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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Since the establishment of my Department in July 2017, I can confirm that there have been no staff removed from their positions, transferred to another role or had their employment terminated due to breaches of Departmental standards or professional misconduct or incompetence. Throughout the year all staff performance and behaviour is managed through the Performance Management and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2021)

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 approx. 1,012,000...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2021)

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. A person can be considered to be providing full-time care and attention where they are engaged in employment,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, decided to allow the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision. The person concerned was notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision on 15 November 2021. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Benefit Payment for 65 year olds was introduced in line with the Programme for Government commitment, to provide a benefit payment for people who are aged 65 and who are required to retire, or who chose to retire, without a requirement to sign on, engage in activation measures or be available for and genuinely seeking work. To be eligible for the payment a person must satisfy all...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce or reduce their working hours to care for a child or an adult in need of full-time care and attention. To qualify, the carer must satisfy PRSI conditions, employment conditions, show that they are providing full-time care and attention and must show that the care recipient requires full-time care and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (23 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 8 April 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 Appeals (23 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 8 April 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 Benefits (23 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy has advised that the scope of the PQ relates to customer requests for decision reviews pertaining to the Domiciliary Care Allowance scheme. My Department is committed to ensuring that claims and reviews are processed as expeditiously as possible and to providing a quality service to all claimants. The average turnaround time from when a review for Domiciliary Care Allowance with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Sector Staff (23 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Under Section 299 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, I, as Minister may appoint officers of the Department to be Deciding Officers for the purpose of the Act. The role of Deciding Officer is carried out by Clerical Officer and Executive Officer grades in the Department of Social Protection. Insofar as training is concerned, on appointment to the role of Deciding Officer staff...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (23 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned will reach pension age on 28 December 2021 and applied for State pension (contributory) on 6 October 2021. Determination of pension eligibility depends on the individual nature of an applicant’s circumstances. According to the records of my Department, the person concerned has a self-employment record since the 1994/95 tax year. Under social welfare legislation,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Civil Registration Service (23 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I can inform the Deputy that the requirements for registering births are set out in Part 3 of the Civil Registration Act 2004 and these include the attendance by the parent(s) at a registration office. The Deputy will be aware that temporary measures were introduced following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic which permitted the registration of births without the need for the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: One-Parent Family Payment is a means tested payment for people who are parenting alone and who have at least one child under age 7. The personal rate of payment that a person receives depends the level of their weekly means as assessed in the means test. Means include both capital and cash income. There are different disregards for certain types of means and across different schemes. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Birth Certificates (23 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy will be aware that the HSE is responsible for the day-to-day delivery of civil registration services and for processing birth registration applications submitted by parents to registrars at 60 locations across the country. The General Register Office has made enquiries with the HSE and has asked that contact be made with the Deputy regarding the status of the application. I trust...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Birth Certificates (23 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy will be aware that the HSE is responsible for the day-to-day delivery of civil registration services and for processing birth registration applications submitted by parents to registrars at 60 locations across the country. The General Register Office has made enquiries with the HSE and has asked that contact be madewith the Deputy regarding the status of the application. I trust...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 428 and 429 together. Enhanced Illness Benefit is a form of Illness Benefit payable to employees and the self-employed who are told to self-isolate or restrict their movements, such that they are no longer able to work. As Enhanced Illness Benefit is a form of Illness Benefit, it is not possible to differentiate between Enhanced Illness Benefit and Illness...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: In March of last year, under the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 and subsequent regulations, the Government provided for entitlement to illness benefit for persons who have been diagnosed with Covid-19 or are a probable source of infection with Covid-19. The measures were designed to ensure that where a registered medical...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Birth Certificates (23 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy will be aware that the HSE is responsible for the day-to-day delivery of civil registration services and for processing birth registration applications submitted by parents to registrars at 60 locations across the country. The General Register Office has made enquiries with the HSE and has asked that contact be made with the Deputy regarding the status of the application. I trust...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (23 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned applied for State pension (contributory) on 14 October 2020, in advance of their 66thbirthday on 2 December 2020. In order to qualify for standard State pension (contributory) based solely on an applicant’s Irish social insurance record, a minimum of 520 full-rate paid contributions are required. According to the records of my Department, the person concerned has...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (23 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) is available for employees and self-employed people who have lost employment and satisfy the scheme's statutory conditions. Expenditure on PUP since its introduction last March 2020 has now exceeded €8.9 billion. To satisfy the eligibility conditions for PUP, a person cannot be engaged in insurable employment. This applies to both employees and...