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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (5 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Citizens Information Board (CIB), is a statutory independent body as set out in the Comhairle Act 2010 which operates under the aegis of my Department. CIB provides funding to 22 companies in order to deliver services on its behalf. This includes eight regional Citizen Information Service (CIS) companies that operate a national network of Citizens Information Centres. The aim of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (5 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Back to Work Enterprise Allowance (BTWEA) scheme offers support for people who are long term unemployed and who are interested in self-employment as a route to entering the labour market. As part of the Governments commitments under the Pathways to Work strategy a budget of €56.4m has been allocated for this scheme in 2022. The BTWEA scheme aims to assist customers in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: When the person concerned applied for Enhanced Illness Benefit, he was recorded as an adult dependent on his partner's Jobseeker's Allowance claim. An individual cannot receive a payment in their own right while at the same time being recorded as a dependent on another claim. The overlap of the claims has been addressed and arrears of Enhanced Illness Benefit has issued to the person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Overpayments of social welfare assistance and benefit payments arise as a consequence of decisions made under the relevant sections of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 2005 (as amended). Customers who have been overpaid social welfare have a liability to refund the overpayment as they have been in receipt of a payment to which they were not entitled. Where an overpayment is raised,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Domiciliary care allowance is a monthly payment to the parent/guardian of a child with a disability so severe that the child requires care and attention and/or supervision substantially in excess of another child of the same age. This care and attention must be provided to allow the child to deal with the activities of daily living. The child must be likely to require this level of care and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (5 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Officials in my department are currently managing large volumes of applications for PPS Numbers and efforts are made to ensure these applications are processed promptly. In general, PPS Number applications for international protection applicants are processed within approximately one week of being received where the form has been fully completed and the required supporting documentation...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Benefit Payment for 65 Year Olds is a payment for people aged 65 who have ceased employment or self-employment and who satisfy the pay-related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. It became operational in February 2021. To qualify for Benefit Payment for 65 Year Olds, you must: - be 65 years of age - have ceased employment/self-employment - be resident in the Republic of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Household Benefits package comprises the electricity or gas allowance, and the free television licence. The package is generally available to people living in the State aged 66 years or over who are in receipt of a social welfare type payment or who satisfy a means test. The package is also available to some people under the age of 66, who are in receipt of certain social welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Flexible Work Practices (5 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Civil Service Departments and Offices have been working in line with Government Covid-19 guidance, which provides for home working to continue where possible. As an essential service, staff in my Department have continued, throughout the pandemic, to work both on site and remotely to deliver services to our customers. The number of staff who are working remotely at any one time...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration Certificate (5 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The requirement to notify any registrar of an intention to marry is set out in section 46 of the Civil Registration Act 2004, as amended. The notification must be served not less than three months prior to the planned date of marriage. An exemption to this requirement applies where the couple have been granted a court order that allows them to serve notice within the three months. My...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (5 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department currently has 58 Branch Offices at various locations throughout the country. Each contracted Branch Office is operated and managed under a contract for services, by a Branch Manager who is required to act as an agent for my Department in the area served by the office. Branch Office Managers operate on a contract for service and are independent contractors. The contract for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Recognition (5 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Programme for Government - Our Shared Future, contains a number of actions with respect to gender recognition. My Department is engaged in progressing these actions. This work is ongoing across Government Departments and public bodies on evaluating the impact of changes required to ensure recognition of non-binary people. To this end, all Departments and public bodies have been asked...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (5 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 533 to 536, inclusive, together. The Benefit Payment for 65 Year Olds was introduced on 25th January 2021, in line with the Programme for Government commitment, to provide a benefit payment for people who are 65 and who retire at age 65 but do not qualify for a State pension until they reach pension age of 66. Those who qualify for the payment are not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (5 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Back to Work Enterprise Allowance (BTWEA) is a support to qualifying customers wishing to take that first step into self-employment. It assists in alleviating the risks involved with a new venture and provides an element of financial security along with business mentoring and supports. Following an initial assessment meeting with a Case Officer and agreement that the customer is eligible for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (5 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means-tested payment, made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that they require that level of care. An increased payment can be made where full-time care and attention is being provided to two people. A person can be considered to be providing full-time...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 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 Code (5 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: Employment Support Services (5 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: To clarify for the Deputy, officials from my Department have engaged extensively with interested parties in advance of the current procurement process for employment support services. As I have previously advised there have been over 140 engagements with the community sector including consultation on its views on how services can best be constructed to deliver quality services to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (5 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Diet supplement, administered under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, is payable to qualifying persons, in receipt of the supplement prior to February 2014, who have been prescribed a special diet as a result of a specified medical condition. There are currently approximately 1,500 people in receipt of diet supplement at a cost of €0.75 million in 2021. A review of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (5 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The procurement of external consultancy services is essential to support my Department in providing high quality service to the public in a cost effective and efficient manner. Consultants are engaged for a fixed period following procurement exercises conducted in accordance with Department procedures that are compliant with EU and national legislation and with guidelines set down by the...