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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Feb 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. Carer’s Benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who may be required to leave the workforce or reduce...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Carer’s Support Grant (CSG) is paid to people in receipt of Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit or Domiciliary Care Allowance. Other people who are not in receipt of a social welfare payment but who are providing full time care and attention may also be eligible and can apply for the standalone CSG. The payment is made regardless of the carer's means but is subject...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Feb 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. Carer’s Benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who may be required to leave the workforce or reduce...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (14 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Statutory sick leave policy is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. The matter of deductions from payments of statutory sick pay is proper to my colleague the Minister for Finance. I trust this clarifies the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (14 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 246 to 250, inclusive, together. In late 2020 the Department of Social Protection commenced an investigation into the PRSI classification of RTÉ’s contractors. RTÉ provided the Department with lists of 695 workers engaged on a contract basis in 2018, 2019 and 2020 and these formed the basis of the investigation. The scale of the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I thank Deputy O'Dowd for raising this matter. I was made aware of it late last week and the Irish Deaf Society has been in contact with me. As we speak, my officials are engaging with all the stakeholders, both the Citizens Information Board and the sign language organisation. I will keep the Deputy abreast of how they get on.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I will raise this matter with the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien, in my Department when I go back and I will get him to speak to the Deputy directly about the issue.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I was delighted to get approval from Cabinet today to bring forward the announcement we made in budget 2024 to extend the child benefit to those aged 18. That was due to take effect from 1 September. Today, I was able to bring it forward to 1 May. That means the parents of all children in full-time education until they reach the age of 19 will receive the child benefit payment for them....

Seanad: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I am very pleased to have the opportunity to discuss this Bill with Senators today. The purpose of the Bill is to change the means test for social welfare payments so that child maintenance payments will no longer be assessed as means, remove the liable relative provisions from social welfare legislation and change the supports provided to newly arriving beneficiaries of temporary protection...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I will make it as quick as I can.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The current equivalence with Irish citizens in terms of accessing social welfare benefits will be removed for those beneficiaries of temporary protection who are resident in designated accommodation centres, while still meeting the standard set out in the directive. Section 10 amends the International Protection Act 2015 to provide that beneficiaries of temporary protection with a valid...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I thank Senators Burke, Keogan, Ardagh, Wall, Boyhan and Dolan for their contributions. I am very pleased to bring forward this legislation. The Senators have raised a number of issues and I will go straight to dealing with them. I said earlier that a new weekly payment of €38.80 per adult and €29.80 per child is being introduced for the beneficiaries of the temporary...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The issue of liable relatives was raised. These changes will simplify the system for the people involved. It does not negate their responsibility as parents to provide for their children, but it means we will not need to have the liable relatives cases where one parent was receiving full State assistance - the one-parent family payment or whatever - and the State felt obliged to try to get...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a suite of income supports to those who cannot work due to illness or disability, including COVID-19 and long COVID. Eligibility for these payments is generally not dependent on the type of illness or disability but on the extent to which a particular illness or disability impairs or restricts a person’s capacity to work. Illness benefit is the primary...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Jobseekers Allowance Claim for the Person Concerned has been reviewed. The new weekly rate is €68.70 payable from 18/01/2024 and can be collected from the nominated post office. Correspondence issued to the person concerned on 06/02/2024 with details of the revised payment.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Feb 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 evidence,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Feb 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 evidence,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Feb 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 Deputy will be aware from my response to a previous question on this matter on 24 January 2024 that the Social Welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Sector Pay (13 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, the Citizens Information Board (CIB) is the statutory body under the aegis of my Department, which funds and supports the eight regional companies of the Citizens Information Service (CIS). As stated in Parliamentary Question No. 889, I have to reiterate that I deeply value the important work carried out by employees of the CIS in ensuring that people have...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (13 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The number of individuals that received the January 2024 bonus double payment by county is shown in the table below. This table is a count of distinct individuals. The figures do not include Domiciliary Care Allowance recipients, who will receive their double payment on 20th February 2024. Table 1: January double payment recipients, by county County Recipients ...