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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Nov 2023)

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 that the Fuel Allowance Scheme is administrative in nature and does not have...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: An Increase for a Qualified Adult is in payment for the person concerned. If the person concerned wishes to claim their State Pension contributory, they need to inform my Department by writing to the Department of Social Protection, Social Welfare Services Office, College Rd, Sligo, F91T384, advising which payment they wish to claim. Officials in my Department have been in direct contact...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Freedom of Information (28 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Department of Social Protection receives one of the highest amounts of Freedom of Information requests of any public body. Of these, less than 5% are refused. The most common reason for refusal is that the records simply do not exist. Please see the table below: YEAR Total Number of FOI requests received Number of FOI requests refused (e.g because records do...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (28 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: This Government acknowledges the important role that carers play and is fully committed to supporting them in that role. Accordingly, the current State Pension (Contributory) system provides measures including PRSI credits, Homemaking Disregards and HomeCaring Periods to recognise caring periods of up to 20 years outside of paid employment in the calculation of a payment rate. Last...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (28 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Matters related to foster caring are the responsibility of my colleague, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and for Tusla. This Government acknowledges the important role that carers, including Foster carers, play and is fully committed to supporting them in that role. Accordingly, the current State Pension (Contributory) system provides measures...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (28 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: 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. Once claims are in payment, the Department periodically reviews them to ensure that there is a continued entitlement....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (28 Nov 2023)

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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Nov 2023)

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 in that office on 24...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Nov 2023)

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 table below sets out the outstanding number of Invalidity Pension appeals as of 22 November 2023 and the length of time they...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Nov 2023)

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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Nov 2023)

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 18...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Funding (28 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Ability Programme, introduced in June 2018, was a three-year pre-activation programme for young people with disabilities. The programme was jointly funded under the European Union’s ESF 2014-2020 Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning Operational Programme and the Irish Exchequer. The Ability Programme concluded at the end of August 2021. In July 2021, I...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Fuel Allowance is an administrative (non-statutory) scheme and is payable to people who satisfy the conditions of the scheme and who either live alone or only with certain qualified people. The person concerned submitted an application for fuel allowance on 25 October 2023. An information request letter was sent to the person concerned on 21 November 2023 to complete a Household Composition...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 367 to 375, inclusive, together. My Department provides a wide range of income and employment supports to assist jobseekers and employees with disabilities, and their employers. These supports include the Reasonable Accommodation Fund and the Disability Awareness Support Scheme. The Reasonable Accommodation Fund provides financial support for people with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Advertising (28 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Public information and advertising campaigns are an important part of the department's work and span national and regional print media and radio, digital and social media. All expenditure is placed through a media buying company procured through an Office of Government Procurement framework. The role of the contracted media buying company is to ensure value for money and the most appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Nov 2023)

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 25...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (28 Nov 2023)

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. The processing time for individual DA claims may vary in accordance with their...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Communications (28 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm to the Deputy that neither my Department, nor any of the four bodies operating under my Department's remit (Citizens Information Board, Pensions Authority, Pensions Council, Social Welfare Tribunals) facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue with the two organisations named during the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned had her entitlement to the Household Benefits Package terminated on 9th February 2016, as she stated on an application form for Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) that she had moved address. In subsequent conversations with the Community Welfare Officer in relation to this SWA application at the time, the person concerned stated that she moved from her address and was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: 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. An increased payment can be made where full-time care is being provided to two people. The person concerned is in receipt of CA for one care recipient since 13 April 2023. An application...