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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (17 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned failed to attend appointments with the JobPath Provider and regretfully his Jobseekers Allowance payment was reduced as a consequence of his non-engagement. However, the person concerned re-engaged on 8 May 2018 and full payment to Jobseekers Allowance has been restored and all monies due have issued. I trust that this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (17 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: While it is not appropriate for me to comment on an individual pension scheme, I am aware of recent announcements regarding the pension scheme in question and plans to close the scheme to future accrual. Neither I nor the Pensions Authority has the power under legislation to intervene to compel an employer to continue to make contributions to a scheme. Even where a scheme is closed to new...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ministerial Meetings (16 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: I met with the UK Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the Right Honourable Esther McVey, on Monday 23 April 2018. My key area of concern is the impact of Brexit on the current reciprocal arrangements for social insurance and social assistance schemes and child benefit between Ireland and the UK, including Northern Ireland. The importance of maintaining the Common Travel Area was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (16 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a person who has such a disability that they require that level of care. Domiciliary care allowance (DCA) is a monthly payment for a child aged less than 16 years of age, with a severe disability, who requires ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (16 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a person who has such a disability that they require that level of care. CA was awarded to the person concerned from 20 April 2017 and the first payment issued to his nominated bank account on 20 April 2017. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (16 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 204 and 205 together. The Deputy should note that all recipients of Jobseeker’s Allowance aged from 18 to 24 have a personal rate of €107.70, except for people in the following categories (who qualify for a non-age-reduced personal rate of €198.00): - People with dependent children; - People transferring from Disability Allowance to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Expenditure (16 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 206 to 208, inclusive, together. The main social welfare schemes for people who are unemployed are the jobseeker’s allowance and jobseeker’s benefit schemes which provide income support for people who have lost work and are unable to find alternative full-time employment. The 2018 Estimates for my Department provide for expenditure this year...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Data (16 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (WFP) formerly known as Family Income Supplement (FIS) is a weekly tax-free payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children. Based on Occupation Code data held by the Department, there are currently 3,422 families in receipt of WFP where the principal employed person is classified as a public servant, that is, in the civil or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (16 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a person who has such a disability that they require that level of care. My department received an application for CA from the person concerned on 22 November 2016. It is a condition for receipt of CA that every...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Appeals (16 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: Partial Capacity Benefit (PCB) is a social welfare scheme which allows claimants to return to work (if they have reduced capacity to work) and continue to receive a payment from my Department. To qualify they need to be currently in receipt of either Illness Benefit (for a minimum of 6 months) or Invalidity Pension. In the case referred to by the Deputy, my Department received an...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (16 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The cost of increasing the monthly electricity allowance and the natural gas allowance by €10 per month per applicant is estimated to be €47.9 million and €5.9 million respectively. These costs are on a full year basis and are based on the estimated number of recipients in 2019. It should be noted that these costings are subject to change in the context of emerging...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (16 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: Section 48 of the Pensions Act sets out the priorities on winding up a scheme. It sets out the order in which the liabilities must be discharged and how they may be discharged for members. When a scheme winds up, section 48(3)(b) provides that the trustees may, notwithstanding anything contained in the rules of the scheme and without the consent of the member concerned, discharge the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (16 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Back to Education Allowance scheme (BTEA) supports persons who have been in receipt of a social welfare payment, including the Widows, Widowers or Surviving Partners payments, to pursue full-time courses of education at second and third level subject to meeting the qualifying conditions. In general, access to the BTEA at postgraduate level (QQI levels 8 & 9 (masters)) is not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (16 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department commissioned Indecon to conduct a review of the Local Employment and Jobclub services. This review is the first significant independent review that has been commissioned since the Local Employment Services (LES) was established in 1995 and it will help inform future decisions regarding how the Department contracts, monitors and procures for LES. My officials are currently...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Data (15 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: It is estimated that increasing the rate of pay related social insurance to 15.75% on the portion of salary paid in excess of €100,000 per annum would yield €323.2 million in a full year. This estimate is based on PRSI Class A contributors. It uses the latest available data and reflects macro-economic indicators for 2018. It should be noted that the estimate does not take...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (15 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: Under current legislation, a Public Services Card (PSC) cannot be requested by any public or private body or person that is not designated as a specified body in Schedule 5 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (as amended). The PSC can only be used by public bodies specified in this legislation when conducting a public transaction with the person concerned. One of the provisions...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (15 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: Turas Nua is a joint venture between FRS Recruitment and Working Links. Turas Nua is registered with the Companies Registration Office as Turas Nua Ltd., Registration No: 3344143VH and for which Tax Clearance Certificates have been issued. It is not intended to publish the individual payments to the JobPath companies as these are commercially sensitive and to do so would place the State at a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (15 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a person who has such a disability that they require that level of care. I confirm that my Department received an application for CA from the person concerned on 7 March 2018. The application is currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Data (15 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following table: Carer’s Allowance applications registered, awarded and rejected in April 2018 Registered Awarded Rejected 1,797 1,538 731

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (15 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. The number of appeals on hands in the Social Welfare Appeals Office at 30 April 2018 was 8,853. The time taken to process an appeal...