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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (7 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: No consultancy contract was awarded to the organisation in question by my Department or by any of the bodies under the auspices of my Department in the years 2017 to 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (7 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Disability Awareness Support Scheme provides a contribution towards the cost of disability awareness training for private sector employers. The training to be delivered must provide clear and accurate information about the disability, address questions that employers/employees may have and cover anti-discrimination/equal opportunities legislation. The value of the grants is as set out...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ukraine War (7 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The European Union has activated the Temporary Protection Directive, as an emergency provision in response to the War in Ukraine. The Directive which is effective from 24 February 2022, allows Ukrainian citizens and others fleeing Ukraine to move through the EU and receive supports. Reception facilities have been established at Dublin Airport and Rosslare Europort, where officials from my...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Staff (7 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Department of Rural and Community Developmentwas established on 19thJuly 2017 to provide a renewed and consolidated focus on rural and community development in Ireland. I can confirm there are no staff members from my Department who are based and working within the European Union in Brussels. I can also confirm that since my Department's establishment in July 2017 no staff have been...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Defibrillators Provision (7 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department occupies offices in Trinity Point, Dublin 2 and Government Buildings in Ballina, Co. Mayo. Both offices are equipped with defibrillators. In terms of the agencies under my Department’s aegis, the Charities Regulator, Pobal and Water Safety Ireland have all confirmed to my Department that their offices are equipped with defibrillators. The Western Development...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts (7 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department and the four agencies under its remit have not awarded any consultancy contracts to the firm in question from 2017 to 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (6 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Community Welfare Service of my Department delivers the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme which is the safety net within the overall social welfare system. This scheme provides assistance to eligible people in the State whose means are insufficient to meet their needs and those of their dependents. A Community Welfare Officer (CWO) is available to meet with customers at the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (6 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The European Union has put in place a Temporary Protection Directive to allow Ukrainian citizens and others fleeing Ukraine to move through the EU akin to EU citizens. This Department is providing support and services to assist people covered by this Directive who are fleeing Ukraine and who arrive in Ireland. As the situation is evolving, the Government will, of course, keep all aspects of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Apr 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. When an appeal is assigned to an Appeals Officer for consideration the Appeals Officer makes a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Apr 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: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The number of bereavement grant claims in 2013 was 23,716 at a cost of €20.29 Million. This represented an increase of approximately 4% on 2012. Based on a similar yearly increase each year since 2013, it is estimated that the number of bereavement grant claims that might arise in 2023, were the scheme to be reintroduced, would be in the region of 35,200, and the number would be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (6 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I confirm that an application from the person concerned for disability allowance (DA) was received by the Department on 1 February 2022. The processing time for individual DA claims may vary in accordance with their relative complexity in terms of the three main qualifying criteria, the person’s circumstances and the information they provide in support of their claim. On 9 February...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (6 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Under existing Family Law legislation, parents, certain categories of guardian or those acting in the place of parents, who may be liable under the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 are obliged to maintain their children. In cases where the family unit has broken down these obligations continue to apply. Child maintenance arrangements can be agreed directly between the parties...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (6 Apr 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: Pension Provisions (6 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 11 February 2012. They applied for State Pension contributory (SPC) on 13 September 2011. According to the records of my department, the person concerned has a total of 331 paid full-rate social insurance contributions. This gave them an entitlement to SPC with a yearly average of 18. They were notified in writing of this decision on 10 October...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (6 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Enhanced Illness Benefit (EIB) is a form of Illness Benefit that is payable to self-employed persons or an employee who is told to self-isolate or has been diagnosed with Covid-19. It is important to note that a person may have received Enhanced Illness Benefit on more than one occasion since the payment was introduced, and thus have more than one claim for Enhanced illness Benefit. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (6 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I understand that the Deputy is referring to self-employed contributors who remit their self-employment contributions based on their annual income returns filed with Revenue under self-assessment. As outlined in my response to the Deputy on 23 March 2022, self-employed contributors have until the end of October 2022 to file their self-assessment returns for 2021. Therefore, the matter of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (6 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I welcome the opportunity to correct a misunderstanding that appears to have made its way into the mainstream media since the Government announcement on 29th March 2022 of the final design of the auto-enrolment retirement savings system for Ireland. The Deputy will be interested to know that the UK's National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) does not in fact have a charges cap of 0.3%....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (6 Apr 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. The day to day...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (6 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Rural Regeneration and Development Fund provides funding for the development and construction of capital projects in towns and villages and rural areas across Ireland. The Fund has, to date, allocated funding of €278 million for 191 projects across the country worth a total of €376 million. Calls for applications to the Fund are sought under two categories –...