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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person referred to was awarded an invalidity pension (IP) with effect from 04 November 2021 and she received her first IP payment on 16 December 2021. This payment included payment for week 09 December 2021 and the Christmas bonus (1 weeks IP payment) and payment for the 16 December 2021. The person referred to was in receipt of Disability Allowance (DA) up to the awarding of her IP...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 410, 411 and 412 together. Detailed statistics on recipients of various social welfare schemes by age group, county, sex, and nationality are published by my Department on a quarterly basis through the national data portal, data.gov.ie. Data in respect of Q4 2021 is expected to be published in February 2022. The information requested by the Deputy is set out...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Programme for Government (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As part of its Social Contract under the Programme for Government, published in October 2020, the Government committed to improve Jobseeker supports for people under 24 over the lifetime of the Government. There are just over 13,160 jobseekers aged between 18 and 24 years who are in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance of whom just under 9,000 are paid an age related rate. Age related rates...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 414, 415 and 425 together. Detailed statistics on the pandemic unemployment payment are published each week at my Department at gov.ie/dsp/statistics and at the national open data portal, data.gov.ie, including breakdowns by age group and by rate. The detailed statistics requested by the Deputy in respect of those in receipt of the payment for more than six...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Budgets (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As part of Budget 2022, I announced a €5 increase to all weekly social welfare payments, with proportionate increases for qualified adults and those on reduced rates of payment, at a cost of €375 million. The full €5 increase applies to young people in receipt of an age-related reduced rate of Jobseeker's Allowance. As a result, from January 2022, the rate of payment for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) provides income support for jobseekers and others in receipt of certain social welfare payments who pursue courses of education at second or third level. The conditions under which the BTEA operate are designed to support customers into employment. As of the year end 31stDecember 2020 there were 6,048 students supported under the BTEA scheme compared...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Youth Employment Support Scheme (YESS) was introduced on 1st October 2018 and was targeted at young jobseekers aged between 18 and 24 who were long-term unemployed or who faced barriers to employment. Participation in the scheme was voluntary. The scheme aimed to provide jobseekers with the opportunity to learn basic work and social skills in a supportive environment while on a work...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 419 and 420 together. JobsPlus provides a direct monthly financial incentive to employers who recruit employees from the Live Register and those transitioning into full time employment. It provides employers with two levels of payment; €7,500 or €10,000 over two years, with the level of payment depending on the age of the jobseeker and the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The information requested by the Deputy is included in the attached tabular statement. Note that these figures refer to all recipients under 25 who are on jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance and signing for credits as of 23rd January 2022. Recipients on JA who are under 25 Recipients on JB who are under 25 Recipients on JB (credits only) who are under 25 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 422, 423 and 424 together. As outlined in Budget 2022, the weekly rates for certain primary social welfare payments were increased by €5. Accordingly, details in respect of those receiving the €117.70 and €208 weekly rates are set out below. For the week ending 16th January 2022. - There were 1,458 young persons under 25 years of age in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The information requested by the Deputy is included in the attached tabular statement. Note that these figures refer to all recipients under 25 who are on jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance and signing for credits as of 23rd January 2022. County Recipients on JA who are under 25 Recipients on JB who are under 25 Recipients on JB (credits only) who...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is procuring a new Local Area Employment Service over two distinct phases. Phase one of the process for procuring new employment services involved seven counties in the Midlands and North West currently without a Local Employment Service. Contracts were signed last month and services are in the process of being mobilised. Phase two of the process has now commenced, with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is procuring a new Local Area Employment Service over two distinct phases. Phase one of the process for procuring new employment services involved seven counties in the Midlands and North West currently without a Local Employment Service. Contracts were signed last month and services are in the process of being mobilised. Phase two of the process has now commenced, with the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Pandemic Unemployment Payment was introduced in an extremely short period of time in order to cushion the incomes of citizens who had lost their employment following the onset of an unprecedented public health crisis. Within 3 weeks of the payment being launched over 500,000 people had been paid. The delivery of the scheme on such a scale and in such a short time represented a major...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Subject to satisfying certain PRSI contribution criteria, Illness Benefit may be paid to those who are certified as medically unfit to attend work. The payment can be made for a maximum period of 1 or 2 years depending on the level of PRSI contributions made. When a person is approaching the date from which their entitlement is due to expire they receive a letter advising them that this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: This person concerned was awarded disability allowance (DA) with effect from 18 February 2015. The debt in question occurred as they had means which was not disclosed to my Department from 4 January 2017 to 27 February 2018. The Department is obliged to recoup any debt owing to it and the method of recovery, and negotiations regarding the amount recoverable, are dealt with under the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) provides income support for jobseekers and others in receipt of certain social welfare payments who pursue courses of education at second or third level. As part of the Government’s commitment under the Pathways to Work strategy, my Department has a provision of approximately €105.4m in supports under the BTEA for 2022. A person wishing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 433 and 434 together. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a person who required a Personal Public Service Number (PPSN) attended an office of my Department for SAFE registration. The SAFE registration process involves the authentication of a person's identity in a face-to-face interview, and the subsequent issuing of a Public Services Card (PSC). Face-to-face...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The system of social assistance supports provide payments based on an income need. The means test plays a critical role in determining whether or not an income need arises as a consequence of a particular contingency - be that illness, disability, unemployment or caring. The application of a means test not only ensures that the recipient has an income need but also that the resources are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (25 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Widow’s, Widower’s and Surviving Civil Partner’s pension is paid to the husband, wife or surviving civil partner of a deceased person and is available to those who satisfy the necessary PRSI contribution conditions, either on their own record or on that of the deceased spouse or civil partner, provided the applicant is not cohabiting. The legal context governing...