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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Animal Welfare (23 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Control of Dogs Acts place statutory responsibility for dog control on local authorities.  Under the Acts, local authorities are responsible for operating and managing dog control and licensing services in their administrative areas, including the management of dog pounds or shelters, and my Department has no involvement in this process. Local Authority dog shelters are...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (23 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) supports the improvement of rural roads and laneways that are not normally maintained by local authorities. As part of 'Our Rural Future',the Government is committed to ensuring that the LIS is funded into the future. This reflects the important contribution which the scheme makes to connectivity in rural Ireland.  Considerable progress has been...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (22 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 20 October 2021 and applied for State pension (contributory) on 4 August 2021. Determination of pension eligibility depends on the individual nature of an applicant’s social insurance record. According to the records of my Department, the person concerned has a self-employment record since the 2014 tax year. Under social welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Treatment Benefit Scheme provides dental, optical and aural services to insured workers, the self-employed, retired people and their dependant spouse/partner who have the required number of social insurance (PRSI) contributions. In order to qualify for treatment benefit (when aged over 66 years) a PRSI contributor must satisfy the conditions of having a total of 260 paid...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The information requested is set out in the following table. The table outlines the breakdown of recipients by payment type for the main Department of Social Protection schemes, which were available, as of the end of February 2021. Recipients by Payment Type (February 2021) Scheme Cheque Bank Transfer (EFT) Post Office (EIT) Total ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The information requested is set out in the following table, which outlines the recipient numbers for Jobseeker's Benefit related schemes, as of the end of February 2021, broken down by the average duration on each of these schemes. Scheme Recipients Average Duration (Days) Jobseeker's Benefit 17,986 125 Jobseeker's...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Benefit Payment for 65 Year Old's is a payment for people aged between 65 and 66 years who have ceased employment or self-employment. ' In order to be eligible for Benefit Payment for 65 Year Old's a person must satisfy all the conditions for the payment: - Be aged between 65 and 66 years - Have ceased employment or self-employment - Be resident in the Republic of Ireland - Satisfy the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (22 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: According to the records of my Department, the person concerned will reach pension age on 26 February 2022. Their application for State pension (contributory) was received on 16 February 2022. The person’s State pension (contributory) entitlemen will be examined by a Deciding Officer and they will be notified of the outcome. Under current eligibility conditions, an individual must...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Treatment Benefit Scheme provides dental, optical and aural services to insured workers, the self-employed, retired people and their dependant spouse/partner who have the required number of social insurance (PRSI) contributions. In order to qualify a person needs to have at least 260 PRSI contributions paid at either Class A, E, H, P or S, since first starting work, and also have 39...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (22 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Child Benefit is a monthly payment made to families with children in respect of all qualified children up to the age of 16 years. The payment continues to be paid in respect of children until their 18th birthday who are in full-time education, or who have a disability. Child Benefit is currently paid to over 631,000 families in respect of almost 1.2 million children with an estimated...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Illness Benefit is paid for a maximum of one year if a person has between 104 and 259 total reckonable PRSI contributions paid. It is paid for a maximum of 2 years if a person has over 260 total reckonable PRSI contributions. The person concerned has been paid for a full year of Illness Benefit. Their entitlement to payment has exhausted as, according to the Department's records, he has...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned is in receipt of invalidity pension and disablement benefit. The person concerned does not qualify for fuel allowance under the National Fuel Scheme as she is in receipt of a disablement benefit payment and disablement benefit is a non qualifying payment for receipt of fuel allowance. Under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) scheme, a Heating Supplement may be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (22 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Ireland has a unified system of social security whereby all contributions paid by workers (and their employers, where applicable) are paid into a single fund, the Social Insurance Fund (SIF), from which various benefits are paid to those withe established entitlement. The Irish social welfare system recognises different categories or “Classes” of workers. The rate of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (22 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Benefit Payment for 65 year olds was introduced in line with the Programme for Government commitment, to provide a benefit payment for people aged 65, who are required to retire, or who chose to retire, without a requirement to sign on, engage in activation measures or be available for and genuinely seeking work. The payment is made under the Jobseeker’s Benefit or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned has had their claim for Jobseeker’s Benefit (Self-Employed) (JBSE) awarded at a weekly rate of €208.00. This rate is payable from 19/02/2022, and a decision letter to this effect has issued to the customer.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Invalidity Pension is payable to an insured person who satisfies certain Social Insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions and who is permanently incapable of work due to an illness or incapacity and for no other reason. Claimants must have at least 260 (5 years) paid PRSI contributions class (A, E, H or S) since entering social insurance and 48 contributions paid or credited in the last or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Following a review of her application for an invalidity pension (IP), the person referred to has been awarded IP with effect from 28 October 2021 and received her first payment to her nominated bank account on 17 February 2022. Any arrears due from 28 October 2021 to 16 February 2022 (less any overlapping social welfare payment) will issue shortly. The person in question was notified of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Supplementary Welfare Allowance is a weekly allowance paid to people who have insufficient income to meet their needs and those of their families. The person concerned applied for a basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance with effect from 03/02/2022 and provided supporting documentation on 13/02/2022. In the assessment of her claim the Designated Officer asked the person concerned to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (22 Feb 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. An application for CA was received from the person concerned on 20 September 2021. The evidence submitted in support of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (22 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The purpose of the Exceptional Needs Payment (ENP) is to assist people with essential, once-off, exceptional expenditure, which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income. The ENP scheme is demand led and payments are made at the discretion of the officers administering the scheme taking into account the requirements of the legislation and all the relevant...