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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned is now paid up to 10th November and certified up to 11th November 2018. If the customer 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 clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Telephone Support Allowance (TSA) is a weekly payment of €2.50. People who are in receipt of a Living Alone Allowance (increasing their main DEASP payment) and a Fuel Allowance automatically qualify for the TSA. Approximately 128,000 customers are in receipt of the TSA payment. The estimated full year cost of the scheme is €16.14 million. The primary objective of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Employment Initiative (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Youth Employment Support Scheme (YESS) commenced on Monday 1st October 2018 and is only open to applications since that date. The scheme is specifically targeted at young jobseekers aged 18-24 years of age who are long-term unemployed or who face barriers to employment. The YESS aims to provide jobseekers with the opportunity to learn basic work and social skills in a supportive...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department is currently undertaking an econometric review of the JobPath activation service and JobsPlus (which incorporates JobsPlus youth). Preliminary data gathering commenced for JobsPlus in December 2017 and for JobPath in March this year. Completion of these reviews is provisionally scheduled for the end of 2018. The findings of the reviews will be released as they become available.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned is certified and paid up to 15th November 2018. If the customer 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 clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned is now certified and paid up until 17th November 2018. If the customer 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 clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Eligibility (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned exhausted her entitlement to Illness Benefit (IB) on 28th April 2018. IB is paid for a maximum of 2 years (624 paid days). She must have a minimum of 13 reckonable PRSI contributions paid after the date her benefit exhausted to re-qualify for IB and thus re-qualify for Partial Capacity Benefit. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Data (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Deputy will understand that my Department does not have responsibility for collation and dissemination of the data or projections requested. The European Commission publishes a Pensions Adequacy Report on a regular basis, available on its website ( the specific address is ) which provides information on the current State pension age in each Member State, and how it has increased over...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned is certified and paid up to 13th November 2018 and any arrears due have been paid. If he 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 clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit (IB) claim for the person concerned is now paid up until 17th November 2018 and any arrears due have been processed. IB is paid for a maximum of 2 years (624 paid days). The person concerned has already been paid for 622 days so she only has two days of payment remaining. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned is now certified and paid up to 12th November 2018 and any arrears due will issue to him shortly. If the customer 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 clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: My officials have reviewed the person's claim and associated files. To date, no application for Partial Capacity Benefit (PCB) has been received. Correspondence between my officials and the Community Welfare Service staff in August stated that on receipt of the application form, it would be prioritised as urgent. My officials will contact the customer and on receipt of the application, it...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Reviews (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 585 and 592 together. As advised to the Deputy in response to a parliamentary question he raised in September about this issue, basic weekly supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) may be paid to customers awaiting the outcome of a claim or an appeal for a primary social welfare payment. In certain circumstances, if a person is not eligible for other social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: There are a number of payments and pensions paid by my department to people over State pension age. One of these is the State pension (contributory), qualification for which is based on a number of criteria, including that a minimum of 520 qualifying contributions have been paid into the Social Insurance Fund. For those who have paid the required contributions at a reckonable rate –...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Data (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is published in the Department's Annual Statistical Report, available at . I have reproduced the figures for those years in the attached tabular statement, which also includes the equivalent figure for October 2018. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy. Carer's Allowance recipients at the 31st...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Data (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 is published in the Department's Annual Statistical Report, available at . I have reproduced the figures for those years in the attached tabular statement, which also includes the equivalent figure for January-October 2018. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy. Carer's Assistance claims...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Data (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 is published in the Department's Annual Statistical Report, available at . I have reproduced the figures for those years in the attached tabular statement, which also includes the equivalent figure for January-October 2018. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy. State Pension...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is published in the Department's Annual Statistical Report, available at . I have reproduced the figures for those years in the attached tabular statement, which also includes the equivalent figure for January-October 2018. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy. Jobseeker's Assistance claims...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Reviews (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department is committed to ensuring that the principles of due process and natural justice are followed in all claim decisions. This applies equally to decisions at initial claim stage and when claims are subsequently reviewed. The Department’s guidelines on Decision Making and Natural Justice are published on the website - www.welfare.ie. This message is reinforced through...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: A policy to introduce the Total Contributions Approach (TCA) to pensions calculation was adopted by Government in the National Pensions Framework in 2010, as was the decision to base the entitlements of all new pensioners on this approach from around 2020. In advance of this, on 23 January last, the Government agreed to allow pensioners, born on or after the 1st September 1946, affected by...