Results 281-300 of 2,213 for long speaker:Heather Humphreys

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (24 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...spreading resources thinly. I am committed to addressing the cost of disability and improving outcomes for people with a disability. In Budget 2024, the following measures were announced that people on long-term disability supports will benefit from:In November, a €400 Disability Support lump sum will be paid to people receiving a long-term disability payment.A Christmas Bonus...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...estimated cost of €412 million in 2023. The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs. Qualifying payments for Fuel Allowance are those payments that are considered long term payments and an applicant must also satisfy a means test. People on long term payments are unlikely to have additional resources of their own and are more vulnerable to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...x2019;s payments and provide more employment supports for those who can and want to work. I would like to emphasise that the Green Paper is not a final design. It is only a starting point for a structured discussion on what the future of long-term disability payments could look like. It offers one possible approach on how to target limited resources - its proposals are intended to invite...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...adults and those on reduced rates with an additional €4 increase per child.Also, in January 2024 there will be an additional once-off double Cost of Living Support Payment, which will be paid to qualifying Social Protection recipients including, carers and people on long-term disability payments.I am also increasing the rate of payment for Domiciliary Care Allowance from by...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...doing transition year, there has been an increase in the number of 18 year-olds still in secondary education. I believe the extension of Child Benefit to 18 year-olds in full-time education is a long-term change for the better and will support families across Ireland into the future. I trust this clarifies the matter for the deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (24 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...two years. Self-employed class S contributions are not reckonable toward the award of credits. Voluntary contributions are designed to facilitate employees or self-employed persons, who are no longer subject to compulsory PRSI, to pay contributions directly to the Department on a voluntary basis, in order to protect future entitlement to State pension (contributory) and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The National Fuel Scheme applies to persons in receipt of long-term Social Welfare payments who satisfy a means condition and who are living alone or who only with the persons who come within certain categories. An application for Fuel Allowance (FA) was received from the person concerned on 31 August 2023. Her application was initially refused as the information then available to my...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...package. This is, for the second year in a row, the largest in the history of the State. This package provides a mixture of exceptional cost of living payments delivered over the coming weeks, along with an across the board €12 weekly rate increase in primary payments, including both benefits and means assessed social assistance payments and an increase of €4 per week for an...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2024 (24 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...,000 recipients in respect of over 1.2 million children at a cost of €178.8 million. I have also extended Child Benefit to 18-year-olds in full-time education from next September. This was one of my key priorities as part of Budget 2024 and I believe it is a long-term change for the better which will support families across Ireland into the future. As a result of Budget...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ..., care and disability, and the person to which the payment is made are different if is not possible to have a seamless transition between the two payments. I am committed to restructuring long-term disability payments and to simplify the social welfare system to make it work better for people with disabilities. On 20 September, I published a Green Paper on Disability Reform and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...who have been caring for incapacitated dependents for over 20 years. If the person concerned has been caring for incapacitated dependents for over 20 years (1040 weeks), it is open to them to apply for the Long-Term Carer's Contributions (LTCC). The periods of care-giving do not need to be consecutive. The equivalent of paid contributions will be attributed to long-term carers to cover...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...F91 T384 and their pension entitlement can be reviewed. If the person concerned has been caring for incapacitated dependents for over 20 years (1040 weeks), it is open to them to apply for the Long-Term Carer's Contributions (LTCC). The periods of care-giving do not need to be consecutive. The equivalent of paid contributions will be attributed to long-term carers to cover gaps in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...doing transition year, there has been an increase in the number of 18 year olds still in secondary education. I believe the extension of Child Benefit to 18 Years Olds in Full-Time education is a long-term change for the better and will support families across Ireland into the future.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...doing transition year, there has been an increase in the number of 18 year olds still in secondary education. I believe the extension of Child Benefit to 18 Years Olds in Full-Time education is a long-term change for the better and will support families across Ireland into the future.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2024 (18 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...was not a qualifying payment for the Christmas Bonus as it is a short-term scheme with a high degree of churn. However, last year I asked my officials to examine this issue in respect of people who are in receipt of Illness Benefit for longer periods of time. This resulted in people who have been on Illness Benefit for 12 months or longer qualifying for the Christmas Bonus last year for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...doing transition year, there has been an increase in the number of 18 year olds still in secondary education. I believe the extension of Child Benefit to 18 Years Olds in Full-Time education is a long-term change for the better and will support families across Ireland into the future.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...limited resources in as targeted a manner as possible. This ensures that the Fuel Allowance payment goes to those who are more vulnerable to fuel poverty including those reliant on social protection payments for longer periods and who are unlikely to have additional resources of their own. A person participating on a Community Employment (CE) scheme can qualify for the Fuel Allowance...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...doing transition year, there has been an increase in the number of 18 year olds still in secondary education. I believe the extension of Child Benefit to 18 Years Olds in Full-Time education is a long-term change for the better and will support families across Ireland into the future.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (17 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...of the most important reforms agreed by Government is enhanced State Pension provision for people who have been caring for incapacitated dependents for over 20 years. It will do this by attributing the equivalent of paid contributions to long-term carers to cover gaps in their contribution record. The Long-Term Carer's Contributions (LTCC) will be available to those who provided full time...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (17 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...Carer's Support Grant. Recipients who are in receipt of one (or more) of these payments will qualify for the €400 payment. Invalidity Pension is a weekly payment to people who cannot work because of a long-term illness or disability and who are covered by PRSI contributions. Currently, the maximum personal rate of Invalidity Pension is €225.50. It is a working aged payment...