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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (25 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Department provides a range of income supports to assist carers. These include Carer's Allowance, Carer's Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and the Carer's Support Grant. The 2018 Revised Estimates provide an allocation of over €1.18 billion for these schemes (€789.1 million for Carer's Allowance , €35.9 million for Carer's Benefit, €153.1 million for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Applications (25 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: Fuel allowance is a means-tested payment to assist householders on long-term social welfare payments towards the cost of their heating needs. The main eligibility conditions that apply to the fuel allowance scheme are that a person must be in receipt of a qualifying payment, must satisfy a means test and must either be living alone or with other qualifying persons. The fuel allowance...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (25 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Mid-Year Expenditure Report (MYER) sets out the starting baseline in relation to the gross voted expenditure for 2019. As outlined in the MYER, the technical pre-Budget position for current expenditure is the current expenditure allocation for this year set out in REV 2018 plus an additional allocation for certain demographic pressures and the Department's share of unallocated carryover...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (25 Sep 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 person who has such a disability that they require that level of care. An application for CA was received from the person concerned on 9 July 2018. One of the qualifying conditions for receipt of CA is that the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Payments (25 Sep 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. To qualify for WFP a person must be engaged in full time remunerative employment as an employee for a minimum of 38 hours per fortnight (or 19 hours per week). It is also possible to combine hours worked with a spouse, civil partner or cohabitant to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (25 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned made an application for a Jobseeker's Allowance payment in December 2017. The application was disallowed by the Deciding Officer as it was deemed that the person concerned had means in excess. The person concerned appealed the decision to the Social Welfare Appeals Office, and a decision is awaited. The person concerned has no pending application for a Jobseeker's...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobs Initiative (25 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Job Initiative (JI) Programme is one of a range of activation supports and programmes provided by my Department, catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market. The JI programme is sponsored by local community groups/statutory organisations (Managing Agents) wishing to benefit the local community. My Department provides financial support in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (25 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: I confirm that my department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 2 May 2018. Carer's allowance was awarded to the person concerned on 10 September 2018 with effect from 3 May 2018. The first payment will issue to her nominated bank account on 4 October 2018. The person concerned is currently in receipt of another social welfare payment....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (25 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: My officials are well aware of the Open Government Partnership National Action Plan 2016-2018 and the consultation principles and guidelines set out in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's document in September 2016. I am satisfied that the public consultation processes with regards to pensions reform are being conducted with due regard to the guidelines and principles. My...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (25 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 496 and 497 together. A policy to introduce the Total Contributions Approach (TCA) to the State Pension contributory (SPC) 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 2020. The Roadmap for Pensions Reform 2018-2023 confirmed the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (25 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The National Pensions Framework (2010) proposed that a “Total Contribution Approach” (TCA) should replace the yearly average approach, for new pensioners from 2020. The aim of this approach is to make the rate of contributory pension more closely match contributions made by a person. The TCA will ensure that the totality of a person’s social insurance contributions -...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Appeals (25 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim from the person concerned has been processed and the original notification issued to inform the customer that he did not qualify for payment under the scheme. Unfortunately, the incorrect disallowance reason was entered onto the notification letter and the Department sincerely apologises for any upset this may have caused. An updated letter has issued to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (25 Sep 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 20 August 2018. The application is currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (25 Sep 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 24 January 2018. It is a condition for receipt of a CA...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (25 Sep 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. I confirm that my department received an application for CA from the person concerned on the 9 July 2018. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Review (25 Sep 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. A recent review has taken place of the means of the person concerned. The outcome of this review is that the person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (25 Sep 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. I confirm that my department received an application for CA from the person concerned on the 20 July 2018. Additional...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (25 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Illness Benefit claim for the person concerned has been processed and he is in receipt of his full entitlement under the Illness Benefit Scheme. All arrears owing have now been paid. I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Early Retirement Scheme (25 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: HR Division of my Department has informed me that the process for dealing with applications for Ill Health Retirement from the Civil Service is as set out in DPER Circular 22/07. The Chief Medical Officer for the Civil Service provides advice as to whether in his opinion a civil servant is incapable on medical grounds of regular and effective service due to a current on going medical...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Sign Language and Deaf Services (25 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 509 to 511, inclusive, together. The Sign Language Interpreting Service (SLIS), which is funded and supported by the Citizens Information Board, (CIB) is the national service for the development, promotion and delivery of sign language interpreting services to the Deaf community in Ireland. CIB has allocated a budget of €676,000 to SLIS for 2018. This...