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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a suite of income supports for those unable to work due to illness or disability. These include insurance-based schemes, based on Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) contributions, and means-tested social assistance schemes. The primary disability related social assistance scheme is Disability Allowance, which is a means-tested payment for people with a specified...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a suite of income supports for those unable to work due to illness or disability. These include insurance-based schemes, based on Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) contributions, and means-tested social assistance schemes. The primary social assistance scheme for people who are blind or visually impaired is the Blind Pension, which is a means-tested payment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a suite of income supports for those unable to work due to illness or disability. These include insurance-based schemes, based on Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) contributions, and means-tested social assistance schemes. Invalidity Pension is a weekly payment to people who cannot work because of a long-term illness or disability and who are covered by PRSI...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I am committed to improving outcomes for people with a disability. As a result, I announced an extensive range of cost of living measures to support people with disabilities in Budget 2025. These included: October 2024 cost of living bonus for people in receipt of a long term weekly social welfare payment. €400 cost of living lump sum payment for people in receipt of Disability...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The estimated annual cost of increasing the Domiciliary Care Allowance by €5 per month from €340 per month to €345 per month is €4.0m. This costing is on a full year basis and is based on 2024 rates of payment. It should be noted that this costing is subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Free Travel scheme provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for those eligible under the scheme. There are over one million customers with direct eligibility. The estimated expenditure on free travel in 2024 is €103.5 million. Providing an accurate projection of the cost of extending the free travel scheme to all children in receipt of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a suite of income supports for those unable to work due to illness or disability. These include insurance-based schemes, based on Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) contributions, and means-tested social assistance schemes. The primary social assistance scheme for people who are blind or visually impaired is the Blind Pension, which is a means-tested payment and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The estimated full year cost to increase the Carer's Allowance payment for over 66's from its current weekly rate €286, to a weekly rate of €325 is €22.5m. The estimated full year cost to increase the Carer's Allowance payment for under 66's from its current weekly rate €248, to a weekly rate of €325 is €262.5m. The combined cost is €285m. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (7 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: It is not possible to provide the information requested within the timeframe available. The data requested is being compiled by my officials and will be sent to the Deputy as soon as possible. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (7 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: It is not possible to provide the information requested within the timeframe available. The data requested is being compiled by my officials and will be sent to the Deputy as soon as possible. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Nov 2024)

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. I can confirm that CA was in payment to the person concerned from 07 June 2012 to 07 September 2016. The Department...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) scheme, my Department may make an Additional Needs Payment (ANP) to help meet essential expenditure which an eligible person could not reasonably be expected to meet from their weekly income. The ANP scheme is means tested and administered by Designated Persons (DPs) in the Community Welfare Service, taking into account the requirements of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) scheme, my Department may make an Additional Needs Payment (ANP) to help meet essential expenditure which an eligible person could not reasonably be expected to meet from their weekly income. An ANP application can be made for assistance with funeral and burial expenses where there is an inability to pay these costs, in part or in full, by the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: An application for the living alone increase was received on 30 September 2024. The living alone increase has been awarded with effect from 06 September 2024. The person concerned is also entitled to the Telephone Support Allowance from this date. Both decisions issued to the person concerned on 04 November 2024, together with details of arrears due. I hope this clarifies the position...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) scheme, my Department may make an Additional Needs Payment (ANP) to help meet essential expenditure which an eligible person could not reasonably be expected to meet from their weekly income. This is an overarching term used to refer to Exceptional Needs Payments (ENPs) and Urgent Needs Payments (UNPs), and certain supplements to assist with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is payable to a parent / guardian in respect of a child aged under 16 who has a severe disability requiring continual or continuous care and attention substantially in excess of the care and attention normally required by a child of the same age and where the level of the child's disability is such that the child is likely to require this level of care and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) scheme which is the safety net within the overall social welfare system, helps eligible people in the State whose means are insufficient to meet their needs and those of their dependents. Supports provided under the SWA scheme can consist of a basic weekly payment, a weekly or monthly supplement in respect of certain expenses, as well as single...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) scheme, my Department may make an Additional Needs Payment (ANP) to help assist with funeral and burial expenses where there is an inability to pay these costs, in part or in full, by the family of the deceased person without causing hardship. I would refer the Deputy to previous Dáil Question 910, which outlined that the claim of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Poverty (7 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Fuel Allowance is an administrative scheme and is payable to people who satisfy the conditions of the scheme and who either live alone or only with certain qualified people. Entitlement to fuel allowance is based on a review of all people residing in the household regardless of their relationship to the customer. In order for fuel allowance to be paid, the customer must live only with a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Projects (7 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy is aware, Galway County Council is the responsible authority for the maintenance and development of pier infrastructure on the Aran Islands, including on Inis Oírr and Inis Meáin. There are regular meetings between officials from my department and Galway County Council to discuss and monitor the pier development on the islands. The last meeting was held on Tuesday...