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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned Jobseeker’s Allowance claim will be re-examined and in this regard the client has been requested to submit information in support of his claim. The person concerned has also submitted a claim for Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA). However, the Designated Person who is dealing with the claim has made several attempts to contact the client with regard to his...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means-tested payment, made to a person providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that they require that level of care. An increased payment can be made where full-time care is being provided to two people. I confirm that my department received an application for CA from the person concerned on the 25 September 2017. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The household benefits package comprises the electricity/gas allowance (€35 per month) and the free television licence scheme (€160 per annum). At present, it is paid to some 436,000 customers, with expenditure estimated at €237 million for 2018. The package is generally available to people living in the State, aged 66 years or over who are in receipt of a social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The National Driver Licence Service (NDLS) does not register its customers to SAFE 2 standard. However, it does authenticate customer identities in a face-to-face engagement, including the capture of a photograph. In August 2017, my Department commenced inviting NDLS customers to complete SAFE 2 registration by post. Invites were only issued to customers whose Public Services Identity...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (27 Mar 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 3 March 2016 in respect of her mother. I can confirm that she is currently in receipt of the maximum...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: A Fuel Allowance is a payment under the National Fuel Scheme to help with the cost of heating a person’s home during the winter months. It is paid to people who are receiving certain qualifying social welfare payments and who are unable to provide for their own heating needs. Carer's allowance is not a qualifying payment. If the person being cared for is in receipt of a long-term...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Eligibility (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 599 and 607 together. The rural social scheme (RSS) provides opportunities for farmers and fishermen/women who are currently in receipt of specified social welfare payments to work to provide certain services of benefit to rural communities. Communities benefit from the skills and talents of local farmers and fishermen and participants have the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: Tús is one of a range of supports provided by my Department to cater for long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market. It provides part-time temporary work in local communities, as a stepping-stone back to employment. However, it is important to note that these placements are not full-time sustainable jobs and are designed to break the cycle of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is a service that supports people who are long-term unemployed to obtain and sustain paid employment. The service was launched in 2015 on a ‘rolling basis’ with referral numbers gradually increasing over time. The aim of the service is to assist persons who are long term unemployed to find and sustain full-time paid employment in the open...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tús Programme (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 602 and 611 together. Tús is one of a range of supports provided by my Department to cater for long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market. It provides part-time temporary work in local communities, as a stepping-stone back to employment. However, it is important to note that these placements are not full-time...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The current free travel scheme provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for those eligible under the scheme. These include road, rail and ferry services provided by companies such as Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann, as well as Luas and services provided by almost 80 private transport operators. There are approximately...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: A policy to introduce the Total Contributions Approach (TCA) to pensions calculation was adopted by Government in the National Pensions Framework in 2010, as was the decision to base the entitlements of all new pensioners on this approach from around 2020. The Government has confirmed its intention to proceed with that policy in its recently published Roadmap for Pensions Reform. To that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The following tables give the breakdown of Community Employment (CE) projects as requested by the Deputy. Table 1: The number of community employment projects, the detail of the project type being run and the number of persons on each project. Table 2: Number of community employment projects and Participants/Supervisors/Assistant Supervisors by county. Table 1: Breakdown of CE Projects by...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: Deputies on all sides of the House are fully aware of the positive benefits derived from work schemes like the Rural Social Scheme (RSS). In recognition of the crucial work undertaken in rural communities under the scheme, and as part of the social welfare budget package for 2018, I announced an additional 250 places to be rolled out this year together with an increase in the weekly rate of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection provides a range of activation supports catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market to secure and sustain full-time paid employment. These supports include the JobPath service. For the purposes of the JobPath service all long-term unemployed jobseekers on the Live Register, aged...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The table shows the expenditure on JobPath, Tús, Rural Social Scheme and Community Employment schemes in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018 in tabular form. - 2015 Outturn 2016 Outturn 2017 Outturn (Provisional) 2018 YTD end Feb 2018 JobPath €1.24m €25.19m €57.42m €12.47m Community Employment €364.98m €356.34m €350.48m...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is a service that supports people who are long-term unemployed to obtain and sustain paid employment. The service was launched in 2015 on a ‘rolling basis’ with referral numbers gradually increasing over time. There are two phases to the service. During the first phase, of 12 months duration, a personal advisor (PA) provides practical...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: Following the publication in April 2017 of my Department’s report entitled ‘An Analysis of the Community Employment Programme’, the Government approved a number of changes to the terms and conditions around participation on Community Employment (CE). The main purpose of these changes was to broaden the availability of CE to a greater number of people on the live...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (27 Mar 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: Community Employment Schemes Administration (22 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: The position is that no deductions of payment to persons on community employment schemes should be applied as a result of two red alert days recently. Clarification and guidance issued to all DEASP officers and Sponsors during this last week. Should any participants have any issues with this instruction not being applied they should refer to their local Intreo Centre immediately. I trust this...