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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (14 Apr 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 27 and 66 together. The strategic policy direction of the Department is to return rent supplement to its original purpose of being a short-term income support scheme. Under the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP), responsibility for the provision of rental assistance to those with a long-term housing need transfers to the local authorities. Rent supplement...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (14 Apr 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: Responsibility for the Community Employment (CE) programme transferred to the Department of Social Protection in January 2012. Since then, significant improvements have been made to the operation and governance of CE. These improvements have taken place in the context of a changing profile of participants on CE in a challenging economic environment. The following is a summary of the main...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Welfare Services Provision (14 Apr 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: Following the transfer of the Community Welfare Service (CWS) from the Health Service Executive to the Department in 2011, the Department has re-engineered its business model to support the provision of integrated services across all business streams involved in the delivery of localised services. As part of this strategy, the Department is engaged in the delivery of integrated Intreo...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Funding (14 Apr 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: The Department of Social Protection provides a range of supports to community organisation through schemes such as community employment, Tús, the rural social scheme and the community services programme. These supports are structured in the form of direct and indirect provision of funding for staff to enable the delivery of services. The Department does not operate any scheme that...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (6 Apr 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 6 and 128 together. Rent supplement plays a vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme supporting approximately 57,600 people for which the Government has provided approximately €267 million for 2016. There were over 20,100 rent supplement tenancies awarded during 2015 and over 3,000 awarded during the first three months of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (6 Apr 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: The community employment programme, as at 25 March 2016, has 1,397 Supervisors and Assistant Supervisors, broken down as follows: Supervisors 1,163 Asst. Supervisors 234 Total 1,397 This equates to 1,366.4 full time equivalent staff (working 39 hours per week ).

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance Scheme (6 Apr 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government is the lead Department for severe weather emergencies and the Office of Public Works has responsibility for capital flood relief activities. However, the Department of Social Protection has an important role to play in assisting households in the immediate aftermath of emergency events such as flooding. In early December 2015,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (6 Apr 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: Rent supplement plays a vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme supporting approximately 57,600 people for which the Government has provided approximately €267 million for 2016. There were over 20,100 rent supplement tenancies awarded during 2015 and over 3,000 awarded during the first three months of 2016 showing that landlords are accommodating significant...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (6 Apr 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 91 and 94 to 96, inclusive, together. A total of 12,770 jobseekers under 25 years of age have commenced JobBridge since the scheme was launched in July 2011. There are currently 962 under 25 year olds participating on the scheme. The requirement for monitoring was introduced in January 2012 and since then the number of visits each year is as follows; 2012:...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Eligibility (6 Apr 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: JobBridge, the National Internship Scheme, was introduced in July 2011 with the aim of providing unemployed people with the opportunity to secure work experience and to prove their competence to prospective employers, thereby breaking the vicious cycle of “no work, no experience; no experience, no work”. The programme has strict eligibility criteria in place to protect the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (6 Apr 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: As of 1 April 2016, a total of 42,619 people had completed internships, of which 15,211 progressed immediately into employment on conclusion of the internship. 9,525 entered into employment with the host organisation and 5,686 with a different company. This represents a progression rate, upon conclusion, of 36%. An independent evaluation conducted by Indecon Economic Consultants (Report...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Registration of Marriages (6 Apr 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: Where one or more of the parties to a proposed marriage have previously been granted a foreign divorce they must satisfy the registrar that the divorce is recognised in Ireland. The recognition of a foreign divorce in Ireland is governed by the Domicile and Recognition of Foreign Divorce Act 1986. The case referred to by the Deputy is currently being dealt with by the General Register...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (22 Mar 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: JobPath is a new approach to employment activation that will support people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. The key performance indicators against which JobPath will be measured are: - the number of JobPath clients moving into employment (objective: more people getting jobs); - the duration of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (22 Mar 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: Community Employment (CE) is the largest employment programme administered by the Department and is a valuable resource for both jobseekers and communities. Currently, there are almost 22,500 participants and nearly 1,400 supervisors employed on the programme at a cost of approximately €376.5m for 2016. As the Deputy is aware, CE aims to enhance the employability and mobility of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Registration of Deaths (3 Feb 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: In many ways, given the excitement that is going on around this place, this is an issue that brings us all back down to earth. The loss of a daughter or a grandchild is terrible for any family, particularly so when a grandfather loses his granddaughter and daughter in one tragic accident. While my expression of sympathy and empathy does not really help, I would still like to make it. I met...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Registration of Deaths (3 Feb 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: Leaving aside this particular case, I have always felt we should be very careful regarding what we have in our Constitution and that many of these matters should be dealt with through legislation, particularly as medical science is evolving all the time. Difficult circumstances arise, such as those relating to the Dublin-Monaghan bombings mentioned by the Senator, and there will be other...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Registration of Deaths (3 Feb 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: I would like to see the House deal with these matters in that kind of sensitive manner. Senators already involve themselves in pre-legislative scrutiny and have an excellent record in that regard. I believe legislation will be stronger, fairer and better able to respond to tragic circumstances as a result. I thank Senator Walsh for his kind remarks and thank the Cathaoirleach for his able...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments (3 Feb 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: Diet supplement, administered under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, is payable to qualifying persons, in receipt of the supplement prior to February 2014, who have been prescribed a special diet as a result of a specified medical condition. Following the outcome of a review of the costs of healthy eating and specialised diets by the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (3 Feb 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: Community Employment (CE) sponsoring organisations, as the legal employers of CE participants, are responsible for ensuring that all relevant health and safety requirements under the Safety, Health and Welfare Act 2005, and any subsequent enactments are adhered to. Non-compliance with this legislation may be deemed non-compliance with the CE Agreement. The Health and Safety Authority are...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (3 Feb 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: The delivery of training and development on Community Employment (CE) is in accordance with a tailored Individual Learning Plan. This is compiled by the CE Supervisor with the participant, having regard to the participant’s training needs, career plan and employment goals. It is the responsibility of the scheme sponsor to ensure that all participants engage in training that is...