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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (6 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: As announced in Budget 2025, a €400 Disability Support Payment was paid to people with disabilities. This additional support was paid to recipients of Disability Allowance, Invalidity Pension and Blind Pension. The county breakdown of the recipients is set out below. County Recipients of disability support Carlow 3,563 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Family Support Services (6 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: Working Family Payment (WFP) is a weekly in-work support which provides an income support for employees on low earnings with children. To qualify for Working Family Payment, the customer must be working a minimum of 38 hours per fortnight in ongoing insurable employment and have at least one qualified child who normally resides with them. Budget 2025 included the provision of a once off...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (6 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: In June last year, a new round of funding was announced to support community groups to upgrade and refurbish the community facilities in their areas. The Community Centre Investment Fund (CCIF) 2024 will provide funding of between €10,000 and €100,000 towards capital costs for the refurbishment of existing community centres. In November, just over €7.8 million was...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Legislative Programme (6 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: To date in 2025, one Statutory Instrument has been in enacted by my Department as set out below. Statutory Instrument S.I. No. 10 of 2025 Charities (Amendment) Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 Primary Legislation Charities Amendment Act 2024 Estimated timeframe Commencement date of Monday 27th January 2025 Other...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (6 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: In June last year, a new round of funding was announced to support community groups to upgrade and refurbish the community facilities in their areas. The Community Centre Investment Fund (CCIF) 2024 will provide funding of between €10,000 and €100,000 towards capital costs for the refurbishment of existing community centres. In November, just over €7.8 million was...

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: Tá a lán Gaeilge ann freisin.

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: Tá leagan Gaeilge ann ach níor úsáid an Teachta é.

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: Ag croílár obair mo Roinne, tá cur i bhfeidhm Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2021 agus an bogadh i dtreo seirbhís phoiblí dhátheangach. Céim shuntasach chun cinn sa mhéid seo a bhí i bhfoilsiú an chéad phlean náisiúnta um sheirbhísí poiblí Gaeilge i mí Dheireadh Fómhair anuraidh....

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Deputy is looking for a quorum.

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCoiste Gnó as an deis seo cúrsaí Gaeilge a phlé. Mar Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail agus mar Aire na Gaeltachta, fáiltím roimh an deis labhairt inniu anseo i nDáil Éireann. Mar atá ráite agam in áiteanna eile, is onóir mhór dom é a bheith anseo mar Aire na Gaeltachta agus Gaeilge. Mar...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Government is very aware of the key role that family carers play in Irish society and the challenges they face and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role. The Programme for Government has set out a timeline which commits to significantly increasing the income disregards for Carer’s Allowance in each Budget with a view to phasing out the means test during the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: My Department provides the Domiciliary Care Allowance which is a monthly non-means tested payment to a parent or guardian for a child aged up to 16 who has a severe disability and requires care and attention substantially over and above that required by other children their age. From January 2025, the rate of Domiciliary Care Allowance increased from €340 to €360 per month....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: Tá mo Roinn tiomanta do sheirbhísí i nGaeilge a chur ar fáil, i gcomhréir le hAchtanna na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, agus trí bhíthin ár Scéime Gaeilge agus ár gCairte Custaiméirí agus Plean Gníomhaíochta 2023-2026. Amhail an 31 Eanáir 2025, tá 293 ball foirne againn a bhaineann le raon Réimsí...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: Jobseeker's Pay-Related Benefit is a new social insurance income support which will replace the Jobseeker's Benefit scheme for people who become fully unemployed from 31st March 2025. Pay-related benefit means that a person's rate of payment will be linked to their previous earnings, subject to maximum and minimal rates. Government has provide almost €160 million for the scheme in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: In Budget 2025, it was announced that the Hot School Meals Scheme will be extended to all remaining primary schools in 2025, meaning that approximately 3,200 schools and 550,000 children will be eligible for hot school meals in 2025. My Department has contacted the remaining primary schools who have not yet joined the Hot School Meals Scheme asking them to submit expressions of interest if...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Programme (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: There are no EU Directives or Regulations under the aegis of my Department awaiting transposition into Irish law. Last year, my predecessor as Minister for Social Protection signed Regulations that transposed EU 2016/589 into domestic legislation - SI 553 of 2024. The purpose of these Regulations is to facilitate employment agencies other than solely Public Employment Services (Intreo) to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: My Department provides funding to Men's Sheds and Women’s (Sister) Sheds under various funding streams, namely the Community Enhancement Programme/Local Enhancement Programme and its various iterations, SICAP, LEADER, Scheme to Support National Organisations (SSNO) and via the Irish Men’s Shed Association (IMSA). Men’s sheds apply individually for most of the schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: In June last year, a new round of funding was announced to support community groups to upgrade and refurbish the community facilities in their areas. The Community Centre Investment Fund (CCIF) 2024 will provide funding of between €10,000 and €100,000 towards capital costs for the refurbishment of existing community centres. In November, just over €7.8 million was...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: Ó thaobh An Roinn Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail de, tá 210 ball foirne Coibhéis Lánaimseartha le fáil ann, agus tá 15 acu san in ann a gcuid dualgas a chomhlíonadh i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla. Tá tiomantas láidir léirithe ag an Roinn maidir lena dualgais faoi Achtanna na dTeangacha Oifigiúla a chomhlíonadh agus déanannan...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Legislative Programme (5 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: My Department has no EU legislation requiring transposition into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee.