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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Legislation (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: On 23 January last, this Government agreed to a proposal that will allow pensioners affected by the 2012 changes in rate bands to have their pension entitlement calculated on a Total Contributions basis, including provision for up to 20 years of a new home caring credit. Legislation has to be drafted and enacted to enable implementation of these arrangements, and a number of options...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: Qualification for Treatment Benefit is based on satisfying certain PRSI conditions. The person concerned would need to have paid 260 PRSI contributions at either Class A, E, H, P or S, since first starting work, and also have 39 contributions paid or credited at these classes, in the relevant tax year on which the claim is based. In 2018, this is the 2016 tax year. If the person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1218, 1233 and 1269 together. Credited contributions (credits) are social insurance contributions designed to protect the social insurance entitlement record of insured workers who are not in a position to make PRSI contributions. Credits are awarded in circumstances such as unemployment or illness, and their purpose is to help protect the social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, including that adduced at the oral hearing, has decided to allow the appeal of the person concerned.  The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: JobPath is an approach to employment activation which caters mainly for people who are long-term unemployed (over 12 months) to assist them to secure and sustain full-time paid employment or self-employment. The person concerned is currently in receipt of a Jobseekers Allowance payment of €107.70 p.w. and she has been selected for participation on JobPath. In North Kildare the JobPath...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested (where available) by the Deputy is detailed in the attached tabular statement. I note that this information is published in Open Data format in my Department's Annual Statistics Report, available at .County breakdowns for all Social Welfare benefits are available from 2005 on an annual basis, and from 2016 on a monthly basis. I also note that Respite Care...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Fund (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Deputy is referring to a change in the Finance Act 2013 which provided that the release/forgiveness of a debt relating to land, which is held as trading stock is regarded as (notional) income for tax purposes. The debt forgiveness is regarded as “reckonable income” for PRSI purposes and is liable to PRSI at the Class S rate of 4%. This provision only applies to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: Carer's benefit (CARB) 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.  An application for CARB was received from the person concerned on 7 June 2018. The application is currently being processed and once completed, the person concerned will be notified directly...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The aim of the Community Employment (CE) programme is to enhance the employability of disadvantaged and unemployed people by providing work experience and training opportunities for them within their communities.  The programme helps break the cycle of unemployment and improve a person’s chances of returning to the labour market. Participation on CE is intended to be for a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: Ireland ratified the European Code of Social Security (Code), Article 74, on 16 February 1971 and has accepted the parts of the Code relating to sickness benefit, unemployment benefit, old-age benefit, family benefit and survivors’ benefit.  It is a matter for the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) to examine conformity with the Code and Ireland is not currently ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who has decided to convene an oral hearing in this case. Every effort will be made to hear the case as quickly as possible and the person concerned will be informed when arrangements for the oral hearing have been made.  The Social Welfare Appeals Office...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Eligibility (7 Sep 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. In general, the allowance is payable in respect of eligible children between the ages of 4 and 17 in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 5th April 2018.  It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection  These...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: Child Benefit is a monthly payment made to families with children in respect of all qualified children up to the age of 16 years. The payment continues to be paid in respect of children up to their 18th birthday who are in full-time education, or who have a disability. Child Benefit is currently paid to almost 629,000 families in respect of almost 1.2 million children, with an estimated...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance 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 for CA from the person concerned was disallowed by a Deciding Officer as her means were determined to exceed the statutory limit. The person concerned was notified on 22...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: Under the social security arrangements between Ireland and the UK, the respective authorities exchange social insurance record details, as required, for pension entitlement assessment purposes.  The person concerned is in receipt of pension from both jurisdictions.  My department is not aware of any further information that is outstanding at this time.  As UK...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned applied for Jobseekers Allowance and Supplementary Welfare Allowance both of which were disallowed because the applicant did not provide all the documentation required to make a determination on eligibility for payment.  A Community Welfare Officer visited the applicant to advise her that if she was dissatisfied with the decisions, she should appeal them and she was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The purpose of Rent Supplement is to assist with reasonable accommodation costs of eligible persons living in private rented accommodation, where they are unable to provide for their accommodation costs from their own resources and do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. The person concerned was in receipt of rent supplement since 10/01/2017 at the monthly rate of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1239 and 1251 together. 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 nor are they public servants, and as such they were not subject to pay reductions under the provisions of the Financial Emergency Measures in the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: I confirm that my department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 3 July 2018.  The application was awarded to the person concerned on 27 August 2018 with effect from 5 July 2018 and the first payment will issue to her nominated post office on 13 September 2018.  Arrears of allowance due from 5 July 2018 to...