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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

...from those who are on jobseeker’s allowance and who qualify for social insurance contributions. This should be rectified and recipients on the farm assist scheme must receive social insurance contributions for pension purposes. Strengthening pension provisions for farm assist scheme recipients contributes to the sustainability and resilience of rural communities. The farm...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

...spouse has a stable income from a non-farm job, it may not be sufficient to offset the unpredictability of farm income. Farmers fear that accessing social protection payments may jeopardise future pension entitlements. Farmers are put off by the length of time it takes to have their applications processed. When needs are immediate, farmers need immediate assistance, not endless...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...farming are generally on PRSI class S. I received correspondence from a couple. The gentleman was on farm assist and his wife was a dependant adult on farm assist. In the end up, when they came to pension age, the wife received the contributory pension, but the gentleman did not, because there were no stamps. There seems to be some reference to a change in 2015. I am not aware of what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

...is a big issue with the stamp and we hope to get it resolved. It stopped a lot of people from applying. They were led to believe that if they applied for the scheme, they would not qualify for the pension. They had to decide which to opt for and they suffered in the short term. We need someone to look at an emergency fund for applications on the spot. We are in a year of dire straits...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

...: The third area that the committee asked to look at was the PRSI section. In the past, if one were on farm assist, one did not pay PRSI. That left a number of farmers who, when they came to pension age, were short of PRSI payments, maybe only could get a part-payment, certainly, in some cases, very little, if any, and certainly did not get the full payment. That has been somewhat...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is one issue that keeps hitting me. Perhaps because of my age, people my age come to me. the issue is the means test for the State pension. The biggest group of people who are on non-contributory pensions are those who have small farms, and small fishermen or inshore fishermen. The amazing thing at the moment is that the total income of small fishermen and small farmers is assessed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Denis Naughten: ...away from the farm assist scheme for one second and touch on a point that Deputy Ó Cuív made earlier. The same issues arise in how the farm assessment is carried out, whether it is under the farm assist or under the State non-contributory pension. Part of the difficulty is that social welfare inspectors do not understand farming and I will give an example of a recent case which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

...at the universal basic income because we need to ensure we do not end up with some farmers in that poverty trap when that can be of benefit as an opt-in, which I emphasise. On the non-contributory pension, that should align with what is there for the PRSI payment. We need to go there. I do not know if Mr. Fitzgerald has anything to add.