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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: No.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fire Service Staff (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: I thank Deputy Brady for raising this issue in which he has had a long-standing interest. I thank all our fire fighters throughout the length and breadth of the country and acknowledge their hard work, service and commitment. Last Friday, I was fortunate to attend a service marking the 20th anniversary of the opening of my local fire station. Firefighters do tremendous work and the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Budgets (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Department’s capital allocation for the years 2020 to 2022 is outlined in the following table. To date, there is no allocation for 2023-2025. However, this is subject to ongoing review in the context of the annual Estimates process. It is intended that the allocation will primarily assist the Department in delivering additional IT modernisation and allow for the refurbishment of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: 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. Once claims are in payment, the Department periodically reviews them to ensure that there is continued entitlement. Depending on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Applications (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned applied for state pension (contributory) on 15 October 2019. According to the records of my Department, they have a total of 360 full-rate paid Irish contributions. Based on their Irish contribution history only, they do not qualify for an Irish state pension (contributory). A minimum of 520 full-rate paid contributions is required. Written notification of this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: 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. An application for CA from the person concerned on 12 July 2019, in respect of two care recipients. In the case of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: 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. The person concerned has been in receipt of payment for one care recipient since 2 May 2014. I confirm that my department...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: Social welfare legislation provides that the personal representative of a deceased person, who at any time received a social assistance scheme payment, such as state pension (non-contributory), is obliged to give notice to my Department of their intention to distribute the deceased's estate and to provide a schedule of the assets of the estate. On examination of the schedule of assets, if it...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that two appeals were registered in the name of the person concerned as they had applied for carer's allowance in respect of two carees. I am also advised that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, including that adduced at the oral hearing, decided to allow the appeals of the person concerned. The person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 26 November 2019. 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 will be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned is in receipt of the maximum rate of State pension (contributory), together with fuel allowance, increase for living alone and telephone support allowance. They are also in receipt of the Household Benefits Package and Free Travel. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an oral hearing of the appeal of the person concerned took place on 3 December 2019 and that the Appeals Officer is now considering the appeal in the light of all of the evidence submitted, including that adduced at the oral hearing. The person concerned will be notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision when the appeal has been...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department currently has five credit cards issued to officials in the Department. The amount spent on credit cards in each year from 2016 to 2018 and to date in November 2019 is set out below in tabular format: Year Amount € 2016 €135,620 2017 €120,216 2018 €159,729 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Support Services Funding (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Reasonable Accommodation Fund aims to assist both jobseekers with disabilities and private sector employers seeking to employ or retain a person with a disability, by providing a range of grants. The scheme in particular seeks to assist jobseekers with disabilities to gain access to the open labour market by providing grants to support private sector employers. In summary the grants...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: An Increase for a Qualified Adult is an additional payment made to social welfare recipients in respect of a spouse, civil partner or cohabitant who is financially dependent on them. This additional payment is means-tested. The Department estimates that payments will be made in respect of an average of 150,000 Qualified Adults per week in 2020, across various working age schemes, as well...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: In Budget 2019 I announced the introduction of a new social insurance based parent’s benefit scheme, which took effect in November 2019. The new scheme provides two weeks leave to both parents, including those who adopt a child, who are employees or self-employed and who take parent’s leave from their employment to care for their child. This is in addition to existing maternity,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: The estimated year-on-year cost of increasing all contributory and non-contributory pensions by €5 per week (with proportionate increases for qualified adults), based on the projected number of recipients in each year is detailed in the following table. 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Total Cost Cost of €5...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 353 and 354 together. In order to provide for sustainable pensions and to facilitate a longer working life, successive Governments have considered the sustainability challenges faced by the Pensions system as a result of changing demographics in Ireland. In 2007, Minister Cullen launched the Green Paper on Pensions, which proposed raising the Pension Age....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: According to the records of my Department the rent supplement claim for the person concerned was reviewed in April 2019. In this application the landlord confirmed a monthly rent of €400 per month and this was assessed against a State Pension Non-Contributory of €237 per week. In several answers to Parliamentary Questions raised by the Deputy the person concerned was advised...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (12 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: 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. The department informs me that there is no application by the person concerned for CA registered. If the person in question wishes to make an application, she should complete and return...