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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: National Minimum Wage (16 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: According to the latest data available from the Central Statistics Office an average of 22,500 people are paid below the National Minimum Wage. Of these, 5,800 (0.3% of all employees) report being paid below the minimum wage, due to being on an age-related rate. In terms of employees being paid less than the National Minimum Wage due to being in a first job over the age of 18 the numbers in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Data (16 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: A MyGovID account is a secure online account for accessing public services. The process for registering and using a verified MyGovID account proves in the online environment that the person has had their identity verified to the SAFE 2 standard. As part of the application of the SAFE 2 standard in the online environment, my Department seeks to ensure that a person’s MyGovID account is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Applications (16 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned is in receipt of a reduced rate state pension (contributory) based on an assessed yearly average of 37 contributions, covering the period from November 1966 to December 2015. According to the records of my Department, the person has a social insurance record of 1850 reckonable contributions and credits. The person concerned is in receipt of the correct rate of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (16 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: JobPath providers deliver the JobPath employment activation service under contract to my Department. The providers are independent contractors and are contractually obliged to provide the service in compliance with all aspects of Irish law. Accordingly, Seetec is responsible for compliance with all the statutory requirements to be satisfied as an employer with regards to its own employees....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (16 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I confirm that my department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on 28 April 2017. Additional information was requested on 22 June 2017. Following receipt of this information it was determined that the matter should be referred to a local social welfare inspector (SWI) to assess the level of care being provided, assess means and confirm that all the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Data (16 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: As of October 2017, there were 39,303 people in receipt of the One-parent Family Payment (OFP). The Department’s records show that 20,713 (or 53%) of these recipients are in receipt of child maintenance payments.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (16 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 5 October 2017 who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Balance (16 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: The statutory bodies operating under the aegis of my Department are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Council, the Pensions Ombudsman (which does not have a board), the Social Welfare Tribunal and the Low Pay Commission. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table: Name of Board or Agency No. of Board Members who are men No....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (16 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: Certain civil servants are members of a defined benefit pension scheme which is co-ordinated with the State Pension scheme. A supplementary pension is an additional amount of occupational pension that may be paid to a Civil Servant whose occupational pension entitlement is co-ordinated with the State Pension. The purpose of this payment is to ensure that retired people receive the full...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Legislation (16 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: Scheme trustees have duties and responsibilities under trust law, under other relevant legislation and under the Pensions Act, 1990, as amended. The duties of pension scheme trustees include administering the trust in accordance with the law and the terms of the trust deed and rules. Consequently any decisions made by corporate or individual trustees of an occupational pension scheme are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (16 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: The rent supplement claim for the customer concerned has been in payment since September 2013 and all payments are up to date. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (15 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: Community Employment (CE) scheme sponsors receive funding based on agreed annual contracts. The funding is provided to cover the costs associated with running the CE scheme, such as wages for the supervisor and participants and other direct costs such as insurance, materials, and training costs. At the end of each annual contract, the sponsor must have a record of all financial...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (15 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I was pleased to announce on Budget Day that an 85% Christmas Bonus will be paid this year to over 1.2 million long-term social welfare recipients, such as pensioners, people with disabilities, carers, lone parents and long-term jobseekers at a cost of €219 million. The bonus is paid as an increase to a recipient’s weekly payment in the relevant week. The bonus is not a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fire Service Staff (15 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 216 and 217 together. Retained (part-time) fire-fighters, provide services which are vitally important to their communities. Typically, these workers provide services in rural and less densely populated areas but larger urban centres may also have a cohort of part-time workers. I note the information the Deputy has supplied in relation to a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Health and Safety Regulations (15 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: Occupational Health and Safety is the policy responsibility of my colleague the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation. Policy responsibility for 12 pieces of employment legislation transferred to me pursuant to the Labour Affairs and Labour Law (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 361 of 2017) from 1st...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: National Emergency Plan (15 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: My Department acted on foot of advice received from the National Emergency Co-ordination Group. In the interests of customer and staff safety, all Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection offices closed on 16thOctober 2017. Staff and customers were advised of this using all available channels, including internal email, media and the Department’s website and Twitter...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (15 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I confirm that my department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on 21 August 2017. The matter was referred to a local social welfare inspector (SWI) on 1 November 2017 to assess the level of care being provided, assess means and confirm that all the conditions for receipt of carer’s allowance are satisfied. Once the SWI has reported, a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (15 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I confirm that my department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person concerned on 4 August 2017. The application is currently being processed and once completed, the person concerned 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: Carer's Benefit Applications (15 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I confirm that my department received applications for carer’s benefit from the person concerned in respect of her two daughters on 21 August 2017 and 6 September 2017. The applications are currently being processed and once completed, the person concerned 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: Public Services Card Data (15 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: While a person’s phone number is an element of their contact information, it is also regarded as personal information. A phone number in itself cannot identify a person. No additional information, e.g., any of the Public Service Identity data held by my Department, is issued with any text sent as part of a MyGovID verification process. Point (a) of my previous response related...