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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments (26 Nov 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: ...payment (ENP) to help meet essential, once-off and unforeseen expenditure which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income. The Government has provided €27.9 million for the ENP scheme in 2015. An application can be made under the ENP scheme for assistance with funeral and burial expenses. An ENP is a means tested payment payable at the discretion...

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: ...but I will not go down that road. Most economists said we would still be in a bailout last year and making corrections of another €1 billion in this budget. This Labour-Fine Gael budget has put €1.5 billion back into the economy, which has been welcomed by many. The social welfare budget is built on the foundations of the recovery. It has four key aims, namely, to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (16 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 55, 56, 64, 104 and 120 together. Rent supplement plays a vital role in supporting approximately 67,000 families and individuals at a cost of €298 million. Details of rent supplement recipients and expenditure each year since 2008 is provided in the attached tabular statement. Information on rent supplement expenditure by county is not available. A...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Graffiti Policy (3 Apr 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: ...the problem. The only thing I ask the Minister of State is to reconsider and talk about the issue within his Department and with the Taoiseach to see if we could have even a small fund of, say, €5 million that would be matched by local government to deal with graffiti. I am not asking him to give me a "Yes" or a "No" answer; rather, I am asking him to reconsider the matter and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (1 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: From January to the end of October 2015, approximately 30,000 people have benefitted from a Community Employment (CE) place, of which 23,876 are currently engaged in around 1,000 separate schemes throughout the country. The budget for CE for 2015 is €373.3 million. Significant improvements have been made to the operation and governance of CE since 2012 and these continue in 2015....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (25 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: ...take Questions Nos. 33, 63 and 64 together. JobsPlus provides a direct monthly financial incentive to employers who recruit long-term unemployed persons from the live register. In the first 5 months of this year, the Department made payments of €8.25 million to almost 3,600 employers in respect of 4,900 employees. Two levels of payment are provided - €7,500 or...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Nov 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: ...that circumstances are getting better. There is also an increase of €2 a week for adult dependants aged under 66 years and an increase of €2.70 for adult dependants aged 66 or over. This will benefit 583,000 pensioners and more than 93,000 qualified adults and is the first weekly rate increase for pensioners since 2009. That is important because they have been without an...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (11 Dec 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: ...who are unable to provide for their accommodation costs from their own resources. There are approximately 71,800 rent supplement recipients for which the Government has provided over €344 million for 2014. Rent supplement expenditure and recipients by county from 2008 to date are provided in the attached tabular statements, expenditure by county is not available. There are...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage (11 Dec 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: ...the Seanad for the constructive debate undertaken here. I find it useful and informative. Several people, including Senator Moloney, remarked on my comment that the increase in child benefit of €5 was modest and rightly so. If there had been a decrease it would have been a massive decrease. Anyway, I recognise that putting €5 back into a mother's pocket or a family's...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (17 Dec 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: .... Others are in community-based employment programmes such as CE, Gateway and Tus, or through the JobsPlus employment subsidy for private employment. Overall, the Youth Guarantee provided nearly 25,000 places for young people in 2014. This figure excludes some 24,000 places provided for young people through PLC courses and apprenticeships. These PLC and apprenticeship places, together...

Other Questions: Job Initiatives (5 Feb 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: ...into employment. Several schemes that have been run by the Department of Social Protection have helped people immensely in returning to employment. More than €1 billion is available in 2015 for employment and education supports for jobseekers and other welfare recipients across a number of schemes. Funding of the order of €22.4 million is being provided in the...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage (11 Dec 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: ...household data shows that there was an annual increase in employment of 1.4% or 26,800 in the year to the third quarter of 2014, bringing total employment on a seasonally-adjusted basis to nearly 2 million people. Overall, almost 125,000 people have left the live register so far this year to take up employment. Importantly, the vast majority of people returning to work are returning to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance Scheme (2 Feb 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 104, 106, 131 and 135 together. The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government is the lead Department for severe weather emergencies and the Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility for capital flood relief activities. However, the Department of Social Protection has an important role to play in assisting households in the immediate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Invest in Irish Job Scheme: Discussion. (10 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: ...and for the work they have done. I am very nervous with regard to an issue that could run again against the tightening up policy we propose. It has been said we could be talking about from 40 to 50 individuals. I know of one or two of these and have seen them come in to the media events around their donation and then fly out the next day. These people choose where they pay their taxes....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (4 Nov 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: ...be based on the Youth Guarantee Implementation Plan, which was published in January 2014. Implementation of the Youth Guarantee began in 2014. Starting in 2014, and for completion by the end of 2015, processes and programmes are being progressively rolled out to ensure that all of those young unemployed people who need most support (i.e. are assessed as having a low probability of...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: ...people and we have given a small amount back. I note those who are more interested in protest than in people will say it is mere crumbs, but in percentage terms, it is quite substantial. The €5 increase in child benefit is welcome. We will be able to pay it in January due to the Bill being passed this evening. The Bill will probably be signed on Christmas Day and the increase in...

Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (12 Jul 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: ...the Department of Social Protection a very interesting Department. In his opening contribution, he said he was interested in people's suggestions. His budget is about €20 billion, and about €35 billion has been spent so far based on the suggestions made here. Social welfare payment rates have been quite static due to the recession. It was always the intention to reinstate...

Seanad: Housing Provision: Statements (30 Jan 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: ...and looked forward to the apartments coming to the market. That project, which comprised 120 apartments, never came to the housing market because it was purchased by an investment fund for €101 million, with the price paid for some of the units above market value. This led to me to other research which shows that 2,000 apartments were completed in the Dublin area in 2018. The...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (26 Sep 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: ...inflated due to the returns on the build-to-rent and co-living schemes. In case the Minister of State does not understand the financial model of the build-to-rent scheme, it offers an approximate 5% return on an annual basis over 15 years, taxed at 20%, plus capital appreciation. The financial model for co-living student accommodation and the build-to-rent scheme has taken out the...