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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (6 Oct 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tables below. The Deputy should note that for 2010 – 2011, Table 1 figures are based on accrualaccounting while for the period 2012- September 2015, they are based on cashaccounting. Table 1: Community Employment Expenditure 2010 – Sept 2015 Year Participant Allowances €m Actual 2010 276.606 2011 264.640...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Administration (6 Oct 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The Department of Social Protection operates a number of programmes and initiatives including Tús – the community work placement initiative, and the rural social scheme. These schemes are delivered locally by local development companies and Údarás na Gaeltachta in Gaeltacht areas. Various community services and activities are also directly and indirect supported by...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Dietary Allowance Administration (1 Oct 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Diet supplement, administered under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, is payable to qualifying persons, in receipt of the supplement prior to February 2014, who have been prescribed a special diet as a result of a specified medical condition. During 2013, the Department commissioned the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute (INDI) to update their previous research...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (1 Oct 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The figure mentioned of 23,943 was the total number of participants and Supervisors employed on Community Employment at year-end 2013. The estimated cost of 2,057 additional places (inclusive of Supervisory costs) is in the order of €28.8 million. The current number of participants and supervisors as at the end of August 2015 is 24,239 places.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (1 Oct 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 47 and 48 together. Rent supplement plays a vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme supporting approximately 65,000 people at a cost of €298 million in 2015. Over 13,700 rent supplement tenancies have been awarded this year showing that significant numbers are being accommodated under the scheme. A review of the rent...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Poverty Data (30 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Allow the Tánaiste to answer.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Poverty Data (30 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Has Deputy O'Dea forgotten his party reduced the minimum wage?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Poverty Data (30 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Listen to the answer.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Anti-Poverty Strategy (30 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: You were.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Work Allowance Application Numbers (30 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: There are two schemes to assist people on certain social protection payments who wish to become self-employed; namely the Short Term Enterprise Allowance and the Back to Work Enterprise Allowance. The Short Term Enterprise Allowance provides immediate access to those who qualify for jobseekers benefit wishing to set up a business. Payment under the scheme is at the same rate and for the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (30 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 60 and 74 together. Notwithstanding some variation in unemployment from month to month, over the past three years youth unemployment has been significantly reduced. From a peak of 31.2% in June 2012, the seasonally adjusted youth unemployment rate has fallen to 20.7% as of August, reflecting the impact of government policy and the overall improvement in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (30 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Rent supplement plays a vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme currently supporting approximately 65,000 people at a cost of over €298 million in 2015, with over 13,700 tenancies awarded this year. A review of the rent limits undertaken earlier this year found that the impact of increasing limits at a time of constrained supply will increase costs...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility (30 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The administration of the Mortgage Interest Relief scheme is a matter for the Revenue Commissioners and any changes to current arrangements is a matter for the Minister for Finance. The Government’s strategy to assist those in mortgage difficulty is built around the following measures, as recommended in the 2011 Interdepartmental Mortgage Arrears Working Group (Keane Group), in four...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (29 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) is designed to support second chance education. It enables social welfare customers in receipt of certain payments to pursue full-time education courses and to continue to receive income support in the form of an allowance. The BTEA is paid for the duration of the course of study, subject to the customer continuing to meet the conditions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Employment Initiative (29 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) is being managed as part of Ireland’s relationship with the European Social Fund (ESF) under the Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning 2014-2020, for which the Irish Managing Authority is the Department of Education and Skills. I am informed that he total amount of YEI funding for which Ireland is applying in relation to the years...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (29 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Rent supplement plays a vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme supporting approximately 65,000 people at a cost of €298 million in 2015. Over 13,700 rent supplement tenancies have been awarded this year, of which almost 4,300 are in Dublin, showing that significant numbers are being accommodated under the scheme. A review of the rent limits undertaken...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (29 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The JobBridge Scheme was introduced in July 2011 with the aim of providing unemployed people with an opportunity to secure work experience and to prove their competence to prospective employers. Participation on JobBridge is wholly voluntary and is open to all jobseekers who meet the qualifying criteria, irrespective of their skill levels. JobBridge caters for new entrants to the labour...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (29 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other vulnerable persons (including lone parents, recovering drug mis-users and persons with a disability) with an opportunity to engage in part-time work and training within their communities on a temporary, fixed-term basis. With respect to the participants...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Projects (29 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The Department of Social Protection is undertaking an extensive programme of evaluations over the next three years as part of its commitments under the Pathways to Workstrategy. Towards this end IGEES economists have been seconded to the Department to assist in the conduct this work. The evaluation programme also draws upon expertise of expert economists and experienced practitioners on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (29 Sep 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 197 and 202 together. The Department of Social Protection operates a number of programmes and initiatives including the Tús – the community work placement initiative, the rural social scheme, gateway and the community employment scheme. These schemes are administered locally by local development companies, Local Authorities and local...