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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme, my Department can make additional needs payments to help meet expenses that a person cannot pay from their weekly income. This is an overarching term used to refer to exceptional and urgent needs payments, and certain supplements to assist with ongoing or recurring costs that cannot be met from a person’s own resources and are deemed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: State pension non-contributory is a means-tested payment for people aged 66 and over, habitually residing in the State, who do not qualify for a state pension contributory, or who only qualify for a reduced rate contributory pension based on their social insurance record. For the purposes of the means test, cash income, including any additional pension(s), the value of any property...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme, my Department can make additional needs payments to help meet expenses that a person cannot pay from their weekly income. The scheme 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €33 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) from late September to April, at an estimated cost of €366 million in 2022. The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs. Only one allowance is paid per household. In Budget 2023, I was pleased to announce the largest ever expansion of the Fuel...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Diet supplement, administered under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, is payable to qualifying persons, in receipt of the supplement prior to February 2014, who have been prescribed a special diet because of a specified medical condition. There are currently approximately 1,300 people in receipt of diet supplement. A review of the costs of healthy eating and specialised diets by...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Prices (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. The payment of €33 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) is paid from late September to April. One of the conditions for receipt of fuel allowance is that a person must satisfy a means test. The person concerned applied for Fuel allowance on 28 September 2022. Following a means...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I wish to acknowledge receipt of accounts for the year 2021 for the person concerned. The additional information received in the form of the accounts for 2021 would not change the decision that was made in relation to the means assessed for the person concerned The decision was made in line with current legislation in relation to assessing second properties which are assessed on the capital...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Rent supplement continues to play a key role in supporting families and individuals in private rented accommodation, with the scheme providing support to 10,118 recipients at the end of September 2022. The scheme provides short-term income support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: There are four Community Welfare Officers based in the Tallaght Intreo Centre and they have been and continue to be available to meet with citizens during office opening hours daily, Monday to Friday. I trust this clarifies the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Poverty (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €33 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) from late September to April, at an estimated cost of €366 million in 2022. The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs. Only one allowance is paid per household. When assessing the means of a Fuel Allowance applicant, in the case of applicants...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 28 July 2022. It is a statutory requirement of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Autumn Cost of Living double payment is part of a range of measures in Budget 2023 to mitigate the effects of the increased cost of living. The Autumn Cost of Living double payment will be paid to recipients of Disability Allowance, Invalidity Pension, Blind Pension, Disablement Benefit and Partial Capacity Benefit. Qualifying payments for the autumn double payment are those payments that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Transport Costs (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The free travel scheme provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for those eligible under the scheme. These include road, rail and ferry services provided by companies such as Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann, as well as Luas and services provided by over 80 private transport operators. There are approximately 1,047,000...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Living Alone Allowance is a payment for people aged 66 years or over who are in receipt of certain social welfare payments, including State Pension (Contributory), State Pension (Non-Contributory), Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Contributory) Pension, Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Non-Contributory) Pension, Widow's/Widower's Pension under the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €33 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) from late September to April, at an estimated cost of €366 million in 2022. The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs. Only one allowance is paid per household. In Budget 2023, I was pleased to announce the largest ever expansion of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person’s application for a Personal Public Service (PPS) Number has been processed. Confirmation of the PPS Number issued to the person by post on 20/10/2022. I trust this clarifies the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Covid-19 does not constitute a prescribed disease or illness as set out in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 as it does not meet the criteria laid down in the Act. Section 87 (2) of the Act states that a disease or injury shall be prescribed for the purposes of this section in relation to any insured persons, where the Minister is satisfied that— (a) it ought to be treated,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned is currently participating on a Community Employment Scheme. As a result, their application for Widow(er)’s & Surviving Civil Partner’s Contributory Pension has been disallowed. The person concerned has been advised to contact Widow(er)’s & Surviving Civil Partner’s Contributory Pensions Section when they are due to finish on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €33 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) from late September to April, at an estimated cost of €366 million in 2022. The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs. Only one allowance is paid per household. The criteria for fuel allowance are framed in order to direct the limited...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned requested a review of a disallowance of her application for an Exceptional Needs Payment. This review was acknowledged by the SWA Review Officer and further information was requested from the person. When this information is returned, a review of the claim will be completed and the person will be advised of the outcome. I trust this clarifies the matter.