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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an oral hearing of the appeal of the person concerned was held on 9 March 2017. However, the appeal decision was not finalised due to the Appeals Officer’s sudden absence from work due to illness. While it had been hoped that the Appeals Officer would be in a position to return to work in the short term, unfortunately this has...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Deputy will be aware that in order to qualify for a jobseekers allowance payment a person must satisfy a number of qualifying conditions. The person concerned was refused jobseeker’s allowance by a Deciding Officer of the Department on the grounds that he did not satisfy the habitual residence condition. I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The information that the Deputy is looking for is detailed in the following table. The costs are based on the 1.2% Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices rate for 2018, forecast in the Department of Finance’s Summer Economic Statement. Scheme Total Full Year Cost - €m Rate of Payment  2017 Proposed Rate of Payment 2018 Social Insurance Schemes State Pension...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: Labour market policy is guided by the Pathways to Work Strategy, which seeks to ensure that as many jobs as possible go to people on the Live Register. In line with this objective and as part of the activation agenda, Case Officers employed by my Department deliver activation and case management services to jobseekers across the network of Intreo Centres. Case Officers by their proactive...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: An application for carer's allowance (CA) was received from the person concerned on 27 April 2016 in respect of two care recipients. As a result of an appeals officer’s revised decision, CA was awarded to the person concerned on 26 June 2017 with effect from 28 April 2016. However, in error it was awarded in respect of one care recipient only. When the error was realised, CA was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: I confirm that the department received an application for carer's allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 13 February 2017 in respect of two care recipients. The application was disallowed on the grounds that the person concerned failed to provide information as requested by a deciding officer (DO) and as a result her entitlement could not be determined. The person concerned was notified...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts Data (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: My Department’s cleaning and security suppliers wrote to the Department in 2015 to advise their implementation of the Employment Regulation Order (ERO) hourly rate increase from 1 October 2015. Further Employment Regulation Order (ERO) hourly rate increases were implemented in 2016 (cleaning) and 2017 (security). Additional increases are planned for later in 2017 (cleaning), for both...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: Under data protection legislation my Department is prohibited from providing personal details of a customer to another member of the public. However if a person is legally responsible for that customer’s affairs and can provide proof of this responsibility, my Department will be happy to provide the information that is required. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the deputy is detailed in the following table: County Jobseeker’s Benefit (including people signing for PRSI credits only) Jobseeker’s Allowance Carlow 19 51 Cavan 32 42 Clare 74 73 Cork 281 240 Donegal 58 141 Dublin 803 626 Galway 164 156 Kerry 101 118 Kildare 130 117 Kilkenny 25 52 Laois 42 61 Leitrim 20 23 Limerick 142 115 Longford...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme with the emphasis on progression into employment and/or further education and training. The core eligibility criterion for CE is that the person is in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment for one year or more. CE is intended for the long-term unemployed and other specified disadvantaged groups. There are a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: It is a condition for receipt of a carer’s allowance and benefit and the carer’s support grant 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 assistance throughout the day in connection with normal bodily functions or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Government acknowledges the crucial role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role. This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for a Partnership Government and the National Carers’ Strategy. Carer's allowance (CA) is a means tested payment, made to people who are providing full-time care and attention to elderly people or to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy is not available in my Department. While a person who is incapable of work does not ordinarily have an entitlement to a Jobseeker’s payment, it is important to point out that such a person is likely instead to have an entitlement to another income support – for example, Illness Benefit, Disability Allowance, Invalidity Pension or Basic...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Data (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: Carer's allowance is a means-tested social assistance payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has a disability such that they require that level of care. Carer's benefit is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce to care for a person(s) in need of full-time care and attention. The carer's support grant is an annual payment made...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Waiting Times (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: My 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. The Department has seen a significant reduction in carer’s allowance average processing times, from 20 weeks at the end of June 2016 to 13 weeks at the end of June 2017. This...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Paternity Benefit (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: Paternity benefit is paid for two weeks to employed and self-employed fathers who satisfy certain PRSI contribution conditions. The benefit is payable at a rate of €235 per week with possible increases for adult and child dependents. The purpose of the benefit is to support new fathers to take time off work within the first 26 weeks following the birth of their child. Application...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit Data (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: Maternity benefit is a payment for employed and self-employed pregnant women who satisfy certain PRSI contribution conditions on their own insurance record. The benefit is payable for 26 weeks at a rate of €235 per week with possible increases for adult and child dependents. An online claim facility provides customers with a convenient and effective method of submitting a maternity...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the deputy is detailed in the following table: Scheme Average Weeks to Award Jobseeker’s Benefit 1 Jobseeker’s Allowance 2

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Rent Supplement payment is currently supporting some 41,240 tenants nationally, of which 18,689 are in Dublin; the Government has provided €253 million for Rent Supplement in 2017. A breakdown of rent supplement recipients by county is included in the table. However, the information is not maintained by specific locality. The extraction of specific geographical areas from the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The total amounts spent on taxi fares by my Department for the period 1 January, 2015 to 18 July, 2017 are outlined in the following table: Year 2015 2016 up to 18 July 2017 Total Taxi fares €33,757 €32,031 €16,872 €82,660 There were no limousine fares for the above period. Taxi costs are paid wholly and exclusively in the course of a person’s duties in...