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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: A Jobseeker’s payment is paid for days of unemployment and a person must satisfy all the conditions of the Jobseeker’s scheme including being capable of work, available for and genuinely seeking full time work. Employees who are temporarily laid-off for example, where they expect to return to the same employment at a later date, are not entitled to a Jobseeker's payment in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Working Family Payment (WFP), formerly Family Income Supplement, is a weekly in-work support which provides an income top-up for employees on low earnings with children. To qualify for Working Family Payment the customer must be working a minimum of 38 hours per fortnight in ongoing insurable employment and have at least 1 qualified child who normally resides with them. An application...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Applications for Exceptional Needs Payments (ENPs) are made under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme administered by Designated Persons in the Community Welfare Service in the Department. The purpose of the ENP is to assist people with essential, once-off, exceptional expenditure, which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income. ENPs are demand led...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (22 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Citizens Information Board (CIB) is a statutory agency tasked with providing information, advocacy, and advice to citizens. These important services are delivered by eight independent regional Citizen Information Service (CIS) companies, that operate a national network of Citizens Information Centres, including Dublin North Citizens Information Services, which encompasses Ballymun. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (22 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Citizens Information Board (CIB) is a statutory agency tasked with providing information, advocacy, and advice to citizens. These important services are delivered by eight independent regional Citizen Information Service (CIS) companies, that operate a national network of Citizens Information Centres. It is important to note that, by law, the CIB is charged with independently...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (22 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: A Community Welfare Officer (CWO) is available to meet with customers by appointment 5 days a week at the Carrick-on-Suir Social Welfare Branch Office or where needed, can arrange to visit a person’s house by appointment. In addition, any person who needs to access the Community Welfare Service (CWS) can call the national CWS freephone number at 0818 60 70 80, to speak to a CWO or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: In response to the ongoing cost of living pressures, my Department will spend approximately €1.2 billion in social welfare measures during the coming months to help individuals and families through this difficult period. One of these measures is the Autumn Cost of Living Double Payment which was paid to those schemes which are eligible to receive the Christmas Bonus. Illness Benefit...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (22 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 470 and 471 together. The Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government is the lead Department for severe weather emergencies and the Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility for capital flood relief activities. My Department has an important role to play in assisting households in the immediate aftermath of severe weather events, such as...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Official Travel (22 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that no Ministers or officials from the Department of Rural and Community Development travelled to the COP 27 Convention on Climate Change held 6-18 November in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Sports Facilities (22 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Under the umbrella of Our Rural Future, funding for sports courts and all-weather pitches has been provided through my Department's Community Enhancement Programme, Community Activities Fund, LEADER Programme and the CLÁR Programme. Funding was available in 2021 under the Community Enhancement Programme (CEP) and the once off Community Activities Fund (CAF). The CEP 2021 provided...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (22 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: All applications to the Community Centres Investment Fund are subject to a competitive assessment process based on the assessment criteria as set out in the fund guidelines. Category 1 applicants were notified of the outcome of this process last month. Details of successful applicants are available on my department’s website at . The group the Deputy refers to applied for Category 3...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (22 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 808 and 809 together. As the Deputy is aware I announced details of almost 600 successful projects to a value of over €12.5m under Category 1 of the Community Centres Investment Fund in October this year. I can confirm that the group mentioned by the Deputy were successful in their application. All successful applicants should have received...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: In response to the ongoing cost of living pressures, my Department will spend approximately €1.2 billion in social welfare measures during the coming months to help individuals and families through this difficult period. One of these measures is the Autumn Cost of Living Double Payment which was paid to those schemes which are eligible to receive the Christmas Bonus. Illness...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 218, 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 230, 232 and 234 together. My Department has, as you will be aware, acted very quickly to deliver the Disability Support Grant and other budget measures within an exceptionally short timeframe. Wherever possible, budget measures that are usually implemented in the January to March period of the year following a budget...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Disability Allowance (DA) is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged 16 or over and under the age of 66. This disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, means test and Habitual Residency conditions. I confirm that my department received an application for disability allowance (DA) from...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (17 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Carrick-on-Suir Branch Office is open Monday to Friday during the following hours: - Monday 9.30am - 12.45pm, 2pm - 4.30pm - Tuesday 9.30am - 12.45pm, 2pm - 4.30pm - Wednesday 9.30am - 12.30pm, 2pm - 4.30pm - Thursday 10.30am - 12.30pm, 2pm - 4.30pm - Friday 9.30am - 12.30pm, 2pm - 4pm I trust this clarifies the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Exceptional Needs Payment (ENP) is demand led and payments are made at the discretion of the officers administering the scheme taking into account the requirements of the legislation and all the relevant circumstances of the case in order to ensure that the payments target those most in need of assistance. Applications for ENPs are made under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: In response to the ongoing cost of living pressures, my Department will spend approximately €1.2 billion in social welfare measures during the coming months to help individuals and families through this difficult period. One of these measures is the Autumn Cost of Living Double Payment which was paid to those schemes which are eligible to receive the Christmas Bonus. Illness...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Priorities (17 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department endeavours to deal with all customer queries promptly. Where a query is received to the “My Welfare support” email account, the aim is for it to be addressed within three working days; there are no backlogs on this email account, with emails being responded to in a prompt manner. If the Deputy provides further details concerning what area of my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I wish to inform the Deputy that the person concerned is already in receipt of the Household Benefits Package, comprising an Electricity Allowance and Free TV Licence, since 6 January 2020. The Electricity Allowance is being credited to the person's Electric Ireland Bill, at the applicant's request. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.