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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Budget 2023 has been designed to assist people with cost-of-living increases through a mix of lump sum payments, increases to weekly payment rates and an expansion of the Fuel Allowance scheme. The measures include the provision of a one-off €500 payment to recipients of the Disability Allowance, Blind Pension, Invalidity Pension and the Carer's Support Grant.  Partial...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: In line with Budget 2023 measures, certain cost of living supports were introduced to assist families, pensioners, persons with disabilities, and carers with the cost of living.  These measures, which apply to claimants who are in receipt of a specified qualifying payment, range from an autumn cost of living double (weekly) payment and a once off lump sum where applicable.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Disability allowance (DA) is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged 16 or over and under the age of 66.  This disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, means test and Habitual Residency conditions, I can confirm that my department received an application for disability allowance...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €33 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) from late September to April, at an estimated cost of €412 million in 2023.  The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs.  Only one allowance is paid per household. In the case of applicants in receipt of the Living Alone Increase...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Sign Language Interpreting Service (SLIS) is the national Sign Language Interpreting Service. Established in 2007, SLIS is supported and funded through the Citizens Information Board (CIB).  SLIS supports high-quality Irish Sign Language (ISL) interpretation services to ensure Deaf people can access public and social services and take part in Irish society as full and equal citizens....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Sign Language Interpreting Service (SLIS) is the national Sign Language Interpreting Service. Established in 2007, SLIS is supported and funded through the Citizens Information Board (CIB).  SLIS supports high-quality Irish Sign Language (ISL) interpretation services to ensure Deaf people can access public and social services and take part in Irish society as full and equal citizens....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Oireachtas Committees (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, it has been claimed that the Chief Appeals Officer used  the outcome of a  'test case' in a particular occupational sector to likewise determine the employment status of all workers in that sector. i.e. that all workers in that sector are automatically deemed to have the same employment status of the worker in the so called 'test case'.  I am...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Jan 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 two Farm and Fish Assist appeals have been lodged by the person concerned.  The first appeal...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned is currently in receipt of Widows Contributory Pension (WCP) and has not been in receipt of Disability Allowance since 19 December 2017. An Application for Living Alone Allowance (LAA) was received by the WCP Section on the 30 September 2022.  Based on the information provided to the Department, the person does not qualify for the allowance as they are under the age...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Department provides a range of income supports for both employees and self-employed people who lose their employment. Employees who are fully unemployed or working up to 3 days per week may receive Jobseeker's Benefit provided that they satisfy the qualifying conditions, including having the necessary social insurance contributions. Jobseeker's Benefit (Self-Employed) is a social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Sign Language Interpreting Service (SLIS) is the national Sign Language Interpreting Service. Established in 2007, SLIS is supported and funded through the Citizens Information Board (CIB).  SLIS supports high-quality Irish Sign Language (ISL) interpretation services to ensure Deaf people can access public and social services and take part in Irish society as full and equal citizens....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Back to Work Enterprise Allowance scheme (BTWEA) offers support for people who are long-term unemployed and who are interested in self-employment as a route to entering the labour market.  To qualify for BTWEA a person is required to have received an eligible primary payment continuously for 9 months.  An applicant who is a casual worker is required to be in receipt of a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has a disability such that they require that level of care. It is a condition for receipt of Carer's Allowance that the person being cared for must have such disability that they require full-time care and attention.  This is defined as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 864 and 865 together. The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €33 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) from late September to April, at an estimated cost of €412 million in 2023.  The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs.  Only one allowance is paid per household. Deserted...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 866 to 870, inclusive, together. 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. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 01 January 2013. Section 110 (1) of The Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, as amended, provides that a Self-Employed contributor shall not be regarded as satisfying the qualifying conditions for State Pension (contributory) unless all outstanding self-employment contributions are paid. It further provides that where outstanding self-employment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: 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 child or an adult who has such a disability that as a result they require that level of care. I confirm that my Department received an application for Carer’s Allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 2...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 15 July 1999. Their application for State Pension (contributory) was received on 02 March 2012. At that time, legislation provided for backdating of late State Pension (contributory) and Allowance applications on a proportionate basis based on the length of time from date of receipt of the application to date of entitlement to State Pension...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Maternity Benefit is a payment made to women who are on maternity leave from work and covered by social insurance (PRSI). The main provisions relating to Maternity Benefit are in the Maternity Protection Acts, 1994 and 2004, Chapter 9 of Part II of Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 2005, and Chapter 2 of Part II of Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations, 2007...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The purpose of an Exceptional Needs Payment (ENP) is to help meet essential, once-off expenditure, which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income.  Decisions on ENPs are made at the discretion of the officers administering the scheme taking into account the requirements of the legislation and all the relevant circumstances of the case. The person...