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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Missing Persons (8 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I have requested information from An Garda Síochána to answer the Deputy's question, but this was not available in time. I will contact the Deputy again when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I have requested the information from An Garda Síochána to answer the Deputy's question, but this was not available in time. I will contact the Deputy again when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the general management and administration of the Garda organisation under the Garda Síochána Act 2005. This includes the deployment of members of An Garda Síochána throughout the State. As Minister, I have no role in these independent functions. I am assured, however, that Garda management keeps this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I have contacted An Garda Síochána for the information requested by the Deputy, unfortunately this was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy as soon as this report is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I have contacted An Garda Síochána for the information requested by the Deputy, unfortunately this was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy as soon as this report is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (8 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 339 and 340 together. The Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF) forms part of the wider rural regeneration and development programme which also includes the Town and Village Renewal Scheme and the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme. In terms of both RRDF Category 1 (Major Projects) and Category 2 (Seed Funding), funding of €249...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The revised estimate for my Department for 2021 provides for a gross allocation of €351 million, with a capital allocation of €168.6 million. In addition, €13.18 million of unspent capital funding has been carried forward from 2020 giving a total capital allocation of €181.8 million for 2021. At the end of June 2021 total capital spend amounted to €31.5...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The funding provided for Wage Subsidy Scheme in the 2021 Further Revised Estimate is €25.98 million.The scheme is demand-led. The estimated additional funding required for the increases requested by the Deputy are included in the following table: - Additional cost of increase Additional cost of increase Additional cost of increase Rate...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (7 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 84, 85 and 86 together. In addition to providing income supports the Department of Social Protection (DSP) provides a wide range of employment-related supports for both jobseekers / employees with disabilities and employers seeking to support an employee who has a disability or when employing a jobseeker (with a disability). These include 1. Disability...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence (7 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy will be aware that primary responsibility for matters relating to domestic violence and abuse lies with the Department of Justice. The Department of Social Protection has no role to play in the provision of grants to enable the purchase of CCTV equipment as set out in the Deputy's question. I am given to understand that the purchase of CCTV equipment does not come within the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Births (7 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The HSE is responsible for registering births and issuing certificates once registration has been completed. The recent cyber-attack on HSE computer systems had a significant impact on the delivery of civil registration services with registration of births suspended for 4 weeks. The cyber-attack also resulted in the suspension of the delivery of electronic birth notifications from maternity...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned applied for a Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA) payment with effect from 28/06/2021 after his entitlement to Jobseeker’s Benefit expired on 26/06/2021. JA is a means tested payment. A means test is an assessment of all household income, savings, shares, investments or property that a person owns, apart from their own home. The means test will also include any...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned submitted an application for disability allowance (DA) on 5 May 2021. Their application, based upon all the evidence submitted, was refused on medical grounds as it was not found that the person concerned was substantially restricted in taking up employment. The person concerned was notified in writing of this decision on 14 June 2021. Further medical evidence was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, appointments to the positions of General Secretary or Deputy General Secretary of the Association concerned are made by the Central Executive Committee of the Association, in accordance with procedures set down by the Annual Delegate Conference of the Association, and in accordance with Regulations 16 and 17 of the Garda Síochána (Associations)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Custody of Children (7 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Where the parents of a child cannot agree on custody or access arrangements for their child, it is open to them to apply to the courts to decide on the matter. Section 11 of the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964 provides that either parent of a child, whether or not he or she is also a guardian of the child, may apply to court for a direction regarding the custody of a child or the right...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I can advise the Deputy that An Garda Síochána wrote to the Secretary General of my Department on 4 December 2020 to inform the Department that a number of 999 calls had been cancelled on the AGS Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system and that An Garda Síochána was carrying out a review of the reasons behind this. An Garda Síochána also brought the issue to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will appreciate, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business, which includes matters in relation to any medal or commendation scheme. I, as Minister, have no role in these matters. I am informed by Garda authorities that there are currently no plans being considered in respect of a medal...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment (6 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Latest estimates from the CSO, indicate that the traditional unemployment rate for young persons stood at 19.9 percent for young people in June. However, this estimate excludes those in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP). When all those in receipt of the PUP are included, this gives a COVID-19 adjusted unemployment rate estimate of 44.2 percent for young people at the end of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The number of Parents benefit claims created from 1st April to 27th June 2021 was 15,391 By way of comparison, the total number of Parents benefit claims received for the months of April, May and June 2020 was 2,841. It should be noted that while a claim may be awarded in one month, the leave and benefit could be availed of at a different time, or over a period of months, as it is available...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Dental Services (6 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned is entitled to dental benefit under the Department's PRSI scheme . The scheme provides for a free annual dental examination and an annual scale and polish treatment, subject to a maximum co-payment by the customer of €15 for a standard cleaning. Fillings are not covered under the Department's treatment benefit scheme. Fillings and other dental treatments can be...