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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (4 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: JobsPlus provides a direct monthly financial incentive to employers who recruit employees who were previously in receipt of a jobseeker’s payment for over 12 months. It is biased in favour of those who are longer-term unemployed and provides employers with two levels of payment: €7,500 over two years where a jobseeker who is 12-24 months on the live register is recruited and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Eligibility (4 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: The purpose of the rural social scheme (RSS) is to provide income support for farmers and those engaged in the fishing sectors that have an entitlement to specified social welfare payments and to support the delivery of needed services to rural communities. The scheme currently provides work opportunities for around 2,600 participants. Údarás na Gaeltachta has an RSS allocation of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (4 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: The Budget of 2012 announced the disqualification from certain welfare payments for welfare recipients while participating on Community Employment (CE). Up until 16thJanuary 2012, certain social welfare payments could be retained in part or in full when participating on CE. The CE personal rate of €208.00 was applicable to these participants (as any dependants were covered under the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (4 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 218, 231 and 237 together. The objective of the Youth Guarantee is to ensure that young people receive a quality offer of assistance within four months of becoming unemployed. This objective is to be achieved over time by enhancing and prioritising the Intreo engagement with newly unemployed young people, and by maintaining and developing the current range of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Registration of Births (4 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I am informed by the General Register Office (GRO) that on 23rdOctober 2014 an application was received for the late registration of a birth for the individual referred to by the Deputy. The application is currently being investigated and the GRO wrote to the applicant on 28th October 2014 requesting the completion of a statutory declaration required for this application. When all...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (4 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: The Government’s policy direction on labour market activation and stimulating employment growth is set out in Pathways to Work and the Action Plan for Jobs respectively. These policies are at the core of the Government’s strategies to get Ireland working again. The strategy outlined in Pathways to Work is devised to ensure new job opportunities are made available to people on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (23 Oct 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: This matter is under examination by Departmental officials at the moment and the details of the numbers of participants affected are being collated and cross-checked and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (23 Oct 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Funding of €373 million has been secured for Community Employment schemes in 2015 which will fund 25,500 places across the country in over 1,000 projects. CE schemes in the health and social care sector provide a range of supports to caring organisations in the provision of services to local communities. The main sponsors are organisations in the disability and caring sectors. The...

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (21 Oct 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: The supervisors are employees under the individual CE sponsored organisation. Under the terms of the employment Acts from 1994 to 2001 an employer is legally obliged to provide certain information in written form, including what Deputy Ó Snodaigh has outlined. The sponsored groups were responsible for providing the information to the supervisors as they came on board. The Deputy knows...

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (21 Oct 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Deputy. The Department does not provide funding for any participant or supervisor who has reached the State pension age. This has been Government policy since community employment commenced in April 1994 as a working age specific active labour market intervention. The details of the employment contract issued by the sponsoring organisation are a matter between the CE sponsor,...

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (21 Oct 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I am not fully aware of the cases to which the Deputy refers, but I suggest we could have that discussion at a later stage.

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (21 Oct 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Does the Deputy wish to hear my reply or does he wish to have a conversation with himself?

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (21 Oct 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I acknowledge the work of the CE schemes in all parts of the country. In my reply to Deputy Joe Higgins I said I have made it my business over the past three months to visit CE schemes throughout the country. I acknowledge the work of CE workers, CE supervisors and sponsoring agencies. I refer in particular to a CE scheme I visited where the supervisor had achieved a 64% rate for the...

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (21 Oct 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: The contract of employment is with the sponsoring group and the sponsors have been issued with guidelines as to what the contract should contain. If sponsoring groups are in a position to retain supervisors beyond the pensionable date, they are quite entitled to do so.

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Places (21 Oct 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I am extremely disappointed in the response of Deputy Higgins.

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Places (21 Oct 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: The purpose of JobBridge is to give people experience that will allow them to move into employment. All international research shows that if one is more than six months unemployed, it is very difficult to return to the workforce. Departments give good quality work experience that helps people to get experience that will allow them to get employment. Unfortunately, Deputy Joe Higgins...

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Places (21 Oct 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: A total of eight interns worked in the Department of Social Protection over two years and some of them have moved on to very prestigious positions due to the experience they received in the Department. Interns who work in Departments are also covered by the relevant protections that are clearly set out. Internships involve shadowing, training and experience. When Deputy Higgins does not...

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Places (21 Oct 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I suggest that the Deputy should table an oral question on the Gateway scheme. I would be very happy to debate the scheme with him in the House.

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Places (21 Oct 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Gateway will prove to be an exceptionally successful scheme in helping people who have been more than two years unemployed to connect back into the workforce. My business, and that of the Government, is to get people back to work. We have been quite successful in doing that recently.

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Places (21 Oct 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: No.