Results 7,561-7,580 of 12,033 for speaker:Regina Doherty

Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Offices (25 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: I hate to start off by addressing the tone of the insinuations the Deputy has just made. I hope he clarifies them and, when he does-----

Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Offices (25 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: -----I would advise him to be exceptionally careful. That is all I will say to him at first. This is the fourth time we are having this conversation. To put it on the record of the House, just in case the Deputy missed it the three other times we have had the conversation, my Department operated an outreach community welfare service clinic from the HSE premises in Dunleer every...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: Remember the emergency school on the racecourse. There was no planning back then.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (25 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: Qualification for a number of assistance payment from my Department require a means test to be undertaken to assess the customers’ eligibility. One of the factors that are taken into account in the calculation of means is any investments and savings that the customer may have. To carry out a means test in respect of savings, original bank statements should be provided. If it is not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (25 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Department currently has 58 Branch Offices at various locations throughout the country. Each Branch Office is operated and managed, under a contract for services, by a Branch Manager who is required to act as an agent for the Department in the area served by the office. Branch Office managers operate on a contract for service and are independent contractors. Services are provided...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (25 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: There was no spending on social media training or consultancy by my Department between 2011 and 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Training (25 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: Social media provides a useful channel for the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to engage with our customers and stakeholders, and to provide important Department news, scheme information, and updates. It also provides an important channel for our customers and the wider public to access general information about the Department’s schemes and services. Details of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (25 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned commenced a placement on the community employment scheme (CE) on 14/5/12 and will complete the overall lifetime limit of 6 years on 4/5/18. This is the maximum participation period allowable per current CE scheme guidelines for a person of his circumstances. As the person concerned will not reach 62 years of age until 19/9/18, he does not meet the eligibility criteria...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: I refer to the Deputy who has talked about a diminution of services on foot of the closing of the Dunleer office. What I have to tell him is that we have improved the service and I think he is well aware of it.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: For the purposes of the Official Report, an office was deemed uninhabitable by the HSE and it closed the premises. We did not have premises available to us in that town. There are only six clients availing of services from my Department in that town. They receive a weekly phone call and in most cases, if there is anybody who needs to see us, we go out to see them. We have actually...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: That is up to the committee and requires the co-operation of the House. We will have Committee Stage at the end of May and then Report Stage. The legislation will then go to the Seanad. With co-operation from everyone involved, my intention is to have it passed.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: Committee Stage of the Bill the Deputy mentioned is coming in May. I am making arrangements at the moment that if overspill time is needed, it might take place in the first week in June. That will be confirmed through the committee in the next couple of days. We intend to have the Bill passed before the summer recess.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Board (24 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: In 2018 the Citizens Information Board (CIB) has been allocated €57.4 million from Exchequer funds to fund its activities and that of its service delivery partners, including the countrywide network of Citizens Information Services (CISs) and the Money Advice and Budgeting Services (MABS). Provision has been made in the 2018 allocation for the costs involved in the restructuring...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (24 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: All Jobseekers on the live register must be capable of, available for, and actively seeking full time employment, they are also required to engage with the Department’s activation services whether the service is provided internally by an Intreo case officer or externally by one of the contracted providers e.g. JobPath providers and Local Employment Service providers. The JobPath...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (24 Apr 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 the 1 February 2018. Additional information was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (24 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: Jobseeker’s allowance (JA) is a means tested social protection scheme. In the case of a couple, account is taken of the means of both members of the couple. Following participation on a Tús scheme the person concerned was re-assessed for a JA payment in December 2017. His JA claim was disallowed, as his means (which had changed during the time he was participating on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (24 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned was awarded the Household Benefits Package with effect from 1 February 2018 and received written confirmation of same on 26 March 2018. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension Applications (24 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned was awarded a maximum rate widow(er)/survivors’ (contributory) pension with effect from 29 September 2017. The first payment issued to the person’s nominated account in a financial institution on 6 April 2018. All due arrears issued to the same account on 20 April 2018. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Guardian's Payment (24 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: On average, 2,359 payments were made to recipients of these schemes in each week of the month of March. A breakdown of this number by scheme is detailed in the following tabular statement. Average number of weekly payments to recipients of Guardian's payment (contributory), Guardian's payment (non-contributory) and Death benefit/Orphan's Pension during March 2018 Scheme Average number of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (24 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 565 to 567, inclusive, together. One of the many roles of my Department is to provide income support to families with children in the State. Where a child is being cared for by someone other than their parents, the person looking after the child may apply for a guardian’s payment. The purpose of the guardian’s payment scheme is to...