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Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Further Revised) (9 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: We will launch in quarter 2 of 2018. It is just to give us a couple of months. There was no money in this year's budget to do it earlier. It is catered for in next year's budget, assuming we pass the Bill. We will establish the scheme in quarter 1 and launch it in quarter 2.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Further Revised) (9 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I do not think one can stop existing pensioners asking to be adjudicated under a new system. What I think we will find is that people who will get a better pension under the new scheme will ask to move to it while people who-----

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Further Revised) (9 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: That is the ambition. It will probably not last for ever. It will be determined by the public consultation rather than laid down by us. There will be a period during which one can opt in or out of either scheme. At some point, that period will have to end, which will depend on how we all feel about it during the public consultation. The idea of moving to a new scheme is to move to do...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Further Revised) (9 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: It is growing every year.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Further Revised) (9 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I challenge the Deputy to say that to the court.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Further Revised) (9 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Chairman. This is a bit like 'Mastermind'; it is keeping me on my toes to ensure I know what I am talking about.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Further Revised) (9 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: The numbers are increasing and are going to do so every year. There are 17,000 new contributory pensioners every year. Some of those will be affected by their longevity, working out the averaging of their total contributions over those years. The initial figure of 36,000 was probably at the end of last year. This year, we will probably have an extra 6,000 and another 5,000 or 6,000 next...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Further Revised) (9 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I am only being nosy now but I am not sure what is the purpose of Deputy Brady saying that. Is it that he would like it to be able to rule on a point of law? Does he have a specific grievance that it did not do something?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Further Revised) (9 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I will answer in less than ten words, which is unusual for me. The reason it is so effective is that it is co-operative. It is not trying to sting one fellow over the other woman. We certainly could not say that of our courts system, which is completely adversarial.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Further Revised) (9 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I thought for an awful moment there that the Deputy was going to ask me to name them all off. They are already enacted. It is legislation currently on the Statute Book that has just moved from the old Department to the new one. I have a list which I will give to the Deputy. He need not panic. They are not new pieces of legislation that have to come before us. We have enough to be doing...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Further Revised) (9 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I received the Deputy's letter and I thank him for it. To answer the Deputy's direct question, the people who are responsible for ensuring that all of our legislation, Government and Opposition, goes through pre-legislative scrutiny are those who were on the Dáil reform committee. Fianna Fáil had three very active members on that committee. I was lucky enough to sit on it myself....

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Further Revised) (9 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I will have to take responsibility for that. To be honest, it never even dawned on me to do this. I am new to Europe and it is all new to me but I will certainly send any information on reports on which we are working to the committee, including those which we will be signing off on next week. I would love the chance for me and the officials to discuss what legislation might arise in these...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Further Revised) (9 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: Is the Vote accepted?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (9 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I confirm that the Department received an application for Carer's Allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 23 June 2017 in respect of her parents. It is a condition for receipt of a CA that the person being cared for must have a disability whose effect is that they require full-time care and attention. This is defined as requiring from another person, continual supervision and frequent...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (9 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy is aware Tús is a community work placement initiative designed to provide short-term, work opportunities for those who are unemployed for more than a year. The scheme is delivered through the network of local development companies and Údarás na Gaeltachta. These are known as Implementing bodies (IB). There are no specific charges set by the Department for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (9 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: The fuel allowance is a payment of €22.50 per week from October to April, to some 376,000 low income households to assist them with their energy costs. The allowance represents a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. It is not intended to meet those costs in full. Only one allowance is paid per household. The fuel allowance scheme is widely advertised. To...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement (9 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: Family Income Supplement (FIS) which was introduced in 1984 is a social welfare payment which provides an income support for employees on low earnings with families. The main provisions are contained in the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 2005, as amended, primarily Part 6, Sections 227 to 233 and in the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control Regulations) 2007 to 2017,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Data (9 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Department is committed to providing a contribution record statement to all customers who require one and will provide this in written copy by phone request in the case of customers who are not in a position to use the online facility. However, the main facility for accessing social insurance contribution statements is now online, via the MyWelfare.ie application. This service was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an oral hearing of the appeal of the person concerned took place on 9 March 2017. Shortly after the oral hearing the Appeals Officer dealing with this case became ill and was absent on long term sick leave. The case was referred to another Appeals Officer who decided in the interest of fairness to convene a further oral hearing which...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (9 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 1 November 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 Employment Affairs and Social Protection...