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

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy is probably aware, Community Employment (CE) scheme supervisors are employees of private companies in the community and voluntary sector that receive public funding. They are not employees of my Department or public servants. My Department funds wages and training costs in respect of CE participants and supervisors – it does not provide and has not provided for funding...

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

Regina Doherty: An application for carer's allowance (CA) was received from the person concerned on 10 August 2018 who was in receipt of Carer's Benefit up to 3 October 2018. The evidence submitted in support of this application was examined and it was decided that it did not indicate that the requirement for full-time care was satisfied. The person concerned was notified on 20 September 2018 of this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Applications (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (WFP) is a weekly tax-free payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children. The person concerned was awarded WFP on 05 November 2018. The Department has reviewed the decision of 05 November 2018 and it was established that an error had been made in the calculation of their entitlement. Following a revised decision they have...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Partial Capacity Benefit claim for the person concerned has been processed and is in payment. The claim is awarded at the "Moderate" rate of Partial Capacity Benefit. This means the person concerned will be paid 50% of their personal rate of payment . I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

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 an adult who has such a disability that as a result they require that level of care. An application for CA was received from the person concerned on 23 July 2018. CA was awarded to the person concerned on...

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

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (WFP) is an in-work support which provides an income top-up for employees, with children, on low earnings. WFP is designed to prevent in-work poverty for low paid workers with child dependants and to offer a financial incentive to take-up employment. When WFP is awarded, social welfare legislation provides that the rate of payment stays the same for 52 weeks as...

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

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 claimed Illness Benefit from the 15th January 2018 to the 19th June 2018 and, although she did not meet the PRSI contribution qualifying...

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

Regina Doherty: I confirm that my department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 18 July 2018. Carer's allowance was awarded to the person concerned on 23 November 2018 with effect from 19 July 2018. The first payment will issue to his nominated bank account on 13 December 2018. Arrears of CA due for the period 19 July 2018 to 12 December 2018 are...

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

Regina Doherty: Referrals to training supports by my Department are focused on those in receipt of qualifying welfare payments. A mother has to be in employment to avail of maternity leave. Under Section 26 of the Maternity Protection Act 1994 a mother is entitled to return to work to the same job with the same contract of employment following their maternity leave. Mothers that wishing to return to...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: I move amendment No. 16:In page 19, line 5, to delete ", or in respect of,". As the House will know, section 22 of the Bill introduces measures to deal with the small cohort of cases where the member of an occupational pension scheme could not have satisfied the rules of a scheme regarding entitlement to spousal pension because same-sex relationships were not legally recognised in Ireland on...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: Yes, there is no problem with that.

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Deputy should go easy; 55 is not elderly.

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: In the spirit of collegiality, I am happy to accept this and the next amendment. However, that absolutely does not mean that I agree with either amendment or with the Deputy's view. I am not being a smartarse and am not here to split hairs with the Deputy. It really makes me sad that he thinks somebody from the age of 55 is elderly. I am nearly there myself and it is far from elderly I am.

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: It saddens me that we would have so little ambition for people of 55 years when they are 12 years away from retirement. Does the Deputy think it is okay for somebody to stay on an activation scheme for 12 years?

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The people who are already 60 have the ability to stay on it. We already relaxed those rules earlier this year. That is why I say with sincerity that it fills me with sadness that the Deputy would have so little ambition for people who are only in their mid-fifties. This morning at the Committee of Public Accounts the Government was being lashed because we are sending people for a second...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: On the second part of his request, the Deputy table a parliamentary question today and he would have the information to which he refers next Tuesday. On the first part, I say to the Deputy, to everyone else who has contributed and to Deputy O'Dea who tabled the amendment , that it really would be a valuable piece of work and should be done. I ask Deputy O'Dea to reflect on what he stated...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: Absolutely.

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: I thank Deputies who have contributed. I am happy to accept the amendment.

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: I cannot accept this amendment because I cannot give the Deputy the report that she wants. Now that I know exactly what she is looking for, the difficulty is that I do not have the data about why people would be unsuccessful in applying for something. We do not keep records if one applies for something and does not get access to it. If that lady applied for lone parent payment, she would...