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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Yield (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 634 to 636, inclusive, together. The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the table. Revenue/Cost Employments affected 1% Increase in Employer's PRSI €778.6m 2,950,241 1% increase in employer's PRSI on salaries over €1,923 per week €69.12m 247,218 Increasing the employers’ PRSI threshold to exclude income under...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Funding (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department has not provided funding or grant aid to the association referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned has been processed and all arrears owing to her have been issued. The claim is now closed as this customer has returned to work. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned is paid up to the 1st December 2018 and all arrears owing to her have been issued. If the person concerned remains ill and unfit for work after the 1st December 2018, further medical certificates should be submitted to the Department for payments to issue after this date. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts Data (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested is currently being compiled by my Department and will be provided to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Occupational Injuries Benefit Payments (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Occupational Injury Benefit claim for the person concerned has been processed and any arrears owing to him will issue shortly. The claim is medically certified up to the 30th November 2018. If the person concerned remains ill and unfit for work, a further medical certificate should be submitted to the Department as soon as possible in order for further payments to issue. I trust this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned made an application for a Supplementary Welfare Allowance Basic payment. As she is a full-time student and is not participating in the Back to Education Scheme the application was disallowed under the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act Section 190(1). The person concerned is in receipt of a maintenance payment from Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI). I hope this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: My 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 does not qualify for a payment of Illness Benefit as he does not satisfy the second PRSI qualifying condition which is as follows: 39 weeks of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: Job Club employment services are delivered by a variety of community based organisations via a contract for service. Job Club staff are employees of these organisations and therefore redundancy payments would be a matter for them to address. The Department would not ordinarily be involved unless a contractor / employer is unable to pay statutory redundancy to employees, in which case it is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred on 9th October 2018 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 Protection and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred on 9th October 2018 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 Protection and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement. Number of recipients of State Pensions at 31st October 2018 by County County State Pension (Non-Contributory) State Pension (Contributory) Widow/er's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension Invalidity Pension Carlow 1,225 4,572 1,488 1,104 Cavan 2,355 5,234 1,728 812 Clare 3,279 9,515 2,876...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement. Jobseeker's Recipients at 31st October by County County Jobseeker's Allowance Jobseeker's Benefit Carlow 2,818 426 Cavan 2,695 442 Clare 3,546 745 Cork 11,715 2,862 Donegal 8,769 1,212 Dublin 38,267 8,293 Galway 7,862 1,701 Kerry 5,293 1,697 Kildare 5,516 1,482 Kilkenny 2,490 435 Laois 3,092...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: Under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, the Department may make a single exceptional needs payment (ENP) to help meet essential, once-off expenditure which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income. Almost 86,000 payments have issued under the scheme in 2018 up to end October. A breakdown of payments by county is available in the following...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement. Recipients of carer's allowance, carer's benefit and carer's support grant at the end of October 2018 County Carer's Benefit Carer's Allowance Carer's Support Grant Carlow 24 1,334 1,625 Cavan 43 1,279 1,605 Clare 61 2,005 2,600 Cork 348 8,802 12,263 Donegal 90 3,961 4,659 Dublin 521 16,253 22,203...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ministerial Meetings (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: Below please find details of public events by county attended by me since 1 May 2018. CORK Attend Budget 2019 public meeting Auto enrolment forum - public consultation DUBLIN Social Inclusion Forum Women of ’83 event T4Y Get Out the Vote Photocall – Together For Yes Attend Ladies Race Evening for Breast Cancer Ireland Attend the Pensions TCA Public Consultation Forum...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (4 Dec 2018)

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 adult who has such a disability that as a result, they require that level of care. I confirm that my department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on 6 July 2018....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts Data (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department has not awarded any contracts or tenders to this company. I trust that this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Household Budget Facility (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Household Budget Service is operated by An Post on behalf of my Department. The facility allows participants to have regular amounts deducted from their social welfare payments which then go towards paying various household bills or rents or to repay certain loans to credit unions. Social welfare recipients wishing to avail of the Household Budget Service apply to An Post to use the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Reform (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Department has engaged in a consultation process with the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO), a longstanding representative body with a broad range of GPs in its membership, over recent months. It is hoped that this process can be brought to a successful conclusion shortly and that agreement can be concluded on a range of issues including e-certification, closed certification and changes...