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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Agencies Data (15 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: The statutory bodies operating under the aegis of my Department are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Council, the Low Pay Commission and the Social Welfare Tribunal. The Citizens Information Board (CIB) is the statutory body responsible for supporting the provision of information, advice (including money and budgeting advice) and advocacy services to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (15 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: A commencement of employment (COE1) form was automatically issued on 23/11/18 in which the person concerned was asked to sign and return the document to the Newbridge Intreo Centre within 14 days. As the document was not returned within the required timeframe the primary payment was automatically suspended. However all documentation has now been received and the primary payment, a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Job Initiatives (15 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: The company concerned has operated a Job Club service in Co Sligo for a number of years under a 12-month fixed term contract which was renewed annually with the Department. Towards the end of 2018, the company submitted proposals to the Department to enter into a new contract for the provision of this service in 2019. Officials of my Department have met with the company to see if there...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Applications (15 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: In September 2018 the person concerned attended a meeting with their Case Officer to discuss an application which they had made for Back To Education Allowance (BTEA). Subsequent to the meeting with the Case Officer, a Deciding Officer in October 2018 informed the person concerned that their BTEA application was unsuccessful. The person concerned requested a review of this decision and a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (15 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: The estimated full year cost of increasing the weekly rates of payment of disability allowance, illness benefit (formerly disability benefit), blind pension, invalidity pension, carer's allowance and carer's benefit by €5, €10, €15, €20 and €25 respectively is set out in the following table. - €5 €10 €15 €20 €25...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (15 Jan 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 622,871 families in respect of almost 1.2 million children, with an estimated...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Payments (15 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: Partial Capacity Benefit (PCB) allows a person who has been in receipt of Invalidity Pension and who may not have full capacity for work, to return to employment and continue to receive a partial or full payment from the Department. The Person concerned is currently in receipt of Partial Capacity Benefit and was assessed with a "moderate" level of work incapacity meaning that they receive...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (15 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned withdrew an application for Jobseekers Allowance (JA) in favour of an application for Jobseekers Benefit (JB) therefore there is no outstanding documentation on the JA claim. The JB claim was awarded from the 30th October 2018 and the person has been informed. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Payments (15 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 03 October 2018. Their application was referred to a local Social Welfare Inspector (SWI) for further clarification on 14 December...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (15 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department transferred administration of the Illness Benefit (IB) scheme to its core IT platform in August 2018. Although the system change has worked effectively for over 80% of IB customers, significant difficulties arose following implementation for a number of customers. My Department took three main steps to resolve the issues impacting on payments. First, we have deployed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (15 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Department has acknowledged that difficulties arose in delivery of Illness Benefit payments in Autumn 2018, when the Department transferred administration of the Illness Benefit scheme from an old ICT system to its strategic ICT platform on 4 August 2018. The difficulties that arose were limited to the operation of Illness Benefit and have been addressed by the Department as a matter of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (15 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: Under current legislation, a Public Services Card (PSC) cannot be requested by any public or private body or person that is not designated as a specified body in Schedule 5 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (as amended). The PSC can only be used by public bodies specified in this legislation when conducting a public transaction with the person concerned. One of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Data (15 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1107, 1108 and 1109 together. The following tables show the number of persons who had reckonable earnings for Social insurance purposes only within the bands requested by the Deputy. Reckonable earnings generally refers to income derived from insurable employment (i.e. employment income) which is taxed under PAYE. Those paying PRSI on reckonable earnings...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (15 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: I am not in a position to provide an update on the progress of the Bill referred to by the Deputy which is a Private Members Bill on Parental Leave. The Deputy is advised that policy for Parental Leave is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (15 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: I confirm that my department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 8 October 2018. The application was referred to a local social welfare inspector (SWI) on 9 January 2019 to assess the level of care being provided, assess means and confirm that all the conditions for receipt of carer’s allowance are satisfied. Once the SWI has...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Applications (15 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned has applied for One Parent Family Payment and her claim was referred to a Social Welfare Inspector (SWI) for investigation. The SWI has concluded their enquiries and will be submitting a recommendation to a Deciding Officer within the next 7 working days. When a decision has been made by the Deciding Officer the person concerned will be informed of the outcome. My...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (15 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: The following tables provide details of the outcome of all appeals by scheme for the years 2017 and 2018. The figures provided for appeals which had a favourable outcome for the appellant relate to appeals which were either allowed in full or in part by an Appeals Officer, or were resolved by way of a revised decision in favour of the appellant by a Deciding Officer/Designated Person. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions Payments (15 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: The measures announced by Government in January 2018, to provide for a new rate calculation method and new HomeCaring Periods, apply to pensioners born on or after 1 September 1946, who were awarded on reduced post Budget 2012 rate bands. The person concerned is currently the beneficiary of an increase for qualified adult payment on their spouse's pension and there is no record of the person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (15 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on the 28th November 2018. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When these papers have been received from the Department, the case in question will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (15 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: The JobPath employment service commenced in July 2015 and the contracts are for six years comprising two consecutive phases: phase one entails four years’ of client referrals, while phase two entails a ‘run off’ period during which time no additional clients will be referred. Therefore client referrals will cease on 31st December 2019 and the contracts will terminate in...