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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Funding (13 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department provides funding to local communities through work scheme projects such as Community Employment (CE), Rural Social Scheme (RSS) and Tús. These schemes cater for the long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market. CE schemes provide part-time temporary work in their local communities, including opportunities for training and development as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Funding (13 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department provides funding to local communities through work scheme projects such as Community Employment (CE), Rural Social Scheme (RSS) and Tús. These schemes cater for the long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market. CE schemes provide part-time temporary work in their local communities, including opportunities for training and development as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Payments (13 Mar 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. A recipient of CARB is entitled to claim an increase for a qualified child (IQC) where: - the child normally resides with them and - the child...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (13 Mar 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 almost 1.2 million children, with expenditure of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Data (13 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Fuel Allowance is a payment made to people who are dependent on long-term social welfare payments and who are unable to provide for their own heating needs. Budget 2019 provided for the extension of the fuel allowance season by one week, thus extending the season to 28 weeks. The additional week of Fuel Allowance will be paid at the end of the current fuel season in April 2019. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Applications (13 Mar 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: Public Services Card (13 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: The recent Public Services Card customer satisfaction survey, as with every research survey conducted on behalf of my Department by a contracted survey research company, was conducted in full compliance with national and EU Data Protection legislation. In line with these requirements, the survey process was as follows: 1. The Department's Chief Statistician, a senior member of the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Appeals (13 Mar 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, the applicant or the applicant and their spouse, partner or cohabitant must be engaged in full-time employment as an employee for not less than 38 hours per fortnight. This condition must be satisfied on an ongoing basis. An...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (13 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme with the emphasis on progression into employment and/or further education and training. It is designed to break the cycle of long term unemployment and maintain work readiness, thereby improving a person’s opportunities of returning to the open labour market. In order to qualify for CE, a number of conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Status (13 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Scope Section in my Department has responsibility for determining employment status and PRSI class under the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005. The company referred to by the Deputy is currently the subject of two separate Scope investigations. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (13 Mar 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 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: Jobseeker's Payments (13 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of jobseeker's payment is detailed in the table. The number of jobseeker's payments by payment type at the end of February 2019. County Jobseeker's Allowance Jobseeker's Benefit Carlow 2,812 464 Cavan 2,650 468 Clare 3,504 1,032 Cork 11,660 3,377 Donegal 8,717 1,425 Dublin 36,462 8,685 Galway 7,646 2,021 Kerry...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (13 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Rent supplement continues its important role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme supporting approximately 22,600 recipients for which the Government has provided €132.4 million for 2019. Rent supplement continues its withdrawal from the provision of long term housing within the private rented sector. The aim of the “Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (13 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, the Department may make a single exceptional needs payment (ENP) to help meet essential, once-off expenditure which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income. An urgent needs payment (UNP) may be made to persons who may not normally qualify for SWA but who have an urgent need which they cannot meet...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Data (13 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of carer's payment is detailed in the tabular statement. The number of carer's allowance and carer's benefit payments by payment type at the end of February 2019: Carer's allowance and carer's benefit payments County Carer's Allowance Carer's Benefit Carlow 1,378 27 Cavan 1,318 47 Clare 2,046 63 Cork 9,080 352 Donegal 4,035 107...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Data (13 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of one-parent family payment is detailed in the tabular statement. The number of one-parent family payments at the end of February 2019. County One-Parent Family Payment Carlow 600 Cavan 451 Clare 679 Cork 3,692 Donegal 1,240 Dublin 13,936 Galway 1,270 Kerry 938 Kildare 1,547 Kilkenny 507 Laois 663 Leitrim 167 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Paternity Benefit (13 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: The information requested in respect of the number of people who have availed of paternity benefit since its introduction on 1st September 2016 is set out in the following table. PATERNITY BENEFIT Recipients 1st January 2019 - 28th February 2019 5,188 2018 24,080 2017 26,559 2016 (Commenced 1 September) 5,013 I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions Payments (13 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of pension-related payment is detailed in the tabular statement. The number of recipients of a pension-related payment by county at the end of February 2019. County State Pension (Non-Contributory) State Pension (Contributory) Widow/er's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension Invalidity Pension Carlow 1,237 4,654 1,489 1,111...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (13 Mar 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: Social Welfare Benefits Data (13 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: The costings sought by the Deputy are detailed in the following tables. Table 1: Cost of varying amounts in all social insurance payments Scheme Full-year cost of a €5 increase Full-year cost of a €10 increase Full-year cost of a €15 increase Full-year cost of a €20 increase Full-year cost of a €25 increase Full-year cost of a €30 increase ...