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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Programme for Government “Our Shared Future” includes a commitment to examine options for a pension solution for carers, the majority of whom are women, particularly those of incapacitated children, in recognition of the enormous value of the work carried out by them. This Government acknowledges the important role that carers play and is fully committed to supporting them...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (3 Nov 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 person concerned on 21st October 2020 with details of the PPSN. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 847 and 884 together. If a person's seasonal work comes to an end as a consequence of normal seasonal factors, the person should make a claim for jobseekers benefit or jobseeker's allowance. To be eligible for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment Scheme a person should satisfy all of the qualifying conditions which include that an employee must have lost their...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Since the introduction of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment scheme in March, approximately 806,000 people have applied for payment and in some cases, they have done so on a number of occasions as they moved in and out of employment. Consequently, there are over 1.4 million applications to be examined to determine if arrears are due. During the month of March, my Department received and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 849, 896 and 898 together. During the original Covid-19 emergency earlier this year, when the most restrictive measures were in place, the Department continued to provide the necessary funding for CE schemes. Other contingency measures were also introduced, including the extension of those CE participant contracts that were due to come to an end during...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Any customer who is unemployed may make a claim for a Jobseekers Payment whether it be Jobseeker's Benefit (subject to them having a having a record of sufficient paid or credited contributions in the relevant period) or Jobseeker's Allowance (which is subject to a means assessment and may be payable if the customer has not sufficient contributions paid or credited). A customer making a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Department’s Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) provides income support for jobseekers and certain others in receipt of social welfare payments who pursue full-time courses of education at second or third level. The main focus of the allowance is to assist qualifying applicants to improve their educational qualifications and their prospects of gaining employment. The BTEA...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Officials of my Department have been in contact with the individual referred to by the Deputy to confirm their correct Personal Public Service Number (PPSN) and to address the matter of any outstanding pandemic unemployment payments. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Redundancy Payments Acts provide an entitlement to a redundancy payment for employees who have at least two years’ service with their employer. The employer is responsible for paying this statutory redundancy entitlement to eligible employees. Policy responsibility for this area transferred from my Department to the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation on 14th...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 4 September 2018. According to the records of my Department, they have a total of 906 qualifying full-rate paid contributions and 73 full-rate credited contributions from their date of entry into insurable employment on 17 January 1972 to end-December 2017. This equates to a yearly average of 23 contributions and gives them an entitlement to a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (3 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: Jobseeker's Payments (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware the primary goal of my Department’s activation services including the JobPath service, is to move people from full-time and part-time unemployment to full-time and sustained employment. Once a jobseeker is referred to JobPath, they must complete the requisite time with the service. This is necessary to allow the jobseeker to get the optimum benefit and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned has had their Pandemic Unemployment Payment awarded on 22/10/2020. The payment will have issued to the person's preferred bank account week commencing 26/10/2020. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Working Family Payment (WFP) is an in-work payment which provides additional financial support to employees on low earnings with children. In order to qualify for WFP, the applicant or the applicant and their spouse, partner or cohabitant must be engaged in employment as an employee for not less than 38 hours per fortnight. This condition must be satisfied on an ongoing basis. Once awarded,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned is in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment ( PUP) A PUP recipient seeking access to a full-time Further Education and Training course (FET) is required to establish an entitlement to a qualifying social welfare weekly payment, generally a Jobseekers payment. The training allowance will be set at the level of the jobseekers payment. Any qualifying period...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Jobseeker’s benefit is a weekly payment for people who have lost employment and are covered by social insurance. Since the extension of full social insurance cover to part-time workers from April 1991, a range of measures were introduced to the jobseekers benefit scheme in order to ensure that disincentives to employment were not created. In the absence of these measures, a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Fortnightly payments were introduced by my Department to assist with social distancing measures in the context of the current pandemic. Within any particular scheme, it is not possible to introduce different payment cycles for different individuals or for different categories of individual. All payments on each scheme, whether by collecting cash at the post office or depositing money...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Habitual Residency Condition (HRC) is a condition that one must satisfy in order to be eligible for most means tested social welfare payments in Ireland including the State Pension (Non-Contributory). It applies to both Irish citizens and Non-Irish citizens. Deciding Officers, when determining whether a person is habitually resident for social protection purposes, must take into...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment is a statutory benefit provided for in the Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Act 2020. The scheme is available to a self-employed person of working age who is a self-employed contributor and has suffered a reduction in their trading income as a consequence of the pandemic to the extent that they are available for full time work. A social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: On Tuesday, 27th October, Pandemic Unemployment Payments were issued at four rates. Individuals whose prior earnings were €400 or over per week received a €350 payment; individuals who earned between €300 and €400 per week received a €300 payment; individuals who earned between €200 and €300 per week received a €250 payment, and...