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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 is available to support persons aged between 18 and 66 years old who have lost their employment due to the downturn in economic activity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and where they are not being paid by their employer. In order to qualify for the payment a person must have been in employment immediately prior to 13th March. People currently on...

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

Regina Doherty: The Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 provides that an employer must provide their employee with a written statement of the particulars of the employee’s terms of employment. It also provides that an employer must notify the employee of any changes in the particulars given in the statement. The Act provides a right of complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission where an...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Working Family Payment is an in-work support which provides an income top-up for employees on low earnings with children. Working Family Payment is designed to prevent in-work poverty for low paid workers with child dependents and to offer a financial incentive to take-up employment. The estimated annual expenditure on Working Family Payment in 2019 is approximately €397.2...

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. 998 and 1017 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. The conditions for receipt of this payment are that a person must be of working age between 18 and up to 66 years old, have been in...

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

Regina Doherty: Firstly, I would like to say that my thoughts are with all workers faced with the prospect of closure and job losses at this difficult time. With the exception of grocery outlets, the retail sector has been particularly affected by the measures we have had to take in response to the spread of Covid-19. Having come through a number of turbulent years and an examinership process, it must be...

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

Regina Doherty: In addition to providing income supports, the Department provides a wide range of employment-related supports, for both jobseekers with disabilities and employers (including the self-employed) seeking to employ a jobseeker with a disability or retain an existing employee who has or acquires a disability. A summary of the employment supports available is set out below. Services to support...

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. I am advised that the Social Welfare Appeals Office that the number of appeals on hand in the Office, as of 1 May 2020, was 7,590. The...

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

Regina Doherty: Following contact from the Deputy's office, I am advised that officials in my Department have established that the details supplied do not relate to the question asked and were incorrectly submitted along with the Parliamentary Question. I understand that the matter at issue is proper to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

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

Regina Doherty: The person concerned submitted a jobseeker's allowance claim on 23/03/2020. However this claim was closed as documentation issued to the address supplied was returned by An Post stating the person was no longer at the address. A subsequent Jobseeker's Allowance claim was submitted on 13/04/2020, I am advised that this was closed due to outstanding documentation not being provided. I am...

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

Regina Doherty: The SAFE registration process, which my Department uses to authenticate a person's identity, is a face-to-face process which results in the issuing of a Public Services Card (PSC). Since the outbreak of the Covid 19 Pandemic, my Department has temporarily suspended the SAFE registration process. This decision was taken in order to comply with HSE and WHO guidelines in respect of social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: Pension entitlement is determined on the basis of the eligibility conditions applicable on the date an individual reaches pension age. The pension age is due to increase to 67 years in 2021. Since the person concerned was born in 1957, they will reach pension age in 2024. Future pension entitlement will depend on factors such as a person’s social insurance record, their...

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 as a time-limited, emergency income support measure to meet the dramatic surge in unemployment as a consequence of the pandemic. Applicants for International Protection accommodated under the system of Direct Provision operated by the International Protection Accommodation Services of the Department of Justice and Equality are...

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

Regina Doherty: I understand this question to be related to the recent emergency legislation which was enacted by way of Section 29 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020. This measure effectively suspends the provisions of Section 12 of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 (as amended) which relate to the rights of an employee to claim a redundancy entitlement from their employer...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The data requested in respect of domiciliary care allowance (DCA) is not routinely collated on an individual county basis and as a result is not available. National data, for 2019, the last full year for which data on DCA is available, is shown below. Details of the applications processed in 2019, together with the outcomes, both at initial decision stage and subsequently on appeal are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The back to school clothing and footwear allowance (BSCFA) scheme provides a once-off payment to eligible families to assist with the costs of clothing and footwear when children start or return to school each autumn. The Government has provided €53.98m for the scheme in 2020 which operates from June to September. The allowance is payable in respect of eligible children between...

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 (PUP) was introduced by my Department in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is an income support payment for both employees and the self-employed who have become fully unemployed due to a downturn in economic activity related to Covid-19. One of the qualifying criteria for this payment is that the person is aged between 18 and 66 years....

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

Regina Doherty: To verify a MyGovID account, a person must have authenticated their identity through the SAFE registration process and also verify their mobile phone number. By verifying their mobile number, a security code can be sent to them to verify their account. They are also sent a security code to their number each time they use your MyGovID account to access government online services. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1019 and 1020 together. Rent supplement continues to play a key role in supporting families and individuals in private rented accommodation, with the scheme currently supporting approximately 20,400 recipients. The scheme provides short-term income support, to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Housing Assistance Payment (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: Under the Supplementary Allowance scheme, the Department may make a single Exceptional Needs Payment (ENP) to help meet essential, once-off expenditure which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet from their weekly income. Decisions are made at the discretion of the officers administering the scheme, taking into account the requirements of the legislation and all the relevant...