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Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: I will not sit here and state a lie. There was no pledge made.

Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Deputy should withdraw his comment. There was no signed pledge.

Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: It is pathetic.

Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The context would be exceptionally helpful.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (1 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: Customers who wish to avail of free travel must have their free travel pass with them when travelling. Customers must present their pass at the ticket desk in the train station in order to be issued with their free rail ticket when travelling on Iarnród Éireann mainline, Dart and Outer Suburban services. Where a customer is making a return journey on the same day they will receive...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (1 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: While it is the Department’s policy that “Level W” Personal Public Service (PPS) Numbers (the husband’s number with a W at the end) should, for data protection reasons, be replaced with a separate number, such numbers remain valid PPS Numbers. Queries in relation to taxation issues should be addressed to the Department of Finance and the Revenue Commissioners. I...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Data (1 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The use of facial matching technology has been successfully employed by the Department for a number of years. What is proposed, in the context of this competitive tender process, is a continuation and upgrade of this existing technology. The Public Services Card does not store biometrics. While the card does store the person’s photograph and it appears on the card, it does not store...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Data (1 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 411, 412, 414 and 416 together. The use of facial matching technology has been successfully employed by the Department for a number of years. What is proposed, in the context of this competitive tender process, is a continuation and upgrade of this existing technology. My Department uses facial image matching software to strengthen the SAFEregistration...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Authentication (1 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: There are 2.72 million adults registered to SAFE Level 2 (“SAFE2”), which is the minimum standard of identity authentication for issue of a Public Services Card. SAFE registrations to date in 2018 are averaging 10,000 people a week, the vast majority of whom complete registration to SAFE2 at the first appointment, or on a return appointment. On completion of the registration...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (1 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: As detailed to the Deputy in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 16716-18 of 17/4/18, the person concerned has not, to date, submitted to the Department documentation requested on 6/9/17 in order for their rent supplement claim to be reviewed. Should the person concerned submit the required documentation, their continued entitlement to rent supplement, to include any arrears due, can be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (1 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department’s main social welfare schemes for people who are unemployed are the jobseeker’s allowance and the jobseekers benefit schemes. Both schemes provide significant support to individuals so that they can work up to 3 days a week and still retain access to a reduced jobseeker’s payment. The 2018 Estimates for my Department provide for expenditure this year on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Data (1 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The use of facial matching technology has been employed by the Department for a number of years. What is proposed, in the context of this competitive tender process, is a continuation and upgrade of this existing technology. This technology helps prevent and detect cases of suspected social welfare and identity fraud. The Department uses facial image matching software to strengthen the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Homeless Persons Supports (1 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned has been in receipt of Jobseeker’s Allowance since 30thDecember 2013 and had availed of the Back to Education programme which afforded him the higher weekly rate of payment for Jobseekers Allowance. In March of this year the person concerned withdrew from the Back to Education programme, he was then referred to the Homeless Persons Unit, North Cumberland Street...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Recruitment (1 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department, like all Government departments and agencies is required to operate within a staff ceiling figure and a commensurate administrative staffing budget, which for this Department has involved reductions in staff. The staffing needs for all areas within the Department are continuously reviewed, taking account of workloads, management priorities and the ongoing need to respond...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Recruitment (1 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: Temporary clerical staff are recruited to provide cover for permanent staff who are absent on maternity leave, long term sick leave, shorter working year scheme and other statutory leave. They are also recruited to clear backlogs and to assist in the roll-out of the Public Services Card project. Temporary staff are appointed on a fixed-term or fixed purpose contract basis. Once the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (1 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 5thApril 2018, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (1 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 on 26 April 2018 and the first payment will issue to his nominated bank account on 3 May 2018. Arrears...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (1 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: Entitlement to treatment benefit is based on having paid PRSI contributions, with customers required to have a certain number of PRSI contributions paid or credited in order to qualify. The number of contributions required varies with age, to take account of the capacity of the person concerned to have paid the required contributions. For example, a customer aged 20 needs a total of 39...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Data (1 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. There are currently some 3,423 families in receipt of WFP who are employed in the public sector. The Department is unable provide a detailed breakdown of the number of families in receipt of WFP who are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (1 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 430 and 431 together. The Scope insurability section of my Department makes statutory decisions on the insurability of employment under the Social Welfare Acts. It deals with employers, employees and the self-employed, who may apply, where there is doubt, to have an employment or self-employment status investigated and the correct class of pay-related...