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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's Allowance 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. It is a condition for receipt of Carer's Allowance that the carer must be providing full-time care and attention and it is a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (30 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: To apply for a Personal Public Service (PPS) Number the applicant must provide evidence of identity, address and the reason why a PPSN number is required. In this instance, the applicant stated that a PPS Number was required to pay Local Property Tax (LPT). The property in question was not in the the applicant's name and was in the name of the applicant's spouse. In order to process the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (30 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's allowance 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. I wish to inform the Deputy that following an appeal dated 29 March 2023, arrears of Carer's Allowance and associated...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (30 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: My Department paid €1,644,384 to external legal teams, HR specialists, accountancy firms, and consultants in 2022. All expenditure incurred was necessary to enable my Department to continue furnishing a quality service to its customers.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Application Forms (30 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: All Educational Sector Workers (ESWs) who wish to avail of income support while temporarily laid-off during the school breaks can apply for a jobseeker’s payment but must satisfy all the qualifying conditions to receive this payment. This includes completing the relevant claim application forms and supporting documentation in a timely manner while also being available for full-time...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (30 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The National Intreo Contact Centre (NICC) in my Department provides central call handling for services delivered by all Intreo Offices and includes calls to the Community Welfare Service Helpline. The NICC has approximately 80 staff assigned to it who provide information, query resolution and guidance to our customers with regards to the many schemes and processes within the Department. It...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (30 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) is funded by my Department under Our Rural Future. The Scheme provides funding for the development and enhancement of outdoor infrastructure such as trails, walkways, cycleways, blueways and bridleways throughout rural Ireland. The Scheme is central to Embracing Ireland’s Outdoors,the new National Outdoor Recreation Strategy, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Childcare Services (30 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I confirm that my Department does not assist with, or make financial contribution to, the sourcing or provision of childcare or crèche facilities for the children of staff members of any grade or position.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (30 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Rural Regeneration and Development Fund provides funding for the development and construction of capital projects in towns and villages and rural areas across Ireland. To date, 215 projects have been approved for funding of €398 million for projects costing €545 million. Calls for applications to the Fund are sought under two categories – Category 1 and Category...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (30 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The CLÁR Programme provides funding under a number of different measures for small-scale infrastructural projects in designated rural areas that have experienced significant levels of depopulation over a defined period. Since the CLÁR Programme was relaunched in 2016, it has supported a wide range of measures. Funding of over €57 million has been approved for almost 2,100...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (30 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The information the Deputy has requested for my Department is set out in the table below.Details are in respect of payments made to consultants only as no payments were made by my Department to external legal teams or accountancy firms in 2022. Consultant Purpose Value Curran Futures Investment Fund Consultant contributed to the Periodic...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (25 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an Office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision making functions. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 28...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: A Christmas bonus was paid, for the first time, to long term recipients of Illness Benefit in December 2022. Illness Benefit had not been a qualifying payment for the Christmas Bonus prior to this as it is a short-term social protection scheme. It has a high degree of turnover, with people coming onto the scheme and moving off every week. The average number of days a person receives...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (25 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: All Department of Social Protection official mobile devices and apps which run on them comply with guidance provided by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). This guidance is based on risk assessments appropriate to the circumstances and is kept under continuous review by the NCSC. The Department of Social Protection requires all users of our official devices to exercise appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: 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, the Department periodically reviews them to ensure that there is continued entitlement....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (25 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: State pension (non-contributory) is a means-tested payment for people aged 66 and over, habitually residing in the State, who do not qualify for a state pension (contributory), or who only qualify for a reduced rate (contributory) pension based on their social insurance record. An application for state pension (non-contributory) was received from the person concerned on 6 April 2023. On...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Disability Allowance (DA) is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged 16 or over and under the age of 66. This disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, a means test and Habitual Residency conditions. I can confirm that my Department received an application for DA from the person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Section 87 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 legislates for the Occupational Injuries Benefit scheme for persons injured by an accident at work or caused by a prescribed disease due to the nature of their employment. The Occupational Injuries Benefit scheme is a compensation and income support provided by my Department. Covid-19 is not currently a prescribed disease or illness...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The responsibility for the provision of rent support to those with a long-term housing need is under the remit the local authority. If the person has a long-term housing need their local authority can provide information regarding suitable housing supports. The person concerned is currently in receipt of a One Parent Family Payment (OPFP) of €294.50 per week. However, if the person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Supports from my Department are not intended to cover circumstances where another Government Department or Agency has a primary responsibility. The provision of rental assistance to those in social housing rests with the relevant local authority. If the person concerned is experiencing difficulty with their rental payments, they are advised to contact their local authority to discuss any...