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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Child Benefit is a monthly payment to the parents or guardians of children under 16 years of age. Child Benefit can also be claimed for children aged 16 and 17, if they are in full-time education or full-time training or have a disability and cannot support themselves. The person concerned has not submitted an application for child benefit to date and, consequently, the Department are not in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Official Engagements (28 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: As a part of my visit to London to celebrate St Patrick's day, I held bilateral meetings with my counterparts namely the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Minister for Employment. We spoke about the positive collaboration between the Department of Work and Pensions and the Department of Social Protection on social security matters. In particular the work being done to protect...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (28 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Departmental records reflect the person concerned has not made a recent application for assistance with a utility bill. It is open to the person to apply by completing a SWA1 form and providing all relevant documents in support of her application. For convenience, an application pack has been posted to the person concerned. On receipt of a completed application form and supporting...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (28 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 450 and 451 together. The Citizens Information Board (CIB) is a statutory body under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection (DSP), with responsibility for the Citizens Information Service (CIS). CIB provides funding to eight independent regional CIS companies that operate the national network of Citizens Information Centres (CICs). It is important...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Firstly, I would like to extend my condolences to the person concerned the sudden loss of her partner. My Department provides a range of income supports for people who are parenting alone. These include the Widow(er)’s and Surviving Civil Partner’s Contributory Pension, One Parent Family Payment, and Jobseekers Transitional Payment. One of the qualifying conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (28 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 453 and 454 together. The Citizens Information Board (CIB) is a statutory body under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection (DSP), with responsibility for the Citizens Information Service (CIS). CIB provides funding to eight independent regional CIS companies that operate the national network of Citizens Information Centres (CICs). It is important...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (28 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 13 July 2022. They were assessed as having a total of 1,351 qualifying paid and credited social insurance contributions from their date of entry into insurable employment in 1974 to 2022, giving a yearly average of 28. The State Pension (contributory) was awarded from 13 July 2022 at the currently weekly rate of €225.90 which equates to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Mar 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 in that office on 10 February 2023. It is a statutory requirement...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Mar 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 in that office on 27 September 2022. It is a statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Mar 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. I am informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an appeal request was received from the person concerned on 3 March 2023. The Appeals Office subsequently...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €33 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) from late September to April, at an estimated cost of €412 million in 2023. The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs. Only one allowance is paid per household. The provision of any additional supports such as extending the Fuel Allowance...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Mar 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 in that office on 9 January 2023. It is a statutory requirement...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (28 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 22nd December 2003. According to the records of my Department, they have a total of 330 total reckonable contributions from 1988 to 2003 which equates to a yearly average of 19 contributions. This gives entitlement to a reduced State Pension (contributory) at the current weekly rate of €199.00. This is the correct rate commensurate with the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Meetings (28 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Representatives from the Department have not met with trade unions representing healthcare workers with long-Covid regarding their pay arrangements. Furthermore, there are no records of any such meetings that were scheduled or cancelled by Departmental representatives. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Meetings (28 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Under the social security arrangements between Ireland and the United Kingdom, the respective authorities exchange social insurance record details for pension entitlement assessment purposes. The person concerned will be 66 in 2025. An electronic copy of their Irish record has been forwarded on their behalf to the UK authorities. Calculation and payment of a UK pension is a matter for the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Register of Electors (28 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 466 and 470 together. A person is not required to have a Public Services Card (PSC) before they can be added to the Register of Electors and any issues regarding difficulties a person may experience in being added to the Register are a matter for my colleague the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. MyGovID is the secure online identity...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (28 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: State pension non-contributory is a means-tested payment for people aged 66 and over, legally and 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. For the purposes of the means test, at application stage and through the lifetime of a claim, an applicant...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (28 Mar 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. I can confirm that the person concerned is currently in receipt of the full weekly rate of €236 of CA for a carer...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (28 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: In Budget 2023, the Department introduced social protection measures designed to assist people in receipt of certain qualifying social protection payments with cost-of-living increases. These measures included lump sum payments, increases to weekly payment rates and an expansion of the fuel allowance scheme. As the person concerned is not in receipt of a qualifying payment, they do not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, my Department may make Additional Needs Payments to help meet expenses that a person cannot pay from their weekly income. This is an overarching term used to refer to exceptional and urgent needs payments, and certain supplements to assist with ongoing or recurring costs that cannot be met from the customer’s own resources, and which...