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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (5 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The following schedule details the number of Community Welfare Officers (CWOs) in each county: County Number of CWOs Full-time Equivalent Carlow 3 3 Cavan 3 2.8 Clare 9 8.8 Cork 40 37.5 Donegal 12 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Child Benefit is a monthly payment made to families with children in respect of all qualified children up to the age of 16 years. The payment continues to be paid in respect of children until their 18th birthday who are in full-time education, or who have a disability. Child Benefit is currently paid to over 631,000 families in respect of almost 1.2 million children with an estimated...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (5 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Citizens Information Board (CIB) is the statutory body with responsibility for the Citizens Information Service (CIS) under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection (DSP). CIB provides funding to eight CIS companies that operate a national network of Citizens Information Centres. It is very important to note that, by law, the CIB is charged with independently overseeing the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Transport (5 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: 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 transport operators. There are approximately 1,043,000...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (5 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The number of applications for Additional Needs Payments increased significantly following two major advertising and communications campaign by my Department to promote the scheme this year. The trend in the number of applications paid from January – August 2022 and during the same period in 2021 is as follows: Additional Needs Payments (excl. supplements) paid from Jan - Aug 2021 and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Oct 2022)

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

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (5 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned applied for Jobseekers Benefit on the 26th of September 2022. The statutory conditions for Jobseekers Benefit state that a person must be capable of work, must be available for full time employment and must be genuinely seeking work. The person concerned was issued with a request for further information in relation to these conditions on the 27th of September 2022 and as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €33 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Communications (5 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: An increase for qualified adult (IQA) is a means-tested payment, payable to a claimant whose spouse, civil partner or cohabitant is being wholly or mainly maintained by them, and where that qualified adult’s personal means from any source does not exceed a means test income limit. Where a qualified adult has weekly means of less than €100, the maximum rate of IQA is payable....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (5 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The autumn Cost of Living double payment and the once-off €500 Cost of Living Disability Support Grant are part of a range of measures put in place as part of Budget 2023 to mitigate the effects of the increased cost of living. The autumn Cost of Living double payment will be paid to recipients of Disability Allowance, Invalidity Pension, Blind Pension, Disablement Benefit and Partial...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (5 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and for no other reason and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. A claim for IP was received from the person concerned on 06 September 2022. In order to establish medical suitability two forms were sent to her on 17 September 2022....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (5 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: An application for a Free Travel Companion Pass was received from the person concerned in September 2022. This application was forwarded to the Department's Medical Advisor for decision. The Department's Medical Advisor has found that a Free Travel Companion Pass is warranted on the basis of the medical evidence supplied. The person concerned has been awarded the Companion Free Travel and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person referred to has been awarded invalidity pension with effect from 07 April 2022 and will receive his first payment to his nominated bank account on 06 October 2022. Any arrears due from 07 April 2022 to 05 October 2022 will issue in due course. The person in question was notified of this decision on 03 October 2022. I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (5 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 13 May 2020. Their application for State pension (contributory) was received on 6 September 2022. According to the records of my Department, they have a total of 1,014 qualifying paid and credited social insurance contributions which equates to a yearly average of 21 contributions. This gives entitlement to standard State Pension (contributory) of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (5 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 17 March 2022. An application for the State Pension Contributory was received on 6 April 2022. The person concerned has a total of 652 reckonable paid and credited contributions. A homemakers disregard has also been applied from 01 September 1997 to 09 February 2007. This gives them a yearly average of 16 contributions. giving them an entitlement...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (5 Oct 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 13 September 2022. The application is currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (5 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has held no contracts or sub-contracts with Top Security since 2015, and has not engaged their services.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Recycling Policy (5 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Department of Social Protection is committed to ensuring responsible management of resources over their life cycle and the appropriate disposal of workplace waste. Recycling, organic waste, and general waste collection services are in operation in each Departmental location. In addition to individual desktop paper recycling trays available to staff, there are segregated bins on each...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Community Development Projects (5 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Our Rural Future, Ireland’s Rural Development Policy was launched in early 2021. The policy recognises the opportunity for rural rejuvenation that remote working presents and commits to establishing a comprehensive and integrated national network of 400 remote working hubs by 2025. In furtherance of this commitment, my Department’s focus to date has been on strategically...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (5 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 376, 377 and 381 together. As part of Our Rural Future, the Government is committed to ensuring that the Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) is funded into the future. The LIS supports the improvement of rural roads and laneways that are not normally maintained by local authorities. The scheme makes an important contribution to connectivity in rural Ireland. The...