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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Sep 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned applied for a Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA) payment with effect from 09/09/2022 after her entitlement to Jobseeker’s Benefit expired on 02/06/2022. JA is a means tested payment. A means test is an assessment of all household income, savings, shares, investments or property that a person owns, apart from their own home. The means test also includes any income...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (22 Sep 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Overpayments of social welfare assistance and benefit payments arise as a consequence of decisions made under the relevant sections of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 2005 (as amended). Persons who have been overpaid social welfare have a liability to refund the overpayment as they have been in receipt of a payment to which they were not entitled. An overpayment of Jobseekers...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Sep 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned submitted an application for disability allowance (DA) on 16 June 2021. Their application, based upon all the evidence submitted, was refused on medical grounds as it was not found that they were substantially restricted in taking up employment. The person concerned was notified in writing of this decision on 03 August 2021 and was also notified of their right to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Sep 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned made an application for Illness Benefit from the 24th August 2022. The medical certification submitted to support the claim only covers the period from 5th September 2022. An official from my Department contacted the person concerned advising him that a medical certificate covering the period from the 24th August 2022 to the 4th September 2022 is also required. Once...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Sep 2022)

Heather Humphreys: When a person is in receipt of disability allowance (DA) and their child is in full-time education, an increase for qualified child (IQC) will be paid up to 22 years of age or up to the end of the academic year in which he or she reaches 22. The person concerned was requested to submit confirmation of participation in full-time education in respect of one particular child on 13 September...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Sep 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Fuel allowance is a means tested payment payable to people who either live alone or only with certain other qualified people. Based on the information provided to the department, this lady does not qualify for the allowance as she is not living alone and her household includes a person who is in receipt of jobseeker benefit (JB) which is not a qualifying payment. The person concerned was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Sep 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person referred to has been awarded invalidity pension with effect from 30 June 2022 and will receive her first payment to her nominated post office on 29 September 2022. Any arrears due from 30 June 2022 to 28 September 2022 will issue in due course. The person in question was notified of this decision on 20 September 2022. I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (22 Sep 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Working Family Payment (WFP), formerly Family Income Supplement, is a weekly in-work support which provides an income top-up for employees on low earnings with children. To qualify for Working Family Payment the customer must have at least 1 qualified child who normally resides with them and be working a minimum of 38 hours per fortnight in ongoing insurable employment. An application to...

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

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 285 and 313 together. The free travel scheme provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for those eligible under the scheme. These include road, rail and ferry services provided by companies such as Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann, as well as Luas and services provided by over 80 private...

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

Heather Humphreys: Educational Sector Workers (ESWs) who wish to avail of income support while temporarily laid-off during the school breaks can apply for a jobseeker’s payment but must satisfy all the qualifying conditions to receive this payment. When an education worker returns to employment after a temporary lay-off, their jobseeker's claim is stopped until the next school break. A 'payment...

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

Heather Humphreys: Under social welfare legislation, the onus is on a person to apply for One-Parent Family Payment if s/he believes that s/he has an entitlement. A claim for One-Parent Family Payment should be made within three months of the date of entitlement. For a person to qualify as a separated or divorced person or a person whose civil partnership has been dissolved, s/he must have been living...

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

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides income supports for those unable to work due to illness or disability, both social insurance and means tested schemes. There is a range of schemes available to people who make Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) contributions. Invalidity Pension is a social insurance payment for people who are deemed permanently incapable of work due to a long-term illness or...

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

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that the above named person applied for disability allowance (DA) on 22 June 2022. The processing time for individual DA claims may vary in accordance with their relative complexity in terms of the three main qualifying criteria, the person’s circumstances and the information they provide in support of their claim. The application was referred to a Social Welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (27 Sep 2022)

Heather Humphreys: According to the records of my Department, the person concerned reached pension age on 14 August 2022. Their application for State pension (contributory) was received on 26 April 2022. The person concerned has been awarded State Pension (contributory) from their 66th birthday at the maximum rate. They were notified of the decision in writing on 23 September 2022. I hope this clarifies the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (27 Sep 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Occupational Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I No. 295 of 2022) amended the principal disclosure-related regulations made under the Pensions Act 1990, namely, S.I. No. 301 of 2006 in order to take account of the Government decision of January 2019 that requirements of the IORP II Directive would apply to all relevant pension arrangements by...

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

Heather Humphreys: An Exceptional Needs Payment has been awarded to the person concerned and a payment for €150 will be available for collection at his local Post Office on Wednesday, 28/09/2022. A letter advising the person of the award has issued to his home address. I trust this clarifies the matter.

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

Heather Humphreys: The rent supplement scheme provides short-term income support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. The scheme provided support to 10,423 recipients as at the end of August 2022. Since the introduction of the Housing Assistance...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (27 Sep 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 4 August 2022. The application was referred to a local...

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

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 295, 296 and 309 together. Diet supplement, administered under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, is payable to qualifying persons, in receipt of the supplement prior to February 2014, who have been prescribed a special diet because of a specified medical condition. There are currently approximately 1,320 people in receipt of diet supplement. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Poverty (27 Sep 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €33.00 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) from late September to April, which is supporting over 370,000 households in 2022, at an estimated cost of €366 million. 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...