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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Insurance Coverage (18 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy for this Parliamentary Question but regret it is not a matter for my Department. Life insurance is regulated by the Central Bank and monitored by the Department  of Finance.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (18 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 16 April 2016. An application for State Pension (contributory) was received on 7 January 2016. According to the records of my Department, the person concerned has a total of 1,785 total reckonable contributions and credits from their date of entry into insurable employment in 1966 to the end of 2015, the tax year prior to their 66th birthday....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 Apr 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. A Carer's Allowance award letter issued to the person concerned on 1 March 2023.  This included details in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements.  The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered on 7 December 2022. It is a statutory requirement of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Correspondence (18 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Disability Allowance (DA) is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged 16 years 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, means test and Habitual Residency conditions.  I confirm that my Department received an application for DA from this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (18 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Credited contributions, including change of status credits, are not applicable in the case of self-employed Class S contributors, such as the person referred to by the Deputy.  Class S contributions are set at a significantly lower rate than that paid in respect of the vast majority of employees and their employers, under Class A.  Providing reckonable income is €5,000 per...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (18 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Employment services for people with disabilities are currently provided by 23 EmployAbility service providers across the State on behalf on my Department.  My officials are preparing a procurement process to update current EmployAbility service contracts in order to comply with legal advice from the Attorney General and Chief State Solicitor’s Office and to meet the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (18 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 949 and 950 together. My Department has contracts with 23 service providers for the provision of an Employability service across the State.  In 2023, the total contract value for those contracts is approximately €10.9 million. The decision of the board of Employability West to cease operations and to decline the Department’s offer of a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned does not qualify for One-Parent Family Payment (OPFP) as their means exceed the amount of One Parent Family Payment payable to them based on their family circumstances. The person concerned weekly means from employment is €134.73 and they also receive maintenance of €350. Therefore the person concerned total weekly means from all sources is €484.73...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Climate Change Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: As outlined in Our Rural Future, the LEADER programme will play a key role over the lifetime of the policy in enhancing the participation of local communities in shaping their future and building leadership and resilience. A feature of the LEADER programme is that it is based on a community-led, bottom-up approach to rural development. The current programme will close at the end of August...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Embracing Ireland’s Outdoors, the new National Outdoor Recreation Strategy 2023-2027, which was launched last November, was developed in collaboration with Comhairle na Tuaithe and is a collaborative cross-Government, stakeholder-led strategy. It reflects the views of stakeholders, the public and the whole of Government and it sets the stage to strengthen and support the sustainable...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: School Funding (18 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: My Department launched the €50 million Community Recognition Fund(CRF)earlier this year. This fund is specifically targeted at projects that are located in communities, towns and villages that are hosting the Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection and/or International Protection Applicants. The focus of the Community Recognition Fund is to develop local facilities to be open, used and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that no staff within my Department are based and working with the institutions of the European Union in Brussels, and there are no vacancies in this regard. The Department of Rural and Community Development was established on 19th July, 2017. Accordingly, no corresponding figures are available for 23 June 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) supports the improvement of rural roads and laneways that are not normally maintained by local authorities. As part of Our Rural Future, the Government is committed to ensuring that the LIS is funded into the future. Our Rural Future also commits to supporting a vibrant, effective and sustainable agriculture sector, while the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Grant Payments (18 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: In January I launched the Community Recognition Fund which aims to support the development of community infrastructure and facilities in recognition of the contribution being made by communities across the country in welcoming and hosting significant numbers of arrivals from Ukraine and other countries. The funding is specifically targeted at projects that are located in communities,...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (18 Apr 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 de-population 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: Housing Provision (18 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1843 and 1844 together. As the Deputy will be aware, my Department is currently finalising a new National Islands Policy. This policy will set out the Government's vision for supporting and sustaining our island communities. Officials from my Department have engaged with the authors of the report referred to by the Deputy in order to discuss their...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Greenways Provision (18 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) provides funding for the development of new outdoor recreational infrastructure and for the maintenance and promotion of existing infrastructure. In February 2020, Louth County Council was approved funding of €200,000 under ORIS to develop and enhance the Boyne Greenway. To date no funding has been drawn down on this project. ...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (18 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Details regarding funding provided by my Department, since its establishment in July 2017, to the organisation referred to by the deputy are outlined below: Year € 2017 €0 2018 €0 2019 €0 2020 €290,500 ...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: There are currently 8 staff on sick leave with no staff having disclosed stress as the reason for absence. Employees are not obliged to state the nature of the illness on medical certificates or on the NSSO Human Resources Management System (HRMS) when self-reporting illness and absence. The number of staff who availed of sick leave in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, is...