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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Poverty (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...;Department provides a range of schemes to assist with energy costs. The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €28.00 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €784 each year) from October to April (estimated to cost €300 million in 2021 for payments to an average of some 372,000 low income households). An Electricity or Gas allowance is available under the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €28.00 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €784 each year) from October to April, to an average of 372,000 low income households, at an estimated cost of €300 million in 2021.  The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs.  The allowance represents a contribution towards the energy costs...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Capital Expenditure Programme (24 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ..., with the Community Development aspect of the Department accounting for the majority of current expenditure. The revised estimate for 2021 provides a total gross capital allocation of €168.6 million for the Department, of which €151 million is allocated to Rural Development. The Department does not deliver these capital projects directly, rather grant funds are provided,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance (11 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Fuel Allowance is a payment of €28.00 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €784 each year) from October to April, to an average of 372,000 low income households, at an estimated cost of €300 million in 2021. The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs. The allowance represents a contribution towards the energy costs of a household....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (10 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Telephone Support Allowance (TSA) is a weekly payment of €2.50. Approximately 135,500 customers are in receipt of the TSA payment. The full year cost of the scheme is estimated at €18 million. The primary objective of the TSA is to allow the most vulnerable people at risk of isolation, including the elderly and those with disabilities, access to personal alarms or phones...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (10 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...tabular form below: - € Estimated additional Annual Cost @ €170 disregard €664,000 Estimated additional Annual Cost @ €175 disregard €1.33 million Estimated additional Annual Cost @ €180 disregard €2 million The above costings are based on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (10 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The school meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food to some 1,557 schools and organisations benefitting 227,000 children. The objective of the programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children who are unable, due to lack of good quality food, to take full advantage of the education provided to them. The programme is an important component of policies to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit (3 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...who are in full-time education, or who have a disability, until their 18th birthday. Child benefit is currently paid, as of end-January 2021, to over 634,000 families in respect of over 1.2 million children with an estimated expenditure of more than €2 billion in 2020. Families on low incomes may be able to avail of a number of social welfare schemes that support children in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Infrastructure (3 Mar 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...given a permanent connection under the NBP. The total number of BCPs by county, and the number which have been accepted as fully "live" by my officials, are outlined on the table below. To date, 152 sites have been reviewed and accepted as fully "live" by my officials. 39 of these sites have gone "live" since 26 January. The location of all BCPs which have been installed or which are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (24 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The telephone support allowance (TSA) is an allowance of €2.50 which is paid to more than 135,000 customers weekly. The estimated full year cost of the scheme in 2021 is over €18 million. To receive the allowance a customer of my Department must be in receipt of a qualifying payment and also in receipt of the Living Alone Allowance and the Fuel Allowance. The scheme supports...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (24 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...The necessary IT development work to ensure processing of any of these arrears has now been completed. 38,618 individuals whose claims are currently in payment received arrears totalling €12.6 million on 23 February, with the vast majority of these cases relating to the period from 2 October to 5 November 2020. Any arrears due in respect of claims which are currently closed will be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit (17 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...birthday in respect of children who are in full-time education or who have a disability. Child benefit is currently paid, as of end-December 2021, to over 633,000 families in respect of over 1.2 million children with an estimated expenditure of more than €2 billion in 2019. Families on low incomes may be able to avail of a number of social welfare schemes that support children in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme (17 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...are not under the normal maintenance of the Local Authorities. It is funded by my Department and administered through the relevant Local Authorities. Since the LIS was re-launched in 2017, over €58 million has been allocated for improvement works on over 2,300 qualifying roads. It has significantly improved access to agricultural land, homes and public amenities in rural areas,...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme (17 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...are not under the normal maintenance of the Local Authorities. It is funded by my Department and administered through the relevant Local Authorities. Since the LIS was re-launched in 2017, over €58 million has been allocated for improvement works on over 2,300 qualifying roads. It has significantly improved access to agricultural land, homes and public amenities in rural areas,...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Initiatives (17 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...a suite of programmes, underpinned by the connectivity at BCPs, to develop remote working, eHealth, education and training, and arts and culture projects. I have secured an additional €5 million under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme this year for the further development of remote working facilities in digital hubs and BCPs, which I hope to be in a position to announce...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (17 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...aims to support the revitalisation of Ireland's rural towns and villages. In 2020, the scheme was adapted to assist towns and villages to respond to the impact of COVID-19. I approved over €25.7 million in funding for more than 500 projects under the scheme last year, with the support of an extra €10 million from the Government's July Stimulus package. The approvals...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The telephone support allowance (TSA) is an allowance of €2.50 which is paid to over 135,000 customers weekly. The estimated full year cost of the scheme in 2021 is over €18 million. To receive the allowance a customer of my Department must be in receipt of a qualifying payment such as the State Pension and also in receipt of the Living Alone Allowance and the Fuel Allowance....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (11 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The estimated full year cost of a €5 increase in the weekly rate of Disability Allowance is €43.1 million, based on the estimated number of recipients in 2021. This costing includes a proportionate increase for qualified adults. 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.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (10 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: To date my Department has issued over 4.5 million Public Services Cards (PSCs). At the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, my Department temporarily suspended PSC appointments and the online system used to manage those appointments. This decision was taken in order to comply with HSE and World Health Organisation guidelines and help protect the health and well-being of our customers and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (10 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...of this work over the course of the year. Access to reliable high speed broadband is crucial to the development of remote working facilities. However, I understand that there are already over 450 hubs throughout the country, in both urban and rural locations, who are providing these services. Commercial suppliers have invested in improved broadband provision in recent years, while...