Results 1-20 of 387 for data protection speaker:Heather Humphreys

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy for raising the matter. The social welfare appeals office is an office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in respect of social welfare entitlements. Appeals officers are independent in their decision-making functions. The office is currently finalising its annual report for 2023, with the data showing...

Seanad: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (28 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...new State body, the national automatic enrolment retirement savings authority, NAERSA. Accordingly, using the NTMA for investment would make no difference to AE participants or provide them with any greater protections. It is also important to note that the NTMA has no experience or systems to administer the hundreds of thousands of private accounts holding people's personal money....

Seanad: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (28 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: .... Young people who do not take up employment are proportionately more likely to be situated at the lower end of the earnings distribution, lower than the AE income threshold. According to PRSI data, only 30,000 people under the age of 23 earn over €20,000, which equates to approximately 7.5% of the total population of 16- to 22-year-olds and less than 5% of the total AE...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The number of Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection from Ukraine in receipt of welfare supports at end January 2024, end February 2024 or end March 2024 stood at 76,633 persons. This figure includes children and adults of all ages. The data by county requested by the Deputy is shown in the following table. Information on taxes paid is relevant to the Revenue Commissioners and is not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...approach proposed by the Department, known as the 'smoothed earnings' approach, was subsequently endorsed by the Pensions Commission. Government subsequently decided that the Department of Social Protection would, in submitting budget options, set out a rate of pension payment calculated using the smoothed earnings benchmark approach as an input for consideration as part of overall...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (16 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...Number (PPSN) is the unique reference number for transactions between individuals and Government Departments and other public service providers, and forms part of the Public Services Identity (PSI) data set. Verification of a person’s identity is carried out during the SAFE Registration process following which a Public Services Card (PSC) is issued. A person’s...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (1 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...the introduction of a new Pay-Related Benefit for jobseekers. The Heads of Bill containing the General Scheme for the new scheme are published on my Department's website. The committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands completed the pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft bill in March and published its report on the Oireachtas website. I plan to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The introduction of an automatic enrolment (AE) retirement savings system is a Programme for Government commitment and a key priority for me as Minister for Social Protection. Implementation of the AE system is well underway, with the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024 now having completed Second Stage in the Dáil and a tender process to contract for administration...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...Conditions, the consistent poverty rates for persons unable to work due to long-standing health problems, was at 19.7%. However, in the recent published Survey on Income and Living Conditions data, that figure has now reduced to 16.5%, a reduction of 3.2 percentage points. While I am pleased that this rate is coming down, it is still higher than the general population. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (24 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The introduction of an automatic enrolment (AE) retirement savings system is a Programme for Government commitment and a key priority for me as Minister for Social Protection. Implementation of the AE system is well underway, with the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024 now having completed Second Stage in the Dáil and a tender process to contract for administration...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (23 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...Programme in encouraging healthy eating. Students were asked how they felt about the Programme and their responses were overall positive, and they praised the taste and nutritional quality of the food. Data from Principals showed that their views of the nutritional values, the quality, and the portion size of the meals provided were favourable. Changing children’s attitudes towards...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...of pension coverage for too long, but this is now going to change. This Bill provides for a new, highly automated retirement savings scheme that will automatically enrol workers based on payroll data. Initially, employees aged between 23 and 60 years who earn over €20,000 per year and who are not already paying into a pension scheme will be enrolled. Participants will be allowed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (16 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The introduction of an automatic enrolment (AE) retirement savings system is a Programme for Government commitment and a key priority for me as the Minister for Social Protection. Implementation of the AE system is well underway, with the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024 now published and a tender process to contract for administration services well advanced....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The introduction of an automatic enrolment (AE) retirement savings system is a Programme for Government commitment and a key priority for me as the Minister for Social Protection. Implementation of the AE system is well underway, with the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024 now published and a tender process to contract for administration services being well advanced....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Department of Social Protection operates its contract for cash payment services with An Post. The Department and An Post agreed a protocol in 2014, which was renewed in 2019, governing the forms of identification which claimants, or their agents, must produce in order to collect payments. There has been no change in this agreed protocol or in the forms of identification required of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (20 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...intended as a physical token of identity to be used in transactions between the citizens and the State, not just between citizens and my Department. One of my functions as Minister for Social Protection is the authentication of the identity, as set out in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005. Once a person has successfully authenticated their identity, they are issued with a PSC...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: While sectoral supports in this area are a matter for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Department of Social Protection administers the Farm Assist scheme, which is a statutory means-tested income support specifically for farmers on low-incomes. There are approximately 4,000 claims in payment at present. The Government has provided €50.93 million for the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (20 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The introduction of an auto-enrolment retirement savings system is a Programme for Government commitment, and a key priority for me as Minister for Social Protection. Last year, I published 'The Design Principles for Ireland’s Automatic Enrolment (AE) Retirement Savings System', which sets out the new system in detail. Under AE, employees will have access to a savings scheme,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The total permanent headcount for the Department of Social Protection as sanctioned by DPENDR for 2024 is 6,464 (up 100 from 2023). At the end of 2023 the Department was 22.52 under the permanent staff allocation of 6,364. Departmental staff (Social Welfare Inspectors, for example) may undertake work across both social assistance and social insurance schemes. In addition, staffing levels in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (23 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department shares personal data with a number of Government Departments, bodies, agencies, and local authorities, for the purposes which are set out in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 and in other Acts. The personal data shared may include identity data, such as Personal Public Service Number (PPSN), name, address, date of birth, as well data relating to life events such as date...