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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Transport (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: My Department owns two vehicles: a diesel engine van and a petrol engine motorcycle.  The Citizens Information Board owns a diesel engine van. I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides income supports to carers such as the Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and the Carer’s Support Grant.  Combined spending on these payments to carers in 2021 is expected to exceed €1.4 billion.  Carer’s Allowance is a payment to people on low incomes who are caring full-time for a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The department does not collate the requested data in county format and therefore county breakdown is not available. The total number of disability allowance (DA) applications received, allowed and disallowed or withdrawn from 2018 to the end of 2020 are set out in the table below. DA Scheme Year DA Received *DA Award  DA...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The number of Carers Allowance (CA) applications received, allowed and disallowed or withdrawn from 2018 to the end of 2020 are set out in the table below.  The Department does not collate data in county format and so a breakdown of the figures by county is not available. CA Scheme   Year CA Received *CA Award CA ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Applications for Exceptional Needs Payments are made under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance Scheme  administered by Designated Persons in the Community Welfare Service in my Department . The purpose of the Exceptional Needs Payment (ENP) is to assist people with essential, once-off, exceptional expenditure, which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: JobsPlus is a subsidy paid to employers who recruit long-term unemployed people for new positions in their workplace. Employers can avail of JobsPlus when filling new positions or positions that arise as a consequence of natural turnover and receive a subsidy of €7,500 or €10,000 per employee. The value of the grant is dependent on the age of the new employee and their duration...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Support Grant (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Firstly, may I take this opportunity to extend my condolences to the person concerned and his family on their recent bereavement. The Carer’s Support Grant (CSG) is an annual payment for Carers who look after a person in need of full-time care and attention. The grant of €1,700 (€1,850 from June 2021) is payable to Carers on the first Thursday in June each year. It...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Pensions Commission was established in November 2020 to examine sustainability and eligibility issues with the State Pension and the Social Insurance Fund, in fulfillment of a Programme for Government commitment.  These issues are being considered from a perspective of fiscal and social sustainability, and intergenerational fairness.  It has held eight meetings to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is cognisant of the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the delivery of health care services provided by General Practitioners in the community and by the Health Service Executive hospitals. Eligibility criteria for the Illness, Disability and Carer’s schemes are stipulated in legislation. When assessing applications, the Medical Assessors exercise...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Part-Time Education Option (PTEO) was introduced by my Department to enable unemployed persons to attend part-time day/evening courses of education or training and retain their jobseeker's payment provided that they continue to satisfy the conditions of being available for and genuinely seeking employment on an on-going basis. The person concerned was disallowed Jobseeker’s...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The issue of family maintenance payments is first and foremost a private matter for the people concerned. Social Welfare legislation provides that some or all of the cost of One-Parent Family (OFP) payments are recovered. In every case where OFP is awarded, the Department seeks to trace the other parent (liable relative) in order to ascertain whether they are in a financial position to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The table beneath outlines the expenditure and the average number of payments for One Parent Family Payment in 2019, 2020 and up to end of February 2021. One Parent Family Payment Expenditure and Average Recipient Numbers 2019, 2020 & to end of February 2021 2019 2020  (Provisional Outturn) 2021  (Data up to end...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: In February 2021, some 39,190 people were in receipt of  One Parent Family Payment, of whom  17,751 people were recorded as also receiving child maintenance. There were 16,078 people who  were in receipt of Jobseeker's Transitional Payment (JST), and 1,872 were recorded as also receiving child maintenance. The data requested in respect of the other...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Government established a Child Maintenance Review Group to examine certain issues in relation to child maintenance in Ireland.  The Group is chaired by former Circuit Court Judge Catherine Murphy and includes legal, policy and academic professionals as well as officials from my Department and the Department of Justice. The Group's Terms of Reference includes considering and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Government established a Child Maintenance Review Group to examine certain issues in relation to child maintenance in Ireland.  The Group is chaired by former Circuit Court Judge Catherine Murphy and includes legal, policy and academic professionals as well as officials from my Department and the Department of Justice. One of the Group's terms of reference is to consider...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Rent supplement continues to play a key role in supporting families and individuals in private rented accommodation, with the scheme currently supporting over 20,000 active recipients. Rent supplement is a statutory means tested scheme, payable at differentiated rates of payment according to the applicant’s means and accommodation requirements, and is normally calculated to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €28.00 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 25 February 2021.  It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought.  When these papers have been received from the Department, the case in question...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €28.00 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The number of persons over 75 years of age in receipt of Carer's Allowance (CA) by age profile are set out in the table below. Age  Total  75-79 3632 80-84 1763 85-89 548 ≥90 83 Total 6026 I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.