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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Fuel allowance is a means-tested payment to assist householders on long-term social welfare payments and persons aged over 70 towards the cost of their winter heating needs. From January 2023, for applicants aged 70 and over, there is a new means test limit of €500 for a single person and €1,000 for a couple; the capital disregard threshold has been increased from €20,000...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. The payment of €33 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) is paid from late September to April. The Fuel Allowance for the person concerned was awarded from 13 January 2023. They were notified in writing on 28 February 2023. I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. The payment of €33 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) is paid from late September to April. One of the conditions for receipt of fuel allowance is that a person must satisfy a means test. From January 2023, the threshold for the fuel allowance means test for those aged over 70 is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. The payment of €33 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) is paid from late September to April. The Fuel Allowance for the person concerned was awarded from 13 January 2023. They were notified in writing on 28 February 2023. I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. The payment of €33 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) is paid from late September to April. One of the conditions for receipt of fuel allowance is that a person must satisfy a means test. The fuel allowance means test is linked to the maximum rate of State pension (contributory). An...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. The payment of €33 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) is paid from late September to April. The Fuel Allowance for the person concerned was awarded from 20 January 2023. They were notified in writing on 28 February 2023. I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. The payment of €33 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) is paid from late September to April. The Fuel Allowance for the person concerned was awarded from 20 January 2023. They were notified in writing on 28 February 2023. I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. The payment of €33 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) is paid from late September to April. The Fuel Allowance for the person concerned was awarded from 27 January 2023. They were notified in writing on 28 February 2023. I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. The payment of €33 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) is paid from late September to April. The Fuel Allowance for the person concerned was awarded from 13 January 2023. They were notified in writing on 27 February 2023. I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Rent Supplement provides short-term income support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. The scheme ensures that for those who were renting, but whose circumstances have changed due to temporary loss of employment, can continue to meet...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (7 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I announced a series of landmark reforms to the State Pension system on 20th September 2022. The measures, which were approved by Government, are in response to the recommendations from the Commission on Pensions. The set of measures represent the biggest ever structural reform of the Irish State Pension system. One of the measures announced is that the Department of Enterprise, Trade and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (7 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 3 May 2022. The application for State Pension (contributory) was received on 11 October 2022 Under current eligibility conditions, an individual must have 520 full-rate paid contributions in order to qualify for standard State pension (contributory). 520 full-rate contributions equate to 10 years of full-rate insurable employment. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (7 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 6 December 2022. It is a statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The person referred to has been awarded invalidity pension with effect from the 27 October 2022 and will receive her first payment to her nominated bank account on 16 March 2023. Any arrears due from 22 October 2022 to 15 March 2023 will issue shortly. The person in question was notified of this decision on 1 March 2023. I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. The Department received a claim for IP for the person referred to on the 24 November 2022. The claim was refused on the grounds that the medical conditions for the scheme were not satisfied....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned applied for Jobseekers Benefit (Self Employed) (JBSE) on the 12/01/2023 and requested that their claim be backdated to the 01/01/2023. No reason for late application was given. Their claim was disallowed on the basis that they were still engaged as a self employed contributor, their rental income had not ceased and therefore they had not ceased all self employment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Carer's Support Grant (CSG) is an annual payment made to carers who receive Carer's Allowance, Carer's Benefit or Domiciliary Care Allowance. The CSG is currently payable at a rate of €1,850 and is paid in June each year. The CSG can also be paid on a stand-alone basis to people not in receipt of these payments but who are providing full time care to a care recipient for a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The system of social assistance supports provides payments based on an income need. The means test plays a critical role in determining whether or not an income need arises as a consequence of a particular contingency – such as disability, unemployment or caring. This ensures that the recipient has a verifiable income need and that resources are targeted to those who need them most....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (7 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities (NAS) is funded and supported by the Citizens Information Board (CIB), a statutory body under the aegis of my Department. CIB has a mandate under the Citizens Information Act 2007 to provide advocacy for people with disabilities. NAS provides a free and confidential issues-based representative advocacy service to adults with a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: In Budget 2023, I secured a significant Social Welfare package of almost €2.2 billion. As part of that, one of my priorities was to provide support for families and children. People in receipt of Child Benefit received a double payment in respect of each child in November 2022. This measure benefitted approximately 638,000 recipients in respect of over 1.2 million children at an...