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- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (25 Jun 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: The school meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food services to some 1,600 schools and organisations and benefits over 207,000 children. Despite pressure on the social protection budget, the Government allocated an additional €2 million for the programme in 2015, providing a total allocation of €39 million. The provision for the scheme for 2016 will be...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 56 and 57 together. In 2014, the average number of interns on JobBridge each week was 6,558, giving an annual expenditure on the €50 weekly top-up of €17,050,800. In 2015 to a current date of 18thJune, an average of 5,987 interns were on JobBridge each week, and based on these figures this would give an estimated annual expenditure on the...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (25 Jun 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: The average cost of a Community Employment place in 2015 (inclusive of supervision, materials, training and allowances), based on the 2015 Budget, is €14,705 per annum.
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (25 Jun 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: The estimated total costs of 4,000 additional CE places, for full year participation, would be approximately €58.8 million.
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: Diet supplement, administered under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, is payable to some 4,500 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (25 Jun 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: The key objective of activation policy and labour market initiatives is to offer assistance to those most in need of support in securing work and achieving financial self-sufficiency. This policy objective therefore prioritises scarce resources to those in receipt of qualifying welfare payments. Accordingly the employment services and schemes provided by the Department are focused in the...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Eligibility (25 Jun 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: The Department will make automatic payments of back to school clothing and footwear allowance (BSCFA) to approximately 106,000 people week ending 17 July 2015. The person referred to by the Deputy is not among the group of customers selected for automatic payment so they will have to complete an application form. An application form has been sent to the person concerned which should be...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Eligibility (25 Jun 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: The Department will make automatic payments of back to school clothing and footwear allowance (BSCFA) to approximately 106,000 people week ending 17 July 2015. The person referred to by the Deputy is not among the group of customers selected for automatic payment so they will have to complete an application form. An application form has been sent to the person concerned which should be...
- Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (24 Jun 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: I do not know whether the Deputy is advocating that we go down the Greece route where there would be no social welfare or safety net to catch vulnerable people and no transfer through the Department of Social Protection to the most vulnerable.
- Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (24 Jun 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: The Deputy can either ask a question and get an answer or he can shout at me again, whichever he wants.
- Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (24 Jun 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: The Deputy is well aware-----
- Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (24 Jun 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: Deputy Broughan had an opportunity to stay within the Labour Party and work on solutions, but he always seemed to like opting out instead of doing that.
- Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (24 Jun 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: Look, Deputy-----
- Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (24 Jun 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: The Deputy asked a question and I will give him an answer.
- Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (24 Jun 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: I served on Dublin City Council for long enough with Deputy Broughan. He knows the challenges of housing and homelessness that the country faces.
- Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (24 Jun 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: The Deputy well knows that there is a range of challenges that need to be addressed. To answer his specific question, he also knows well that the collapse of the construction industry has meant that virtually no houses have been built in the past six years. There was no money to do so.
- Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (24 Jun 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: No, I want to say something. Deputy Broughan throws out simple solutions like "increase rent allowance". Increasing rent allowance-----
- Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (24 Jun 2015)
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- Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (24 Jun 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: That question was not addressed to me.
- Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (24 Jun 2015)
Kevin Humphreys: The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Kelly, will table proposals to the Cabinet regarding rent certainty before the summer recess.