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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence including that adduced at the oral hearing, has decided to allow the appeal of the person concerned. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned was in receipt of a One Parent Family (OPF) payment from 4 November 2010 until 26 April 2017. Following an investigation into undeclared means relating to employment, her one OPF claim was discontinued in accordance with Departmental legislation and procedures. An overpayment of €20,664.44 was raised relating to the period 2 July 2015 to 26 April 2017 and a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 13 June 2017. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When these papers have been received from the Department, the case in question will be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 24 May 2017. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Social Protection. These papers have been received in the Social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: I confirm that the department received an incomplete application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on the 8 June 2017. The application form submitted is an abbreviated version of the application form, intended to be used only by a person already in receipt of CA, who is applying for an increase in respect of an additional care recipient. This abbreviated version...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Medical Card Administration (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Community Welfare Service transferred to this Department from the Health Service Executive in October 2011 and administer the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. All aspects of the administration of the medical card scheme are dealt with by the Health Service Executive. Questions in relation to the operation of the medical card scheme are a matter for my colleague the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Paternity Leave Data (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The paternity benefit scheme became operational on 1 September 2016. The number of claims received and awarded in the period 1 September 2016 to 31 August 2017 is set out in the table. Detail on the number of people who have received paternity benefit, broken down by county is included in the second table. Paternity Benefit Claims Received 24639 Awarded 23504 Recipients by county ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: My department received an application for Carer's Allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 22 May 2017. One of the qualifying conditions is that the means of the person concerned must be less than the statutory limit. Following an investigation it was determined that the means of the person concerned were not less than the statutory limit and that she was therefore not entitled to CA. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Banking (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The costs my department incurred in each of the past five years (2012 to 2016 inclusive) due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees are outlined in table: Year/Description 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total Annual Fee €103.00 €155.00 €160.91 €93.00 €140.54 €652.45 Government Duty €108.28 €90.00 €90.00...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The following tables give a breakdown of the women and men employed by this Department in the following grades: Secretary General, Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Principal and Assistant Principal. This Department has no officers serving at the Second Secretary grade. Female ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The following table gives a breakdown of women and men employed in this Department by grade as at the end of July 2017: Female Male Grade FTE People Grade FTE People Secretary General 0.00 0.00 Secretary General 1.00 1.00 Deputy Secretary 1.00 1.00 Deputy Secretary 0.00 0.00 Assistant Secretary 5.00 5.00 Assistant Secretary 4.00 4.00 Principal Officer 40.30 43.00 Principal...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: Child Benefit is a monthly payment made to families with children in respect of all qualified children up to the age of 16 years. The payment continues to be paid in respect of children up to their 18th birthday who are in full-time education, or who have a disability. Child Benefit is currently paid to around 626,362 families in respect of over 1.2 million children, with an estimated...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Waiting Times (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers. This includes ensuring that applications are processed and that decisions on entitlement are made as quickly as possible. Performance indicators relating to service delivery are set out in detail in the Department’s Customer Action Plan, including processing time targets for the main welfare schemes. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Services Programme (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy is aware, the Community Services Programme (CSP) is designed to support community companies in providing local social, economic and environmental services through the application of a social enterprise model of delivery. Funding is provided to support the employment of staff to deliver these services. Earlier this year, my Department announced a call for proposals under strand...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: Jobseekers, while engaged with the JobPath service, can apply for Back to Education Allowance. While the field of study should relate to the employment preferences agreed by the customer with their JobPath personal advisor, the decision on any application is made by an official in my Department. Jobseekers who are already participating with the JobPath service will not be referred to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The fuel allowance is a payment of €22.50 per week for 26 weeks from October to April, to low income households, at an estimated cost of €229 million in 2017. 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. It is not intended to meet those costs in full. Only...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Sep 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 15 August 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Payments (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The amount of the person's average reckonable weekly earnings in the Governing Contribution Year (GCY) determines the rate of jobseeker’s benefit payable.The GCY is the second last complete contribution year before the benefit year in which the claim is made. To qualify for the full rate of jobseeker’s benefit, the weekly earnings in the GCY must be €300.00 or greater....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Question Heading for question(s) 1827,1839,1840,1842,1847,1868,1871,1896 (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1827, 1839, 1840, 1842, 1847, 1868, 1871 and 1896 together. In 2005, the Government agreed a standard for establishing and verifying an individual’s identity for the purposes of accessing public services. This standard is known as the Standard Authentication Framework Environment – or “SAFE”. The SAFE standard has four levels: -...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The introduction of a “cost of disability” payment would be a major undertaking requiring clear definitions of qualifying conditions and research into the prevalence of these conditions leading to estimates of the numbers of persons who would potentially qualify. It is likely that it would also require significant administrative spending in establishing the information...