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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (1 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an application for carer's allowance by the person concerned was disallowed by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection on 19 March 2019.  An appeal by the person concerned was registered in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 8 May 2019.  It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (1 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Department's jobseekers scheme can provide for the provision of income support for jobseekers whose number of working days are reduced by employers arising from difficult trading conditions or the need, for example, to scale back production for various reasons.   This can help employers maintain flexibility during periods of temporary economic downturn,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (1 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: I am currently engaging with representatives of CE supervisors and assistant supervisors to discuss issues arising following the 2008 Labour Court Recommendation.  All parties to the engagement process have agreed that the detail of the discussions should remain confidential while the engagement is ongoing and I would ask Deputies to respect these wishes and allow the talks to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (1 Oct 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 17 April 2019. Additional information in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (1 Oct 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 at an estimated cost of €240 million in 2019.  The purpose of this payment is to assist these qualifying households with their energy costs.  The allowance represents a contribution towards the energy costs of a household.  It is not intended to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Data (1 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: Where a person has authenticated their identity to a substantial level of assurance, they are issued a Public Services Card (PSC).My Department does not hold a record of the specific reasons relating to the issuing of a PSC as this information is not requested at the time a person presents for SAFE registration. The number of PSCs issued on a monthly basis since October 2011 is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Data (1 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: Given the fluid, dynamic nature of the Irish workforce it isn't possible to know the precise number of falsely self-employed workers.  The most recent CSO Labour Force Survey statistics show that the number of all self-employed individuals in Ireland at the end of June 2019 stands at 317,800.  This represents a decrease over the year of 3.8%.  Of these, 220,900 self-employed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Services Programme Funding (1 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: The aim of Community Employment (CE) is to enhance the employability and mobility of disadvantaged and unemployed persons by providing work experience and training opportunities for them within their communities.  It also helps long-term unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to work routine.  CE schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Applications (1 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (WFP) is an in-work weekly payment which provides additional financial support to employees on low earnings with children relative to family size. An application for WFP was received from the person concerned on 25 April 2019 and was referred to a local Social Welfare Inspector (SWI) for further clarification. Following receipt of the completed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (1 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Department has received an application for Occupational Injury Benefit from the person concerned. This claim has been processed and awarded.  All arrears due to the person concerned have issued directly to his nominated bank account. He is currently paid and medically certified as unfit for work up to the 20th October 2019. If the person concerned remains ill and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (1 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought.  When these papers have been received from the Department, the case in question will be referred to an...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (1 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned is currently a qualified adult on her partner's Jobseeker's Allowance claim.  This means that her partner is in receipt of a payment in respect of her. A claim for Illness Benefit by the person concerned has been received and the monetary difference between the qualified adult allowance and her Illness...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (1 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned was awarded state pension (contributory) at a rate of 85% of maximum rate,  based on their yearly average of social insurance contributions (of 29)  covering the period 1970 to 2019.This pension was awarded with effect from the date they reached pension age.  As part of the pension review, the person concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (1 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: The free travel scheme provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for those eligible under the scheme.  These include road, rail and ferry services provided by companies such as Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann, as well as Luas and services provided by over 80 private transport operators.  There are currently approx....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Homeless Persons Supports (1 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 597 to 599, inclusive, together. The primary responsibility for provision of accommodation for homeless persons, including homeless person’s units, rests with local authorities.  My Department’s Community Welfare Service Teams (CWS) in Counties Kildare, Meath and Wicklow work closely with County Council staff to ensure all necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (1 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office.  It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.  These papers were received in the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (1 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office.  It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought.  When these papers have been received from the Department the case in question will be referred to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Data (1 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department is committed to ensuring that customers’ personal data is securely held and used only for the purposes set out in legislation.  The Public Services Identity dataset - which is provided for in social welfare legislation - is stored in databases maintained in my Department’s secure datacentres.  Access to the dataset is restricted to those members of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (1 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought.  These papers have been received back from the Department and on 26 September 2019 the appeal by the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (1 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 607 and 608 together. Where a one parent family payment (OFP) is awarded, the Department seeks to trace the other parent, referred to as the liable relative, in order to ascertain whether he or she is in a financial position to contribute towards the cost of the OFP. The legislative basis for the implementation of the Liability to Maintain Family Provisions is...