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- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (7 Feb 2024) Heather Humphreys: The scheme for the community, not the local improvement scheme, but the community-----
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (7 Feb 2024) Heather Humphreys: It is the one that is run through the Department of Transport where communities can come together and put in a contribution. There is a grant there to top it up for roads. Is that public roads the Deputy is talking about?
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (7 Feb 2024) Heather Humphreys: They can do that on public roads.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (7 Feb 2024) Heather Humphreys: In Galway they are actually public roads. They are not private roads.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (7 Feb 2024) Heather Humphreys: I take the Deputy's point. I thought CIS -----
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (7 Feb 2024) Heather Humphreys: I do not know. Maybe the community improvement scheme will not work for them.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (7 Feb 2024) Heather Humphreys: It is LIS or nothing. We are happy to liaise with Galway County Council. It should be able to provide that information. It is up to it to get the information. Last year, we gave it almost €2 million in funding under LIS. Some people say some local authorities did better than others. We did a call out last year. We gave all of them an allocation and then we did a call asking them...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (7 Feb 2024) Heather Humphreys: I will refer that question to the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (7 Feb 2024) Heather Humphreys: I have kept them going in the meantime. Eighteen of the local action groups are selected for the new programme and I expect to have all decisions of the independent selection committee issued in the coming weeks. I want to get this new programme up and running. I do not know about the Deputy but people are coming to my office wanting to know when this LEADER money is coming. It will be...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (7 Feb 2024) Heather Humphreys: I am giving the top up on Croí Cónaithe for the islands. I know the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage is looking at housing and what measures he can come up with. I am sure the Deputy has been talking to him about measures to assist the islands because we know housing is a significant issue on the islands. Regarding the three-year action plan, there is a...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (7 Feb 2024) Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy for acknowledging my Department was the first one out of the traps on this, in giving the top-up to the Croí Cónaithe scheme. By the way, I think it is the best grant ever because I drive down the road now and see houses being renovated - some of them very imaginatively, I might add. The Croí Cónaithe scheme is doing a great job across the country. It...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Feb 2024)
Heather Humphreys: The person concerned will be required to attend her local office with documentation to support her application for a Public Services Card (PSC). An official from my department will contact the person in the coming days with a PSC appointment and details of what is required. I trust this clarifies the matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (7 Feb 2024)
Heather Humphreys: The Department can confirm that there are currently 29 cases under investigation in the Scope insurability section of the Department from employees of the employer referred to by the Deputy. The Department is actively engaging with the employer in relation to these cases and decisions will be made in due course. The Department does not keep records of the number of historical applications...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (7 Feb 2024)
Heather Humphreys: The person concerned is in receipt of the Increase for a Qualified Adult in respect of their spouse at a reduced weekly rate since 3 February 2023. The Increase for a Qualified Adult is a means tested payment where all means of the Qualified Adult in their own name or jointly with others, is assessed as part of their weekly means. A request for a review was received from your office on 26...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (7 Feb 2024)
Heather Humphreys: Disability allowance (DA) is a means-tested payment for people with a specified disability who are aged 16 or over and under the age of 66. The applicant must be suffering from an injury, disease, congenital deformity or physical or mental illness or defect which has lasted for one year or is expected to last for one year and, as a result of which, they are substantially restricted in...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (7 Feb 2024)
Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 295 and 296 together. Disability Allowance is a means-tested social assistance scheme, which is also subject to a medical assessment and habitual residency requirement. It is the nature of means-tested schemes that above a certain level of means a person is not entitled to a payment, as it is deemed their own means are sufficient to provide for their needs....
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (7 Feb 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. DA is a means tested scheme and the way means are assessed is laid down in social...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (7 Feb 2024)
Heather Humphreys: The State Pension (Contributory) is payable to applicants who satisfy certain eligibility conditions including the number of social insurance contributions (paid and credited) they hold over their working life. In certain cases, where an applicant has had periods of insurable employment both in Ireland and in another EU member state or a country with which Ireland has a bilateral social...