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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (14 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has no functions in relation to the funding of in-work training for people in employment.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (14 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Government’s primary strategy to tackle unemployment – including long-term unemployment – is twofold. The Action Plan for Jobs supports continuing strong economic recovery and employment growth. Policies and actions to ensure that unemployed people benefit from the increase in employment are set out in the strategy paper Pathways to Work 2016-2020. To date, these...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (14 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: My Department is not responsible for nationally accredited internships, so cannot provide the information requested in respect of them. The Department has responsibility for First Steps, which, while not an accredited internship, is a work experience programme. The programme is targeted at young unemployed people aged 18-24 who face significant barriers in their efforts to gain employment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Data (14 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The rate of youth unemployment was 14.0% in October 2017. This compares with the most recent available EU figure (from EUROSTAT) of 18.6% as at October 2017. Reflecting the impact of government policy, and the overall improvement in the labour market, the rate of youth unemployment has fallen sharply from a peak of over 31.1% in 2012. At that time, the EU youth unemployment rate was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (14 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: As information on disability status is not collected routinely as part of the EU Labour Force Survey, there are no regular official data on unemployment among people with disabilities for many EU countries or for the EU on average. An approximate indicator for the information sought, for 2014, is provided by a once-off study by the Centre for European Social and Economic Policy (CESEP ASBL)...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (14 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The national social target for poverty reduction agreed by Government in 2012 is to reduce consistent poverty to 4% by 2016 and to 2% or less by 2020. There is a specific child poverty sub-target which is to lift over 70,000 children out of consistent poverty by 2020 (from a 2011 baseline of 111,000). In the event, the number of children in consistent poverty rose sharply after 2011,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (14 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The national social target for poverty reduction agreed by Government in 2012 is to reduce consistent poverty from 6.3% in 2010 to 4% by 2016 and to 2% or less by 2020. The child poverty target is to lift over 70,000 children out of consistent poverty by 2020 (from a 2011 baseline figure of 111,000). Data from the CSO Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) indicate that in fact...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (14 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: Rent supplement plays a vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme supporting some 35,000 recipients for which the Government has provided €232 million for 2017 (following the completion of the Supplementary Estimates process). A breakdown by county of rent supplements recipients under the scheme in respect of the period from December 2012 to the end of November...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (14 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: I am informed that at the end of November 2017 there were 5,744 persons that were 65 years of age and over in receipt of a jobseeker's payment and a further 3,324 persons signing for jobseeker’s credits.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ministerial Travel (14 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: I travelled with An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD on the Government Jet on Thursday 16 November from Dublin to Gothenburg, and again on Friday, 17 November from Gothenburg to Dublin.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ministerial Travel (14 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Government Jet was used by Joan Burton TD as Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection and Leo Varadkar TD as Minister for Social Protection during the dates March 2011 to February 2016 as follows: Date of travel Destination 3rd October 2012 Outwards to Brussels to meet with College of Commissioners travelled with Taoiseach 27th February 2013 Outwards to Brussels to attend...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (14 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: Photography services are used, in conjunction with some press releases and conferences, to communicate the Department’s initiatives, schemes and services to customers and to the regional and national media. Since March 2011, photography services were used for the occasions as set out in the table. The procurement of these photography services is carried out in accordance with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Relations Contracts Data (14 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Department is currently collating this information and will respond to the Deputy shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Consultancy Contracts Data (14 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The information requested is currently being compiled by my Department and will be provided to the Deputy as soon as possible .

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (14 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: My Department administers over 70 separate schemes and services, which affect the lives of almost every person in the State. In 2016, some 1.7 million applications for benefit, assistance and access to schemes were received and processed, and over 82 million individual payments were made to people across all age groups and to employers. The Department is fully committed to ensuring that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (14 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Department is currently collating the information required and will provide it to the Deputy shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit (14 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: Maternity leave legislation provides a 26 week period of statutory maternity leave. Subject to the provisions of social welfare legislation, the 26-week period of core statutory maternity leave attracts a social insurance payment of maternity benefit. On 3 October 2017 I, together with Minister Flanagan announced increased maternity leave and maternity benefit for mothers whose babies are...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Senator. I do not propose to accept any of the amendments which relate to the public services card and also to the general data protection regulation. I would like first to make some points about the public services card. When I get to the end of my contribution, the Senator might remind me about the fourth amendment, which is not included in this response, as I want to make a...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: I will wrap up. I would prefer it if the Senator withdrew the amendments in order that we might discuss this matter further on the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill, since I do not intend to accept these amendments.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: I am sorry to interrupt but one is not required to have it. I feel as if we are splitting hairs as both-----