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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (17 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Minister wishes to amend the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 to provide that employers must inform employees in writing of the policy in relation to the distribution of cash and electronic tips and gratuities in that business, where applicable.  The information will be included in the written statement of terms of employment that must be provided to an employee not later...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (17 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: The information requested (where available) by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement. Tabular statement The average number of weeks to award various social welfare claims at the end of November 2019. Scheme Ave Number of Weeks to Award State Pension (Contributory) 7 State Pension (Non-Contributory) 12...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (17 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers, ensuring that applications are processed and that decisions on entitlement are made as quickly as possible. A wide range of reviews on applications already in payment are carried out arising from customer requests, together with reviews undertaken by the Department. Time to process reviews vary across schemes,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (17 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: Pension entitlement is assessed on the eligibility conditions applicable on the date an individual reaches pension age.   The person concerned reached pension age in 2014.  In order to claim state pension (contributory) a claimant must submit an SPC1 application form.  To date an application for state pension (contributory) has not been received from the person concerned....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (17 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: Rent supplement continues its vital role in supporting families and individuals in private rented accommodation, with the scheme currently supporting 17,200 recipients for which the Government has provided €132.4 million for 2019. The additional full year cost for 17,200 customers, increasing rent limits by: 5%; 10%; 15%; 20%; and 25%, respectively, is provided in the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Budgets (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Department’s capital allocation for the years 2020 to 2022 is outlined in the following table. To date, there is no allocation for 2023-2025. However, this is subject to ongoing review in the context of the annual Estimates process. It is intended that the allocation will primarily assist the Department in delivering additional IT modernisation and allow for the refurbishment of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (12 Dec 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 person who has such a disability that they require that level of care. Once claims are in payment, the Department periodically reviews them to ensure that there is continued entitlement. Depending on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Applications (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned applied for state pension (contributory) on 15 October 2019. According to the records of my Department, they have a total of 360 full-rate paid Irish contributions. Based on their Irish contribution history only, they do not qualify for an Irish state pension (contributory). A minimum of 520 full-rate paid contributions is required. Written notification of this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (12 Dec 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. An application for CA from the person concerned on 12 July 2019, in respect of two care recipients. In the case of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (12 Dec 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. The person concerned has been in receipt of payment for one care recipient since 2 May 2014. I confirm that my department...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: Social welfare legislation provides that the personal representative of a deceased person, who at any time received a social assistance scheme payment, such as state pension (non-contributory), is obliged to give notice to my Department of their intention to distribute the deceased's estate and to provide a schedule of the assets of the estate. On examination of the schedule of assets, if it...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that two appeals were registered in the name of the person concerned as they had applied for carer's allowance in respect of two carees. I am also advised that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, including that adduced at the oral hearing, decided to allow the appeals of the person concerned. The person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 26 November 2019. 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 be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned is in receipt of the maximum rate of State pension (contributory), together with fuel allowance, increase for living alone and telephone support allowance. They are also in receipt of the Household Benefits Package and Free Travel. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an oral hearing of the appeal of the person concerned took place on 3 December 2019 and that the Appeals Officer is now considering the appeal in the light of all of the evidence submitted, including that adduced at the oral hearing. The person concerned will be notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision when the appeal has been...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department currently has five credit cards issued to officials in the Department. The amount spent on credit cards in each year from 2016 to 2018 and to date in November 2019 is set out below in tabular format: Year Amount € 2016 €135,620 2017 €120,216 2018 €159,729 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Support Services Funding (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Reasonable Accommodation Fund aims to assist both jobseekers with disabilities and private sector employers seeking to employ or retain a person with a disability, by providing a range of grants. The scheme in particular seeks to assist jobseekers with disabilities to gain access to the open labour market by providing grants to support private sector employers. In summary the grants...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: An Increase for a Qualified Adult is an additional payment made to social welfare recipients in respect of a spouse, civil partner or cohabitant who is financially dependent on them. This additional payment is means-tested. The Department estimates that payments will be made in respect of an average of 150,000 Qualified Adults per week in 2020, across various working age schemes, as well...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: In Budget 2019 I announced the introduction of a new social insurance based parent’s benefit scheme, which took effect in November 2019. The new scheme provides two weeks leave to both parents, including those who adopt a child, who are employees or self-employed and who take parent’s leave from their employment to care for their child. This is in addition to existing maternity,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: The estimated year-on-year cost of increasing all contributory and non-contributory pensions by €5 per week (with proportionate increases for qualified adults), based on the projected number of recipients in each year is detailed in the following table. 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Total Cost Cost of €5...