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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Authentication (17 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The media reports about this case are incorrect. The certificate presented by the person concerned was, in fact, their adoption certificate, following which the SAFE registration was successfully completed. A Public Services Card (PSC) may be issued to a person who has successfully completed a SAFE 2 identity registration. The person’s Public Service Identity Dataset is verified...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Applications (17 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned submitted an application for a back to education allowance in 2015 which was not approved on the basis that he did not fulfil the eligibility criteria to participate in this scheme. The grounds for the original refusal may not have been clear to the individual and therefore we will contact the customer and identify the required documentation that would be required to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Appeals (17 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Back to Education Allowance (BTEA), is a non-statutory scheme and operates on an administrative basis. The guidelines and applications processes are published on my Department’s website - www.welfare.ie. Decisions made at local Intreo office level are subject to review should an applicant be dissatisfied with the decision and/or explanation provided. The review is conducted by a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (17 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) application form was revised following a review of the DCA scheme itself in 2013. The redesign of the form was intended to obtain all necessary and relevant information needed to allow a fully informed decision on the application to be made by a deciding officer. The application form seeks to capture the relevant facts as early as possible in the process...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Carer’s Benefit scheme provides income support to full-time carers who leave the work-force temporarily to provide full-time care and thereby assist in maintaining care recipients in the community. This, and other care-related supports, such as the carer’s allowance payment and the carer’s support grant provide recognition and support for the valuable role of carers....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (17 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The primary goal of the Department’s activation services is to move people from unemployment to full-time and sustained employment. Jobseekers are required to engage with the Department’s activation services and this obligation applies irrespective of whether the service is provided by the Department’s own case officers or those advisors employed by external contractors...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Apr 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 9 April 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 (17 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. An application for carer's allowance (CA) was received from the person concerned on 29 December 2017. Additional information was requested on 4...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Eligibility (17 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: Carer's benefit (CARB) is a pay related social insurance (PRSI) based 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 payable for a maximum of 104 weeks for each person being cared for. In order to qualify for CARB, certain PRSI contributions must be met. The carer must have 156 paid...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit (17 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: A claim for maternity benefit was received from the person concerned on 26thMarch 2018, with a maternity leave start date of 31stMay 2018. Maternity benefit claims are processed in leave commencement date order. Processing claims by leave commencement date order ensures that those claimants whose maternity leave is starting first receive priority. On this basis, the claim is due to be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Review (17 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: An application for carer's allowance (CA) was received from the person concerned on 22 August 2017. 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. A person can be considered to be providing full-time care and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Data (17 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The costings sought by the Deputy are detailed in the following tables. Table 1: Cost of varying amounts in all weekly social insurance payments - Full year cost of a €5 increase Full year cost of a €10 increase Full year cost of a €15 increase Full year cost of a €20 increase Full year cost of a €25 increase Scheme €m €m...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (17 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department has not paid any money to the company mentioned by the Deputy in relation to the restructuring of the governance arrangements of the network of Citizens Information Services (CIS’s) and the Money Advice and Budgeting Services (MABS).

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (17 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: My department received an application for carer's allowance (CA) from the person concerned on the 20 February 2018. 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. A person can be considered to be providing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (17 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 23 March 2018. The application is currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (17 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The primary goal of the Department’s activation services is to move people from long term unemployment to full-time and sustained employment. Participants on JobPath receive intensive individual support to help overcome barriers to employment and to find jobs. Each person is assigned a personal advisor who assesses their skills, experience, challenges and work goals and agrees a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax Data (17 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: All workers pay PRSI on their earnings from employment or self-employment. In the case of individuals who have more than one income source, PRSI is generally paid on all forms of income. Prior to 2013, exemptions from PRSI applied to the self-employed income of specific groups. These exemptions have since been abolished. Since 2013, modified rate employees contributors (i.e....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (17 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned is in receipt of a reduced weekly rate of state pension (contributory) of €238.50 with effect from 31 March 2007. This rate is based on an assessed yearly average of 44 contributions over the person’s working life from April 1957 to December 2006. According to the records of my Department, the person has a social insurance record of 2187 reckonable...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (17 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested (where available) by the Deputy in relation to schemes that fall under the remit of my Department is detailed in the attached tabular statement. I would like to advise the Deputy that the Disabled Passenger scheme and the Medical Card do not fall under the remit of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. Furthermore the Pre-Retirement Allowance...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Citizens Information Board (CIB), under the aegis of my Department, has statutory responsibility for supporting the provision of information, advice and advocacy on a wide range of public and social services. CIB’s website www.citizensinformation.ie provides information on my Department’s Fuel Allowance and includes a link to the relevant webpage on Gov.UK which provides...