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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax Reliefs (23 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: In July 2022 I signed legislation, which introduced a disregard of up to €269.23 per week in respect of income from renting a room in their own home. This disregard means that a social welfare customer are able to rent out a room in their home for up to €14,000 per annum and this income will not see their means-tested primary social welfare payment impacted. As of 12th...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (23 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The objective of the School Meals Programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children to support them in taking full advantage of the education provided to them. The Programme is an important component of policies to encourage school attendance and extra educational achievement. Following the expansion of the Programme in recent years, some 2,600 schools and organisations, covering...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Apr 2024)

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. I confirm that the person concerned has been in receipt of CA since 17 September 2015. Once claims are in payment, my...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (23 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an Office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision making functions. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that a Carer's Allowance appeal by the person concerned was registered in that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (23 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The objective of the School Meals Programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children to support them in taking full advantage of the education provided to them. The Programme is an important component of policies to encourage school attendance and extra educational achievement. Following the expansion of the Programme in recent years, some 2,600 schools and organisations, covering...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (23 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The objective of the School Meals Programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children to support them in taking full advantage of the education provided to them. The Programme is an important component of policies to encourage school attendance and extra educational achievement. Following the expansion of the Programme in recent years, some 2,600 schools and organisations, covering...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (23 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The scheduled increases in PRSI rates between 2024 and 2028, agreed by Government, were not factored into table 2 of the Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund as at 31 December 2021, published in January 2024. The table below provides an updated equivalent table providing cashflow projections with respect to the Social Insurance Fund for those selected years which take account of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a range of training and educational supports to assist people to develop their skills to regain employment. The Training Support Grant provides quick access to short-term training to support jobseekers access work opportunities. The grant is used to meet a skills gap or training need where this cannot be provided by a state provider within a reasonable time, and in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a range of supports to assist recipients of income support payments to develop their skills to regain employment. The Part-Time Education Option enables jobseekers to retain their Jobseeker's payment while undertaking a part-time course of study, provided that they continue to satisfy the conditions of being available for and genuinely seeking full time employment on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (23 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The objective of the School Meals Programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children to support them in taking full advantage of the education provided to them. The Programme is an important component of policies to encourage school attendance and extra educational achievement. Following the expansion of the Programme in recent years, some 2,600 schools and organisations, covering...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud (23 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The majority of people in receipt of a payment from my Department receive what they are entitled to. Nevertheless, my Department recognises that abuse of the welfare system is an on-going reality and must be tackled proactively. The Department’s anti-fraud and control measures are designed to prevent and detect fraud, ensure effective oversight of schemes, pursue the prosecution of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (23 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The estimated full year cost of increasing child benefit by €10 a month is €149.5 million. This costing is based on the estimated average number of recipients in 2024, and is subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Apr 2024)

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. I confirm that my Department received an application for CA from the person concerned on 05 March 2024. As the person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (23 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an Office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision making functions. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered on the 12th March 2024. It...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (23 Apr 2024)

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. Social welfare legislation provides that income and capital (such as savings, investments and property other than the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (23 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a wide range of income and employment supports to assist jobseekers and employees with disabilities, and their employers. These supports include the Reasonable Accommodation Fund and the Disability Awareness Support Scheme. The Reasonable Accommodation Fund provides financial support for people with disabilities and for employers to help make their workplaces more...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Where an application for Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is awarded, payment is effective from the first of the month following receipt of the application. However, DCA applications may be backdated in cases where good cause for the delay in making the claim can be shown to the satisfaction of a Deciding Officer. This maximum permitted period is governed by social welfare legislation and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (23 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an Office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision making functions. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered on the 22nd February 2024....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Apr 2024)

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. It is a condition for receipt of CA that every claimant shall furnish such certificates, documents, information, and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (23 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a suite of income supports for those who are unable to work due to an illness or disability. These include contributory payments, based on PRSI contributions, such as Illness Benefit and Invalidity Pension, and non-contributory payments, based on a means test, such as Disability Allowance. Entitlement to these supports is contingent on the extent to which a...