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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Primary Medical Certificates (12 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 Disability Support Grant, which will be paid in November 2022 to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My department provides a comprehensive package of carers’ income supports including Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and the Carer’s Support Grant. Combined spending on these payments to carers in 2022 is estimated to exceed €1.5 billion. A primary qualifying condition for the Carer’s Allowance and Carer’s Benefit...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ukraine War (12 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is committed to providing people fleeing the war in Ukraine who have been granted Temporary Protection status the supports and services, including income supports and employment services, needed to assist with integration into their new communities. The priority for my Department is to make payments as quickly as possible and to put arrangements in place to pay the most...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The new means limits announced in the budget, will come into effect from January 2023. A new application will be required and further details will be announced in due course once the operational requirements and the necessary IT systems are finalised. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2023 (12 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, which is supporting over 370,000 households in 2022, at an estimated cost of €366 million. The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs. The allowance represents a contribution towards the energy costs of a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The aim of the fuel allowance scheme is to help qualified households with the cost of heating their home during the winter months. One of the conditions for receipt of fuel allowance is that a person must satisfy a means test. The fuel allowance means test is linked to the maximum rate of State pension (contributory). An individual can have a weekly income of €120.00 above the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (12 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: In response to the ongoing cost of living pressures, my Department will spend approximately €1.2 billion during the coming months to help individuals and families through this difficult period. The €500 lump sum payment to those on Disability Allowance, Blind Pension and Invalidity Pension will be paid only to those receiving these payments in the relevant week in November....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (12 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme is the safety net within the overall social welfare system in that it provides assistance to eligible people in the State whose means are insufficient to meet their needs and those of their dependents. Supports provided under the SWA scheme can consist of a basic weekly payment, a weekly or monthly supplement in respect of certain expenses, as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Priorities (12 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020 – 2025 includes a commitment to develop and consult on a ‘strawman’ proposal for the restructuring of long-term disability payments to simplify the system and take account of the concerns expressed in the Make Work Pay report. The Cost of Disability research report was published by my Department in December 2021, which is feeding into...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Staff (12 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is working across Government and with stakeholders to support, in particular, the community response to people arriving from Ukraine. As regards the provision of specific staff, the Department of Rural and Community Development has one staff member, at Assistant Secretary General grade, who is seconded on a full-time, temporary basis to the Department of Children, Equality,...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Energy Prices (12 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Government is aware of the challenges facing community and voluntary organisations and the charities sector in meeting the high cost of energy currently and is committed to supporting the sector in meeting these costs. Not-for-profit and voluntary organisations in the Community and Voluntary sector are woven into the fabric of community life across Ireland, but they are vulnerable to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Energy Prices (12 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Government is aware of the challenges facing community and voluntary organisations and the charities sector in meeting the high cost of energy currently and is committed to supporting the sector in meeting these costs. Not-for-profit and voluntary organisations in the Community and Voluntary sector are woven into the fabric of community life across Ireland, but they are vulnerable to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (11 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The accommodation needs of victims of domestic violence are met through a joined-up service delivery model provided by Tusla with the close involvement of the various housing authorities nationwide. Access to Rent Supplement can be provided on referral by Tusla or by prescribed Tusla funded service providers. This provides victims of domestic violence with a fast track approval and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The accommodation needs of victims of domestic violence are met through a joined-up service delivery model provided by Tusla with the close involvement of the various housing authorities nationwide. Access to Rent Supplement can be provided on referral by Tusla or by prescribed Tusla funded service providers. This provides victims of domestic violence with a fast track approval and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (11 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Carer’s benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce or reduce their working hours to care for a person(s) in need of full-time care and attention. A person can be considered to be providing full-time care and attention where they are engaged in employment, self-employment or on training courses for a maximum of 18.5 hours per week provided that the income...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (11 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. In the case of an appeal against the decision of a Deciding Officer/Designated Person, the Department is required furnish to the Chief Appeals Officer a statement, showing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 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. The allowance represents a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. Only one allowance is paid per household....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 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. The allowance represents a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. Only one allowance is paid per household....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Dublin Declaration is a joint effort within Europe to tackle domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. Primary responsibility for the development and provision of services to support victims of domestic violence rests with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. The accommodation needs of victims of domestic violence are met through a joined-up service...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: A basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) is a weekly allowance paid to people who do not have enough income to meet their needs and those of their families. If a person has no income, they may be entitled to the basic SWA. If a person’s weekly income is below the SWA rate for their family size, a payment may be made to bring their income up to the appropriate SWA rate. If a...