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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 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. For the period from Jan 2021 to Dec 2021, 19,648 Carer's Allowance claims were received.  During this...

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

Heather Humphreys: Rent supplement continues to play a key role in supporting families and individuals in private rented accommodation, with the scheme supporting 13,401 active recipients at the end of December 2021.  Since the introduction of HAP, rent supplement continues to revert to its original role of providing short-term support to those who have become temporarily unemployed and require...

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

Heather Humphreys: The requirements for registration of a death are set out in Part 5 of the Civil Registration Act 2004, as amended.  This Part sets out that it is the duty of a qualified informant to attend before any registrar to register a death within 3 months of the date of a person's death.   There have been no changes to this requirement.  For the period that...

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

Heather Humphreys: I wish to confirm that the document referred to, forms a part of the text of the document held in the Department.  This was previously confirmed by the Department's Business Information Security Unit on 17 April, 2015 under Section 3 of the Data Protection Act, 1988. 

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

Heather Humphreys: Community Employment (CE) Schemes are active labour market programmes providing eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a temporary fixed term basis. Participation limits on these schemes are necessary to allow for the maximum availability of places for qualifying persons and to assist...

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

Heather Humphreys: The free travel scheme provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for those eligible under the scheme.  These include road, rail and ferry services provided by companies such as Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann, as well as Luas and services provided by over 80 private transport operators.  There are currently...

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

Heather Humphreys: The Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme (PTJI) is a scheme which allows long-term Jobseeker's Allowance recipients to take up part-time employment for up to 24 hours per week, and receive a special weekly income supplement.  Recipients must be genuinely seeking work and available for full-time work while availing of the PTJI. As the PTJI is an income supplement for jobseekers in...

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 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: Departmental Programmes (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy will be aware that the HSE is responsible for the delivery of Civil Registration Services which includes birth registration and managing appointments for parents to attend at a civil registration office. I am aware of the current difficulties members of the public are encountering in obtaining an appointment, particularly those parents based in the East of the country who wish...

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

Heather Humphreys: Over €9 billion has been spent on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) since its introduction in March 2020 demonstrating the Government's absolute commitment to support workers who have been impacted by the Government mandated Covid-19 public health restrictions.   The re-opening of the scheme last December was specifically designed to support those workers who lost their...

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

Heather Humphreys: The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) was introduced as an emergency measure to provide an income support to those who had lost their employment as a result of Covid.  Initially, payment was made at a weekly rate of €350. From 26 June 2020, the rate at which the PUP is paid was linked to the amount that individuals previously earned and made it more targeted and fairer. In...

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

Heather Humphreys: COVID Illness Benefit (Enhanced Illness Benefit) is a scheme that was introduced in March 2020, to support people who are incapable of work or who are required to self-isolate, as a result of a COVID diagnosis or being a probable source of infection.  To date a total of 365,376 COVID Illness Benefit related claims have been processed of which 340,005 have received a payment.   The...

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

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1057, 1058 and 1059 together. Between 2016 and 2021 there have been no public sector workers in County Clare under my remit. I understand that my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, will answer these questions on behalf of all Departments in relation to the Civil Service sector. 

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

Heather Humphreys: Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and for no other reason and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. The person referred to is in receipt of disability allowance (DA) including  fuel allowance and an increase for a qualified adult for his spouse and...

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

Heather Humphreys: The Jobseekers schemes, consisting of jobseekers Benefit based on a person’s paid social insurance contributions and jobseekers allowance, which is a means tested payment, provide support to individuals who have lost work and are unable to obtain full time employment.The estimated revised expenditure for 2022 for the statutory jobseekers schemes is approximately €2.17 billion....

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

Heather Humphreys: With limited exceptions, social welfare legislation provides that persons over the age of 16 and under the age of 66 who are employed under a contract of service or apprenticeship shall be employed contributors for the purposes of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (as amended). However, an employment contract which is deemed to be unlawful because the worker does...

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

Heather Humphreys: The Citizens Information Board (CIB), is a statutory independent body as set out in the Comhairle Act 2010 which operates under the aegis of my Department.  CIB funds and supports the South Munster Citizens Information Service company which in turn has responsibility for the provision of information, advice and advocacy services in its geographic area, which encompasses Co. Kerry. ...

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

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy will be aware that the HSE is responsible for registering births including processing applications received electronically or by post. The General Register Office has made enquiries with the HSE and I can inform the Deputy that the birth in question was registered on the 10th October 2021. I trust this clarifies matters for the Deputy. 

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The delivery of public library services, including the provision and upgrade of library premises, is a matter for each local authority in accordance with the Local Government Act, 2001. Accordingly, the delivery of library services in Mayfield is primarily a matter for Cork City Council.  My Department has had ongoing discussions with Cork City Council regarding a new library...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Town and Village Renewal Scheme provides funding to support the revitalisation of our rural towns and villages. I can confirm that the Bunratty village project, referred to by the Deputy, was awarded funding of €137,600 through the 2019 Town and Village Renewal Scheme. Clare County Council, who are responsible for managing the project, sought changes to the scope of...