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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Illness benefit is the primary short term income support provided by my Department to those who are unable to work due to illness of any type and who are covered by social insurance. Eligibility for illness benefit depends on the person’s PRSI record and class. The person must have made the required number of contributions under class A, E, H or P to qualify. In general,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and for no other reason and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. The Department received a claim for IP from the person concerned on 6 March 2024. This application claim was refused on 13 May 2024 on the grounds that the pay related...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (18 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The SAFE (Standard Authentication Framework Environment) Registration process, which my Department uses to authenticate a person's identity, is currently a face- to-face process which results in the issuing of a Public Services Card (PSC). In order to ensure maximum use of SAFE registration capacity, a combination of walk-in services and appointment services is available across the network...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an Office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision making functions. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 19...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (18 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Invalidity Pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and for no other reason and who satisfy the contribution conditions. The processing time for individual IP claims may vary in accordance with their relative complexity in terms of the main qualifying criteria, the person’s circumstances and information that may need...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a range of income supports for people who are parenting alone including the One Parent Family Payment. One-Parent Family Payment (OPFP) is a payment for parents under age 66 who are not cohabiting, and whose youngest child is under 7. A person will usually cease receiving OPFP when their youngest child turns 7, at which point they can apply for a Jobseeker’s...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (18 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a wide range of income and employment supports to assist jobseekers and employees with disabilities, and their employers. These supports include the Reasonable Accommodation Fund and the Disability Awareness Support Scheme. The Reasonable Accommodation Fund provides financial support for people with disabilities and for employers to help make their workplaces more...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: European Court of Justice (18 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: There have been no fines issued against Ireland in the Court of Justice of the European Union since 2010 in respect of matters which are the responsibility of the Department of Social Protection. Therefore it has not been necessary for my Department to pay any fines over the said period. I trust this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Child Benefit is a monthly payment to the parents or guardians of children under 16 years of age. Child Benefit can also be claimed for children aged 16,17 and 18, if they are in full-time education or full-time training or have a disability and cannot support themselves. The person concerned has had their entitlement reviewed under EU regulation 1408/17 and has been awarded payment from...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned applied for a Jobseekers payment on the 11/06/2024 through the online service. Further information was requested from the person concerned on 13/06/2024, including a letter from their spouse's employment to confirm their payment rate and the date from which it took effect. The person concerned was contacted by their Deciding Officer on the 14/06/2024 by phone to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Carer’s Support Grant (CSG) is an annual payment made to full-time carers who satisfy certain conditions. The person claiming the Grant must: - Be aged 16 or over and ordinarily resident in this State. - Care for the person on a full-time basis. - Care for the person for a continuous period of at least six months – this period must include the first Thursday in June....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024 (the “Act”), provides for changes to the social welfare means test to exclude child maintenance payments from assessment as means for any means or income tested payment. This was one of the recommendations of the Report of the Child Maintenance Review Group in relation to the social welfare system which the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Jun 2024)

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 person who has such a disability that they require that level of care. Half-rate Carer’s Allowance is not payable to customers currently in receipt of a jobseeker payment, including Jobseekers Transitional...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (18 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has policy and legislative responsibility for the Control of Dogs Acts and the Dog Breeding Establishments Act. In March 2024 I announced the establishment of a high level stakeholder group to consider and make recommendations to strengthen policy in relation to these issues. The group is independently chaired by retired Deputy Garda Commissioner Mr John Twomey and is comprised...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (18 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has policy and legislative responsibility for the Control of Dogs Acts and the Dog Breeding Establishments Act. In March 2024 I announced the establishment of a high level stakeholder group to consider and make recommendations to strengthen policy in relation to these issues. The group is independently chaired by retired Deputy Garda Commissioner Mr John Twomey and is...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (18 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has policy and legislative responsibility for the Control of Dogs Acts and the Dog Breeding Establishments Act. In March 2024 I announced the establishment of a high level stakeholder group to consider and make recommendations to strengthen policy in relation to these issues. The group is independently chaired by retired Deputy Garda Commissioner Mr John Twomey and is comprised...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: European Court of Justice (18 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that since its establishment in 2017, my Department has not had any fines issued against it by the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the committee for facilitating the hearing of Committee Stage of the Bill. I thank members for attending. The Bill provides the legislative basis for a new jobseeker’s pay-related benefit scheme and a range of PRSI increases agreed by the Government, along with a number of miscellaneous amendments. The enactment of this Bill before the summer recess is a priority for me....