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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Nov 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 2 November 2022. It is a statutory requirement of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 Nov 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 once off 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 payment, which was paid in mid-November to recipients of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Government acknowledges the crucial role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role. This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for Government and the National Carers’ Strategy. The main income supports to carers provided by my department are Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (24 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: An application for State pension (contributory) was received on 10 August 2022. There is no record of receipt of an application for State Pension (non-contributory). The person concerned was awarded the State Pension (contributory) pension at the weekly rate of €248.30 from 16 November 2022. They were notified in writing on 19 November 2022. I hope this clarifies the position for the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned is currently in receipt of Illness Benefit and has been in receipt of payment from the 6th December 2021 to date. He is in receipt of the full personal rate of Illness Benefit at €208 per week. This will increase by €12 to €220 per week in January 2023 as part of Budget 2023. Illness Benefit is intended for people with short duration illnesses who...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that the person concerned is in receipt of Disability Allowance from 19 November 2014 February until 15 November 2022. The person concerned has been awarded State Pension (contributory) at 98% of the maximum rate, weekly rate of €248.30 from 16 November 2022. They have been notified in writing of this decision on 19 November 2022. Arrears issued on 19 November 2022. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme, my Department can make ANPs to help meet expenses that a person cannot pay from their weekly income. This is an overarching term used to refer to exceptional and urgent needs payments, and certain supplements to assist with ongoing or recurring costs that cannot be met from a person’s own resources and are deemed to be necessary. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Nov 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. Fuel Allowance was awarded to the person concerned from 14 October 2022. They were notified in writing on the 15 November 2022. I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned is in receipt of Disablement Benefit and Incapacity Supplement. Disablement benefit is one of the benefits payable under the occupational injuries benefit scheme, to an insured person who suffers a loss of physical or mental faculty as a result of an occupational accident or a prescribed occupational disease that was sustained on or after 1 May 1967. The person must have...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Programme for Government (24 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Programme for Government Our Shared Futurecommits to establishing a Commission on Care to examine care and supports for older people. This commitment comes under the remit of the Department of Health and is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Health. In terms of my Department’s social welfare supports to older people, a number of measures targeted at older people were...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Nov 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 ongoing continual or continuous care and attention substantially over and above the care and attention normally required by children 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The following table details the number of Community Welfare Officers (CWOs) by county: County Number of CWOs Carlow 3 Cavan 3 Clare 9 Cork 40 Donegal 11 Dublin 80 Galway 17 Kerry ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a suite of income supports for those who are unable to work due to an illness or disability. It’s important to note that entitlement to these supports is generally not contingent on the nature of the illness or disability but on the extent to which it impairs or restricts a person’s capacity to work. Illness Benefit is the primary income support...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Nov 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 10 November 2022. Additional information in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: People on training courses, having previously been in receipt of a Disability Allowance payment, will receive the €500 Disability Support Grant. My Department has, as you will be aware, acted very quickly to deliver the Disability Support Grant and other budget measures within an exceptionally short timeframe. Wherever possible, budget measures that are usually implemented in the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (24 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Under social welfare legislation, a self-employed contributor is regarded as satisfying the contribution conditions for State pension (contributory) where the person has paid self-employment contributions in respect of at least one contribution year prior to reaching pension age (currently 66 years), and all self-employment contributions payable are considered to have been paid. Where...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Nov 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 20 July 2022. It is a statutory requirement...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As this query was submitted by the customer's spouse, the Department is not in a position to respond. The Department is happy to respond to a query directly from the customer about this matter. I trust this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: According to the records of my Department, the person concerned is in receipt of a basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) at a personal rate of €206 per week.I trust this clarifies the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (24 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: LEADER is a key programme within Our Rural Future, and has delivered real benefits to rural communities across rural Ireland over the past 30 years. The programme is delivered in 28 sub-regional areas across the country which are for the most part aligned to the county boundaries. The exceptions to this are in County Cork which contains three sub-regional areas and in County Dublin. ...