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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Industrial Development (8 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The implementation of a national strategy to support the industry referred to in the Deputy's question - the Hairdressing industry - is not within the remit of my Department. I understand that a national hairdressing apprenticeship scheme is currently being developed. This is the responsibility of SOLAS and my colleague the Minister for Education and Skills. Furthermore, the deputy may wish...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Eligibility (8 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Carers Benefit (CARB) is a PRSI based 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. It is a condition for receipt of CARB that the applicant must have been working at least 16 hours per week, or 32 weeks per fortnight in 8 weeks out of the 26 weeks before the claim is due to commence. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (8 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. The person concerned has been in receipt of a reduced rate of CA since 27 February 2014 due to her spouse’s...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Expenditure (8 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The information that the Deputy is looking for is detailed in the following series of tables. The costs shown below are on a full year basis, and it should be noted that they are subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients for 2020. Totals may differ slightly to sum of individual amounts due to rounding. Table 1:...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Data (8 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Carer's Benefit is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce to care for someone in need of full-time care and attention. A person may be eligible for Carer's Benefit if they have enough PRSI contributions. This and other care-related supports, such as the Carer’s Allowance payment and the Carer’s Support Grant, provide recognition and support for the valuable...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Water Services Data (8 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: In July 2013, Irish Water was incorporated as a semi-state company under the Water Services Act 2013. The Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014 included a provision which added Irish Water to the list of specified bodies to allow it to use PPS Numbers for the purposes of carrying out transactions with members of the public. The intention was that the PPS Number would serve as a unique...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Data (8 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement. The number of persons in receipt of farm assist in Laois and Offaly in each of the years 2014 to date 2019 Year Laois Offaly 2019 to date 65 59 2018 71 60 2017 85 72 2016 94 76 2015 104 89 2014 116 97

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (8 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Child Benefit is a monthly payment made to families with children in respect of all qualified children up to the age of 16 years. The payment continues to be paid in respect of children up to their 18th birthday who are in full-time education, or who have a disability. Child Benefit is currently paid to almost 623,000 families in respect of nearly 1.2 million children, with an estimated...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Guardian's Payment Applications (8 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The entitlement to guardian's payment contributory for the person concerned has been reviewed. The deciding officer has decided that payments be  reinstated with effect from 1 February 2019. Weekly payment for the person concerned will be lodged to his nominated account in a financial institution, together with due  arrears.  The person concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (8 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Prior to 5 January 2009, a person who had paid a total of 260 or more social insurance contributions at the appropriate class, since entering employment, was entitled to receive payment of Illness Benefit for as long as that person is incapable of work and provides medical certification to that effect. If such a person is approved for Partial Capacity Benefit and subsequently wishes...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (8 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: According to Departmental records, the person concerned has not recently submitted an application for a social welfare payment.  It is open to her to submit an application if she feels she meets the qualifying criteria for the relevant payment.  Details of social welfare schemes and social assistance payments are available on the Department's website at...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (8 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The annual Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) is conducted by the Central Statistics Office and is the official source of data on household and equivalised disposable income in Ireland. It provides a number of key national poverty indicators, including the ‘at risk of poverty’ rate, the ‘consistent poverty rate’ and ‘rates of enforced...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Legislation (8 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. This Department, supported by the Pensions Authority, is managing the transposition process of the IORP II Directive. The drafting of regulations is at an advanced stage and my Department is working towards transposing the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (8 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned is currently being considered by 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 and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Applications (8 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (WFP) is an in-work payment which provides additional financial 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Applications (8 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (WFP) is an in-work family payment which provides additional financial support to employees on low earnings with children. An application for WFP was received from the spouse of the person concerned on 15 April 2019. Their spouse has been awarded WFP with effect from 11 April 2019 to 08 April 2020. The first weekly payment issued to their nominated bank...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Recognition (8 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 targeted the widest possible level of public consultation within the timeframe set out in the terms of reference for the Review Group, which envisaged completion of the review by end May 2018. The written consultation process was formally announced on 10 January 2018, with a closing date for receipt of submissions of 5 February 2018. In addition...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (8 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 21 February 2019. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection These papers were...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (8 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 March 2019. The application is currently being processed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (8 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. A person can be considered to be providing full-time care and attention where they are engaged in employment,...