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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a contribution towards the energy costs of a household.  The payment of €33 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) is paid from late September to April.  One of the conditions for receipt of fuel allowance is that a person must satisfy a means test.  In respect of the 2022/2023 fuel season, an application for Fuel Allowance has not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 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, at an estimated cost of €366 million in 2022.  The allowance represents a contribution towards the energy costs of a household.  Only one allowance is paid per household. The criteria for fuel allowance are framed in order to direct the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 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, at an estimated cost of €366 million in 2022. The allowance represents a contribution towards the energy costs of a household.  Only one allowance is paid per household.  The Fuel Allowance is paid to social welfare recipients such as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As part of Budget 2023, the Social Protection budget has been designed to assist people with cost-of-living increases through a mix of lump sum payments, increases to weekly payment rates and an expansion of the fuel allowance scheme. The measures introduced include the provision of a one-off €500 Cost-of-Living lump sum, which will be paid in November 2022 to recipients of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: In response to the ongoing cost of living pressures, I have secured a package of almost €2.2 billion for Social Protection measures as part of Budget 2023. This represents the largest Budget package for the Department of Social Protection in the history of the State and will help to support our pensioners, carers, people with disabilities, lone parents and families during this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Working Family Payment (WFP) is an in-work weekly payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children. An application for WFP was received from the person concerned on 25 August 2022.  Further information was requested by the Department.  The person concerned submitted this information, and it was received by the Department. A Deciding Officer...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As the person concerned was in receipt of another social welfare payment before they were awarded Disability Allowance (DA), necessary adjustments were calculated and applied in respect of an overlapping payment. The arrears of DA have been reviewed and, upon calculation, no arrears were due to the person concerned. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 30 May 2022. An application for state pension (non-contributory) was received on 10 October 2022. There is no record of any previous state pension (non-contributory) application(s) received by my Department. The person concerned has been awarded state pension (non-contributory) with effect from 3 June 2022 and was notified, in writing, of this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. The payment of €33 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) is paid from late September to April. The fuel allowance application in respect of the person concerned was awarded on 11 April 2022 with the payment awarded from 14 January 2022. The person concerned received arrears totaling...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 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. If a person is in receipt of another social welfare payment (other than unemployment payments or supplementary welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Farm Assist is a means-tested income support scheme for farmers. To qualify for the payment, a person must be actively farming land in the State, aged between 18 and 66 and satisfy a means test A single herd number can be used to support only one Farm Assist application, where applicable, at a time. Where two or more people farm what may originally have been a single unit, but is now...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that the Department received an application for Disability Allowance (DA) from the person concerned on 14 September 2022. The person concerned has been awarded DA with effect from 14 September 2022 and the first payment will be made by their chosen payment method on 19 October 2022. Arrears of payment due from 14 September 2022 to 18 October 2022 have been issued to the person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department currently has two staff seconded to a Local Area Employment Service (LAES) based in Limerick. We currently have one Clerical Officer seconded to the North East Inner City initiative (NEIC) in Dublin. This officer works with the NEIC as a Clerical Officer and does not have any involvement with LES/LAES services. Staff on secondment are pensionable at their substantive grade....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: People with a disability who are self-employed, or considering self-employment, cannot avail of the Wage Subsidy Scheme (WSS). This provision also applies to directors of limited companies who work as paid employees in their company. The Wage Subsidy Scheme is an employment support to private sector employers. The objective of the scheme is to encourage employers to employ people with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Wage Subsidy Scheme is an employment support to private sector employers, the objective of which is to encourage employers to employ people with disabilities and thereby increase the numbers of people with disabilities obtaining and sustaining employment in the open labour market. The scheme provides financial incentives to private sector employers to hire people with a disability for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Child Benefit is a monthly payment to the parents or guardians of children under 16 years of age. Child Benefit can also be claimed for children aged 16 and 17, if they are in full-time education or full-time training or have a disability and cannot support themselves. Child Benefit is not payable in respect of children aged 18 or above. The person concerned has a child that will reach the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: A review of the customer concerned case has been completed and they do not qualify for BP65 based on their current record & the legislation governing the award of Benefit Payment for Over 65s (BP65). In order to qualify: The person concerned must have 104 overall cons – which they have. They must also have 39 paid or credited cons in the GCY (currently 2020) – and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As part of a significant State-wide expansion of employment services across the State, my Department signed a contract with South Dublin County Partnership (SDCP) for the provision of an Intreo Partners Local Area Employment Service (IPLAES) across Clondalkin and Tallaght. This is one of 21 contracts providing this service. The SDCP previously operated both Job Clubs and Local Employment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned is not currently in receipt of any payment from the Department and there are no claims pending for any Departmental schemes. Any enquiries in relation to Residency status should be directed to the Department of Justice.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned is in receipt of Invalidity Pension (IP) since 12 March 2020. Their contribution record has been updated with PRSI credited contributions for the period they have been in receipt of IP, and they will continue to receive PRSI credited contributions for the duration of their IP claim. I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.