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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Jan 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 (25 Jan 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 4th October 2023. It...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Jan 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. I confirm that my Department received an application for DA from the person concerned on 6...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department cannot provide the information requested as we do not have data on persons in homeless accommodation supplied by a local authority.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (25 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: A person must have 520 full-rate paid contributions to qualify for standard State pension (contributory). 520 full-rate contributions equate to 10 years of full-rate insurable employment. According to the records of my Department, the person concerned has 200 reckonable contributions. Since they do not have 520 paid full-rate contributions, they do not qualify for State pension...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (25 Jan 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 . Blind Pension (BP) is a means tested payment paid to blind people and certain people with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (25 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: A person is not regarded as being unemployed for Jobseeker's Benefit purposes, for any day that they are actively engaged in farming. If the person is still engaged in farming, they may be entitled to receive Farm Assist subject to satisfying the normal conditions for the payment. I trust this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Jan 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 16 January 2024. It is a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: This is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (25 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Free Travel scheme provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for those eligible under the scheme. There are over one million customers with direct eligibility. The estimated expenditure on free travel in 2024 is €104 million. The objective of the free travel scheme is to ensure older people and people with disabilities remain active within their...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Person Concerned has not made an application for Jobseekers Benefit in the last number of years. It appears they have sufficient contributions in the Governing Contribution Year (2022) for an application to be submitted for Summer 2024. Based on their weekly earnings it appears they would be entitled to full rate Jobseekers Benefit subject to the other conditions for receipt of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: An application for the Person Concerned was received for consideration on the 28/12/2023. In the case to which you refer, the Deciding Officer felt it appropriate to send the application to the Social Welfare Inspector to examine some further details. The file remains with the inspector and is actively being investigated. Once the investigation is complete, and the Inspector returns the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Jan 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. I can confirm that my Department received an application for disability allowance (DA) from...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Fuel Allowance (FA) may be payable to certain households in receipt of long-term Social Welfare payments who are unable to provide for their heating needs. Only one FA is payable per household. The person concerned is in receipt of Carer's Allowance from my Department, which is not a qualifying payment for FA. However, the person's spouse is in receipt of Invalidity Pension, which is a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (25 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: There is a range of supports provided by the Community Welfare Service (CWS) under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) scheme. These supports can consist of a basic weekly payment, a weekly or monthly supplement in respect of certain expenses, as well as single Additional Needs Payments (ANPs). The Department may make an ANP to help meet essential expenditure which an eligible person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: There is no record of a recent Household Benefits Package application form having been received from the person concerned. The person concerned can apply online at MyWelfare.ie for the Household Benefits Package as they have a verified MyGovID account, or they can complete the application form which has issued to them. On receipt of their application, the person's entitlement will be...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (25 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Community Recognition Fund recognises the huge efforts made by communities in welcoming and supporting people coming to Ireland. Funding of €50 million for some 900 projects is supporting towns and villages nationwide that have welcomed people from Ukraine and other countries. The Fund aims to support the development of facilities that will be used in the future by all members...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Jan 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: School Meals Programme (24 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The objective of the School Meals Programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children to support them in taking full advantage of the education provided to them. The programme is an important component of policies to encourage school attendance and extra educational achievement. Following the expansion of the programme in recent years, some 2,600 schools and organisations, covering...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned has been in receipt of Disability Allowance since 30 September 2015. An application for Living Allowance (LAA) was received by the Department on 27 November 2023. The person concerned was awarded LAA with effect from 29 November 2023. A letter notifying the person of this decision issued on 29 November 2023. The person concerned was notified of their right to request a...