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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (7 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The customer concerned was in receipt of the Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's Non Contributory Pension. Her case was selected for a routine review to ensure that she continued to meet the eligibility criteria. Part of this review involved investigation and interview by an inspector. In the course of this investigation, the customer advised the inspector that she was in a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Revised European Social Charter (7 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: Ireland ratified the Revised European Social Charter on 4 November 2000. At that time Ireland accepted 92 of the 98 paragraphs of the Revised Charter. Three of those paragraphs not accepted by Ireland make up Article 31, which relates to the right to housing. Any reconsideration of Ireland’s current position in relation to Article 31 of the Revised European Social Charter would fall...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Public Service Obligation (PSO) Levy is a charge on all electricity customers without exception, and is determined by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU). The legal basis for the PSO and its method of calculation by the CRU are set out in Regulations made under the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (S.I. 217 of 2002). Any exemption would have to be considered by the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (6 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: Rent supplement plays a vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme currently supporting 35,000 recipients at a cost of €253 million in 2017. The strategic policy direction of my Department is to return this scheme to its original purpose of being a short-term income support with the introduction of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme. Rent...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service Administration (6 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Citizens Information Board (CIB), which has statutory responsibility for the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) and the Citizens Information Services (CIS) decided, on 15th February 2017, to restructure the governance arrangements of these services. The decision taken reduces the number of local CIS and MABS company boards from ninety three to a sixteen regional boards...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Information and Communications Technology (6 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Department has a robust regime for protecting its Information Systems and regular auditing is a significant element of this. Security audits are conducted within the Department by a range of internal and external bodies. The total number of such audits conducted between 2012 and 2017 was 33.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Information and Communications Technology (6 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The security of the communications between the central servers and all offices is constantly audited by a range of industry standard software systems specifically acquired for this purpose. This includes scanning for any weaknesses in the network routers and switches and any traffic that crosses the network. The information from these auditing systems is assessed by a network support team on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Communications (6 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The transmission protocol used to transmit data across my Department’s network is TCP/IP. The security protocols used to transmit data across my Department’s network are HTTPS, TLS/SSL, SFTP, SSH, Kerberos, RDP, LDAP.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (6 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: I confirm that my Department received an application for carer’s benefit from the person concerned on 19 October 2017. Additional information was requested from the person concerned on 2 December 2017. Once the information is received the application will be processed without delay and he will be notified directly of the outcome. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (6 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The information as requested by the Deputy is not readily available. A request to gather the information as requested by the Deputy has been made.The Department will contact the Deputy directly when the information is compiled.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (6 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: In accordance with Social Welfare legislation the person with whom a qualified child normally resides is qualified to receive child benefit in respect of that child. The person concerned received child benefit for her daughter for a period when the child no longer resided with her. As a result, she was not entitled to payment for the period in question and a revised decision was made...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (6 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: Entitlement to state pension (contributory) is assessed on the basis of an applicant’s full social insurance record and the eligibility conditions applicable on the date they reach pension age. According to the records of my Department, the person concerned has a social insurance record of 1,719 reckonable contributions and credits. A reduced state pension (contributory) was awarded...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: EU Treaties (6 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: Ireland ratified the Revised European Social Charter on 4 November 2000. At that time Ireland accepted 92 of the 98 paragraphs of the Revised Charter. Three of those paragraphs not accepted by Ireland make up Article 31, which relates to the right to housing. Any examination of Ireland’s current position in relation to Article 31 of the Revised European Social Charter would fall...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (6 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The purpose of credited contributions (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 period of unemployment, illness or in receipt of certain payments, including carer’s allowance. In isolation, credits do not give entitlement to social insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social Welfare Benefits Data (6 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 261 and 262 together. Rent supplement plays a vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme currently supporting 35,000 recipients at a cost of €253 million in 2017. The strategic policy direction of my Department is to return this scheme to its original purpose of being a short-term income support with the introduction of the Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (5 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The school meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food to schools and organisations at a total cost of some €47.5 million in 2017. In recent years priority for new applications for funding had been given to schools which are part of the DEIS programme, designed to give tailored support to schools which have high concentration of disadvantage. For the first time...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Funding (5 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The information is not immediately available in my Department but is being compiled at present. My officials will write to the Deputy when it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (5 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: An application for carer’s allowance (CA) was received from the person concerned on 27 October 2017. CA was awarded to the person concerned on 28 November 2017, with effect from 12 October 2017 and the first payment will issue to the person’s nominated bank account on 7 December 2017. Arrears of allowance due from 12 October 2017 to 6 December 2017 will also issue to the bank...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (5 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: This customer is on a means tested pension and requested a review in April 2016 of the rate of pension paid to her. Having regard to the information provided by her, the case was referred to an inspector for investigation. On foot of this investigation and the information provided by the customer to the inspector, the rate of pension payable was actually reduced and the customer was given...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Applications (5 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: I confirm that my Department received an application for Family Income Supplement (FIS) from the person concerned on 14th November 2017. FIS is not payable while an applicant is a Qualified Adult (QA) on Jobseekers Allowance (JA). The local INTREO office has now adjusted the above allowance and the person concerned has been awarded FIS with effect from 16 November 2017 to 14 November 2018....