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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (22 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: Penalty rates were introduced in 2011 as a means of encouraging Jobseekers to engage with activation measures and to co-operate with efforts of the Department to assist them in securing employment.  The Department is committed, under Pathways to Work, to incentivise the take-up of activation opportunities, including implementing sanctions for failure to engage. The legislation...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (22 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, has decided to allow the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision.  The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (22 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred on 14 January 2019 to an Appeals Officer  who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing.  The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (22 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: Section 241 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act, 2005 (as amended), provides that a person must satisfy the Minister as to his/her identity when making a new claim for a social welfare payment/entitlement and sets out how that can be done. Section 247C of the 2005 Act provides that an existing claimant must satisfy the Minister as to his/her identity, sets out how that can be done...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Data (22 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 660 to 667, inclusive, together. The tables below show the number of persons who had earnings for social insurance purposes under Class M as requested by the Deputy.  Class M includes people with no contribution liability such as employees under age 16 or people aged 66 or over (including those previously liable for Class S), persons in receipt of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (22 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned has been furnished with a statement of Illness Benefit paid for 2018. This information has issued to the Deputy and the person concerned directly by post. I trust this clarifies the matter for the deputy.  

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Micro Credit Scheme (17 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Personal Micro Credit Scheme (PMC) provides for small scale loans, known as It Makes Sense loans, by credit unions to borrowers who have difficulty accessing low cost credit. Currently 111 credit unions, at 272 locations are participating in the scheme. Loans under the scheme range from €100 to a maximum of €2,000 and have a maximum interest rate of 12% per annum. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Payments (17 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (formerly Family Income Supplement) is a weekly in-work payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children. An application for Working Family Payment (WFP) was received from the person concerned on 11 December 2018. The Department wrote to the person concerned on 14 January 2019 and has requested additional details in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Waiting Times (17 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (formerly Family Income Supplement) is an in-work payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children. Working Family Payment (WFP) is payable for a 52 week period from award date and a person must reapply at the end of this period to have their payment renewed. My Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Review (17 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: 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, my Department periodically reviews them to ensure that there is continued entitlement. In...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Waiting Times (17 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (WFP) is an in-work payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children. WFP is payable for a 52 week period from award date and a person must reapply at the end of this period to have their payment renewed. My Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers. This includes ensuring that applications...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (17 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim from the person concerned is fully paid and certified up to the 16th January 2019. A payment of €627 issued to her bank account on the 19th December 2018 that paid her for the dates 11th December 2018 - 1st January 2019. A further payment of €429 issued to her on the 14th January 2019 that paid her for the period of 2nd January - 16th January. She is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (17 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Department administers the Illness Benefit scheme to those customers who cannot work because they are sick or ill provided they are covered by the appropriate class of social insurance (PRSI) and satisfy the PRSI conditions. The Illness Benefit claim from the person concerned is both paid and medically certified up to the 15th January 2019. Payment is due to reach the customers bank...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (17 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: Requests for extending participants on Community Employment Schemes are only considered by this Department at the request of the Project Sponsor, which in this case is Abbeydorney Development Co Ltd. A request for an extension has not yet been made by the sponsor. I trust this clarifies that matter.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (17 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: Scope section in my Department was requested to investigate the class S contributions from 2001 to 2017 on the record of the person referred to by the Deputy. The class S contributions were returned under her spouse’s personal public service number (PPSN). A social welfare inspector interviewed the person in November 2018 and she was asked if she wished to be considered for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Data (17 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: Since the end of September 2018, my Department has been examining the social insurance records of pensioners born on or after 1 September 1946 who were awarded state pension (contributory) on reduced post Budget 2012 rate bands. Information letters were issued to these pensioners explaining that my Department will contact them again to either inform them about the outcome of their review or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (17 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware, I secured Government agreement Wednesday 9th January (Government Decision S180/20/10/0861)to establish an Interdepartmental Group to explore the most appropriate organisational arrangements, including which Department should host Community Employment (CE) Social Inclusion schemes. The group will comprise of senior officials from my own Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme (17 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned applied for back to work enterprise allowance (BTWEA) on 13thJuly 2018 and a decision on the application was sent to the person concerned on 23rdSeptember 2018. The application was not successful as the business was not a new enterprise. I trust that this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (17 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned is not currently engaged with the Department’s Employment Support Services. A Case Officer has issued a letter to the person concerned asking them to make contact with the Department, and an appointment at a time which is convenient for them will be made once contact has been established.. The Case Officer will then meet with the person concerned to advise them...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (17 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Department administers the Illness Benefit scheme to those customers who cannot work because they are sick or ill provided they are covered by the appropriate class of social insurance (PRSI) and satisfy the PRSI conditions. The person concerned submitted an Illness Benefit claim from 3rd September 2018 to the 13th October 2018. He was advised by letter dated 17th September 2018 that he...