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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (2 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The School Meals Programme provides funding towards the provision of food services to some 1,600 schools and organisations benefitting 260,000 children.  The objective of the programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children to support them in taking full advantage of the education provided to them.  The programme is an important component of policies to encourage school...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (2 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Carer’s Allowance is a payment to people on low incomes who are caring full-time for a person who needs support because of age, disability or illness (including mental illness).  The person being cared for must require full-time care and attention.  If a person is getting certain social welfare payments and are providing full time care and attention to another person whilst...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Budgets (2 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Humanitarian Aid is a scheme under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance schemes. It is a demand-led scheme, payable to persons to prevent hardship by providing income tested financial support to people affected by flooding and other severe weather events and who are not in a position to meet costs for essential needs, household items and, in some instances, structural repair. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Household Benefits Package (HHB) comprises the electricity or gas allowance, and the free television licence.  My Department will spend approximately €285 million this year on HHB for over 506,000 customers.  People over the age of 70 receive the Household Benefits Package, with one package provided per household.  The package is also available to people living in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Feb 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.  A request for further information issued to the person concerned on 30 January 2023.  On receipt of the requested information their entitlement to Fuel allowance will be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: A Fuel Allowance is a payment under the National Fuel Scheme to help with the cost of heating a home during the winter months.  It is paid to people who are in receipt of certain qualifying social welfare payments or are aged over 70 years, satisfy a means assessment and other certain qualifying conditions.  Only one Fuel Allowance is payable per household. Disability Allowance is a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (2 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: No formal decision has yet been taken as to the opening of a new Social Welfare Branch Office dedicated to Castlepollard. In the interim, the Department has put an outreach service in place in the County Council Offices, Mullingar Road, Castlepollard on Tuesday and Wednesday each week from 09.30 to 13.00 and from 14.00 to 16.00 since April 2022. The outreach service is fully supported by the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (2 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that in 2022 my Department allocated 69,600 Personal Public Service Numbers (PPSNs) to people who have been granted Temporary Protection because of the war in Ukraine. My Department does not collect data on the numbers of PPSNs allocated to International Protection applicants. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (2 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The European Union has put in place a temporary protection directive to allow Ukrainian citizens and others fleeing Ukraine to move through the EU as EU citizens.  During the temporary protection period, EU member states must provide access to social welfare. It is important to note the distinction between recipients and payments.  One individual may have received several payments...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (2 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Government acknowledges the important role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role.  This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for Government and the National Carers’ Strategy. The main income supports to carers provided by my department are Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Carer’s Allowance is a means-tested payment to people on low incomes who are caring full-time for a person who needs support because of age, disability or illness.  The person being cared for must require full-time care and attention. The number of claims registered and claims awarded for Carer's Allowance in 2022 are shown in the table below. Table 1: Claims registered and claims...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Partial Capacity Benefit (PCB) is a social welfare scheme which allows a person to return to work or self-employment and continue to receive a payment from my department.  A person must be in receipt of Illness Benefit (IB) for a minimum of six months or Invalidity Pension (IP) in order to apply for PCB.  My Department will determine whether the applicant is eligible and (if so)...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (2 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: My Department makes every effort to prevent over-issue of pension payments, but this is sometimes not possible where the death of a pension recipient occurs in the days immediately prior to their next scheduled payment day.  In the case of the person concerned, payment of the deceased's pension was suspended immediately on 28th November, the day my Department was notified of his...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (2 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Domiciliary Care Allowance (DA) is a monthly allowance payable in respect of a child aged under 16, who has a severe disability and requires continual or continuous care and attention in the home, substantially over and above the care and attention normally required by a child of the same age and the child must be likely to require this level of care for at least 12 months.  Eligibility...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and for no other reason and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. The Department received a claim for IP for the person referred to on 15 August 2022.  The claim was refused on the grounds that the medical conditions for the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and for no other reason and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. The Department received a claim for IP for the person referred to on 09 September 2022.  The claim was refused on the grounds that the medical conditions for the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (2 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: My colleague, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, has responsibility for both Parent’s Leave and Parental Leave.  My Department has responsibility for payment of Parent's Benefit.  There is no payment associated with Parental Leave. Parent's Leave and Benefit are currently available for seven weeks to all eligible parents of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Deserted Wife's Benefit is a payment made to a woman deserted by her husband.  Entitlement to the payment is based on social insurance contributions paid by the woman or her husband as well as a number of other qualifying criteria.  The Deserted Wife's Benefit scheme was closed off to new applications with effect from 2 January 1997, when One-Parent Family Payment was introduced. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that the Department received an application for disability allowance (DA) from the person concerned on 10 January 2023. The person concerned has been awarded DA with effect from 11 January 2023 and their first payment will be made by their chosen payment method on 22 February 2023. Arrears of payment due will issue as soon as possible once any necessary adjustment is calculated...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (2 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 19 August 2012.  They are in receipt of the State Pension (contributory) at 75% of the maximum weekly rate.  The Homemaker's scheme and Home Caring credits can be used to improve a person’s rate of State Pension (contributory).  Under the Homemaker's Scheme any years spent as a homemaker since 6 April 1994 are ignored...