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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (24 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: My Department works to ensure that schemes are structured in a way that delivers on commitments under key government policies such as Our Rural Futureand the Town Centre Firstpolicy. The Town and village Renewal Scheme (TVRS), which was launched in 2016, has funded projects which includes signage and plaques as an element of larger projects but usually not as stand-alone items. The TVRS...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: State Bodies (24 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The four agencies under the aegis of my Department have dedicated Oireachtas email addresses. These are listed in the table below. Agency contact details Pobal oireachtasqueries@pobal.ie Charities Regulator oireachtas@charitiesregulator.ie Water Safety Ireland oireachtas@wsi.ie Western...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The extension of Child Benefit to 18-year-olds in full-time education was one of my key priorities as part of Budget 2024. This is a significant change to the Child Benefit payment which will require technical and operational changes to the social welfare system before implementation. For this reason, the change will take effect from September 2024. Where a child in full time education...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (19 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Carer's Support Grant (CSG) is an annual payment made to carers by my department. It is a condition of CSG that the care recipient must have a disability that meets the full-time care and attention requirements set out in the governing legislation such that a person shall not be regarded as requiring full-time care and attention unless the person is so incapacitated that he or she...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (19 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's Benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce or reduce their working hours to care for a child or an adult in need of full-time care and attention. To qualify, the carer must satisfy PRSI conditions; employment conditions; show that they are providing full-time care and attention; and must show that the care recipient requires full-time care and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Working Family Payment (WFP) is a weekly in-work support which provides an income top-up for employees on low earnings with children. To qualify for Working Family Payment, the customer must have at least one qualified child who normally resides with them and be working a minimum of 38 hours per fortnight in ongoing insurable employment. An application for WFP was received for the person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Oct 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. A request for a Means Review was received from the person concerned on 2 August 2023. Following the review, it has been...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: As part of Budget 2024, the Social Protection budget, which is the largest in the history of the State, will assist families and vulnerable citizens through a mix of lump sum supports and increases to weekly payments. The measures introduced include the provision of a targeted one-off €400 Cost-of-Living lump sum, which will be paid in November 2023 to recipients of Disability...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (19 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned attended my Department’s Newbridge Intreo Centre on 16 October 2023 to renew their Public Services Card (PSC). A new card will issue within the next 10 days to their home address. The PSC online renewal service requires customers to provide a photograph which has been taken in the last six months and is compliant with International Civil Aviation Organisation...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: In order to update the payment method, the person should send a written request to 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. I wish to reassure the Deputy that all payment change requests are being...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned will reach pension age in May 2024. Under current eligibility conditions, an individual must have 520 full-rate paid contributions in order to qualify for standard State pension (contributory). 520 full-rate contributions equate to 10 years of full-rate insurable employment. According to the records of my Department, the person concerned has no paid or credited...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Poverty (19 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Fuel Allowance is a payment to help eligible people with the cost of heating their home during the winter months. This year, Fuel Allowance season started on 25 September 2023. Participants on a Community Employment (CE) Scheme can apply for and may qualify for Fuel Allowance while participating on the scheme. Qualification for Fuel Allowance is subject to satisfying all the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: State pension non-contributory is a means-tested payment for people aged 66 and over, habitually residing in the State, who do not qualify for a state pension contributory, or who only qualify for a reduced rate contributory pension based on their social insurance record. In order to establish a person’s state pension non-contributory entitlement, it is necessary for them to submit a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 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 can confirm that the Department received an application for DA from the person concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 12 October 2021. Under current eligibility conditions, an individual must have 520 full-rate paid contributions in order to qualify for standard State pension (contributory). 520 full-rate contributions equate to 10 years of full-rate insurable employment. To qualify for a mixed insurance pension, 520 employment contributions are required,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (19 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: State pension non-contributory is a means-tested payment for people aged 66 and over, habitually residing in the State, who do not qualify for a state pension contributory, or who only qualify for a reduced rate contributory pension based on their social insurance record. In order to satisfy the habitual residence condition, as a first step, it must be established that the person has an...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (19 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: In order to qualify for Illness Benefit, a person must have a total of 104 PRSI contributions paid since they first entered employment. They also must have 39 contributions paid or credited in the relevant tax year, currently 2021, or 26 paid contributions in the relevant tax year and the previous tax year. The person concerned made an application for Illness Benefit from 23rd September 2023....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Forbairt Calaí agus Céanna (19 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Mar is eol don Teachta, is é Comhairle Contae na Gaillimhe atá freagrach as forbairt céanna ar na hOileáin Árainn, Inis Meáin san áireamh. Bíonn cruinnithe rialta idir feidhmeannaigh na Roinne agus an Chomhairle Contae chun plé agus monatóireacht a dhéanamh ar fhorbairt céanna ar Inis Oírr agus Inis Meáin. Tuigtear...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Broadband Plan (19 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware,responsibility for the National Broadband Plan rests with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC). Any queries relating to the roll-out of the plan and specification of cables and connections should be directed to DECC. With regards to the islands, the Deputy will be aware that I recently launched Our Living Islands, the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The extension of Child Benefit to 18-year-olds in full-time education was one of my key priorities as part of Budget 2024. This is a significant change to the Child Benefit payment which will require technical and operational changes to the social welfare system before implementation. For this reason, the change will take effect from September 2024. Where a child in full time education...