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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ukraine War (4 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As of 29th April 2022 the latest figures from my Department show that 27,346 PPS numbers have been provided to refugees arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. The table below shows the age and sex breakdown of the refugees arriving in Ireland. Age Male Female Total Under 18 5,055 4,791 9,846 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (4 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: In March I announced the final design principles for the auto-enrolment retirement savings system. An explanatory paper has been published on www.gov.ie. The objective of this system is to address the low proportion of employees in Ireland with supplementary pension cover, which includes both occupational and personal pensions. According to CSO figures, the rate of active supplementary...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (4 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Subject to the standard qualifying conditions for State Pension (Contributory) also being satisfied, the State pension system already provides significant recognition to those whose work history includes an extended period of time outside the paid workplace, often to raise families or in a full-time caring role. This is provided through the award of PRSI credits and/or the application of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (4 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Matters related to foster caring are the responsibility of my colleague, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and Tusla. This response covers State Pension provision for carers. Subject to the standard qualifying conditions for State Pension (Contributory) also being satisfied, the State Pension system already provides significant recognition to those...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Children in Care (4 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Matters related to foster caring are the responsibility of my colleague, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and Tusla. This response covers State Pension provision for carers. Subject to the standard qualifying conditions for State Pension (Contributory) also being satisfied, the State Pension system already provides significant recognition to those...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (4 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Since its inception in the late 1990s, the Public Services Card (PSC) has always been intended as a physical token of identity to be used in transactions between the citizens and the State, not just between citizens and my Department. One of my functions as Minister for Social Protection is the authentication of the identity, as set out in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005. Once a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (4 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. Once claims are in payment, the Department periodically reviews them to ensure that there is continued entitlement. A...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (4 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is payable in respect of children with a severe disability who require care and attention substantially in excess of that required by children of a similar age without such a disability, providing this additional care is likely to last for at least 12 months. An application for Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension (4 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Widowed Parent Grant is a once-off payment for widows, widowers or surviving civil partners with qualified children, following the death of their late spouse. This scheme only applies to widows, widowers or surviving civil partners with at least one qualified child, at the time of death of their late spouse. There is no record of any application for the Widowed Parent Grant or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (4 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Jobseeker's Benefit and Jobseeker's Allowance schemes are statutory supports which provide income support for people who have lost work and are unable to find alternative full-time employment. Jobseeker's benefit is a contributory unemployment benefit based on Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) contributions while Jobseeker’s Allowance is means tested social assistance payment. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (4 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: An Illness Benefit claim from the person concerned was awarded on the 14th February 2022 and an arrears payment issued to her on this date. The person concerned subsequently informed us that she had provided incorrect bank details on her application form, and as such the arrears payment had issued to the incorrect bank account. My department's accounts section has contacted the bank to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (4 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 currently supporting over 372,000 households, 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 costs of a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (4 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a range of income supports for people unable to work due to illness or disability. The largest disability related social assistance scheme is the Disability Allowance. Disability Allowance is a means-tested payment for people with a specified disability that must be expected to last for at least one year, substantially restricting a person’s ability to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (4 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: There was some delay in processing the Enhanced Illness Benefit claim from the person concerned as it overlapped with her Carer's Allowance payment. The monetary difference between this payment and her Enhanced Illness Benefit entitlement needed to be calculated before any payments due to her could issue. Her Enhanced Illness Benefit claim has now been awarded and payment has issued to her....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (4 May 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. I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, decided to disallow the appeal of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (4 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Enhanced Illness Benefit claim from the person concerned has been awarded from 12 April 2022 to 1 May 2022. Arrears have issued to her paying her in full for this period. If the person concerned is still out sick from work due to Covid-19, she should submit a further medical certificate as soon as possible in order for further payment to issue to her. I trust this clarifies the position...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (4 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: A person who satisfies the conditions for receipt of Illness Benefit can receive a payment for a maximum of 1 or 2 years depending on the level of PRSI contributions they have paid. In advance of the ending of their entitlement to a payment a letter issues advising as to the date the entitlement is due to end. The letter advises as to the options available going forward. In this regard...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (4 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 currently supporting more than 372,000 households, 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 costs of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (4 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 311 and 318 together. Under current social welfare legislation in order to be eligible for the One Parent Family Payment (OFP) an applicant must be a qualified parent, as outlined in Section 172 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, of at least one child under the age of 7, who is ordinarily resident in the State.  The eligibility criteria for the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (4 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Guardian’s payment (contributory) and guardian's payment (non-contributory), are respectively social insurance and social assistance (means tested) payments made to a person caring for a child who satisfies the definition of an “orphan” under social welfare legislation.  The purpose of the guardian's payment scheme is to provide income support in respect of...