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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's Benefit is a Pay Related Social Insurance based payment made to insured people who leave the workforce or reduce their working hours to care for a child or an adult in need of full-time care and attention. It is payable for a period of 2 years (104 weeks) for each care recipient and may be claimed over separate periods up to a total of 2 years (104 weeks). Only Pay Related Social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Carer's Support Grant (CSG) is an annual payment for carers who look after a person in need of full-time care and attention. The payment is made regardless of the carer's means but is subject to certain qualifying conditions. The time spent providing care must not be less than 35 hours in a period of 7 consecutive days, and care is provided on any 5 days, whether consecutive or not,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities (NAS) is a Service Delivery Company of the Citizens Information Board, the statutory body under the aegis of my Department, which has a mandate under the Citizens Information Act 2007 to provide advocacy for people with disabilities. NAS provides a nationwide representative advocacy service for adults with a disability, and has a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (7 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 Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered on the 31st August 2023. It...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Invalidity Pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and for no other reason and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. The person concerned has been awarded IP with effect from 16 November 2023 and will receive first payment to her nominated bank account on 15 February 2024. Any arrears...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Official Travel (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Department of Social Protection funded the following travel for the Minister since the formation of the current government: Trips Destination Dates Days Associated Costs 1 Porto, Portugal 25th- 29th May 2023 5 €719.29 1 Malta 11th- 14th May 2022 4 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The total permanent headcount for the Department of Social Protection as sanctioned by DPENDR for 2024 is 6,464 (up 100 from 2023). At the end of 2023 the Department was 22.52 under the permanent staff allocation of 6,364. Departmental staff (Social Welfare Inspectors, for example) may undertake work across both social assistance and social insurance schemes. In addition, staffing levels in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Advertising (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is committed to ensuring that members of the public are aware of the welfare supports and services that are available to them and that they are notified of any scheme changes which may affect them. Public information and advertising campaigns are an important part of our work and cover national and regional print media and radio, digital and social media. All campaigns are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has sought external assistance with public relations once in the last 10 years. Details of such expenditure by my Department on public relations advice from an external agency during the past ten years follow. Year Agency Amount 2017 Murray Consultants €3,690 (inc. VAT) My Department does not employ or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The answer to the Deputy's query is detailed in the table below: Department of Social Protection Legal Fees and Costs Full Year Costings - 2014 to 2023 & 2024** Year To date YEAR TOTAL LEGAL FEES AND COSTS 2014 €625,873.47 2015 €1,215,204.00 2016 €1,170,873.09 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Procurement of office space for Government Departments is provided by the OPW. The costs for the past 10 years are not readily available for the purchase of office IT equipment but they are being compiled and will be sent to the Deputy separately as soon as possible. The amount spent by Department of Social Protection on furniture for the past ten years is outlined in the following table: ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Person Concerned is an Education Sector Worker and applies for Jobseeker's during school holidays. Their application has been processed following receipt of necessary documentation and a decision letter has issued advising that their payment will be available on Friday 02/02/2024 in their nominated bank account.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Illness benefit is a weekly payment that a person may get if they cannot work because they are sick or ill. To qualify for illness benefit a person must meet the scheme's qualifying conditions, in particular, that they have paid a specific number of social insurance contributions within relevant tax years under PRSI classes A, E, H or P. The details supplied with the Deputy's question...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides income supports for those unable to work due to illness or disability, both social insurance and means tested schemes. There are a range of schemes available to people who make Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) contributions. Invalidity Pension is a social insurance payment for people who are deemed permanently incapable of work due to a long-term illness or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is responsible for the allocation of Personal Public Service Numbers to those who require one to take up employment or education or to access public services. The national average processing time to action PPSN applications is less than two weeks. While the PPSN application process is relatively straightforward, delays can occur where incomplete applications are submitted...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: As of 31st December 2023, there were 47,017 adults aged over 66 in receipt of the State Pension (Contributory) who were also receiving an increase for a qualified adult.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (7 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. Significant efforts and resources have been devoted to reforming the appeal process in recent years. Further improvements in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Industrial Relations (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: 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). I absolutely recognise and value the essential work carried out by staff of the CIS and their dedication to their role in ensuring that people have access to quality and independent information, advice...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Investigations (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: In late 2020, my Department 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 Department’s investigation in RTÉ is significant and further workers may be brought...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (7 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 Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered on 29 September 2023. It is...