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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (24 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: Budget 2020 increased funding for the School Meals Programme by €4 million, from €57.6 million in 2019 to €61.6 million in 2020.  The Budget measure provides funding for an additional 35,000 primary school pupils to receive hot meals in place of the cold lunches they currently receive under the School Meals Programme. The estimated cost...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: I understand the Deputy is seeking information on projects with a spend of €5 million or above since 2010. The capital allocation for my Department is primarily used to deliver IT modernisation and carry out refurbishments on the Department’s buildings. There have been no individual capital projects with a spend of €5 million or above since 2010. I hope this clarifies...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (17 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: Funding towards school meals is being provided in over 1,580 schools and other organisations, supporting over 248,000 children at a cost of some €54 million in 2018, representing an increase of €6.5 million over the previous year. The programme is an important component of policies to encourage school attendance and extra educational achievement. Based on the 2018 budgetary...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Data (18 Jun 2019)

Regina Doherty: Budget 2019 increased funding for the Free Travel Scheme by €5 million, from €90 million to €95 million. The Budget measures was provided to meet increased numbers eligible for the scheme and consequent increased claims from service providers, and to encourage new operators into the scheme to give better coverage in remote parts of rural Ireland. The cost of increasing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (10 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: ... child under 18 years of age if they are in full-time education, full-time training or have a disability and cannot support themselves. The estimated full year cost of increasing Child Benefit by €5 per month per child is€73.3 million.  Domiciliary Care Allowance is a monthly payment of €309.50 for a child aged under 16 with a severe disability, who requires...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (3 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 243 to 245, inclusive, together. The first and full year cost of increasing the rate of Living Alone Allowance by €5 per week is estimated to be €52.2 million in 2019. The first and full year cost of increasing the rate of Fuel Allowance by €5 per week is estimated to be €49.6 million in 2019. The first and full year cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (26 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1475, 1521, 1522, 1523 and 1560 together. The fuel allowance is a payment of €22.50 per week for 26 weeks from October to April, to over 390,000 low income households. This payment assists these households with the higher energy costs that arise in that period. It is a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. It is not intended to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (21 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 220, 221, 224 and 229 together. The cost of increasing the qualified child increase by €3.20, from €29.80 to €33 per week, is estimated at €62.4 million in 2018 and a full year. This includes the costs associated with the Back to Work Family Dividend (€2.3 million), the weekly rate of which is based on the rate of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Payments (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1616, 1617, 1619, 1620, 1625, 1628, 1632 and 1637 together. The costings sought by Deputy O’Dea are detailed in the following series of tables. Table 1: Full year cost of varying amounts in all weekly social insurance payments Schemes €5  increase  €10 increase  €15 increase  €20 increase ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Data (29 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...and 428 together. The costings sought by Deputy O’Dea are detailed in the following series of tables. Table 1: Full year cost of varying increases in all weekly social insurance payments - €5 increase €10 increase €15 increase €20 increase €25 increase Schemes €m €m €m €m €m Social Insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Data (29 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...of increases to the earnings disregard, in particular any potential inflows into the scheme. Increase OFP earnings disregard by: Approximate cost to the Exchequer in a full year €5 a week (to €135 a week) €1.4 million €10 a week (to €140 a week) €2.9 million €15 a week (to €145 a week) €4.3 million €20 a week (to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Oct 2017)

Regina Doherty: ...be paid in respect of children up to their 18th birthday who are in full-time education, or who have a disability. Child Benefit is currently paid to around 619,880 families in respect of some 1.2 million children, with an estimated expenditure of over €2 billion in 2017. The estimated cost of increasing Child Benefit by €5 to €145 per child is in the region of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Data (11 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The full year cost of increasing the fuel allowance, currently payable at €22.50 per week, by €4 per week and €5 per week for the duration of the fuel season is estimated to be €40.7 million and €50.9 million respectively in 2018. It should be noted that these costings are subject to change over the coming months in the context of emerging trends and...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: We have not abandoned in any way the people the Deputy is talking about because in last year's budget, more than €5 million went specifically to helping people with burial allowances and funeral costs. The average payment was €3,800 per family who approached us. There is no cap on that. The Department did not have a budget of €5 million and it was not a case of...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: I am not proposing to accept this amendment. The bereavement grant was an insurance based payment. It was entirely based on the amount of credits that somebody had. It was valued at €850 and was usually paid to the person responsible for payment of funeral expenses. The scheme was abolished in January 2014. In 2013, the value of the scheme amounted to just over €20 million....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (18 Jun 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 613, 615 to 617, inclusive, 621 to 623, inclusive, 625, 628 and 639 together. The Costings sought by the Deputy are presented in the tables below: Daily Expenses Allowance New Rate Cost (€m) €40 0.23 €41 0.42 €42 0.61 €43 0.8 €44 0.99 €45 1.18 Disability and Carers Scheme €5 Increase...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (12 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 431, 432, 453 and 454 together. The full year cost of increasing jobseeker's allowance, supplementary welfare allowance and the back to education allowance by €5 per week is estimated to be €64.8 million in 2018. The full year cost of increasing the age related reduced jobseeker's rates of €102.70 per week and €147.80 per week to...

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

Regina Doherty: The estimated full-year cost of increasing the monthly rate of Child Benefit by €5, from €140 per month to €145 per month, is €73.29 million. It should be noted that this costing is subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients for 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Living Alone Allowance (12 Oct 2017)

Regina Doherty: .... The objective of the payment is to compensate for the additional individual costs of living alone when compared to a couple or family. The cost of raising the living alone increase from €9 to €15 per week is estimated to be €62.8 million in 2018. I was pleased to a nnounce on Budget Day earlier this week that the maximum weekly rates of payment of all pension...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Paternity Benefit (29 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...and covered by . It is paid for 2 weeks and is available for any child born or adopted on or after 1 September 2016. The 2018 Estimates for my Department provide for expenditure of nearly €16 million. The estimated additional cost of extending the duration of paternity benefit is approximately €5.2 million for each extra week. The table below estimates the additional cost of...