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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Hubs (14 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Our Rural Future recognises the opportunity for rural rejuvenation that remote working presents and commits to establishing an integrated national network of 400 remote working hubs by 2025. I am pleased to say that we are well on our way to meeting this commitment. There are now 330 hubs on-boarded to the connectedhubs.ie platform and this number is growing all the time. The initial...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (14 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The LEADER Programme is one of the key interventions of Our Rural Future, the Government’s Policy for rural development. The programme includes specific funding themes to support rural economic development, enterprise development, job creation, social inclusion, and the rural environment. Community groups and rural-based businesses can apply for funding under these themes. ...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Tidy Towns (14 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The SuperValu TidyTowns competition is a unique community movement which has a huge impact on our communities throughout Ireland. It encourages communities to improve their local environment and make their area a better place to live, work and visit in line with the objectives of Our Rural Future, the national rural development policy. The competition has evolved in recent years, widening...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 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 a disability such that they require that level of care. It is a condition for receipt of CA that the person being cared for must have such disability that they require full-time care and attention.  This is defined as requiring from...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: One of the qualifying conditions of Job Seekers is that the applicant is available for and seeking full-time employment. Carers Allowance is a payment to a person who is caring full-time for an individual who needs support because of age, disability or illness. The person being cared for must require full-time care and attention. When a person makes an application for Carers...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Carer's Support Grant (CSG) is an annual payment made to carers by my Department. I can confirm that my Department received two applications for CSG from the person concerned on 30 August 2023. In order to determine whether the person concerned satisfies the conditions for CSG, the matter has been referred to a local Social Welfare Inspector (SWI). Once the SWI has completed their...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that my Department received an application for Disability Allowance (DA) from the person concerned on 28 April 2023. Based on an initial review on the completeness of their application, the person concerned was requested to supply supporting documentation on 18 May 2023 in order to make a determination on their DA eligibility. The application was disallowed as the person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (9 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: An Increase for qualified adult (IQA) is a means-tested payment, payable to social welfare claimants whose spouse, civil partner or cohabitant is being wholly or mainly maintained by them. In May and October 2023, my Department issued an application form for the IQA to the person concerned. To date, there is no record of receipt of a completed application form from the person concerned. On...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: In order for the person concerned to have their payment paid to the Post office, they are required to submit a written request to the State Pension (contributory) Maintenance Section, Department of Social Protection, College Road, Sligo, F91 T384. Their letter should include their name, address, PPS Number, preferred Post Office payment location and their signature. Once again, I would like...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The claim of person concerned was under review, suspended and subsequently closed as the person did not attend their local Intreo Centre. The address provided by the Deputy with his question is a new address for the person concerned and the Department will now make contact with the person concerned at this address. I trust this clarifies the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 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 on the 15th August...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 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 2...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 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. Social Welfare Legislation provides that the means test takes account of the income and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (8 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. My Department received correspondence from the person concerned on 27 September 2023,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a range of educational supports to assist people to develop their skills to regain employment. These supports include the Back to Education Allowance, the Training Support Grant and options which allow a jobseeker to retain their Jobseeker's payment while they take part in a training or education course. The Back to Education Allowance provides income support for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (8 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: PRSI class S applies to self-employed people including certain company directors, members of a local authority and certain persons' unearned income such as investments and rents. The current minimum threshold for class S is €5,000 per year. Once income is €5,000 or more in a contribution year, such contributors are liable to pay social insurance contributions at the class S...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Treatment Benefit Scheme provides dental, optical and aural services to insured workers, the self-employed, retired people and their dependant spouse/partner who have the required number of social insurance (PRSI) contributions. In order to qualify a person needs to have at least 260 PRSI contributions paid at either Class A, E, H, P or S, since first starting work, and also have 39...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Maternity Benefit is a statutory payment made for 26 weeks to employed and self-employed women who satisfy certain PRSI contribution conditions. The fundamental qualification criteria for Maternity Benefit are that a woman must be in insurable employment and entitled to statutory maternity leave or be in insurable self-employment. The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Invalidity Pension is a social insurance scheme paid from the Social Insurance Fund. Eligibility is based on Pay Related Social Insurance contributions and medical condition. To qualify, the person must have been incapable of work for at least 12 months and be likely to be incapable of work for at least another 12 months; or must be permanently incapable of work. Claimants must have 260...