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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (5 Feb 2025)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 703 and 751 together. Constant Attendance Allowance is an increase to Disablement Benefit for persons who lose their physical or mental ability due to an accident at work or a work-related illness, and as a result need daily care. The Department of Social Protection does not currently hold statistics on the number of recipients of the Constant Attendance...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (5 Feb 2025)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 706, 714, 734, 747, 754, 759 together. The Supplementary Welfare Allowance 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 dependents. Supports provided under the scheme can consist of a basic weekly payment, a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (5 Feb 2025)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 707 and 755 together. The number of recipients of the Wage Subsidy Scheme in County Clare at the end of 2024 was 66. Note that statistics on the number of recipients of the Wage Subsidy Scheme by county were not maintained by the DSP prior to 2024 and so the number of recipients broken down by county for the years 2020 - 2023 is not available.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (5 Feb 2025)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 708, 718, 738, 756 together. The number of recipients of Back to Work Enterprise Allowance and Back to Education Allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 - 2024 are shown below. - 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Back to Work Enterprise Allowance 88 81 70 69 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (5 Feb 2025)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 709 and 757 together. The number of recipients of State Pension (Contributory) in County Clare for each of the years 2020 - 2024 are shown below. - 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 State Pension (Contributory) 10707 11610 12108 12684 13433

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (5 Feb 2025)

Dara Calleary: The table below shows the end-year numbers of recipients of state pension non-contributory in Co Clare for the years 2020 - 2024. The numbers have remained relatively consistent, averaging at 3,179 over the past five years. Date Number of recipients of SPNC (personal rate) 2024 3,120 2023 3,253 2022...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (5 Feb 2025)

Dara Calleary: The number of recipients of Rent Supplement in County Clare for each of the years 2020 - 2024 are shown below. - 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Rent Supplement 126 66 56 58 52

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (5 Feb 2025)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 712 and 732 together. The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA) scheme provides a once-off payment to eligible families to assist with the costs of clothing and footwear when children start or return to school each autumn. The scheme operates from June to September each year. The allowance is paid in respect of eligible children between...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (5 Feb 2025)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 713, 715, 733 and 735 together. The number of recipients of One Parent Family Payment and Back to Work Family Dividend in County Clare for each of the years 2020 - 2024 are shown below. - 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 One Parent Family Payment 667 833 1023 1024 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (5 Feb 2025)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 716 and 736 together. The objective of the School Meals Programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children to support them in taking full advantage of the education provided to them. The programme is an important component of policies to encourage school attendance and extra educational achievement. In Budget 2025, it was announced that the Hot...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (5 Feb 2025)

Dara Calleary: Working Family Payment (WFP) is a weekly in-work support which provides an income top-up for employees on low earnings with children. To qualify for Working Family Payment, the customer must have at least one qualified child who normally resides with them and be working a minimum of 38 hours per fortnight in ongoing insurable employment. Please find table below with the number of WFP...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (5 Feb 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an Office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision making functions. The regulations governing appeals provide that it is a matter for the appeals officer to decide whether an oral hearing is required...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (5 Feb 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an Office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision making functions. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 25th...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (5 Feb 2025)

Dara Calleary: The delivery of vital locally based Community Welfare Services (CWS) to meet the challenges and the needs of citizens across the country is a priority for me and for my Department. The Community Welfare Service provides a flexible service to meet the different needs of people, who may find themselves in a financially difficult or vulnerable situation. It is a priority that this service is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (5 Feb 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Community Welfare Service is committed to providing a quality service to all citizens, ensuring that applications are processed and that decisions on entitlement are made as quickly as possible. It is a key service providing Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance payments, Additional Needs Payments, Rent and other supplement supports. Community Welfare Officers (CWOs) are physically on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (5 Feb 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Back to Education Allowance scheme provides people, including those in receipt of Disability Allowance, with a second chance education that will improve their prospects of securing employment. Over €29 million has been provided for the scheme in 2025. The Back to Education Allowance is not intended to provide a basis for a long-duration participation in extended education. In...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (5 Feb 2025)

Dara Calleary: My Department provides two main payment options for its customers: payment in cash at post offices (Electronic Information Transfer EIT) or payment directly into customer accounts (Electronic Fund Transfer EFT). All EIT payments include a payment expiry date hard coded into the payment instruction. The life span of each payment varies depending on the social welfare scheme being paid....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (5 Feb 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Department of Social Protection and the bodies under the aegis of the department currently outsource cleaning services and security services as listed below. These services are conducted in line with Government procurement processes. Department /Body under the Aegis of the Department Service Value (Inc VAT at 13.5%) Duration ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (5 Feb 2025)

Dara Calleary: As of the 31 December 2024, my Department directly employs 137 Service Officers and 5 cleaners. The agencies under the aegis of my Department do not directly employee cleaners or service officers.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (5 Feb 2025)

Dara Calleary: The following individuals were Department of Social Protection Ministers of State for the period 2023 and 2024. NAME TERM OF OFFICE TERM OF OFFICE Joe O'Brien 19-Jul-20 23-Jan-25 Damien English 19-Jul-20 12-Jan-23 Neale Richmond 13-Jan-23 10-Apr-24 Emer...