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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizen Information Services Funding (6 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Citizens Information Board (CIB) is a statutory body established by the Oireachtas. In addition to its own statutory responsibilities in relation to information and advocacy service provision, it has statutory responsibility for the countrywide networks of Citizens Information Services (CIS) and the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS). It delivers on its remit to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service Funding (6 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy is aware, the Citizens Information Board (CIB) is a statutory body established by the Oireachtas. In addition to its own statutory responsibilities in relation to information and advocacy service provision, it has statutory responsibility for the countrywide networks of Citizens Information Services (CIS) and the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS). In February 2017,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (6 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Maternity benefit and paternity benefit are paid by my Department and are based on payment of PRSI contributions while working. The current entitlement to paid maternity leave is 26 weeks and the current entitlement to paid paternity leave is 2 weeks. The 2018 Estimates for my Department provide for expenditure of approximately €264 million on maternity benefit and €16 million...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (6 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The JobBridge Scheme closed in 2016. JobPath is provided for long term unemployed jobseekers only; Jobseekers remain with the JobPath service for 52 weeks and if they are successful in finding work in that time, the JobPath service will provide in-work support for at least the first 13 weeks. While compliance with employment law is a matter for the employer, the JobPath customer can...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (6 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The JobBridge Scheme closed in 2016. JobPath is provided for long term unemployed jobseekers only; Jobseekers remain with the JobPath service for 52 weeks and if they are successful in finding work in that time, the JobPath service will provide in-work support for at least the first 13 weeks. While compliance with employment law is a matter for the employer, the JobPath customer can...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (6 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: There are no secondees from these companies working in my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (6 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The purpose of credited contributions or “credits” is to protect social insurance entitlements by bridging gaps in an employee’s social insurance record, where they are not in a position to pay PRSI, such as for periods of unemployment or illness. Therefore in general credits can only be awarded where an individual has had a recent attachment to the workforce i.e. within...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions Reform (6 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: A policy to introduce the Total Contributions Approach (TCA) to pensions calculation was first adopted by Government in the National Pensions Framework in 2010, as was the decision to assess all new pensioners under this approach from around 2020. The Government at that time was aware that there would be some people who would benefit, and some people who would have a lower rate of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Payments (6 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Since taking up my role as Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection last year, I have made it clear that my priorities include working families, and in particular, lone parents. In Budget 2018, I continued to improve the situation for lone parents through an increase to the income disregard of the One-Parent Family Payment (OFP) and the Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (6 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. This approach is expected to significantly benefit many people, particularly women, whose work history...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (6 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: All jobseekers are required to engage with the Department’s activation service 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 such as the Local Employment Services and JobPath service providers. Failure to engage without good cause may result in the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (6 Feb 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: Child Benefit Data (6 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Child Benefit is a monthly payment made to families with children in respect of all qualified children up to the age of 16 years. The payment continues to be paid in respect of children up to their 18th birthday who are in full-time education, or who have a disability. Child benefit is currently paid to more than 627,000 families in respect of some 1.2 million children, with an estimated...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications (6 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: A Supplementary Welfare Allowance, SWA, exceptional needs payment application was received from the person concerned on 1 February 2018. The application in this instance for funeral expenses has been refused by the designated person, as the applicants’ spouse is in full-time employment, and as the household income is above the SWA rate by €422.50 per week. The SWA rate for a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Civil Registration Service (1 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The legal basis for the appointment of marriage solemnisers in Ireland may be found in Part 6 of the Civil Registration Act 2004, as amended. Section 54 of that Act provides for the categories of bodies and organisations which may apply for registration of persons on the Register of Solemnisers maintained by an t-Árd Chláraitheoir (Registrar General). These are: - The Health...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Data (1 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (WFP) formerly Family Income Supplement (WFP) is an in-work support, which provides an income top-up for employees on low earnings with children. WFP is designed to prevent in-work poverty for low paid workers with child dependants and to offer a financial incentive to take-up employment. There are over 57,000 families with more than 129,000 children in receipt of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Data (1 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Please see below the number of Garda personnel that received Working Family payment (WFP), formerly known as Family Income Supplement (FIS) in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018. WFP Garda Recipients 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017* 2018 20 24 23 27 24 25 *denotes up to 31 January 2018 I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Housing Assistance Payment Administration (1 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: Rent supplement plays a vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme supporting approximately 34,400 recipients for which the Government has provided €180 million for in 2018. The Deputy will be aware that the strategic policy direction of the Department is to return rent supplement to its original purpose of being a short-term income support with the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Leave (1 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Department of Justice and Equality has responsibility for maternity leave which is provided for in the 1994 and 2004 Maternity Protection Acts (as amended). The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has responsibility for the associated social welfare payment of maternity benefit as provided for in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (as amended). Maternity...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (1 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The core issue raised by the Deputy’s correspondent relates to my Department’s activation services and the Personal Progression Plan. The Deputy will be aware the primary goal of my Department’s activation and employment services is to move people from full or part time unemployment to full-time, sustainable employment. The Social Welfare (Consolidated) Act 2005, as...