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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (18 Jun 2019)

Regina Doherty: .... 583 and 614 together. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection administers the daily expenses allowance which is paid to applicants for international protection who live in the direct provision system where they are provided with full board, accommodation and other services by the Reception and Integration Agency of the Department of Justice and Equality. The Government...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: .... 505 and 506 together. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection administers the daily expenses allowance which is paid to applicants for international protection who live in the direct provision system where they are provided with full board, accommodation and other services by the Reception and Integration Agency of the Department of Justice and Equality. The...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...presented by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice and Barnardos that the cost of raising and caring for children increases once that child reaches his or her secondary school years. The rate of daily expenses allowance, formerly known as direct provision allowance, is being increased to the levels recommended in the McMahon report. The rate...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (12 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection administers the daily expenses allowance which is paid to applicants for international protection who live in the direct provision system where they are provided with full board, accommodation and other services by the Reception and Integration Agency of the Department of Justice and Equality.  In addition, applicants...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (11 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: Ireland has opted in to the EU (recast) Reception Conditions Directive with effect from 30 June 2018.  As a result, direct provision allowance is being renamed daily expenses allowance.  The Government has provided over €5.6 million for the allowance in 2018.  This is paid to applicants for international protection who live in the direct provision system where they are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (11 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...State Pension Non-Contributory 94,900 0 Jobseeker's Allowance* 111,680 33,504 One-Parent Family Payment 39,455 0 Widow(er)s' Pension (non-con) 1,385 0 Deserted Wife's Allowance 110 0 Supplementary Welfare Allowance* 4,400 12,370 Daily Expenses Allowance (formerly Direct Provision Allowance)* 1,950 1,240 Farm Assist 6,645 0 Community Employment 21,465 0 Rural Social Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (27 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...Department may make a single exceptional needs payment (ENP) to help meet essential expenditure which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income.  ENPs can be paid to assist with rent deposits and the costs of setting up home, including to young persons leaving direct provision accommodation and moving into the community.   CWS staff...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Asylum Support Services (15 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...protection applicants at accommodation centres managed by the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of the Department of Justice and Equality. The daily expenses allowance (DEA), formerly known as direct provision allowance, is administered by my Department and is payable to protection applicants who reside in RIA accommodation centres. As announced in Budget 2019, the weekly rates of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Payments (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...Non-Contributory Jobseeker's Allowance* One Parent Family Payment Widow(er)s' Pension (non-con) Deserted Wife's Allowance Supplementary Welfare Allowance* Daily Expenses Allowance (formerly Direct Provision Allowance)* Farm Assist Community Employment Rural Social Scheme Tús Job Initiative Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Back to Education Allowance* Gateway Back to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (7 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...and Family Agency (TUSLA) during the period of 12 months before they reached the age of 18 are not  subject to the reduced rate. Similarly, unaccompanied minors who entered the State and were in the care of TUSLA prior to entering the direct provision system are exempt from the reduced rates of JA. My Department actively engages with Tusla and non-Government organisations in providing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (7 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...xa0;guarantee inclusion for any jobseekers, other than those who satisfy the necessary criteria and who meet the scheme qualifying conditions.Persons who are experiencing homelessness or that have international protection and are moving out of direct provision will need to be in receipt of a relevant payment and satisfy all other scheme related conditions to be eligible to participate. I...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: ..., an extension of the maintenance disregard for housing costs in the working family payment, an extra week's fuel allowance, an increase in the daily expense allowance, which was formally known as the direct provision allowance, a restoration to 100% of the Christmas bonus, an increase in the national minimum wage and additional funding to secure the free travel and the free television...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: Ireland has opted in to the EU (recast) Reception Conditions Directive with effect from 30 June 2018. As a result, direct provision allowance is being renamed daily expenses allowance. The Government has provided over €5.6 million for the allowance in 2018. This is paid to applicants for international protection who live in the direct provision system where they are provided with full...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...in 2018 which operates from June to September. BSCFA, unlike most other means assessed schemes, is not subject to the habitual residence condition and is payable to eligible families living in the direct provision system. Statistics are maintained relating to payments under the BSCFA scheme, however they are not maintained on the number of applications or the outcome of those...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Data (12 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: Ireland has opted in to the EU (recast) Reception Conditions Directive with effect from 30 June 2018. As a result, direct provision allowance is being renamed daily expenses allowance. The Government has provided over €5.6 million for the allowance in 2018. This payment is administered by my Department on behalf of the Department of Justice and Equality and is paid to applicants for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (12 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1202 and 1203 together. Protection seekers are offered accommodation under the system of direct provision operated by the Reception & Integration Agency (RIA) of the Department of Justice and Equality. Those who accept direct provision are provided with accommodation, food and health services together with other facilities and services designed to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: The individuals covered by the appeals decisions in question have been paid in full. All other cases continue to be paid in accordance with the relevant legislation. People living in Direct Provision receive free accommodation, meals, light, heat, laundry and all services normally available in a domestic house. All costs for this are borne by the State. Social welfare legislation allows...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: It is proposed to take Questions Nos. 1466 and 1467 together. The direct provision allowance is a non-statutory payment administered by my Department on behalf of the Department of Justice and Equality to persons in the direct provision system. The Government has provided over €5.6 million for the allowance in 2018. There are approximately 3,700 adults and 1,600 children residing in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: New Communities Unit (20 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...since January 2015, the Department is unable to provide such statistics as its systems do not differentiate between homeless non-Irish citizens and those individuals who may have been placed in Direct Provision as part of the Asylum Process. That being said I can advise the Deputy that in the period June 2015, the date from which data is available, to 15 March 2018 the New Communities...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizen Information Services (24 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...the provision of information, advice (including money advice and budgeting) and advocacy on a wide range of public and social services. The Citizens Information Board delivers on this remit through direct provision, by supporting a network of delivery partners, and by funding targeted projects. CIB meets the registration requirements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (CRA) to be...