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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Childcare Services (17 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: EURES (EURopean Employment Service) was established by the European Commission to facilitate the free movement of workers within the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA). It is a European cooperation network of employment services which assists jobseekers to take up employment within the EU/EEA and assists employers interested in recruiting in the European job market. EURES...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Civil Registration Service (17 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Section 6 of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 introduces new provisions relating to the registration of the father where the parents are not married to one another. This section sets out that the mother is required to give the father’s details, with limited exceptions, and that the father is then required to acknowledge paternity. This section requires technical...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (17 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. For the purposes of the means-test, at initial application stage and throughout the lifetime of the pension claim, an...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (17 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The School Meals Programme provides funding towards the provision of food services to some 1,700 schools and organisations benefitting 300,000 children. The objective of the programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children to support them in taking full advantage of the education provided to them. The programme is an important component of policies to encourage school attendance...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Jobseeker's Benefit for the Self-Employed (JBSE) is a payment for people between 18 and 66 who become fully or partly unemployed and have paid enough PRSI (Pay-Related Social Insurance) contributions. To qualify for JBSE a person must: • be under pension age (which is currently 66) • satisfy the PRSI contribution conditions • not be engaged in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Poverty (17 Oct 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 must complete a Fuel Allowance application form and submit it to the Department in order to have their eligibility assessed and a formal decision made. To date, no application for fuel...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (17 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 Benefits (17 Oct 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 25th January 2023. It...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (17 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides income supports through contributory payments (which are based on a person's social insurance record) and means-tested social assistance payments. A State pension (contributory) recipient can claim an increase on their pension in respect of a qualified adult where the eligibility conditions for this means-tested payment are satisfied. An Increase for qualified adult...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The measures contained in the Budget are designed to support the most vulnerable in our society with the increased cost of living and it is for this reason that I announced that Fuel Allowance recipients would receive a €300 lump-sum payment in November. The qualifying criteria for Fuel Allowance ensure that the payment is targeted at those who are more vulnerable to fuel poverty,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: In response to the ongoing cost of living pressures, I have secured a package of €2.3 billion for Social Protection measures as part of Budget 2024. This represents the largest Budget package for the Department of Social Protection in the history of the State and will help to support our pensioners, carers, people with disabilities, lone parents and families during this difficult...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (17 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: As announced in Budget 2024, the maximum rate for the State Pension (contributory) is set to rise by €12 to the new rate of €277.30 per week in January 2024. This was part of a range of targeted measures included in the budget to help older people with the cost of living. These include a Christmas bonus payment, a further bonus payment in January, a €200 lump sum payment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned was assessed with an overpayment on their Invalidity Pension from 1 August 1999 to 24 October 2001. In addition to the collection of their invalidity pension, they were also in employment. The claimant appealed the decision to the independent Social Welfare Appeals Office. The appeal was disallowed as it was determined that, even if someone else cashed the payments during...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €33 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) from late September to April, at an estimated cost of €412 million in 2023. The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs. Fuel Allowance operates as part of an overall system of social protection supports which provides assistance payments based on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (17 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The School Meals Programme provides funding towards the provision of food services to some 1,700 schools and organisations benefitting 300,000 children. The objective of the programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children to support them in taking full advantage of the education provided to them. The programme is an important component of policies to encourage school attendance...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Oct 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. The person concerned is entitled to treatment benefit based on his PRSI contributions. A claim was received for the person concerned on 5 October 2023. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (17 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Child Benefit is a monthly payment to the parents or guardians of children under 16 years of age. Child Benefit can also be claimed for children aged 16 and 17 if they are in full-time education, full-time training or have a disability and cannot support themselves. The extension of Child Benefit to 18-year-olds in full-time education is a significant change to the Child Benefit payment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (17 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 one-off €400 Cost-of-Living lump sum, which will be paid in November 2023 to recipients of the Disability Allowance,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Jobseeker's Benefit application for The Person Concerned has been processed and their claim for Jobseeker's Benefit has been awarded. A decision letter has issued today, the 12th of October 2023, advising that their payment will be available to them on the 24th of October 2023 in their nominated bank account.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance scheme is a means tested payment to assist pensioners and other long-term social welfare dependent householders with their winter heating costs. The payment is a contribution towards heating costs. The payment is made over the winter season at the weekly rate of €33.00 or, if preferred, by way of two instalments. Only one Fuel Allowance is payable per household....