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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Rates (14 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Self-employed workers who earn €5,000 or more in a contribution year, are liable for PRSI at the Class S rate of 4%, subject to a minimum annual payment of €500. This provides them with access to the following benefits: State pension (contributory) and widow’s, widower’s or surviving civil partner’s pension (contributory), guardian’s payment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (14 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on the 25th May 2018. This is the one of most significant developments in European data protection law in over 30 years. The GDPR strengthens the rights of data subjects and will have many implications for my Department. Accordingly, the Department has established a dedicated unit to prepare for the implementation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Appeals (14 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Determinations made by Designated Persons in relation to claims made under Section 201 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation Act) 2005, i.e. Exceptional Needs Payments can be reviewed by a SWA Reviewing Officer under Section 323 of that Act. As the Deputy has requested that a review be conducted, the relevant review officer has been notified of your request and they will now commence the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Appeals (14 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Determinations made by Designated Persons in relation to claims made under Section 201 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation Act) 2005, i.e. Exceptional Needs Payments can be reviewed by a SWA Reviewing Officer under Section 323 of that Act. As the Deputy has requested that a review be conducted, the relevant review officer has been notified of your request and they will now commence the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (14 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Prior to reaching age 66, the person concerned was in receipt of a mixed insurance pro rata state pension (transition), based on a combination of full-rate and modified contributions. The person concerned is currently in receipt of state pension (contributory) with effect from 19 April 2013, their 66th birthday. According to the records of my Department, the person concerned has a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (14 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: On 23 January, 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. Unlike the current Homemakers scheme, this credit will apply to periods both before and after 1994. This...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (14 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 fulltime 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 fulltime care and attention where they are engaged in employment, self-employment or on training...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Applications (14 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: To qualify for a contributory state pension a person must have at least 520 full rate paid contributions. According to the records of my Department, the person concerned has a social insurance record of 412 reckonable contributions which is insufficient to qualify for the contributory pension. They have no recorded contributions for the tax years from 1975 to end December 2016 inclusive. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (14 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned was issued with a supplementary welfare allowance, SWA, exceptional needs payment application form on 6February 2018. As of yet, the completed application form, together with any supporting documentation that may be required, has not yet been received by the designated person. Once a completed application form has been received it will processed as quickly as possible....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension Applications (14 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: According to the records of my Department, an application for widow, widower or survivor’s contributory pension has not been received from the person concerned to date. The person’s entitlement can only be assessed on receipt of a completed application form. Application forms for both widow, widower or survivor’s contributory pension and one-parent family payment, to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Carer's benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce to care for a person(s) in need of full-time care and attention. An application for CARB was received from the person concerned on 25 January 2018. The application is currently being processed and once completed the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome. I hope this clarifies the matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Provision (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Face-to-face registration for a Public Services Card (PSC) is called SAFE registration. If a person needs a PSC they can make an appointment online by using www.mywelfare.ie or by calling into their local Intreo Centre or social welfare local office. Details of the Department’s SAFE office locations are available www.welfare.ie. SAFE registration takes about 15 minutes to complete...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The amount spent by my Department on photography, external public relations and communications advice since 1 January 2016, by date and company engaged, in tabular form is as follows: 2016: Photography Date Details Supplier Cost (inc VAT) 16/02/16 Launch of Clondalkin Intreo Centre Robbie Reynolds Photography €553.50 24/02/16 Pathways to Work Maxwell Photography €645.75...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 19 January 2018. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Social Protection. These papers have been received in the Social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: JobPath is an employment service, designed to support people who are long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. In relation to the number of people who have commenced their engagement period with the service, it is important to note that jobseekers may be supported through the service for up to 30 months. Under the service jobseekers have access to a Personal Advisor...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department’s main social welfare schemes for unemployed persons are the jobseeker’s allowance and the jobseekers benefit schemes. Both schemes provide significant support to individuals so that they can work up to 3 days a week and still retain access to a reduced jobseeker’s payment. The 2018 Estimates for my Department provide for expenditure this year on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Only bodies specified in legislation and currently included in Schedule 5 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (as amended) or their agents can ask for and use the Public Services Card (PSC). The current proposal in Section 5 of the Social Welfare Bill does not change this. That protection will remain if the legislative proposal is adopted. As the law currently stands, even if a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The objective of the Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) is to assist those who are distant from the labour market to acquire the necessary education to improve their chances of becoming independent of the social welfare system. Administration of the BTEA by my Department is aligned with the student support schemes under the Department of Education and Skills. The Allowance enables social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 28 August 2017. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department. These papers have been received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The establishment of a child maintenance service to assist lone parents to seek child maintenance payments would be a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality. In cases where the family unit has broken down obligations regarding child maintenance continue to apply and relevant maintenance payments can be arranged either directly between the couple themselves or...