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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (24 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Citizens Information Board (CIB) is a statutory body with an information, advice and advocacy role in relation to a wide range of public and social services. CIB lies under the aegis of my Department, which provides annual Exchequer funding to CIB to deliver on its statutory functions. The CIB provides funding to eight Citizens Information Services companies that operate a national...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Working Family Payment (WFP) is an in-work payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children. In order to qualify for WFP, an applicant must have a qualified child and be engaged in full-time paid employment as an employee for not less than 38 hours per fortnight. A Working Family Payment application for the person concerned was received on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (24 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all the available evidence, disallowed the appeal of the person concerned on 18 October 2021. Since then the Appeals Officer has carried out three reviews of the decision under Section 317 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 on the basis of the provision of new facts or evidence. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €33.00 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) from October to April, which is supporting up to an estimated 400,000 households in 2022, at an estimated cost of €366 million in 2022. The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs. The allowance represents a contribution towards the energy...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (24 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Currently, five weeks Parent's Leave and Benefit is available to all eligible parents of children born or adopted from 1 November 2019. The leave and benefit must be availed of within the first two years of the child’s life or adoption. In Budget 2022, the Government provided for the number of weeks of Parent's Leave and Benefit available to eligible parents to be increased from...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (24 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Government acknowledges the important role that carers play and is fully committed to supporting them in that role. Accordingly, the current State Pension (Contributory) system already includes a comprehensive range of measures including PRSI Credits, Homemaker's Disregards and HomeCaring Periods to recognise caring periods outside of paid employment in the calculation of a pension...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (24 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The LEADER Food Initiative is administered at local level by Local Action Groups (LAGs) with overall funding allocated at a national level by my Department. Project applications are in the first instance considered at local level, with subsequent final project approval signed off by my Department on a first come first served basis. As with all funding programmes, there is a finite budget...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (24 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: In August last year, I launched the 2021 Streetscape Enhancement Measure. The aim of the Measure is to improve the visual appearance of our urban streetscapes, which will bring about growth and increase confidence in our towns and villages, and make them more attractive places to reside in. Under the Measure I allocated €7 million to Local Authorities to support activities such as...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Investigations (24 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department was established in July 2017. In the intervening period, there was one instance in which a list of projects that were successful for funding under a scheme administered by my Department was released in error by Fáilte Ireland in advance of the official announcement of the successful project applicants. My Department requested Fáilte Ireland to investigate this...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (24 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As part of Our Rural Future, the Government is committed to ensuring that the Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) is funded into the future. The LIS supports the improvement of rural roads and laneways that are not normally maintained by local authorities. The scheme makes an important contribution to connectivity in rural Ireland. The scheme was reintroduced in 2017 following a number of years...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Government Communications (24 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The requested contact details are as follows: - Minister for Rural and Community Development: ministerdrcd@drcd.gov.ie. - Minister of State with responsibility for Community Development and Charities: ministerofstate@drcd.gov.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Animal Breeding (24 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has overall policy responsibility for the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010. The Act provides a robust regulatory framework for the licensing, monitoring and inspection of dog breeding establishments by local authorities and, where a serious and immediate threat exists to public health or animal health and welfare, for the closure of such establishments. Under the Dog...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Greenways Provision (24 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) provides funding for the development of new outdoor recreational infrastructure and for the maintenance and promotion of existing infrastructure. Under Measure 2 of the ORIS 2019 Scheme, Louth County Council was approved €200,000 to develop and enhance the Boyne Greenway. No funding has been drawn down on this project to date. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 May 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. Carer's allowance reviews take place in a number of circumstances as follows:- - If the decision on a new claim is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (19 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 289, 290, 296, 298 and 299 together. The estimated cost of increasing each weekly social welfare payment by €1 is shown in the table below. Payment Personal €m Qualified Adult €m Total €m Social Insurance Schemes State Pension (Contributory)...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €33.00 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) from October to April, at an estimated cost of €366 million in 2022. The purpose of this payment is to assist qualifying 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €33.00 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) from October to April at an estimated cost of €366 million in 2022. The purpose of this payment is to assist qualifying 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €33.00 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) from October to April, at an estimated cost of €366 million in 2022. The purpose of this payment is to assist qualifying 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €33.00 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €924 each year) from October to April, at an estimated cost of €366 million in 2022. The purpose of this payment is to assist qualifying 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (19 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: When the State Pension (Transition) existed, it was a scheme which allowed those who were retired to get a transitionary payment between the ages of 65 and 66 years. The maximum personal rate was equivalent to the then maximum rate for the State Pension (Contributory). Eligibility was based on PRSI contributions and credits and payments were calculated based on the Yearly Averaging...