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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (28 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is a service designed to support people who are long term unemployed to obtain and sustain employment in the open labour market. The service is being delivered by Seetec and Turas Nua under a payment by results model, with all costs being borne by the companies themselves. The companies are paid an initial registration fee and thereafter job...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Meetings (28 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: There has been no such engagement by officials in my Department to promote or explain Government business.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (28 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence including that adduced at the oral hearing, has decided to allow the appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (28 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The information requested is shown in the following table. The age breakdown mentioned in the Deputy’s clarification of this question will be supplied by my officials as soon as possible in answer to the Deputy’s related question (9332-18). Number of qualified child increases paid to recipients of Weekly Social Welfare Payments, December 2017 Scheme Full Rate Half Rate...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Live Register Data (28 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: At the end of January 2018, there were 50,231 casual and part-time workers on the Live Register. Equivalent figures for all months from May 2002 to January 2018 are published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), based on returns made to them by my Department, in Table 7 of the Live Register statistical release (available at ). A tabular statement giving a breakdown of this total by last...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (28 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned is in receipt of a Jobseekers Allowance payment since the 24th October 2017. The reduction in the person’s payment related to the recovery of an overpayment. Their debt with the Department was suspended on the 13th February 2018 as they have lodged an appeal with the Social Welfare Appeals Office. Deductions to recover the debt have been suspended pending the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Freedom of Information Data (27 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The number of freedom of information (FOI) requests received in the Department in the past 8 years which were granted, part-granted or refused is set out in table 1. The number of FOI requests where a review by the OIC was requested in the past 8 years which were accepted and the decision to affirm or rule against is set out in table 2. There were none appealed to the High Court or to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (27 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The age breakdowns requested are not routinely collated in my Department. However, my officials will collate the requested information on a once off basis and will forward it to the Deputy as soon as possible.

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

Regina Doherty: The Rural Social Scheme (RSS) is an income support initiative which provides part-time employment opportunities in community and voluntary organisations for farmers or fishermen who are in receipt of certain social welfare payments and underemployed in their primary occupation. It is a supplementary income support scheme designed specifically for those participants whose income falls below a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (27 Feb 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. In advance of this, on 23 January, the Government agreed to a proposal that will allow pensioners affected by the 2012 changes in rate...

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

Regina Doherty: The Department administers a number of schemes which provide income support to people who are unable to work, or who are substantially restricted in taking up work, because of illness or disability. The information sought by the Deputy in relation to the nature of the illness/disability is not readily available.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Capital Expenditure Programme (27 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Department’s capital allocation for the years 2018 to 2022 is outlined in the table. However, this is subject to ongoing review in the context of the annual Estimates process. The capital allocation will be split across three subheads i.e. A.2.v Office Equipment and External IT Services, A.2.vi Office Premises Expenses and A.2.ix eGovernment Related Projects. It is intended that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility (27 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: When a State pension non-contributory recipient dies, if the deceased’s surviving spouse, civil-partner or cohabitant is a recipient of a payment from the Department, or had been the beneficiary of an increase for qualified adult on the deceased’s pension payment, they are eligible for a 6-weeks-after-death payment. The payment was processed for the person concerned in July...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (27 Feb 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 20thFebruary 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (27 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an oral hearing of the appeal of the person concerned took place on 30 January 2018. The person concerned indicated at the oral hearing that he wished to submit further evidence in support of his appeal. On receipt of same, the Appeals Officer will consider the appeal in the light of all of the evidence submitted, including that adduced...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (27 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: On the 23rdJanuary, the Government agreed to a proposal that will allow pensioners affected by the 2012 changes in rate bands to have their pension entitlement calculated by a new “Total Contributions Approach” (TCA) which will include up to 20 years of a new HomeCaring credit. This approach is expected to significantly benefit many people, particularly women, whose work...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Rates (27 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Secretarial assistants and parliamentary assistants working in the House of the Oireachtas are engaged directly by members. The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission has the power to regulate the provision of “secretarial facilities” to Members and “qualifying parties”, though the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform retains authority for terms and conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (27 Feb 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. As the applicant’s spouse has a farm, the matter was referred to a local social welfare inspector (SWI) on 22 February 2018 to assess the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Wage Subsidy Scheme (27 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The objective of the wage subsidy scheme (WSS) is to increase the likelihood of people with disabilities participating in the open labour market by providing financial incentives to private sector employers. The WSS does this by allowing the employer to make up the cost of a potential shortfall in productivity through grant assistance. The subsidy scheme is operated under three strands...

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

Regina Doherty: When a person attends for SAFE registration, they are asked to bring certain documents with them. The photographic identification requested depends on the nationality of the person concerned. Non-EEA nationals are required to present a current valid passport. EEA nationals (apart from Irish and UK nationals) are required to present either a current valid passport or a national ID card. UK...