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- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments (6 May 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: Diet supplement, administered under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, is payable to qualifying persons, in receipt of the supplement prior to February 2014, who have been prescribed a special diet as a result of a specified medical condition. During 2013, the Department commissioned the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute (INDI) to update their previous research...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (6 May 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: I include a table showing expenditure on the promotion of JobBridge from 2012 to 2014 inclusive. I have included expenditure on software maintenance as the website has a promotional aspect within its broader role. There was no expenditure on promotion of the scheme in 2011 or 2015. Expenditure on the promotion of JobBridge from 2012 to 2014 Item 2012 2013 2014 Advertising - Magazine Ad -...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (6 May 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: Under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, the Department may make a single exceptional needs payment (ENP) to help meet essential, once-off and unforeseen expenditure which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income. The Government has provided €27.9 million for the ENP scheme in 2015. There is no automatic entitlement to a payment. The...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (6 May 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: The Government's primary strategy to tackle youth unemployment is through policies to create the environment for a strong economic recovery by promoting competitiveness and productivity. Economic recovery will underpin jobs growth and the availability of productive employment for young people. However, the Government recognises that as the recovery takes hold, there is a need for additional...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Work Allowance (6 May 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: Schemes such as the Back to Work Enterprise Allowance (BTWEA) and the Short Term Enterprise Allowance (STEA) assist those on certain social welfare payments who wish to become self-employed. The BTWEA is designed to provide a monetary incentive for people who are dependent on certain social welfare payments to develop a business, while allowing them to retain a reducing proportion of their...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (6 May 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: JobsPlus provides a direct monthly financial incentive to employers who recruit employees from the Live Register and those transitioning into employment. It provides employers with two levels of payment - €7,500 or €10,000 over two years – paid in monthly instalments provided the employment is maintained. The rate of payment depends on the length of time the person is...
- Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: He will have only four minutes and 30 seconds now.
- Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: It reminds one of the Arms Trial.
- Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: Go on.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: For heaven's sake.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: For God's sake.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: Where was Deputy Sean Fleming on the day of the bailout? Where was he for the bank guarantee?
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Eligibility (30 Apr 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 45 and 46 together. JobBridge is an activation measure to help jobseekers break the vicious cycle whereby they cannot get a job without experience but cannot get experience without a job. It is open to all jobseekers who have been unemployed, and in receipt of a jobseeker payment or credits, for at least three months over a six month period regardless of...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (30 Apr 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: Persons engaged in self-employment are entitled to apply for means tested jobseekers allowance (JA) should they find that their income from their self-employment has reduced significantly and is no longer providing adequate income support. All means, including that derived from self-employment, is assessed and, where appropriate, JA can be paid. A person who was self-employed and closes...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (30 Apr 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: The rent supplement scheme provides support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. There are approximately 70,000 rent supplement recipients for which the Government has provided over €298 million for in 2015. The Department...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (30 Apr 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: The Department operates a range of statutory means tested schemes where, in order to qualify for the social assistance payment, the claimant must satisfy a means test. The means test takes account of the income a person or couple has in terms of cash, property (other than the home) and capital. The combination of the means test and awarding differentiated rates of payment is premised on...
- Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: A recovery in the labour market is well under way, in line with the improvement in the overall economy, with an increase of over 90,000 in employment over the past two years. As a result, the unemployment rate has fallen from a peak of 15% in early 2012 to 10%, with the prospect of further significant reductions this year and next. The improvement in the labour market has been effective in...
- Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: Nonsense.
- Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: It was Fianna Fáil that reduced the minimum wage, was it not?
- Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: Just in case I forget.