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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (7 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: The fuel allowance is a payment of €22.50 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €630 each year) from October to April, to over 372,000 low income households, at an estimated cost of €240 million in 2019. 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 household. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Payments (7 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: The farm assist and fish assist schemes provide support for farmers and fishermen/women on low incomes and are similar to jobseeker’s allowance. Recipients retain the advantages of the jobseeker’s allowance scheme such as the retention of secondary benefits and access to activation programmes. The 2020 Revised Estimates for my Department provide for expenditure of almost...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (7 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: 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. Carer's benefit (CARB) is a PRSI based payment, made to a person who is providing full-time care and attention to a child...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Applications (7 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: Fuel allowance is a means-tested payment to assist householders on long-term social welfare payments towards the cost of their heating needs. The person concerned applied for the fuel allowance on 11 October 2019. In order to ascertain their eligibility for fuel allowance, details of their means were requested on 1 November 2019. Once this information is received, the person's eligibility...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tús Programme (7 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: Tús commenced operation in 2011 as a response to the high level of unemployment and the large numbers on the Live Register. It is recognised by Government that Tús is a positive initiative that enables the long-term unemployed to make a contribution to their communities whilst up-skilling themselves for prospective future employment. The initiative helps break the cycle of long-term...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (7 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: According to the records of my Department an application for an exceptional needs payment (ENP) has not been received from the person concerned. An application form was issued to the person concerned on 6/11/19. When the necessary documentation has been received an Officer of my Department will assess the application and contact the person concerned with a decision. I hope this clarifies the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (7 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: According to the records of my Department the rent supplement claim for the person concerned was last reviewed in April 2019. In this application the landlord confirmed a monthly rent of €400 and this was assessed against a state pension (non contributory) of €237 per week. If there has been a change in circumstance since the last review such as an increase in rent it is open...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (7 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: According to the records of my Department the person concerned does not have an existing rent supplement claim. It is open to the person concerned to submit an application by contacting the Rents Unit at PO Box 12188, Dublin 2, by phone 01 6732024 or email . I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy .

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Appeals (6 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred on 27 September 2019 to an Appeals Officer who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (6 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: I am pleased that the Government recently approved significant elements of my design for an automatic enrolment retirement savings system. These include key decisions in relation to the target membership, the contribution rates, the policies in relation to opting-out and re-enrolment, the administrative arrangements and organisational approach and the investment options. As stated in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (6 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 202, 203 and 211 together. I am pleased that the Government recently approved significant elements of my design for an automatic enrolment retirement savings system. These include key decisions in relation to the target membership, the contribution rates, the policies in relation to opting-out and re-enrolment, the administrative arrangements and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Strategies (6 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: The new social inclusion strategy "Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2019-2025", is being finalised and I expect that it will be published shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (6 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 205 and 213 together. I am pleased that the Government recently approved significant elements of my design of an automatic enrolment retirement savings system which will commence in 2022. It has long been recognised that supplementary pension coverage in Ireland among private sector workers is too low. It is estimated that just 35% of private sector...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (6 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Community Employment Scheme (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a temporary, fixed term basis. The programme is delivered through independent Community Employment Sponsoring Bodies. The contract agreement between the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (6 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: 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 28 August 2019. Additional information in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (6 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: 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 2 September 2019. The application was referred to a local...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension Eligibility (6 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: To qualify for a Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Contributory) Pension, the person concerned or their late spouse or civil partner must have a certain number of PRSI contributions. The person concerned applied for widow(er)'s & surviving civil partner's Contributory Pension in June 2018. The application was disallowed as the minimum contributions required were not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (6 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: I am pleased that the Government recently approved significant elements of my design for an automatic enrolment retirement savings system. These include key decisions in relation to the target membership, the contribution rates, the policies in relation to opting-out and re-enrolment, the administrative arrangements and organisational approach and the investment options. As stated in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Data (5 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: MyGovID is a secure online identity verification service that my Department carries out on behalf of bodies providing public services online. It allows individuals to access a range of government services more easily via a single online account and reduces the need to have multiple accounts and passwords with different public sector bodies. The Government’s eGovernment Strategy,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (5 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: I have not been made aware of instances such as those referred to by the Deputy. The Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015 provide protection for employees from being unfairly dismissed from their jobs by laying down criteria on which the fairness or otherwise of dismissals can be judged, and by providing an adjudication system and redress for an employee whose dismissal has been found to...