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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Enterprise Support Services (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Enterprise Support Grant (ESG) is available to eligible self-employed recipients who close their Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) and re-start their business. A grant of up to €1,000 is available under this measure to assist with the costs associated with reopening a business. This grant is available to self-employed individuals who satisfy the scheme conditions including,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 13 May 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: Legislative Measures (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Section 14 of the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Act 2018 sets out that: "The Minister shall conduct a review and lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas on the financial hardship faced by carers who must provide full-time care in order to receive carer’s allowance restricting them from taking up other work to supplement their income, examining their access to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Overpayments of social welfare assistance and benefit payments arise as a consequence of decisions made under the relevant sections of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 2005 (as amended). Where an overpayment is raised, the Department makes every effort to recover the amount overpaid in full in the shortest time period. Overpayments can take a number of years to be fully recovered and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: National Broadband Plan (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Neither I nor any of the agencies under the aegis of my Department has had any engagement with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Child benefit is a monthly payment, payable to age 16 years and is subsequently payable to age 18 where the child remains in full time education. Where a child turns 16, the parent/guardian needs to get confirmation from the school that their child is still attending. Each month, the Department issues a notification to parents for all children who are due to turn 16, requesting this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 226 to 228, inclusive, together. The Part-time Job Incentive Scheme is an administrative scheme under Jobseeker's Allowance, which allows those who are long-term unemployed to take up part-time employment for less than 24 hours per week and receive a special weekly income supplement of €128.60, or €209.70 where a person is receiving an...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Public Services Card (PSC) appointments were suspended from the beginning of this year due to Level 5 restrictions. However, some appointments were facilitated for urgent cases where the customer had no alternative means of accessing public services other than by acquiring a PSC. My Department resumed PSC appointments from Monday 17th May, and an average of 1,000 appointments are now being...