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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (17 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The school meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food services to some 1,700 schools and organisations which benefits approximately 217,000 children at a total cost of €39 million. An additional €3 million was allocated to the programme as part of Budget 2016, bringing the total allocation to €42 million in 2016. There are two schemes operated...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Services Programme (17 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The Department of Social Protection supports service provision through a number of programmes and schemes. The Community Services Programme (CSP) supports community companies that operate on a community business or social enterprise model. Companies supported by the CSP generate and use income from the services they provide to pay staff, meet overhead costs and to contribute to future...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (17 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The Government's primary strategy to tackle youth unemployment is to create the environment for a strong economic recovery by promoting competitiveness and productivity. Economic recovery will underpin jobs growth and the availability of productive employment for young people. The Government recognises that as the recovery takes hold, there is a need for additional measures to ensure that as...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (17 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 64 and 65 together. 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. Following the completion of a public procurement process, two companies were selected to provide the JobPath service - Turas Nua and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (17 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: For each client the Department of Social Protection uses a different combination of the key elements of the activation model, according to the age (under or over 25), probability of exiting the live register (low, medium or high PEX score), length of unemployment (long term or short term). The first intervention occurs immediately after the client is selected for activation. This takes...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (17 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The Government recognises the importance of increasing participation in employment for persons with a disability. To this end, the Department provides a wide range of work related supports, which in 2015 will cost an estimated €37 million solely for persons with a disability. The Government's commitments to facilitating increased participation in employment for persons with a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Industrial Disputes (17 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 85 and 86 together. The rural social scheme (RSS) provides income support for farmers and those engaged in fishing who have an entitlement to specified social welfare payments on the basis of low means. Key criteria for participation and continued eligibility for the scheme is that the participant is underemployed in their primary activity i.e. either...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Data (17 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The rural social scheme (RSS) provides income support for farmers and fishermen who have an entitlement to specified social welfare payments. One of the key criteria for participation and continued eligibility for the scheme is that the participant must be underemployed in their primary activity i.e. either farming or fishing, and that their earnings are insufficient to support their family...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (16 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: JobBridge was introduced in July 2011 in response to the unprecedented collapse in the economy- particularly the sharp increase in unemployment. The primary aim of the scheme is to give unemployed people the opportunity to secure work experience and prove their competence to prospective employers. To date, JobBridge has attracted the voluntary participation of over 44,000 interns and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (16 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. County/Area 2011 2012 2013 2014 Nov-15 Carlow 335 320 399 401 396 Cavan 225 216 284 339 337 Clare 596 573 605 600 607 Cork 2,177 2,122 2,198 2,190 2080 Donegal 1,157 1,124 1,169 1,185 1153 Dublin 6410 5658 5997 6117 5659 Galway 1,507 1,467 1,538 1,549 1493 Kerry 966 973 1014 1,017 1013 Kildare 664 615 817...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (16 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Families arriving in Ireland under the Resettlement arrangements are afforded full refugee status upon their arrival in Ireland. These families are eligible for social welfare payments on the same basis as Irish citizens and are entitled to apply for relevant social welfare weekly payments such as basic supplementary welfare allowance, jobseekers allowance, one parent family payment and...

Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I wish to again thank all of the Deputies who have supported this Stage.

Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I, too, commend Deputy Willie Penrose on the work he has done on this Bill, about which we had very long conversations at different stages. In his contribution he mentioned the kitchen table. Very good ideas often come from it and often some very strong family decisions are made at it. The ideas expressed in the conversations that took place at that kitchen table found their way into the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance Scheme (15 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 79 to 81, inclusive, and 138 together. 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. The Department of Social Protection (DSP) has activated its Humanitarian Assistance Scheme, administered by the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Services Programme (15 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 109, 114, 124 and 127 together. The Department of Social Protection supports service provision through a number of programmes and schemes. The Community Services Programme supports community companies that operate on a community business or social enterprise model. Companies supported by the CSP generate and use income from the services they provide to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The Department of Social Protection does not provide support targeted specifically for the establishment and operation of men’s sheds. The Department does provide funding to assist local organisations and agencies to implement projects addressing the social and economic circumstances of recipients of welfare payments, to enhance their employability through education, training and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: European Globalisation Fund (15 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The Department of Social Protection referred 213 people who were not in employment, education or training (NEET) to the Lufthansa Technik European Globalisation Fund (EGF) programme in October 2014 and a further 150 were referred in June 2015, giving a total of 363 referrals since the programme started. The original 213 who were referred in October 2014 were all selected from the Tallaght...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (15 Dec 2015)

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 €373m in 2015. As the Deputy is aware, CE aims to enhance the employability and mobility of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (10 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 44 to 46, inclusive, 48 and 49 together. Rent supplement plays a vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme supporting approximately 62,000 people at a cost of €298 million in 2015. The provision for 2015 represents a transfer of funding in excess of €20 million to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments (10 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, the Department may make a single exceptional needs payment (ENP) to help meet essential, once-off and unforeseen expenditure which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income. The Government has provided €27.9m for exceptional and urgent needs payments in 2015. An ENP is a means tested payment...