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

Heather Humphreys: Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is payable to a parent / guardian in respect of a child aged under 16, who has a severe disability and requires continual or continuous care and attention substantially over and above the care and attention normally required by a child of the same age. The child must be likely to require this level of care and attention for at least 12 consecutive months....

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

Heather Humphreys: There are a range of supports available from the Department of Social Protection for individuals who have part time employment by allowing them retain access to a social welfare payment. The main social welfare schemes for people who are unable to find full time employment are the social insurance contribution based Jobseeker's Benefit and the means tested Jobseeker's Allowance. These...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (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. If a person is in receipt of another Social Welfare payment in their own right (other than unemployment payments or...

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

Heather Humphreys: The Community Welfare Officers (CWOs) in County Kildare are set out in the following table: Location No. of Full Time Equivalent CWOs No. of CWOs employed Athy 2 2 Maynooth 2 2 Newbridge 6.8 7 Total 10.8 11 I trust this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (27 Sep 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. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 19 May 2022. It is a statutory requirement of...

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

Heather Humphreys: The customer concerned has a strong employment record over a long number of years. However, in order to qualify for Benefit Payment for over 65s, the customer concerned must satisfy the contribution conditions for the scheme at this particular point in time. Under Jobseekers Benefit legislation, the customer concerned would need 39 paid or credited A PRSI contributions in the relevant...

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

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 14 May 2014. According to the records of my Department, they have a total of 585 qualifying paid and credited social insurance contributions for the period from their date of entry into insurable employment, 30 September 1965 to end of December 2013 which equates to a yearly average of 12 contributions. This gives entitlement to State pension...

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

Heather Humphreys: I announced a series of landmark reforms to the State Pension system on 20th September. The measures, which were approved by Cabinet, are in response to the recommendations from the Commission on Pensions. The set of measures represent the biggest ever structural reform of the Irish State Pension system. One of the reforms agreed by Government is enhanced State Pension provision for...

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

Heather Humphreys: Working Family Payment (WFP) is an income-tested weekly payment which provides additional financial support to employees on low earnings with children. WFP provides financial support for employees who have low earnings/income relative to their family size. The WFP rate payable is 60% of the difference between the average weekly family income and the relevant prescribed income limit. In...

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

Heather Humphreys: A basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) is a weekly means assessed allowance paid to people who do not have sufficient income to meet their needs and those of their families. According to the records of my Department, the person concerned applied for a basic SWA on 26/08/2022. In assessing the claim, the Community Welfare Officer awarded the person with a basic SWA payment with effect...

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

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned is awarded disability allowance (DA) from 17 February 2021. This person should submit her request to the invalidity pension (INVP) section (Social Welfare Services, Government Buildings, Ballinalee Road, Longford, Co. Longford, N39 E4E0) stating that she wishes to revert back to invalidity pension and attach a letter from her employer confirming the date she ceased...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Sport and Recreational Development (27 Sep 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department's Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) provides funding for the development and enhancement of outdoor recreational infrastructure such as trails, walkways, cycleways, blueways and bridleways in rural areas. A number of projects connected with the River Barrow have received funding from the Scheme. However I understand that the project referred to by the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (27 Sep 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 610 and 613 together. The Community Centres Investment Fund application closing date was Thursday 14th July 2022, and the appraisal process is currently ongoing. All applications will be subject to a competitive assessment process based on the assessment criteria as set out in the fund guidelines. Due to the high level of applications to the fund, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (27 Sep 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The CLÁR programme provides funding under a number of different measures for small-scale infrastructural projects in designated rural areas. The programme was re-launched in 2016 following a number of years when the scheme was closed to new applications. Measures to be included in the CLÁR programme are reviewed and revised each year, as appropriate. CLÁR has made significant...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Reviews (27 Sep 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Projects (27 Sep 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The provision of library services, including the provision of library buildings, is primarily a matter for local authorities in their capacity as library authorities under the Local Government Act, 2001. Carlow County Council submitted an application to my department in August 2020 for funding for the redevelopment of the Presentation Buildings to include a new public library, culture,...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (27 Sep 2022)

Heather Humphreys: From the information supplied by the Deputy my staff have advised me that the facility referred to is not yet built and only in the planning stage. All matters in relation to planning are dealt with by the relevant Local Authority and An Bord Pleanála. Based on the information available I believe that the Deputy’s query would be more appropriate to Carlow County Council. ...