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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsIreland Service (13 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: Jobsireland.ie is a web service that enables employers to post job opportunities and jobseekers to search and apply for these opportunities online. Employers are vital to the continuing recovery of the Irish economy and they are important customers of my Department. Private sector companies offer online vacancy services, but at a cost. My Department’s service is fee-free and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud (13 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: Bogus self-employment is generally taken to refer to the deliberate misclassification of employment status in order to evade income tax and PRSI. Where evidence of non-compliance or deliberate misclassification of employment status is detected, it is addressed as part of normal enforcement of the income tax and social welfare codes by the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (13 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who has decided to convene an oral hearing in this case. Every effort will be made to hear the case as quickly as possible and the appellant will be informed when arrangements for the oral hearing have been made. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (13 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned made an application for Family Income Supplement (FIS) on 27thMarch 2017. At the time of application, the person concerned had a One Parent Family Payment (OFP) claim pending and FIS could not proceed with assessment until a decision was made on the OFP claim. OFP was awarded to the claimant on 6thApril 2017 and the Deciding Officer (DO) proceeded with assessment of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (13 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 25th April 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 Social Protection: JobPath Data (13 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is an employment activation service that supports people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. The JobPath service commenced operations in Tipperary in October 2015. To date, almost 4,500 people have commenced their engagement period with the service in Tipperary....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Registration of Births (13 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The case referred to by the Deputy concerns the registration of a birth. The General Registry (GRO) comes within the remit of my Department. The Registrar General (An tÁrd Chlaraitheoir) has specific statutory functions in this regard. Responsibility for local registration services is assigned to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for the administration of the system of civil...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Widowed or Surviving Civil Partner Grant is a once-off payment to widows, widowers or surviving civil partners with dependent children. This grant is available to widows, widowers or surviving civil partners who have one or more dependent children living with them at the time of death; or a widow or surviving civil partner whose child is born within 10 months of the date of death of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (13 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: One of the qualifying conditions for Family Income Supplement (FIS) is that the weekly family income must be less than a set limit for their family size. Weekly Family Income is the amount of all income received in a week by a family. Examples of family income are earnings, social welfare payments, maintenance payments, income from self-employment, rental income, farm income or any...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Appeals (13 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned made an application for an Exceptional Needs Payment under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance Scheme. I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that some decisions taken by officers of my Department are administrative in nature and are therefore not open to appeal to that office. Exceptional Needs Payments made under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Projects (13 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Department in conjunction with the OPW has made the following Intreo project capital investments in County Louth and parts of east County Meath from April 2016 to June 2017. The capital expenditure details are as follows: Location Capital Costs* Navan Intreo, Kennedy House, Kennedy Rd, Navan, Co Meath €808,939 Abbey Buildings, Abbey Mall, Navan, Co. Meath €326,770 *...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (13 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 21st 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 Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (13 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment, made to a person who is providing full-time care and attention to a person who has a disability such that they require that level of care. The Department periodically reviews claims in payment to ensure that there is continued entitlement. CA is in payment to the person concerned since 21 July 2008 and a review of means was...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (13 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The current free travel scheme provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for those eligible under the scheme. These include road, rail and ferry services provided by companies such as Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann, as well as Luas and services provided by almost 80 private transport operators. There are approximately...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (13 Jul 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 3 July 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 is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (13 Jul 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 3 July 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 is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance Scheme (13 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1200 and 1201 together. The Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government is the lead Department for severe weather emergencies and the Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility for capital flood relief activities. However, my Department has an important role to play in assisting households in the immediate aftermath of emergency...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (13 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following table. Date Jobseeker’s Allowance Jobseeker’s Benefit 30th June 2017 2,683 2,593 30th June 2016 2,638 2,481 30th June 2015 2,390 2,401 30th June 2014 1,764 1,247 30th June 2013 1,259 540 30th June 2012 1,064 664 30th June 2011 782 723

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (13 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The issuing of payments from the Department of Social Protection is broken down into two parts; the process of determining whether a claim is valid and the payment of the awarded claim. There is no delay in the payment of claims, once awarded, by the Department. The current timeframes with regard to the determination process of whether claims are valid and can be awarded is as follows:...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (13 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The overall reaction to JobPath has been very positive. To date 105,640 Jobseekers have been referred to the service, with 332 complaints received in total – 0.31 per cent. Of these 267 have been responded to and are now closed, 65 are in progress. Each JobPath provider has a comprehensive Complaints Procedure which is advertised in every location. The procedure contains levels of...