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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: An application for Domiciliary Care Allowance was received from the person concerned on the 28th November 2019. The application was not allowed as the child was not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance. A letter issued on the 23rd March 2020 setting out the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance. An appeal was registered by the Social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: An application for Domiciliary Care Allowance was received from the person concerned on the 28th August 2019. The application was not allowed as the child was not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance. A letter issued on the 6th November 2019 setting out the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance. A request for a review of the decision was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned submitted an application for disability allowance (DA) on 17th October 2019. Their application, based upon all the evidence submitted, was refused on medical grounds as it was not found that this gentleman was substantially restricted in taking up employment. The person concerned was notified in writing of this decision on 11 December 2019. An appeal was lodged with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The COVID 19 pandemic unemployment payment was introduced as a time-limited emergency measure to meet the surge in unemployment which resulted from the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. The payment has been extended by the Government to August 10th and there is now a two-level payment structure which links the payment to gross prior earnings. As we gradually move through the phases of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Pandemic Unemployment Payment is available to people aged 18 up to 66 years, and is consistent with other jobseeker and social protection income supports paid to working age persons. I am advised that of the 412,859 people who received a Pandemic Unemployment Payment on the week ending 11th July 2020 there were 4,026 recipients who were 65 years of age.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: There were 11,539 applications submitted for the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment from people aged 65 or older. A total of 6,690 people aged 65 or older have received at least one Pandemic Unemployment Payment and of those 4,026 received a payment this week. In cases where persons are found to be ineligible for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment my Department will contact the person...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 755, 765 and 773 together. Where a person closes their Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment in order to take up short-term employment and if that employment ceases as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic they may reapply for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment by using the online facility at www.mywelfare.ie.Currently, there are no backlogs in the processing of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The school meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food to some 1,580 schools and organisations benefitting 250,000 children. The objective of the scheme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children who are unable, due to lack of good quality food, to take full advantage of the education provided to them. The programme is an important component of policies to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: With Phase 3 of Re-opening Ireland Roadmap underway, an increasing number of businesses are reopening. Last week, some 63,000 people closed their claim for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment of which 54,300 reported that they were returning to work. This is the highest number returning to work in a single week since the crisis began. One of the conditions for receipt of the emergency payment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The 2020 Revised Estimates detailing the expenditure for all schemes of the Department as approved by the Dáil on 28th May 2020 is available on the Gov.ie website at . Officials in my Department are currently compiling the 2019 Annual Statistics Report, which will be published at by 31st July 2020. The report details expenditure, recipient and beneficiary breakdowns, and the operational...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Treatment Benefit Scheme (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Based on the available information, the person concerned will qualify for treatment benefit as a dependant spouse on her husband's insurance record. In order for a formal approval of eligibility to issue to her audiologist, she should complete and return a signed ME2 form to the Treatment Benefit Section of the Department in Letterkenny. The relevant form has issued to her home address for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Where a person in receipt of disability allowance (DA) dies and he/she was claiming a qualified adult allowance then payment at both the personal and qualified adult rate continues to be made to the surviving spouse for six weeks after death. If a DA client dies and his/her surviving spouse is in receipt of a social welfare payment in their own right, then the surviving spouse is entitled to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (14 Jul 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. 976,000...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means-tested payment, made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that they require that level of care. An increased payment can be made where full-time care is being provided to two people. Before a decision can be made on entitlement to CA, evidence must be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers. This includes ensuring that reviews are processed and that decisions on entitlement are made as quickly as possible. Carer's Allowance reviews take place in a number of circumstances as follows:- - If the decision on a new claim is negative the customer has the option of a review - Once claims are in payment, my...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Any person that is not satisfied with a decision of the Department has the option of having this decision reviewed. A review of this withdrawal payment will now take place and an officer of the Department will contact the person concerned shortly regarding this. I trust that this clarifies the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: As part of the overall Government response, my Department has implemented a number of measures to support families through these difficult times to ensure that income continues to flow into the households with children who need it most. This includes the decision taken at the beginning of the pandemic to allow for key family social welfare payments such as One-Parent Family Payment and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Springboard Programme (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Department's part-time education option and back to education allowance provide income support for jobseekers who wish to pursue Springboard courses. The main focus of these income supports are to assist qualifying applicants to improve their educational qualifications and improve their prospects of gaining employment while maintaining a welfare payment. It is expected that, during...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Social insurance benefits are made available on the basis that when a certain contingency or risk materialises the person involved will need a replacement income. Benefits are intended to replace lost income where a person is, for some reason, not able to engage with the labour force. Invalidity Pension, for example, is payable where a person is permanently incapable of work. Where there is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Board (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The allocation for the Citizen's Information Board is €61.8 million, as published in the 2020 Revised Estimates passed by the Dáil on 28th May 2020. The cost of increasing expenditure by 6% would be €3.7 million.