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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (28 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...Ireland has a Bilateral Social Security Agreement. In order to maintain service at existing levels, and to facilitate new entrants/services to the scheme, funding to the free travel scheme was increased by €10 million in Budget 2018, an increase of 12.5%. Accordingly, the estimated expenditure on free travel in 2018 is €90 million. To increase the funding by an...

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

Regina Doherty: ...based on the payment of PRSI contributions while working. The current entitlement to paid maternity leave is 26 weeks. The 2018 estimates for my Department provide for expenditure of nearly €264 million. The estimated additional cost of extending the duration of maternity benefit is approximately €9.6 million for each extra week, at the rate of €240 per week. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Expenditure (16 Jan 2018)

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 627,432 families in respect of some 1.2 million children, with an estimated expenditure of over €2 billion in 2018. The estimated full year cost of increasing Child Benefit from its current rate of €140 per month by...

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

Regina Doherty: The issue of extending additional social insurance benefits to the self-employed paying class S PRSI was considered in the Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance fund (SIF) as at 31 December, 2015, which I published on 18 October 2017. The review, required by legislation, was carried out by independent consultants, KPMG. It examines the projected income and expenditure of the SIF over the...

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

Regina Doherty: Self-employed workers who earn €5,000 or more in a contribution year, are liable for PRSI at the Class S rate of 4%, subject to a minimum annual payment of €500. This provides them with access to the following benefits: State pension (contributory) and widow’s, widower’s or surviving civil partner’s pension (contributory), guardian’s payment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (28 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 265 to 268, inclusive, together. The full year cost of increasing all weekly pension payments by €5 per week is estimated to be €160.9 million in 2019. This cost includes the following schemes: State Pension Contributory; Widow’s, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s Contributory Pension (where recipient is aged 66 and...

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

Regina Doherty: ...earnings with children. FIS is designed to prevent in-work poverty for low paid workers with child dependants and to offer a financial incentive to take-up employment. There are currently nearly 57,000 families with more than 126,000 children in receipt of FIS. The estimated spend on FIS this year is approximately €422 million. To qualify for FIS, a person must be engaged in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (10 Oct 2017)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 659, 678 and 691 together. The rent supplement scheme, administered by my Department, plays a vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme supporting in excess of 37,460 recipients for which the Government has provided €253 million for in 2017. A county breakdown of rent supplements recipients as at end September 2017 is provided in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (18 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...80 private transport operators. There are currently approx. 922,000 customers with direct eligibility. Following recent announcements in Budget 2019 the funding for the free travel scheme was increased by €5 million to a total of €95 million. Providing an estimate of the cost of extending the free travel scheme to all children in receipt of domiciliary care allowance,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (22 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...transport, and the criteria for such licensing is not under my Department's remit. There are currently over 940,000 customers with direct eligibility.  Following Budget 2019 the funding for the free travel scheme was increased by €5 million to a total of €95 million. In Budget 2018 a further provision of €10 million was made available for the existing scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (26 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...80 private transport operators. There are currently approx. 937,000 customers with direct eligibility. Following recent announcements in Budget 2019 the funding for the free travel scheme was increased by €5 million to a total of €95 million. My Department makes a block payment to the CIÉ group and the apportionment of payment between the three constituent...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...Family Payment is an in-work support, which provides an income top-up for employees on low earnings with children and offers a financial incentive to take-up employment. There are currently over 57,000 families with nearly 129,939 children in receipt of the WFP. The estimated spend on WFP this year is approximately €431 million. The estimated full year cost in 2018 of increasing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (20 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The household benefits package (HHB) comprises the electricity or gas allowance, and the free television licence. Prior to the capping of expenditure at 2010 levels and the subsequent cut of €5 million in the 2014 Budget for the Free TV licence scheme, payments were made to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, (DCCAE) for the Free TV licence scheme on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (19 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...services provided by companies such as Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann, as well as Luas and services provided by over 80 private transport operators.  There are currently approx. 953,000 customers with direct eligibility.  In Budget 2019 the funding for the free travel scheme was increased by €5 million to a total of €95 million...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit (29 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: ...year and assume that any increase in duration is implemented from the beginning of the year. The estimated additional cost of extending the duration of maternity benefit is approximately €10.3 million for each extra week, at the current rate of €235 per week.It should be noted that Budget 2018 provides for the rate of maternity benefit to be increased by €5 per week...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit Expenditure (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...year and assume that any increase in duration is implemented from the beginning of the year. The estimated additional cost of extending the duration of maternity benefit is approximately €10.3 million for each extra week, at the current rate of €235 per week. It should be noted that Budget 2018 provides for the rate of maternity benefit to be increased by €5 per week...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Expenditure (11 Sep 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 627,000 families in respect of some 1.2 million children, with an estimated expenditure of over €2 billion in 2017. Between 2000 and 2009, there were significant increases in Child Benefit payments and during that period...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit Administration (5 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: ...year and assume that any increase in duration is implemented from the beginning of the year. The estimated additional cost of extending the duration of maternity benefit is approximately €10.3 million for each extra week, at the current rate of €235 per week. It should be noted that Budget 2018 provides for the rate of maternity benefit to be increased by €5 per week...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Payments (20 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...earnings of less than €300 in the relevant tax year they are paid a graduated rate. The relevant tax year for 2018 is 2016. The estimated full year cost of equalising the personal rate would be approximately €22 million. This cost would increase by a further €10 million factoring in a €5 increase. The estimated full year cost of increasing the jobseekers...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (15 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...and services provided by over 80 private transport operators. There are currently over 940,000 customers with direct eligibility. Following Budget 2019 the funding for the free travel scheme was increased by €5 million to a total of €95 million. A further provision of €10 million was made for the existing scheme in Budget 2018 to facilitate more private...