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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Working Family Payment (WFP) is an income tested, in work payment which provides additional financial support to employees on low earnings relative to the number of qualified children. In order to qualify for WFP an applicant's weekly family income must not exceed the fixed limit for their family size. An online application for WFP was received from the person concerned on 07 July 2021. An...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The household benefits package (HHB) 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 welfare type...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ministerial Responsibilities (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy will be aware that an Act (primary legislation) can delegate powers to a Government Minister to legislate in day-to-day matters arising from that Act. Secondary legislation must be consistent with, and based on, the legislation adopted by the Oireachtas. If it is not, it can be overturned by the courts. Statutory Instruments can take the form of Ministerial Orders, Regulations and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) is a statutory scheme payable to employees and self- employed persons who are aged between 18 years and up to pension age, 66 years, who lost employment as a direct consequence of Covid-19 and satisfy the scheme’s qualifying conditions. Much of the conditionality for PUP, including the age condition, is aligned with that paid under the Jobseekers...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 30 August 2021. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Social Protection. Those papers were received in the Social Welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I am not aware of any difficulties with customers contacting Tallaght Intreo Centre. The current opening hours in the Intreo Centre are 09:15 to 13:00 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday with a later opening time of 10:30 on a Thursday to allow for staff training. Scheduled appointments are available for customers from 13:00 to 17:00 each day. With the lifting of restrictions the office...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (1 Feb 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. Appeals which had a favourable outcome for the appellant consist of appeals which were either allowed in full or in part by an Appeals Officer, or which were resolved by...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The school meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food to some 1,506 schools and organisations benefitting 230,000 children. The objective of the programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children who are unable, due to lack of good quality food, to take full advantage of the education provided to them. The programme is an important component of policies to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Births (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Civil Registration Act 2004, as amended, places a duty on the parents of a child to register his or her birth within three months of the date of birth. As the birth of this child occurred more than 12 months ago, the parents require the consent of the Superintendent Registrar of the area in which the parents wish to register their child before a registrar can complete the registration. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Living Alone Increase is an extra payment for recipients of certain social welfare payments who live alone. It is an increase of €22 per week available to persons aged 66 or older who live alone and are in receipt of the State Pension, Widow(er)'s Pension, Incapacity Supplement , or Deserted Wife's Benefit. It is also available to those aged under 66 who live alone and are in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (1 Feb 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, to 375,000 low-income 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 household. It is not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Fuel allowance is a means-tested payment to assist householders on long-term social welfare payments towards the cost of their heating needs. The main eligibility conditions that apply to the fuel allowance scheme are that a person must be in receipt of a qualifying payment, must satisfy a means test and must either be living alone or with other qualifying persons. The threshold for the fuel...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The four tables below comprise the answer to the Deputy's query regarding State Pension (Contributory), 'SPC' qualifiers. Table 1 summarises the numbers of SPC qualifiers and changes in the average rate of SPC since 2010. The remaining tables supply further breakdowns by payment rate and contribution history of the figures given in the first table: Table 2: SPC awards calculated under the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: According to the records of my Department, the person concerned will reach pension age on 2 April 2022, and has not yet applied for State pension (contributory). Under current eligibility conditions, an individual must have 520 full-rate paid contributions in order to qualify for standard State pension (contributory). 520 full-rate contributions equate to 10 years of full-rate...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (1 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 person who has such a disability that they require that level of care. Following a reassessment of the person concerned CA, it was found their means were in excess of the statutory limit for receipt of CA. The CA of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Customer concerned has been contacted and advised of outstanding documentation required to progress his application. Once received the Deciding Officer will make a decision on the case. I trust this clarifies the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department administers the Illness Benefit scheme to those customers who cannot work because they are sick or ill. Customers must be covered by the appropriate class of social insurance (PRSI), satisfy the PRSI conditions and provide a Certificate of Incapacity for Work from a medical practitioner. Entitlement to Illness Benefit is not contingent on the nature of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Process (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is responsible for the legislation underpinning the social welfare code, occupational and private pensions, civil registration and gender recognition and the Citizens Information Board / Comhairle. Details of provisions in the above that are yet to be commenced are set out in the table below. Uncommenced Provision Description Status ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (1 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 30 November 2021. Means are any income belonging to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The following is a list of locations and offices in Leinster (excluding Dublin) in which members of the public can meet with a Community Welfare Officer (CWO): County Location Opening hours Carlow Carlow Intreo Centre Intreo business hours (see below) Kildare Athy All day by appointment ...