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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 935, 950, 958, 963, 966, 979, 987, 992, 1008, 1023, 1032 and 1035 together. The supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme is the safety net within the overall social welfare system in that it provides assistance to eligible people in the State whose means are insufficient to meet their needs and those of their dependants. Supports provided under the SWA...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 936, 967 and 1009 together. Detailed information on scheme recipients, including recipients by county, are published each year by my Department in the Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services, which is available at gov.ie/dsp/statistics. The Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services in respect of 2021 is expected to be published in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 937, 968 and 1010 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 940, 942 to 948, inclusive, 971 to 977, inclusive, 1013, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020 and 1021 together. Detailed information on scheme recipients, including recipients by county, are published each year by my Department in the Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services, which is available at gov.ie/dsp/statistics. The Annual Statistical...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 941, 951, 1014, 1022 and 1024 together. Detailed information on scheme recipients, including recipients by county, are published each year by my Department in the Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services, which is available at gov.ie/dsp/statistics. The Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services in respect of 2021 is expected to be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 952, 956, 981, 985, 1025 and 1033 together. Detailed information on scheme recipients, including recipients by county, are published each year by my Department in the Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services, which is available at gov.ie/dsp/statistics. The Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services in respect of 2021 is expected to be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 953, 954, 955, 957, 982, 983, 984, 986, 991, 1026, 1027, 1028 and 1034 together. Detailed information on scheme recipients, including recipients by county, are published each year by my Department in the Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services, which is available at gov.ie/dsp/statistics. The Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 959, 988 and 1036 together. The Wage Subsidy Scheme is an employment support to private sector employers. The objective of the scheme is to encourage employers to employ people with disabilities and thereby increase the numbers of people with disabilities obtaining and sustaining employment in the open labour market. The scheme provides financial incentives...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 960, 989 and 1029 together. Detailed information on scheme recipients, including recipients by county, are published each year by my Department in the Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services, which is available at gov.ie/dsp/statistics. The Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services in respect of 2021 is expected to be published in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 961, 962, 990, 1030 and 1031 together. Detailed information on scheme recipients, including recipients by county, are published each year by my Department in the Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services, which is available at gov.ie/dsp/statistics. The Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services in respect of 2021 is expected to be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 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.  The scheme plays a vital role in supporting the development of new enterprises for the long term unemployed and is payable for a 24 month period from the commencement of their new business. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department currently has fourteen (14) live studies in progress. Details of these are set out in tabular format below: Live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned Expected completion date 1. Review of Management Accounting Process Quarter 1 2022 2. A survey of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Media (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: For the purpose of this response, we have interpreted ‘amount spent on social media’ as media buying costs incurred from public information campaigns, announcements and recruitment notices on social media channels. My Department administers over 90 separate schemes and services, which affect the lives of almost every person in the State.  The Department is committed to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (19 Jan 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that my Department received an application for disability allowance (DA) from this person on 10 December 2021.  On 15 December 2021 the person concerned was requested to confirm if they wished to have an agent appointed in respect of their DA claim.  The agent would act on behalf of the person concerned.  On receipt of this confirmation,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (19 Jan 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I understand that the Deputy has clarified that the “customer facing/orientated services” referred to in the question relates to those involving direct “face-to-face” interactions with the customer in relation to the provision of my Department’s services.  My officials have identified three main areas which meet this criterion: externally contracted...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Since March 2020, my Department has taken all necessary measures, in line with the advice of the Department of Health, HSE and Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC), to respond to the significant challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic. These included introducing fortnightly instead of weekly payments in 2020 to help facilitate social distancing requirements, as well as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Communications (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a dedicated mailbox for each of the main schemes whereby TDs can raise specific queries for their constituents directly with the relevant scheme area.  These mailboxes are monitored every day and operate effectively. With the onset of COVID-19, the imposition of social distancing meant that my Department had to reduce the number of staff working...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (19 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 the new services are currently being mobilised. Phase two of the process has now commenced,...