must: be substantially restricted in undertaking suitable employment; be aged between 16 and 66; satisfy a means test; and be habitually resident in the State. The total number of DA applications disallowed in 2021 was 13,989. Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Carer’s Allowance is the primary income support through which the Department supports carers in the community. Carer’s Allowance is a payment to people on low incomes who are caring full-time for a person who needs support because of age, disability or illness (including mental illness). The person being cared for must require full-time care and attention. There are currently...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (30 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. All claim decisions taken by the Department’s Deciding Officers and Designated Persons are appealable to the Chief Appeals Officer. In any year about 85% of all...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Bereavement Grant, which was a once-off payment for funeral costs, was discontinued in January 2014. The number of bereavement grant claims in 2013 was 23,716 at a cost of €20.3 million. It is estimated that the cost of reintroducing the grant would be close to €30 million per annum and increasing annually. Any decision to reinstate the grant would have to be considered in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (30 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme is the safety net within the overall social welfare system in that it provides assistance to eligible people in the State whose means are insufficient to meet their needs and those of their dependents. The basic supplementary welfare allowance provides immediate assistance for those in need who are awaiting the outcome of a claim or an appeal...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA) is a means-tested payment made to people who are unemployed and who do not qualify for Jobseeker’s Benefit. Among the other qualifying conditions for JA, a person must be fully or partly unemployed for at least 4 days in any consecutive 7 days.  In addition, the person’s household income must be below a certain level to qualify. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (30 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Following the Deputy’s Dáil Question No. 1148, a review of the overpayment for the person concerned was initiated. An official from the Ballyfermot Intreo Centre phoned the person concerned on 14/06/2022 and requested end of year payslips for the person and her spouse from 2014 to 2020. A letter confirming the request also issued on 14/06/2022 and again on 28/06/2022. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: In order to examine entitlement to living alone allowance for the person concerned, they must submit an application to this Department.  I have arranged for an application form for the living alone allowance to be posted to the person concerned.  When the completed application is received in my Department, a decision will be made and the person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (30 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned is currently repaying an overpayment to my Department amounting to €47,875.80. The recovery plan put in place allows for a deduction of €31.20 which is equivalent to 15% of the person’s Jobseeker’s Benefit payment with effect from 22/06/2022. If the person concerned is experiencing financial hardship in repaying the current deduction, he...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (30 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: According to the records of my Department, the person concerned applied for a Personal Public Service (PPS) Number on 30/05/2022. The application was referred back to the person on 18/06/2022 and she was asked to provide proof of identity and documentation confirming the reason for requiring a PPS Number. The documentation was subsequently provided by the person on 23/06/2022 and her...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: To qualify for a Disability Allowance (DA) payment a person must: be substantially restricted in undertaking suitable employment; be aged between 16 and 66; satisfy a means test; and be habitually resident in the State. The person concerned submitted an application for DA on 21 June 2019. The application, based upon the evidence submitted, was refused on 19 September 2019, as the client...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (30 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department currently has four agencies under its remit which are accountable to their respective boards. They are the Charities Regulatory Authority, Pobal, Water Safety Ireland and the Western Development Commission. I can confirm to the Deputy that three of the four agencies are registered charities as set out below. A charitable organisation must meet three requirements as specified in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2022)

Heather Humphreys: We are not swanning off.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Sector Staff (6 Jul 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The information requested by the Deputy is not held in respect of staff currently employed in my Department or those employed on a contract or advisory basis. Neitherthe Pensions Authority nor the Citizens Information Board, bodies under the aegis of my Department, currently employ any former county managers or CEOs of local authorities.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (6 Jul 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The decision on the amount of Jobseeker’s Allowance for the customer concerned was due to the financial information that the customer supplied at the time of their application. On the decision letter sent to the customer concerned, the maximum amount payable to them at the time was €145, taking into account €45 means. This rate has increased to €148.30 due to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (6 Jul 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Abhaile Service is the national State-funded mortgage arrears resolution service aimed at helping people who are in serious mortgage arrears. Established in mid-2016, the service is designed to support insolvent mortgage holders and is provided free of charge with the aim of helping them to find workable and sustainable mortgage solutions and keep them, wherever possible, in their own...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (6 Jul 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The fees paid to a Personal Insolvency Practitioner (PIP) under the Abhaile scheme are paid by the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) to the PIP and are subsequently recouped at an aggregate level by the ISI from the Citizens Information Board (CIB). The annual breakdown of payments made to ISI by CIB in respect of vouchers redeemed is the following: 2016 Actual ...