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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Rural Regeneration and Development Fund provides funding for the development and construction of capital projects in towns and villages and rural areas across Ireland. The Fund has, to date, allocated funding of €280 million for 191 projects across the country worth a total of €380 million. Calls for applications to the Fund are sought under two categories –...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 Oct 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 earlier this month. Details of successful applicants are available on my department’s website at www.gov.ie/drcd. The groups the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I launched the €15 million Community Centres Investment Fund in April 2022 and the fund closed to applications on Thursday 14th July 2022. The interest in the fund was extremely high, resulting in 1,048 applications being received under 3 Categories. To date, over €12.5 million has been awarded to 580 successful Category 1 applicants. Details of the successful applicants...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Streetscape Enhancement Measure was introduced in 2021 as part of the commitment in Our Rural Futureto upgrade and enhance shopfronts and street facades in our rural towns and villages. Under the 2022 Streetscape Enhancement Measure €2.6 million is being made available to improve the visual appearance of our urban streetscapes. Eligible local authorities have selected towns and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (25 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The CLÁR Programme provides funding for small-scale projects in designated rural areas that have experienced significant levels of de-population over a defined period. Since the programme was relaunched in 2016, it has supported a wide range of measures. A review of CLÁR areas nationally was undertaken in 2021 using the 2016 Census of Population data. The review examined the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Workplace Relations Commission (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Citizens information Board (CIB), which falls under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection, is the statutory body with responsibility for the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS). The CIB provides funding to eight independent MABS companies which provide services to the public. A regional manager manages each company, and a Board of Directors oversees each company. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The School Meals Programme provides funding towards the provision of food services to some 1,700 schools and organisations and benefitting 260,000 children.  The objective of the programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children who are unable, due to lack of good quality food, to take full advantage of the education provided to them.  The programme is an important...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 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.  In respect of the 2022/2023 fuel season, an application for Fuel Allowance has not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 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 allowance represents a contribution towards the energy costs of a household.  Only one allowance is paid per household. The criteria for fuel allowance are framed in order to direct the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 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 allowance represents a contribution towards the energy costs of a household.  Only one allowance is paid per household.  The Fuel Allowance is paid to social welfare recipients such as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As part of Budget 2023, the Social Protection budget has been designed to assist people with cost-of-living increases through a mix of lump sum payments, increases to weekly payment rates and an expansion of the fuel allowance scheme. The measures introduced include the provision of a one-off €500 Cost-of-Living lump sum, which will be paid in November 2022 to recipients of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: In response to the ongoing cost of living pressures, I have secured a package of almost €2.2 billion for Social Protection measures as part of Budget 2023. This represents the largest Budget package for the Department of Social Protection in the history of the State and will help to support our pensioners, carers, people with disabilities, lone parents and families during this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Working Family Payment (WFP) is an in-work weekly payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children. An application for WFP was received from the person concerned on 25 August 2022.  Further information was requested by the Department.  The person concerned submitted this information, and it was received by the Department. A Deciding Officer...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As the person concerned was in receipt of another social welfare payment before they were awarded Disability Allowance (DA), necessary adjustments were calculated and applied in respect of an overlapping payment. The arrears of DA have been reviewed and, upon calculation, no arrears were due to the person concerned. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 30 May 2022. An application for state pension (non-contributory) was received on 10 October 2022. There is no record of any previous state pension (non-contributory) application(s) received by my Department. The person concerned has been awarded state pension (non-contributory) with effect from 3 June 2022 and was notified, in writing, of this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 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. The fuel allowance application in respect of the person concerned was awarded on 11 April 2022 with the payment awarded from 14 January 2022. The person concerned received arrears totaling...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that as a result they require that level of care. If a person is in receipt of another social welfare payment (other than unemployment payments or supplementary welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Farm Assist is a means-tested income support scheme for farmers. To qualify for the payment, a person must be actively farming land in the State, aged between 18 and 66 and satisfy a means test A single herd number can be used to support only one Farm Assist application, where applicable, at a time. Where two or more people farm what may originally have been a single unit, but is now...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that the Department received an application for Disability Allowance (DA) from the person concerned on 14 September 2022. The person concerned has been awarded DA with effect from 14 September 2022 and the first payment will be made by their chosen payment method on 19 October 2022. Arrears of payment due from 14 September 2022 to 18 October 2022 have been issued to the person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (20 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department currently has two staff seconded to a Local Area Employment Service (LAES) based in Limerick. We currently have one Clerical Officer seconded to the North East Inner City initiative (NEIC) in Dublin. This officer works with the NEIC as a Clerical Officer and does not have any involvement with LES/LAES services. Staff on secondment are pensionable at their substantive grade....