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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 926, 943, 966 and 984 together. The COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment was introduced in March 2020 as a time limited emergency measure to meet the surge in unemployment in Ireland which resulted from the effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic. If a person has lost their employment and the employer is no longer paying the persons’s wages, they may...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The reports referred to in sections 24, 25 and 26 of the Social Welfare, Pension and Civil Registration Act 2018 were submitted to the Chair of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection in August 2019 for circulation to the committee. My office will forward these to you for information. In relation to Section 19, my Department has met with numerous interested...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: On 6thDecember 2019, my Department received enforcement proceedings from the DPC in respect of the August 2019 Report of the Commission on the Public Services Card. The Department filed an appeal against the Enforcement Notice within the timeframe provided to do so. As the matter is now before the Courts, it would be inappropriate to make any further comment. I trust this clarifies the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: In early 2019, the Government agreed to establish an Interdepartmental Group (IDG) to explore how social inclusion schemes might be organised going forward. A series of meetings of the IDG have taken place and a number of follow-up meetings were undertaken with the relevant Departments. There was also a stakeholder consultation process which resulted in a number of submissions that were...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The COVID 19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment was introduced in March 2020 as a time-limited emergency measure to meet the surge in unemployment which resulted from the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. This emergency payment is payable to people of working age between 18 and up to 66 years old, who were in employment immediately prior to the 13th March 2020 and have lost their employment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: Firstly, I would like to say that my thoughts are with all Debenhams workers who are dealing with job losses at this difficult time. As deputies are well aware, with the exception of grocery outlets, the retail sector has been particularly affected by the economic turmoil caused by Covid-19. Having come through a number of turbulent years and an examinership process, it is regrettable that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment has been introduced as an emergency measure so that payments can be made as quickly as possible to the large number of people in the state who have become fully unemployed due to the pandemic. The payment is not available to people living abroad and who have returned to Ireland as outlined by the Deputy. In the first instance they should apply for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The negative economic impact of the Covid-19 crisis is likely to be severe and will require our personal insolvency system to be as robust and efficient as possible. The State has a comprehensive insolvency system and a network of experienced insolvency practitioners in place to quickly advise those people who may inevitably find themselves in financial difficulty. Debt resolution is one...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: International Students (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 937 and 999 together. My Department has temporarily suspended the face-to-face SAFE/PPSN registration service. This decision was taken in order to comply with HSE and WHO guidelines in respect of social distancing. As a result of the postponement of the SAFE process, an email and postal service has now been introduced for people who wish to apply for a PPSN....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: International Students (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme offers a safety net within the overall social welfare system by providing assistance to those whose means are insufficient to meet their own needs and those of their dependants. The main purpose of the scheme is to provide immediate and flexible assistance to those in need who do not qualify for payment under other State schemes. There are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 20 September 2019. I am advised that the case was referred to an Appeals Officer on 20 February 2020. I am further advised that Appeals Officer has been in communication with the person concerned and has been provided with some updated information in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that, as of 1 May 2020, the total number of social welfare appeals on hand was 7,590. This covers...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. The number of appeals on hand in the Social Welfare Appeals Office, as of 1 May 2020, was 7,590. The corresponding figure for the end of 2019 was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: Child benefit is a monthly payment made to families with children in respect of all qualified children up to the age of 16 years. The payment continues to be paid in respect of children until their 18th birthday who are in full-time education, or who have a disability. Child benefit is currently paid, as of end-March 2019, to over 638,160 families in respect of over 1.2 million children...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The existing provisions of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 (as amended) outline the obligations and rights of employers and employees in situations of temporary lay-offs for the purposes of redundancy entitlements. An employee is considered to have been laid off where the employment ceases because their employer is unable to provide them with work, it is reasonable for the employer to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 947, 958, 980 and 990 together. The COVID 19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment was introduced in March 2020 as a time-limited emergency measure to meet the surge in unemployment which resulted from the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. This payment is payable to people of working age between 18 and up to 66 which is is consistent with other Social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: My Department receives information from Revenue of all customers paid under the Revenue Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS). This file includes a customer’s PPSN, customer’s wage payment frequency (monthly, fortnightly or weekly paid) and the date of the TWSS payment. A Covid-19 PUP application will not pay due to Revenue overlap if the date of a customer’s last...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: In these unprecedented times, my Department has put emergency measures in place to meet the surge in unemployment which has affected so many people, including those under 25 years. The COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment was introduced as a time-limited, emergency income support measure which is paid at a flat rate of €350 per week to people of working age from 18 and up to 66...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: To qualify for a Pandemic Unemployment Payment a person must, inter alia, have been in employment on or after 6thMarch 2020 and must have lost employment as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. I am advised that the person concerned stated they finished work on 28thFebruary 2020 and so does not satisfy the eligibility criteria for that payment. However, this person is currently in receipt of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The SURE instrument was published on 2nd April by the European Commission and is intended primarily to support Member States with efforts to protect workers and jobs, and also support some health-related measures. It is temporary in nature, with the duration and scope limited to tackling the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. It was adopted at ECOFIN, and published in the Official...