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Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: I appreciate the views that have been expressed today and yesterday. They have been useful for me and my officials, and I am looking forward to what will obviously be a humdinger of a debate when we get to Committee Stage. Everyone inside and outside the House will agree that every worker and, indeed, human being has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We have a right to...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Not true.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: I am sorry but I cannot let the Deputy say that.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: It is not true.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: To whom did he complain?

Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: As set out in the response to the Deputy's parliamentary question, there will be a lengthy public consultation on this matter during which we will conduct meetings and negotiations with all of the public stakeholders and all of the people who have not yet retired. The purpose and the premise of the contributory State pension is to provide for people in their retirement. We have no intention...

Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Deputy Breathnach does not want to get involved in it because Fianna Fáil is responsible for what happened.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Social Welfare Scheme for Artists (15 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: I thank Senator Warfield for raising this matter. The jobseeker's benefit and allowance schemes provide an income for periods when people do not have employment to support themselves. This pilot scheme is different. The aim is to support artists with a view that the artists would provide their own enterprise. Senator Warfield's figures are slightly different from mine. My figures go up...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Social Welfare Scheme for Artists (15 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Would the Senator send me the details of the Swedish model? I am not aware of it but if it works it is worth looking at.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (15 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Funding towards school meals is being provided in over 1,550 schools and other organisations, supporting up to 247,000 children at a cost of some €54 million in 2018, representing an increase of €6.5 million over the previous year. Funding for breakfast clubs is being provided to the three schools referred to by the Deputy. Funding is based on the previous year’s...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Fund (15 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: As previously outlined in the replies to the Deputy’s previous Written Questions Nos. 701 on 19 December 2017 and 253 on 20 October 2017, it is the employer’s responsibility to pay statutory redundancy and other wage related entitlements to all eligible employees. In the event that an employer is unable to pay these entitlements due to financial difficulties, the Department may...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Appeals (15 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Child benefit is in payment to the person concerned and has been paid from the date of claim to date, including February 2018. A review of her child benefit claim was undertaken in January; that review has now concluded and the Department is satisfied that the person concerned retains her entitlement to the benefit. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (15 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. I confirm that my department received an application for CA from the person concerned on the 7 December 2017. The application is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (15 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned is in receipt of a reduced rate state pension (contributory) with effect from their 66th birthday, based on an assessed yearly average of 24 contributions, covering the period from April 1981 to end-December 2012. According to the records of my Department, the person concerned has a social insurance record of 969 reckonable contributions and credits, and is in receipt of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (15 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has such a disability that they require that level of care. CA was in payment to the person concerned from 2 January 2014. Once claims are in payment, the Department periodically reviews them to ensure that there is continued entitlement. A...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (15 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. An application for CA was received from the person concerned on 17 August 2017. It is a condition for receipt of CA that the applicant’s...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (15 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned is in receipt of state pension (contributory) with effect from their 66th birthday. According to the records of my Department, the person concerned has a social insurance record of 982 reckonable paid and credited contributions. They are in receipt of a reduced state pension (contributory) based on a yearly average of 20 contributions, covering the period from October...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (15 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. 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: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (15 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Rent supplement plays a vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme supporting some 33,400 recipients for which the Government has provided €180 million for 2018. Details of the total rent supplement recipients and associated outturn under the scheme are provided in the tabular statement. Recipient numbers for Dublin are also provided but costs associated at a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (15 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The payment of the living alone allowance, fuel allowance and household benefits package (HHB) is considered secondary, or non-primary, in nature which is incorporated into the person’s qualifying payment. The effect of the living alone allowance is to increase the rate of payment to such people, recognizing that there are economies of scale associated with living with another person....