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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (16 Oct 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: Social Welfare Appeals (16 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred on 27th September 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications Data (16 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers. This includes ensuring that applications are processed and that decisions on entitlement are made as quickly as possible. Carer's benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce to care for a child or an adult in need of full-time care and attention. An increased payment can be made...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Television Licence Fee Collection (11 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The free television licence forms part of the household benefits package, together with the electricity or gas allowance.  The package is generally available to people living in the State, aged 66 years or over who are in receipt of a social welfare type payment and are living alone or with an excepted person only.  There is of course a universal entitlement to the free...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (11 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: A decision on an application for Exceptional Needs Payments cannot be appealed to the Social Welfare Appeals Office. Section 323 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 2005 provides that where a person is dissatisfied with the determination of a designated person of a claim by him or her under section 200, 201 or 202 of that Act, i.e. Allowances-in-kind, Exceptional Needs Payments and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (11 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: 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, and as such were not subject to pay reductions under the provisions of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) which only applied to public servants. While the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility (11 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: Based on the information available, the person concerned will qualify for treatment benefit as a dependant spouse on her husband's insurance record. In order for a formal approval of eligibility to issue to her dentist, she should complete and return a signed DE2 form to the Treatment Benefit Section of the Department in Letterkenny.  The relevant form...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (11 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned is in receipt of a reduced rate state pension (contributory) with effect from their 66th birthday, based on an assessed yearly average of 36 contributions, covering their working life from June 1968 to December 2017.  According to the records of my Department, the person concerned has a social insurance record of 1,850 reckonable contributions and credits and is...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: For this week's budget, in the Department we sought to restore supports to our clients after a lost decade of cuts but also to target the resources that we have where we feel that they are best placed to help. As well as the €5 increase across most weekly allowances, we have provided for an increase in payments for qualified children, an increase in the back-to-school clothing and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Data (10 Oct 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. WFP is designed to prevent in-work poverty for low paid workers with child dependents and to offer a financial incentive to take up employment. The figures for Defence Force members in receipt of WFP are as follows: Working Family Payments - Number...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (10 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is a service that supports people who are long-term unemployed to secure and sustain full time paid employment in the open labour market. Two companies, Seetec and Turas Nua, have been contracted by my Department to deliver the service. The contracts are for six years, comprising two consecutive phases: phase one entails four years’ of client...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications Data (10 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: In August 2018, my Department introduced a new claim form and medical certificate to replace the previous forms used for certification of the Department’s Illness and Injury Benefit schemes. This change is part of a programme of modernisation in the Department. Some GPs have continued to use the old forms after the change over date. My Department has a contract with GP panellists...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (10 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned applied for Jobseekers Allowance in September this year, and a comprehensive review of their circumstances, including their income from self employment and rental income was completed as part of the decision making process. As a result of this review a decision on this claim has been made by the deciding officer and communicated to the person concerned. They have been...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments (10 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The back to school clothing and footwear allowance (BSCFA) scheme provides a once-off payment to eligible families to assist with the costs of clothing and footwear when children start or return to school each autumn. The Government has provided €49.5 million for the scheme in 2018. The payment rates for this year are €125 for eligible children aged 4 to 11 years and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (10 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: No application for carer's allowance was received from the person concerned. An application for carer’s benefit was received on 3 May 2018. Carer's benefit is a PRSI based payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has such a disability that they require that level of care. The application was awarded to the person concerned from 7...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Foster Care Supports (10 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The primary payment for foster parents is the foster care allowance which is administered by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The foster care allowance is currently €325 per week per child under 12 and €352 per week per child aged twelve and over. When a young person between the ages of 18 and 21 is still in training or education, an Aftercare Allowance may be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Foster Care Expenditure (10 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The primary payment for foster parents is the foster care allowance which is administered by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The foster care allowance is currently €325 per week per child under 12 and €352 per week per child of twelve and over. When a young person between the ages of 18 and 21 is still in training or education, an Aftercare Allowance may be paid....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (10 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred on 20th August 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: Carer's Benefit Eligibility (9 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: Through the commitments contained in both the Programme for Government and in the National Carers’ Strategy, the Government recognises the crucial role that family carers play in Irish society and is fully committed to their support through a range of supports and services. The main income supports provided by my Department include Carer's Benefit, Carers Allowance, Domiciliary Care...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (9 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: PRSI, along with tax and USC is collected by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners through the PAYE tax system. From 1 January 2019 the Revenue Commissioners will launch their new PAYE Modernisation project. I understand that PAYE Modernisation has an objective of streamlining current business processes and reducing the administrative burden currently experienced by employers to meet...