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Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I have no hesitation in standing before the House this evening to express my full confidence in the Tánaiste, Deputy Leo Varadkar. I do stand here, however, feeling a deep sense of dismay as 2020 has been one of the most difficult years for this country. It is a year that has seen almost 2,000 people lose their lives as a result of Covid and has seen families across the country suffer...

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Talk to Breege Quinn, Austin Stack and the families of Columba McVeigh or Tom Oliver. They will tell you what Sinn Féin's truth is about. Sinn Féin criticises the Government's response to Covid on a daily basis when in Northern Ireland where it is in power people are struggling with one of the highest rates of the virus in Europe. Its talks about honesty and integrity, when it had...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 488, 489 and 536 together. The Pandemic Unemployment Payment Scheme is an income support measure that has been introduced for employees and the self-employed who have lost employment as a consequence of Covid-19 . The recent Budget provided that recipients engaging in self-employment can earn up to €480 over a rolling four week period and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a suite of income supports for those who are unable to work due to an illness or disability. It is important to note that entitlement to these supports is not contingent on the nature of the illness/disability but on the extent to which a particular illness or disability impairs or restricts a person’s capacity to work. In March of this year, under the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 491, 508 and 509 together. On 5 August the Social Welfare (Covid-19)(Amendment) Act 2019 introduced the Pandemic Unemployment Payment Scheme as a statutory scheme. All recipients of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment including students, who lost their job as a consequence of the pandemic, must continue to satisfy all of the qualifying conditions of the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Act 2020 put the pandemic unemployment payment on a statutory basis since 5th August. Applicants must satisfy all of the qualifying conditions of the scheme to be eligible for the payment. If the Deputy has the details of an individual in the situation he outlined including details of their placement, I will arrange to have the specific case...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that my Department has allocated Personal Public Service Numbers (PPSNs) to the individuals referred to by the Deputy. Letters issued on 3rd November 2020 with details of their PPSNs. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that the representatives of the individual referred to by the Deputy have been contacted by officials of my Department regarding his application for a Personal Public Service Number (PPSN) so that we may proceed to progress his application. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that the Deputy's office has been contacted by officials of my Department regarding this individual's application for a Personal Public Service Number (PPSN) so that we may proceed to progress his application. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The programme for government includes a commitment to investigate provision of paid leave and social protection to victims of domestic violence. The provision of statutory leave is not a matter for my Department. Family leave, force majeure leave and other similar provisions fall under the Department of Justice, which is also the lead department for the policy response to issues related to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment was put on a statutory footing with effect from 5 August 2020 as a social welfare benefit to help mitigate the adverse economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is available to employees who lost their employment on or after 13 March 2020 as a direct consequence of Covid-19. It is also available to self-employed people whose income from...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has such a disability that they require that level of care I can confirm that the person concerned was awarded CA from 18 January 2018. The customer contacted the Department in June 2020 to request to change their PPS number. Unfortunately, there...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned submitted an application for disability allowance (DA) on 14 July 2020. Their application, based upon all the evidence submitted, was refused on medical grounds as it was not found that this lady was substantially restricted in taking up employment. The person concerned was notified in writing of this decision on 25 September 2020 and was also notified of their right to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: 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 Benefit (Self-Employed) payment from 23/01/2020 to 15/07/2020....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Free Travel scheme provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for those eligible under the scheme. These include road, rail and ferry services provided by companies such as Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann, as well as Luas and services provided by over 80 private transport operators. There are currently approx. 980,000...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The customer's Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance application was received by the local Community Welfare Service on August 28thlast. On September 18th, the local Community Welfare Service disallowed the application as the Community Welfare Officer was not satisfied that the customer was residing at the stated address, and consequently was not in a position to complete a means test for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned does not qualify for Illness Benefit as he does not satisfy the PRSI contribution conditions. One of the qualifying conditions for Illness Benefit is that a person must have 39 weeks of PRSI contributions paid or credited in the relevant tax year, of which 13 must be paid contributions at class A, E, H or P. Alternatively, a person may have 26 weeks of PRSI contributions...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that as a result they require that level of care. I confirm that my department received an application for Carer’s Allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 10...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The information requested by the Deputy on expenditure for this scheme cannot be segregated to local office level. The Deputy may be interested to know that my Department reports on the total expenditure in respect of schemes under its remit over the previous 10 years annually in its Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services report which is published on .

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: To qualify for a Disability Allowance (DA) payment a person must: be substantially restricted in undertaking suitable employment; be aged between 16 and 66; satisfy a means test; and be habitually resident in the State. Social welfare legislation provides that, for DA, all income and capital (such as savings, investments and property other than the family home) belonging to the claimant...