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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and for no other reason and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. The Department received a claim for IP from the person concerned on 27 November 2019 and she was awarded IP from 28 November 2019.  A request for backdating...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: In March 2020 the Government introduced a number of emergency measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) was an income support measure operated by this Department.  The scheme was open to employees and self-employed people who lost their job due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  The scheme closed to new applicants on 22 January 2022. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements.  The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned has been registered in that office.  It is a statutory requirement of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Job Initiative (JI) is an employment support scheme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities.  Recruitment onto the scheme ceased from November 2004.  At the end of May 2022, there were 453 JI participants employed by managing agents nationally. The Budget for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Interest Rates (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Below in tabular format are the state agencies under the responsibility of my Department, together with the amount of negative interest charged since negative interest rates were introduced to the end of 2021: Agency Amount  Citizens Information Board €15,097 Pensions Authority €66,368 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Disability Allowance is a means-tested payment for people with a specified disability who are aged between 16 and 66 and resident in the state.  If a Disability Allowance customer dies and there is an increase for an adult dependant in payment the payment continues for six weeks.  If a Disability Allowance customer dies and there is no increase for an adult dependant,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The death of a child is a tragedy and the difficulties that parents and families experience as a result cannot be over-stated. Within the social welfare system, there are a number of supports for people who suffer a bereavement.  In particular, there is an arrangement known as the six-weeks payment after death which allows for certain payments to continue to be made after a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: In general, social welfare schemes with complex qualifying conditions like Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) can require a large amount of evidence on which to base the decision on entitlement.  If the required documentation is requested and is not submitted within the allotted timeframe it may result in a case being disallowed in the initial stages.  If the missing documentation is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Correspondence (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department serves a wide and diverse group of clients including families, people in employment, unemployed people, people with illnesses and disabilities, carers and older people.  It administers over 90 separate schemes and services which affect the lives of almost every person in the State.  In administering these schemes, the Department generates a large volume of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1092 and 1131 together. The Household Benefits Package (HHB) comprises the electricity or gas allowance, and the free television licence.  My Department will spend approximately €273 million this year on HHB for over 492,000 customers.  The package is generally available to people living in the State aged 66 years or over who are in receipt...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: There are no former Secretaries General on secondment from the Department of Social Protection.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1094 and 1104 together. JobPath provides a case management based employment advice and counselling service to long term unemployed jobseekers. The numbers of jobseekers that have each year engaged with JobPath and of those have sustained employment for 13,  26, 39 and 52 weeks can be seen presented below in Table 1. It should be noted that many clients...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: JobPath is a payment by results model and all set-up and day-to-day operational costs are borne by the companies.  The companies are paid on the basis of performance and with the exception of the initial registration fee; the majority of payments are made only when a client has achieved sustained employment. The overall cost of JobPath will be determined by the number of people who...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: New referrals to the JobPath employment advisory service will end on the 30th of June 2022. Individuals who have been referred to JobPath will finishes their engagement period with the service. In December 2021, in light of the continuing adverse impacts of Covid-19 and on foot of extending the period of consultation with the relevant stakeholders in connection with the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I confirm that my department received an application for disability allowance from the person concerned on 25 May 2022.  On completion of the necessary investigations on all aspects of the claim, a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome. The processing time for individual disability allowance claims may vary in accordance with their...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ukraine War (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Age-related rates for young Jobseekers Allowance and Supplementary Welfare Allowance recipients, were introduced on a phased basis from 2009 to tackle high youth unemployment and avoid long term welfare dependency.   Young people on lower rates of jobseeker payments can avail of the full adult rate if they participate on any of the large range of education, training or employment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's Allowance is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that as a result they require that level of care.  Means include capital and income belonging to the carer and their spouse, civil partner, or cohabitant, property, (except...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that as a result they require that level of care. An application for CA was received from the person concerned on 25 January 2022.  The person concerned was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The living alone allowance and the fuel allowance payment are considered secondary, or non-primary payments which is incorporated into the person’s qualifying payment.  The effect of the allowances is to increase the rate of payment to qualifying people. The qualifying criteria for these payments are designed to ensure the payments go to those who need them the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: 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 until their 18th birthday who are in full-time education, or who have a disability. Child Benefit is currently paid to over 631,000 families in respect of almost 1.2 million children with an...