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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Apr 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. While the Deputy’s query refers to an application for Invalidity Pension, I can...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (17 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. I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 Apr 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: Community Welfare Services (17 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The delivery of crucial and locally based community welfare services to meet the challenges and the needs of citizens across the country is a priority for me and for my Department. The Community Welfare Service (CWS) continues to provide a flexible service to meet the different needs of clients, who may find themselves in a financially difficult or vulnerable situation. It is important that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (17 Apr 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 of the child's disability is such that the child is likely to require this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (17 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I arranged for an in-depth consideration of the alternative AE proposal referred to by the Deputy. While my own officials looked at it carefully, I also referred it to the independent Pensions Council for its assessment. The Pensions Council is an independent statutory body of pension experts drawn from the legal and financial world and its statutory role is to advise me on what it...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (17 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. I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all the evidence,...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (17 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Community Recognition Fund was first introduced in 2023 to recognise the huge efforts made by communities in welcoming and supporting people coming to Ireland. Through the 2023 allocation, funding of €50 million was approved for some 900 projects in providing support to cities, towns and villages nationwide that have welcomed people from Ukraine and other countries. To...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Projects (17 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The provision of library services, including the provision of library buildings, is primarily a matter for local authorities in their capacity as library authorities under the Local Government Act 2001. Accordingly, the delivery of library services in Blackrock/Mahon is primarily a matter for Cork City Council. My Department has been informed by Cork City Council that a potential site has...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Apr 2024)

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Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Auto-enrolment has been spoken about in Ireland for 25 years. I believe it was the late Seamus Brennan who first raised it. I am delighted at long last to be introducing the legislation in the Dáil which will give effect to auto-enrolment in Ireland. Today is a major milestone and it is the culmination of years of policy...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (16 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: Departmental Schemes (16 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. In order to qualify, applicants must show that they are habitually resident in the State, that their means are less than...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (16 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The introduction of an automatic enrolment (AE) retirement savings system is a Programme for Government commitment and a key priority for me as the Minister for Social Protection. Implementation of the AE system is well underway, with the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024 now published and a tender process to contract for administration services well advanced....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (16 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The introduction of an automatic enrolment (AE) retirement savings system is a Programme for Government commitment and a key priority for me as Minister for Social Protection. Implementation of the AE system is well underway, with the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024 now published and a tender process to contract for administration services being well advanced....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (16 Apr 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 on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rental Sector (16 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage provides significant funding under the Housing for All strategy to support the provision of Cost Rental homes. Local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies, the Land Development Agency and also private providers (under the new Secure Tenancy Affordable Rental investment scheme) currently provide Cost Rental homes. Cost Rental is a form...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (16 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 Disability Allowance appeal by the person concerned was registered in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Covid -19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) scheme was introduced to support individuals who lost their employment on or after 13 March 2020 as a direct consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic. It was also available to self-employed people whose income from self-employment ceased or reduced as a direct consequence of the pandemic to the extent that they would be available to take up...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (16 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I can inform the Deputy that for the period from 1 January 2023 to 31 March 2024, an overall total of 326,436 Personal Public Service Numbers (PPSNs) have been allocated by my Department. Of this overall total, 71,692 PPSNs were allocated for children whose births were registered with the General Register Office. Some nationalities have been grouped together under the category "other" for...