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Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: I thank Senators for their support and co-operation in getting us here so quickly. On a personal level, I find it very difficult to disagree with anything Senators have put forward or any of the comments they have made, but we are dealing with the Civil Registration Bill. While I very much accept the intentions of Senator Norris, as well as his bona fides, sincerity, interest and passion,...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Do you mind if I speak, Acting Chairman?

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: I implore Senator Norris not to divide the House on this issue. I find myself in the position of having to vote against the Senator when I personally agree with what he is trying to achieve. This is genuinely not the Bill to do it in. These issues are so complex. The four of us sitting here cannot make decisions on the hoof for the vast numbers of people who have been waiting months, or...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: We should deal with those issues in the confines of a Bill that is not the Civil Registration Bill. We are talking about issuing really important documents today. The complexity of the issues Senator Norris has brought up in amendments are legal, medical and family relationship complexities. They are not simple pieces of paper, although those pieces of paper are significant and make...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: I will arrange it immediately.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: I thank Senators for their co-operation. If anyone else wants a meeting with the lovely Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, I am happy to arrange it.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (15 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Carer's Benefit (CARB) is a PRSI based payment made to a person who leaves the workforce to care for a child or an adult in need of full-time care and attention. An increased payment can be made where full-time care is being provided to two people. In order to qualify, the applicant must have paid a certain number of PRSI contributions. Only contributions at Class A, B, C, D, H and E can be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Support Grant (15 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Carers' Support Grant is an annual payment made by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to full-time carers, who satisfy certain conditions. The application for the Grant by the person concerned was received on 2nd May 2019. The application will be processed in advance of the payment date for the grant, of the 6th of June and the person concerned will be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (15 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred on 10th April 2019 to an Appeals Officer who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (15 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Since late September 2018, my Department has been examining the social insurance records of approximately 90,000 pensioners, born on or after 1 September 1946, who have a reduced rate State pension contributory entitlement based on post Budget 2012 rate-bands. These payments are being reviewed under a new Total Contributions Approach (TCA) to pension calculation which includes provision for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (15 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: JobPath employment service providers are paid on the basis of performance and with the exception of the initial registration fee, payments are made only when a client has achieved sustained employment, including self-employment, and ceases to be entitled to claim a jobseekers related payment. Once a client ceases to claim a jobseekers’ related payment they are no longer required...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (15 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: 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. CA has been in payment to the person concerned for one care recipient since 24 April 2008. CA was awarded to the person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility (15 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Under the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, a qualified child is defined as being either under the age of 18 years or over the age of 18 years if attending a course of study as described in section 148(3)(a). The children of the person concerned are being home schooled, and as such do not qualify for payment. The person concerned has been advised of his right to appeal the decision. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (15 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The free travel scheme provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for those eligible under the scheme. These include road, rail and ferry services provided by companies such as Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann, as well as Luas and services provided by over 80 private transport operators. There are currently over 940,000...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (14 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Illness benefit is paid for a maximum of 2 years or 624 claim paid days. The person concerned exhausted her entitlement to an Illness Benefit payment on the 5th September 2018. A letter issued to her on the 3rd July 2018 advising her that her entitlement to the payment was about to exhaust and explaining the position in detail to her. In order to requalify for Illness Benefit the person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (14 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The free travel scheme provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for those eligible under the scheme. These include road, rail and ferry services provided by companies such as Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann, as well as Luas and services provided by over 80 private transport operators. There are currently over 939,000...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions Payments (14 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Since late September 2018, my Department has been examining the social insurance records of approximately 90,000 pensioners, born on or after 1 September 1946, who have a reduced rate State pension contributory entitlement based on post Budget 2012 rate-bands. These payments are being reviewed under a new Total Contributions Approach (TCA) pension calculation which includes provision for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (14 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned is currently in receipt of an Illness Benefit payment at a rate of €271 per week. The person concerned was paid Supplementary Welfare Allowance to the 17th April 2019. This payment ceased on award of Illness Benefit. The Illness Benefit claim from the person concerned has been paid up to date and he is medically certified as unfit for work until the 15th August...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (14 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: 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. I confirm that my department received an application for CA from the person concerned on 25 June 2018. Domiciliary Care...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (14 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements and insurability of employment. The Chief Appeals Officer has advised me that occasionally, and usually where a number of workers engaged by the same...