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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (2 Apr 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 recipient of CA is entitled to claim an increase for a qualified child (IQC) where: - the child normally resides with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware the primary goal of my Department’s activation services including the JobPath service, is to move people from full-time and part-time unemployment to full-time and sustained employment. JobPath is a payment by results model and all set-up and day-to-day operational costs are borne by the companies. The companies are paid on the basis of performance and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: Community Employment (CE) is an employment and training programme which helps long-term unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to work routine. The programme assists by enhancing and developing a person’s technical and personal skills which can then be used in the workplace. The general minimum age...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 545 and 546 together. Community employment (CE) is the largest employment programme administered by my Department. It was initially established to enhance the employability of unemployed persons by providing work experience and training opportunities for them within their communities. In doing so, its objective was, and remains, to help long-term...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (2 Apr 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 5 February 2019. The application is currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Data (2 Apr 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: State Pension (Contributory) (2 Apr 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: Child Benefit Eligibility (2 Apr 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 622,900 families in respect of nearly 1.2 million children, with expenditure of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Applications (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (WFP) is an in-work payment which provides additional financial support to employees on low earnings with children. An application for WFP was received from the person concerned on 14 March 2019. They have been awarded WFP with effect from 10 January 2019 to 08 January 2020. The first weekly payment and all arrears owing will issue to their nominated bank account on 29...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned was in receipt of a survivor’s (non-contributory) pension claim which was stopped in August 2017 after she signed a declaration during a Social Welfare Inspector’s visit stating she was cohabitating.  Subsequently she advised the Deputy that she signed it under duress and took an appeal against the decision.  The appeal was not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: A person is required to have 520 contributions paid to qualify for the State Pension (contributory) or to to be eligible to make voluntary contributions to maintain their social insurance record.  It is reasonable to require people who seek a contributory pension to have made at least 10 years' paid contributions into the Social Insurance Fund which finances it, over 50 years of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (2 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The figures requested by the Deputy, where available, are detailed in tabular form. The figures supplied refer to February 2019. Scheme Average Weeks to Award  State Pension (Contributory) 6 State Pension (Non-Contributory) 10 Jobseekers Allowance 2 Jobseekers Benefit 1 One-Parent Family Payment 3 Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance 1 Maternity Benefit 6 Paternity...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Applications (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (WFP) is an in-work weekly payment which provides additional financial support to employees on low earnings with children. An application for WFP was received from the person concerned on 23 August 2018. Their application was referred to a local Social Welfare Inspector (SWI) for further clarification. The SWI has confirmed that the completed report will be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: Fuel allowance is a means-tested payment to assist householders on long-term social welfare payments towards the cost of their heating needs: one allowance is payable per household.  The main eligibility conditions that apply to the fuel allowance scheme are that a person must be in receipt of a qualifying payment, must satisfy a means test and must either be living alone or with other...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Equality Legislation (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: Officials from my Department are considering the recommendations of the report of the Review Group, and how they can best be progressed, in conjunction with other relevant Government Departments and consultation with the Attorney General. I understand that this work will be completed shortly. I will then lay my own report on the review before the Houses of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The pilot initiative to assist self-employed visual artists and writers who apply to my Department for jobseekers allowance was launched in June 2017.  The initiative, which is a commitment under the Creative Ireland Programme, is a collaboration between the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and what is now the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Support Grant (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Carer’s Support Grant is an annual payment made by my Department to full-time carers. The due date of the grant is the 1stThursday in June. Over 90% of all grants are paid automatically on this date to persons in receipt of Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit or Domiciliary Care Allowance. A small number of persons in receipt of Constant Attendance Allowance (108...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Civil Registration Service (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: There were no prosecutions initiated by the Office of an tArd-Chlaralitheoir for the years in question. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Communications (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 571 and 572 together. My Department administers over 70 separate schemes and services, which affect the lives of almost every person in the State. In this context, I am fully committed to ensuring that members of the general public are fully aware of the welfare supports and services that are available, as well as ensuring that key changes are communicated to...