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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Qualification for a number of assistance payments from my Department require a means test to be undertaken to assess the customers’ eligibility. One of the factors taken into account in the calculation of means is any investments and savings that the customer may have. To carry out a means test in respect of savings, original bank statements should be provided. If it is not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: My Department’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU) has, throughout the period of the pandemic, investigated suspected fraudulent pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) claims and the focus of that work is continuing.  My Department’s investigation of suspected fraudulent PUP claims includes comparing data on PUP payments against Revenue real-time earning data in order...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: As advised on 10th November 2020 in PQ 34923/20 it is open to the person in question to make an application for a jobseeker payment.  As of yet, however, the Department has no record of an application being made. If the person concerned has made an online application for JA she should provide details of her email address to the Newbridge Intreo Centre so that her application...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that my Department has allocated a Personal Public Service Number (PPSN) to the individual referred to by the Deputy. A letter issued to the solicitor representing the applicant on 4th December 2020 with details of the PPSN. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that my Department has allocated a Personal Public Service Number (PPSN) to the individual referred to by the Deputy.  A letter issued to the individual concerned on 3 December 2020 with details of the PPSN. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that my Department has allocated a Personal Public Service Number (PPSN) to the individual referred to by the Deputy. Letters issued to the individual on 4th August and again on 2nd December 2020 with details of the PPSN. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that officials of my Department have contacted the individual referred to by the Deputy so that we may proceed to progress her and her children's Personal Public Services Number (PPSN) applications. Upon receipt of outstanding information, these applications will be processed without delay. I trust this clarifies the matter for the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: State pension non-contributory is a means-tested payment for people aged 66 and over, habitually residing in the State, who do not qualify for a state pension contributory, or who only qualify for a reduced rate contributory pension based on their social insurance record. For the purposes of the means-test, at the outset and at any review intervals during the lifetime of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that my Department has allocated a Personal Public Service Number (PPSN) to the individual referred to by the Deputy. A letter issued on 2nd December with details of her PPSN. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy. 

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that my Department has allocated a Personal Public Service Number (PPSN) to the individual referred to by the Deputy. A letter issued on 2nd December with details of his PPSN. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy. 

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ministerial Meetings (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Since my appointment as Minister for Social Protection I have not had occasion to speak formally with my UK counterpart. I participated in the North South Ministerial Council Plenary meeting on 31st July with my counterparts from Northern Ireland with a further meeting planned in December. I have also spoken via video conference with my Northern Ireland counterpart...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: My Department, like all Government Departments and agencies, is required to operate within a staff ceiling figure and a commensurate administrative staffing budget. The staffing needs for all areas within the Department are continuously reviewed, taking account of workloads, management priorities and the ongoing need to respond to new demands across a wide range of services. This is to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Training Support Grant (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: When assessing an application for a Training Support Grant (TSG), a Case Officer must carry out their assessment in accordance with the Operational Guidelines for the scheme. As the scheme is designed to fund quick access to short-term training, one of the disqualifications listed in the guidelines states that short-term training is typically regarded as being a period of 9 months or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: My Department does not tabulate Pandemic Unemployment Payment data by place of residence below county level, and so I am unable to provide specific figures for Dublin Fingal. I can notify the Deputy that as of 8th December 2020, 113,692 individuals were resident in County Dublin. This represented 32% of the total in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment. County breakdowns are published...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Live Register (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: My Department does not tabulate Live Register data by place of residence below county level, and so I am unable to provide specific figures for Dublin Fingal. I can notify the Deputy that in the November Live Register, 50,184 individuals were resident in County Dublin. This represented 26% of the total Live Register.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: State pension non-contributory is a means-tested payment for people aged 66 and over, habitually residing in the State, who do not qualify for a state pension contributory, or who only qualify for a reduced rate contributory pension based on their social insurance record. For the purposes of the means-test, at the outset and at any review intervals during the lifetime of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The widowed or surviving civil partner grant is a once-off payment of €6000 and is available to widows, widowers or surviving civil partners who have one or more dependent children living with them at the date of death, or a widow or surviving civil partner whose child is born within 10 months of the date of death of her spouse or civil partner. The applicant must also qualify for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: As previously outlined in Question 500 on 10/11/2020, the person concerned is not eligible for a Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) from March as she became unemployed prior to 13/03/2020, the qualifying date when the PUP was introduced.  According to the records of my Department, the person concerned ceased self-employment on 21/01/2020 and was awarded a Jobseeker’s...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Maternity benefit is a statutory payment made for 26 weeks to employed and self-employed women who satisfy certain PRSI contribution conditions on their own insurance record.  Contributions paid in another EU Member State can also be taken into account when determining any claim to maternity benefit. There is no plan to consider amending the maternity benefit scheme along the lines...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: From 1st September 2017 the Cost of Education allowance of €500 per academic year is payable to all BTEA customers with a qualified child payment on their claim subject to fulfilling all conditions on the primary scheme. Where both the primary customer and the qualified adult are engaged with BTEA the maximum rate of payment of the Cost of Education Allowance in respect of their...