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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (11 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. I have been advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that the appeal submission for the person concerned has been received by...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Housing policy and the provision of supports to those in the private rented sector is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Rent supplement continues to play a key role in supporting families and individuals in private rented accommodation, with the scheme supporting 7,598 active recipients at the end of May 2024. The scheme provides short-term...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Domiciliary Care Allowance is payable to a parent / guardian in respect of a child aged under 16 who has a severe disability requiring continual or continuous care and attention substantially in excess of the care and attention normally required by a child of the same age and where the level of the child's disability is such that the child is likely to require this level of care and attention...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Question Heading for question(s) 485 (11 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Disability Allowance (DA) is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged 16 or over and under the age of 66. This disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, means test and Habitual Residency conditions. I confirm that my Department received an application for DA from the person concerned on 4...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 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 child or an adult who has such a disability that as a result they require that level of care. This is defined as requiring from another person, continual supervision, and frequent assistance throughout the day in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned turned 66 on 10 October 2016. The state pension (contributory) was awarded from their 66th birthday at the currently weekly rate of €249.30 which is equivalent to 90% of the maximum rate. This is based on 1,299 credits and reckonable contributions from 1968 to 2016 giving a yearly average of 32 contributions per year. The person concerned has been awarded...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (11 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy will need to provide details of the customer in order for the Department to provide a comprehensive answer to this question. I trust that clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (11 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 489 and 490 together. The objective of the School Meals Programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children to support them in taking full advantage of the education provided to them. The programme is an important component of policies to encourage school attendance and extra educational achievement. Following the expansion of the programme in recent...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (11 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. I have been advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that the appeal application for the person concerned has been received by...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (11 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Under the law as currently enacted, entitlement to a Widows, Widowers or Surviving Civil Partner’s Contributory pension is only available to a surviving partner who was party to a marriage or civil partnership. On Monday 22nd January, the Supreme Court delivered its judgment in relation to the entitlement of an unmarried co-habitant to a Widows, Widowers or Surviving Civil...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rental Sector (11 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 8 March...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (11 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: There have been no contracts held with the company in question in the past 25 years to date.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (11 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: There are currently no plans within my Department to introduce a new scheme/payment for people who wish to take a career break for a year or less from their current employment.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (11 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 they have contacted the Deputy's office with a query in relation to this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (11 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Farm Assist is a statutory means-tested income support specifically for farmers on low incomes. There are approximately 3,700 claims in payment at present. The Government has provided €50.92 million for the scheme in 2024. Under the Farm Assist means test, income from a range of agri-environmental schemes attracts a disregard of €5,000, which I increased from €2,540 from...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Levy (11 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned applied for State Pension (contributory) on 24 January 2020. To be eligible for the standard state pension (contributory) an individual must have at least 520 full-rate contributions. To qualify for a mixed insurance pension 520 employment contributions are required, of which at least 260 must be full-rate contributions with the remainder made up of modified...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (11 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 the appeal by the person concerned was disallowed by an Appeals Officer on 9...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (11 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 a Supplementary Welfare Allowance appeal by the person concerned was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (11 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Diet supplement, administered under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, is payable to qualifying persons, in receipt of the supplement prior to February 2014, who have been prescribed a special diet because of a specified medical condition. There are currently 1,017 people in receipt of diet supplement. A review of the costs of healthy eating and specialised diets by the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Official Engagements (11 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Strengthening bilateral relations with the US is a priority for Ireland as set out in our Programme for Government, as well as in our Strategy for the US and Canada (2019-2025). While I have not been in contact with my US counterpart directly, I travelled to the US for St Patrick's this year, where I had meetings at the Illinois State Capital Building. I look forward to engaging with the US...