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

Heather Humphreys: The Rural Regeneration and Development Fund provides funding for the development and construction of capital projects in towns and villages and rural areas across Ireland. To date, 191 projects have been approved for funding of €279 million for projects costing €379 million. Calls for applications to the Fund are sought under two categories – Category 1 and Category 2....

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

Heather Humphreys: The Department of Rural and Community Development (DRCD) was established on 19th July 2017 to provide a renewed and consolidated focus on rural and community development in Ireland. My Department has a Blended Working Policy in place and the vast majority of staff located in my Department's offices in Dublin and Ballina, Co. Mayo are working on a bended basis. My Department does not have any...

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

Heather Humphreys: This year's CLÁR programme was launched in February with a total budget of €7 million. This represents an increase of €1.5 million on the budget for the 2021 CLÁR programme. The measures funded under CLÁR 2022 were - Measure 1: Developing Community Facilities and Amenities - Measure 2: Mobility, Cancer Care and Community First Responders Transport -Measure 3:...

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

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has not procured any contracts, subcontracts or services from the organisation referenced.

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

Heather Humphreys: My Department is undertaking a number of measures in terms of recycling in our offices. These efforts are led by our internal Green, Energy and Organisational (GEO) Committee, which oversees a number of initiatives to promote recycling and ensure energy conservation and environmental sustainability as part of our work. In terms of our offices in Trinity Point, Dublin 2 and Government...

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

Heather Humphreys: 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. A review of the costs of healthy eating and specialised diets by...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Prison Service (6 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform determines central public service pensions policy. The Department of Social Protection has responsibility for the Jobseeker's Benefit and Jobseeker's Allowance schemes which provide income support for people who become fully or partly unemployed. These statutory schemes allow individuals to work up to 3 days a week...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (6 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Department of Social Protection has no contracts with Top Security.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (6 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Department of Social Protection has no contracts with Top Security.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Bodies (6 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The statutory bodies operating under the aegis of my Department are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Council and the Social Welfare Tribunal. The details, as requested by the Deputy, are set out below: Citizens Information Board The Citizens Information Board (CIB) is the national agency responsible for supporting the provision of information, advice and...

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

Heather Humphreys: Fuel allowance is a means-tested payment to assist householders on long-term social welfare payments towards the cost of their heating needs. The main eligibility conditions that apply to the fuel allowance scheme are that a person must be in receipt of a qualifying payment, must satisfy a means test and must either be living alone or with other qualifying persons. The current threshold for...

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

Heather Humphreys: The autumn Cost of Living double payment is 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 Capacity Benefit. Qualifying payments for the autumn double payment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (6 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: Fuel Poverty (6 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Covid-19 does not constitute a prescribed disease or illness as set out in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 as it does not meet the criteria laid down in the Act. Section 87 (2) of the Act states that a disease or injury shall be prescribed for the purposes of this section in relation to any insured persons, where the Minister is satisfied that— (a) it ought to be treated,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (6 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 30 July 2012 and applied for State Pension (contributory) on 28 March 2012. According to the records of my Department, the person concerned has a total of 1697 paid and credited social insurance contributions, giving a yearly average of 34. This gives entitlement to a current weekly rate of €248.30 which is 98% of the maximum rate of State...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (6 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: Social Welfare Eligibility (6 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance scheme provides a once-off payment to eligible families to assist with the costs of clothing and footwear when children start or return to school each autumn. The scheme operates from June to September each year. In order to qualify for Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance, an applicant must satisfy a number of qualifying...

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

Heather Humphreys: Partial Capacity Benefit (PCB) is a social welfare scheme which allows a person to return to work or self-employment and continue to receive a payment from my department. A person must be in receipt of Illness Benefit (IB) for a minimum of six months or Invalidity Pension (IP) in order to apply for PCB. My Department will determine whether the applicant is eligible and (if so) at what level...