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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €28 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €784 each year) from October to April, to over 372,000 low income households, at an estimated cost of €300 million in 2021. The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs. The allowance represents a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. It is not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Strategies (30 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Programme for Government commits the Government to Review and update the National Carers’ Strategy. This is being led on by the Department of Health and as such the Deputy should direct this matter to my colleague the Minister for Health. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: General Practitioner Services (30 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Programme for Government commits the Government to extend free GP care to carers in receipt of the Carer’s Support Grant. This is being led on by the Department of Health and as such the Deputy should direct this matter to my colleague the Minister for Health. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The system of social assistance supports provides payments based on a system of means testing. The means test ensures that the recipient has a verifiable income need and that resources are targeted to those who need them most. By its nature, the means test takes account of the income a person or couple has in terms of cash, property - other than the family home - and capital. It does...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Carer's Benefit payment is an entitlement based on social insurance contributions. Carer’s Benefit is a payment made to insured people who may be required to leave the workforce or reduce their working hours to care for a person(s) in need of full-time care and attention. A person may be eligible for Carer's Benefit if they have enough PRSI contributions. It is payable for a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is a payment made in respect of a child with a severe disability who requires additional care and attention. It is payable to the person providing for the child's care while they are resident with that person for at least 5 days each week. DCA can be paid, for a period not exceeding 13 weeks in any 12 months, if the child is admitted to hospital on a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The total number of customers that were in receipt of Partial Capacity Benefit (PCB) in each of the past three years, broken down by whether they were in receipt of Illness Benefit or Invalidity Pension prior to receiving PCB, is outlined in the tables below. Scheme customer was in receipt of prior to PCB 2020 Number of Customers who received PCB Illness...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (30 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Disability Allowance (DA) is a means-tested payment for people with a specified disability who are aged between 16 and 66. The disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, a means test and a habitual residency test. The number of DA recipients in each year from 2008 to 2021 along with the corresponding maximum personal rate...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Rent supplement continues to play a key role in supporting families and individuals in private rented accommodation, with the scheme supporting 18,851 active recipients at the end of May 2021. The scheme provides short-term income support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (30 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Wage Subsidy Scheme (WSS) is an employment support to private sector employers, the objective of which is to encourage employers to employ people with disabilities and thereby increase the numbers of people with disabilities participating in the open labour market. The scheme provides financial incentives to private sector employers to hire people with a disability for between 21 and 39...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (30 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: My Department commissioned Indecon International Consultants to carry out research into the cost of disability. In line with the commitment contained in the Programme for Government, the Government will use the research into the cost of disability to individuals and families to inform the direction of future policy. The report has now been received and my Department is considering it...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Rights (30 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy will be aware that the Special Criminal Court is established pursuant to Part V of the Offences Against the State Act 1939. The Special Criminal Court was established to respond to the threat to the State and its people from republican terrorism over the decades and it continues to deal with the subversive threat from paramilitary groups and some serious organised crime cases....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 180, 181 and 188 together. I welcome the apology that was made by the Garda Commissioner last week and the Commissioner has assured me that when someone calls 999 now, they can expect and trust that An Garda Síochána will help. That should of course always be the case. Any inappropriate cancellation of 999 calls is a very serious issue. This...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, theft is an offence under section 4 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001. Anyone convicted of a theft offence is liable to a fine or up to 10 years imprisonment. Under section 14 of the Act, a person found guilty of robbery (theft using coercion or force) is potentially liable on conviction on indictment to life imprisonment. As the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 as amended, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for carrying out and managing and controlling generally the administration and business of an Garda Síochána, including operational matters and the distribution of resources. I have been informed by the Commissioner that the Limerick DPSU (Divisional Protective Services Unit) has dealt...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (30 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy may be aware, LEADER is a multi-annual programme for rural development co-funded by the EU through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The programme is based on a community-led approach to rural development and plays an important role in supporting communities and enterprises in progressing job creation, social inclusion and environmental projects at local level. Preparations...