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Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: I move amendment No. 3:In page 10, line 6, to delete “intimidation.” and substitute “intimidation.”.”. On the advice of the Office of the Attorney General, with which the WRC and the Labour Court agree, this provision should be deleted as it creates two different standards of proof within the same legislation, resulting in legal uncertainty and a...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: It is good to be still able to surprise a gentleman. This amendment is designed to ensure the Act is commenced within six months. While I share the Deputies’ concern that the legislation has to be commenced as soon as is possible, it must also be understood that I cannot interfere with the functions of the President who has to sign a Bill into law or the Supreme Court. The...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: Touché.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: I have not changed my views. While I appreciate what the Deputy said, there is a long-established practice in the House that we commence legislation in a way that is cognisant of the other institutions which have a role to play. I see no reason to change that.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Order for Report Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme (26 Jun 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 extra costs when children start school each autumn. The Government has provided €49.5 million for the scheme in 2018 which will operate from June to September. The rate of payment in 2017 was increased by 25% to €125 in respect of children aged...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: The school meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food to some 1,580 schools and organisations benefitting 250,000 children at a total cost of €54 million in 2018 representing an increase of €6.5 million over the previous year. The objective of the scheme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children who are unable, due to lack of good quality food, to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: An A1 Portable Document is a certificate issued in respect of an employee to confirm the attachment of that employee to the Social Security system of an EEA Member State. The certificates are important to prevent the duplicate charging of social insurance where employees work across the EEA, they confirm the duration of the attachment period and they confirm the country that is responsible...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: An application for Carer’s Support Grant was received in my Department on 20 April 2018. This application is currently being processed and a decision will be made shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Correspondence (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: A reply issued to the Deputy on 30 April 2018, I have arranged for a duplicate copy to issue.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 18 June 2018. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When these papers have been received from the Department, the case in question will be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: Rent supplement plays a vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme supporting approximately 30,000 recipients for which the Government has provided €180 million for in 2018. Under the legislative provisions governing rent supplement, the Department’s relationship is with the tenant. The tenant’s engagement with the Department usually takes place...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: Qualification for One Parent Family Payment (OFP) is based on the age of the youngest child in the family. Currently payment normally continues up to when the youngest child reaches seven years of age. Special provisions are in place for customers who are in receipt of Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA), in these cases the OFP will remain in payment until the child for whom the DCA is paid,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned completed his Community Employment Programme on 15/6/2018, having spent total of 164 weeks on the scheme. A P45 has issued to him. His start date was 4/2/2013. Requests for extensions for participants on Community Employment Schemes are only considered by this Department at the request of the Project Sponsor. Per Departmental records no such request has been received.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Data (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: The estimated full year cost of increasing all pension payments by €1 per week is detailed in the table: Scheme Full Year Cost 2019 - €m Social Insurance Schemes State Pension (Contributory) 22.15 Widow/er's Contributory Pension (Aged 66 and over) 4.46 Deserted Wife's Benefit (Aged 66 and over) 0.12 Death Benefit Pension (Aged 66 and over) 0.02 Social Assistance...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: The back to work enterprise allowance (BTWEA) is a non-statutory scheme designed to provide a monetary incentive for people who are in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment to develop a business while allowing them to retain a reducing proportion of their qualifying social welfare payment over two years; 100% in year 1 and 75% in year 2. The duration payable for the BTWEA was reduced...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware the primary goal of my Department's activation services including the JobPath service, is to move people from full-time and part-time unemployment to full-time and sustained employment. From 1st June all long term jobseekers who are currently engaged with the JobPath service and those who may be referred in future, have the option of applying for CE and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Payments (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: A renewal application for Working Family Payment (WFP) was received from the person concerned on 16thApril 2018. However the renewal application could not be processed as the applicant had changed employment during the course of the last WFP award period. As the applicant had changed employment since the last renewal date it is necessary to complete a new application for WFP. A new...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Foster Care Supports (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: At the outset, I want to clarify for the Deputy that the weekly rate of foster care allowance exceeds the weekly rate of guardian's payment. One of the roles of my Department is to provide income support to families with children in the State. Guardian's payment (contributory) and guardian's payment (non-contributory) are, respectively, social insurance and social assistance (means-tested)...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Births (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: The current legislation governing registration of births provides only for the registration of a mother's details and a father's details. It is not possible, at present, to register the details of a birth using the term “parent”. This is provided for in section 99 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015, which is yet to be commenced. In the meantime, births...