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- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: The Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025 is the national strategy for poverty reduction and improved social inclusion. It includes the goal of reducing child poverty in Ireland and ensuring that all families have the opportunity to participate fully in society. The current rate of consistent poverty for children (aged 0-17) from the 2023 Survey of Income and Living Conditions (SILC) is...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: St Michael’s House special school is eligible for the Hot School meals scheme. There has been no change in the funding available to the school. I understand from discussions between the school and my officials that the school has had difficulties in procuring a Hot School Meals supplier. My officials will contact the school again to offer advice on the different options available. I...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: A specific standard was set for School Meals under the Nutritional Standards for School Meals and Nutritional Standards for Hot School Meals. These were based on the Food Safety Authority of Ireland Food Based Dietary Recommendations for healthy eating, which were developed by a technical working group led by: the Health and Wellbeing Programme of the Department of Health Safefood, and...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is a monthly payment to a parent or guardian in respect of a child aged under 16 who has a severe disability and requires care and attention substantially over and above that usually needed by a child of the same age. This care and attention must be given by another person, effectively full-time, so that the child can deal with the activities of daily living....
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an Office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision-making functions. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence,...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: Carer's Benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce or reduce their working hours to care for a child or an adult in need of full-time care and attention. To qualify, the carer must satisfy PRSI conditions; employment conditions; show that they are providing full-time care and attention; and must show that the care recipient requires full-time care and...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: The Department of Social Protection has published data on the number of recipients of Jobseeker’s Allowance and other schemes by broad nationality group since 2016. These breakdowns are set out in Table 1 below. Figures for 2024 are being finalised, and the Annual Statistics Report is expected to be published in June 2025. Expenditure on Jobseeker's Allowance is provided in Table...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: The person concerned reached pension age on 22 October 2024. An application for the contributory State Pension was received on 26 June 2024. Under current eligibility conditions, an individual must have 520 full-rate paid contributions in order to qualify for standard contributory State Pension. 520 full-rate contributions equate to 10 years of full-rate insurable employment. According...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: Illness Benefit is a payment for people who cannot work due to illness and who satisfy the pay-related social insurance contribution conditions. Illness Benefit is classified as a short-term scheme and is paid for a maximum of one year if a person has between 104 and 260 total PRSI contributions paid since entering insurable employment, and a maximum of two years provided a person has least...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: The new Programme for Government contains a commitment to introduce the Automatic Enrolment (AE) Retirement Savings System. The legislative basis for implementing the new system was enacted last July. The aim of introducing AE is to address the pension coverage gap that exists in Ireland and to provide workers with greater comfort and security regarding their retirement savings. The new...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an Office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision making functions. I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence,...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Offices (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: Awaiting reply from Department
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Leave (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: Awaiting reply from Department
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an Office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision making functions. I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence,...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: Awaiting reply from Department
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: Awaiting reply from Department
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: Awaiting reply from Department
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: Awaiting reply from Department
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an Office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision making functions. I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence,...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (27 Feb 2025)
Dara Calleary: Awaiting reply from Department