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

Regina Doherty: Carer's benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who leave 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. Before a decision can be made on entitlement to CARB, evidence must be provided in respect of the care recipient’s care requirement, the level...

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

Regina Doherty: Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has such a disability that they require that level of care. My Department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 8 January 2019. The evidence submitted in support of this application was examined...

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

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 25th April 2019. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When these papers have been received from the Department, the case in question will be...

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

Regina Doherty: Carer's benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who leave 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. My department received an application for CARB from the person concerned on 18 April 2019. This application will be processed as quickly as possible and...

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

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 21st March 2019. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When these papers have been received from the Department, the case in question will be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (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. An increased payment can be made where full-time care is being provided to two people. Two applications for CA were...

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

Regina Doherty: Child Benefit is a universal monthly payment made to families with children in respect of all qualified children up to the age of 16 years (and up to their 18th birthday if the child is in full-time education, or has a disability). Currently, Child Benefit is paid to 630,573 families in respect of over 1.2 million children, with an expenditure of over some €2 billion in 2018. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (14 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The weekly deduction referred to relates to repayment of a debt. The customer concerned incurred a debt of over €21,000 and has been making repayments since 2004. The current balance of the debt is over €12,000 and is being recovered through a weekly deduction of €20 from the person’s jobseeker payment. If the person concerned is experiencing financial hardship,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (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. An application for CA was received from the person concerned on 4 December 2018. It is a condition for receipt of CA that...

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

Regina Doherty: Firstly may I take this opportunity to extend my condolences to the person concerned and her family on their recent bereavement. 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...

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: Social Welfare Benefits Data (14 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the attached tabular statement. Scheme Average Number of Weeks to Award (March 2019 unless otherwise stated) State Pension (Contributory) 6 Widow(er)'s Contributory Pension (Jan 2019) 2 State Pension (Non-Contributory) (Feb 2019) 10 Jobseekers Allowance 1 Jobseekers Benefit 1 One-Parent Family Payment 4 Supplementary Welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (14 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Firstly, I am delighted to note that the industrial action due to take place this week has been suspended following recent discussions I and officials held with Forsa and SIPTU. The very many services provided by CE supervisors, assistant supervisors and every participant in community employment schemes in rural and urban areas are extremely valuable to every town and village in the country....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Yield (14 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being compiled in the Department and will be provided to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Review (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. An increased payment can be made where full-time care is being provided to two people. The person concerned is in receipt...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Reviews (14 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Since its enactment in 2005, the Social Welfare Consolidation Act has been extensively amended by subsequent Social Welfare Acts, as well a number of other non-Social Welfare Acts and Orders. In order to make Social Welfare Legislation more accessible, my Department has published an administrative consolidation of Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 on www.welfare.ie. In order to make...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension (14 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned has been awarded a widow's contributory pension at the weekly rate of €208.50 with effect from the 29th March 2019. In addition, the person was awarded fuel allowance of €22.50. This is a means tested seasonal payment which operates from October to April, to assist people with their winter heating costs. Payment of pension, including arrears from 29...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: EU Directives (9 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The transposition of the IORP II Directive will result in significant improvements to the regulation and governance of funded occupational pension schemes in Ireland. Officials in my Department, supported by the Pensions Authority, have conducted detailed analysis on the implementation of the Directive. The drafting of regulations is at an advanced stage and my Department is working towards...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Industrial Relations (9 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: As Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection I do not have responsibility for this matter. Access to the industrial relations machinery of the State is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation. In addition, my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, has responsibility for public service pay and pensions. I hope this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Appeals (9 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (WFP) is an in-work payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children. In order to qualify for WFP, an applicant or the applicant and their spouse, partner or cohabitant must be engaged in full-time remunerative employment as an employee for not less than 38 hours per fortnight. An application for WFP was received from the...