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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: A payment statement is a record of the amount paid to a customer by the Department of Social Protection for a period of time. A payment statement covering the requested time period has issued by post to the person concerned. All customers with a verified MyGovID account can request a payment statement at any time. I hope that this clarifies the matter for the deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Treatment Benefit Scheme provides dental, optical, aural and hair replacement products and services to insured workers, the self-employed, retired people and their dependent spouse/partner who have the required number of social insurance (PRSI) contributions. To qualify a person needs to have at least 260 PRSI contributions paid at either Class A, E, H, P or S, since first starting...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 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. An application for CA was received from the person concerned on 13 November 2023. It is a condition for receipt of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2024)

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 16,17 and 18, if they are in full-time education or full-time training or have a disability and cannot support themselves. A Child Benefit claim has been received from the person concerned, and has been assigned to a deciding officer. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Household Benefits Package comprises of an Electricity or Gas allowance, and a Free Television Licence. Only one Household Benefits Package is payable per household. The payment is made on a monthly basis. The package is generally available to people living in the State aged 66 years or over, who are in receipt of a social welfare type payment, or who satisfy a means test. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is a monthly allowance payable to a parent / guardian in respect of a child aged under 16 who has a severe disability requiring continual or continuous care and attention substantially in excess of the care and attention normally required by a child of the same age and where the level that disability is such that the child is likely to require this level of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (24 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: State pension non-contributory is a means tested payment for people aged 66 or over, legally and habitually residing in the State, who do not qualify for a state pension contributory, or who only qualify for a reduced rate contributory pension based on their social insurance record. Following a previous representation from the Deputy, an application form for State pension non-contributory...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned made an application for Jobseekers Allowance on 11/10/2024. The Deciding Officer (DO) sought, but was unable, to contact the person concerned by phone on 11/10/24 in relation to additional information required to progress the JA application. As the DO failed to speak with the person concerned the required information was then requested by post. There has been no...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned was a qualified adult on their spouse's State Pension (contributory) since 28 December 2009. An increase for qualified adult (IQA) allowance is a means-tested payment, payable to a claimant whose spouse, civil partner or cohabitant is being wholly or mainly maintained by them, and where that qualified adult’s personal means from any source does not exceed a means...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned submitted an application for Jobseekers Transition payment on 20 September. As part of the application process a number of documents to support this application were requested. Some of these documents were supplied but there is still an outstanding item in relation to possible self-employment. In order to assist with the timely processing of this application the case...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is payable to a parent / guardian in respect of a child aged under 16 who has a severe disability requiring continual or continuous care and attention substantially in excess of the care and attention normally required by a child of the same age and where the level of that disability is such that the child is likely to require this level of care and attention...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's Allowance 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 Carer's Allowance was received from the person concerned on 31 October 2023. As part of the decision...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Disability allowance (DA) is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged over 16 and under 66. The disability must be expected to last for at least on year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, a means test and a habitual residency test. A completed application form for DA must be submitted to the Department in order to have eligibility...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: A Guardians payment is made to a person caring for a child who satisfies the definition of an "orphan" under social welfare legislation. A child is considered an orphan if they are under 18 (or under 22 if in full time education) and both parents are deceased; or one parent is either dead or unknown or has abandoned and failed to provide for the child and the other parent is unknown or has...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is payable in respect of a child aged under 16 who has a severe disability requiring continual or continuous care and attention substantially over and above the level of care and attention normally required by a child of a similar age and where the level of that disability is such that the child is likely to require this level of care and attention for at...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Disability Allowance (DA) is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged 16 or over and under the age of 66. This disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, means test and Habitual Residency conditions. I confirm that my Department received an application for DA from the person concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Fuel Allowance is an administrative scheme and is payable to people who satisfy the conditions of the scheme and who either live alone or only with certain qualified people. An application for Fuel Allowance was received from the person concerned on 29 September 2024. Based on the information provided to the Department, this person does not qualify for the allowance as they are not living...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's allowance 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 can confirm that Carer’s Allowance was in payment to the person concerned from 03 August 2017. Once claims are in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Person concerned reapplied for Jobseekers Allowance (JA) on 15/07/2024. This application was disallowed on the grounds that the person concerned was not available for full time work and a disallowance letter issued on 31/07/2024. This decision was appealed by the person concerned. Having reviewed the facts and contentions advanced a reviewing officer found no new reason to revise the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 21 May 2023. A state pension (contributory) application was received from them on 22 February 2023. A decision letter issued on 20 April 2023 to advise the person concerned that their application was disallowed as they did not satisfy the requirements. The records of my Department show the person concerned has 347 paid contributions which is less...