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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (19 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: Rent supplement continues its vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme supporting approximately 24,800 recipients at a total cost €179.5 million for 2018 In recognition of the on-going rental market difficulties, the Department continues to implement a targeted case-by-case policy approach in the administration of rent supplement. This approach addresses the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: Rent supplement plays a vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme supporting approximately 30,000 recipients for which the Government has provided €180 million for in 2018. Under the legislative provisions governing rent supplement, the Department’s relationship is with the tenant. The tenant’s engagement with the Department usually takes place...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme (29 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...’s allowance scheme such as the retention of secondary benefits and access to activation programmes. The 2018 Revised Estimates for my Department provide for expenditure of approximately €74.1 million on the farm assist scheme. Budget 2017 fully reversed the previous cuts to the Farm Assist means test. The changes included that 70% of farm income is now assessed as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Data (29 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: ...jobseeker’s allowance scheme such as the retention of secondary benefits and access to activation programmes. The 2017 Revised Estimates for my Department provide for expenditure of almost €83 million on the farm assist scheme. Budget 2017 fully reversed the previous cuts to the Farm Assist means test. The changes included that 70% of farm income is now be assessed as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme (16 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...a once-off payment to eligible families to assist with the extra costs when children start school each autumn. End of year records show that under the 2017 BSCFA scheme, payments were made to 151,000 families in respect of over 275,000 children at a cost of €49 million. The rate of payment in 2017 was increased by 25% to €125 in respect of children aged 4 to 11 and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data (29 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...a once-off payment to eligible families to assist with the extra costs when children start school each autumn. End of year records show that under the 2017 BSCFA scheme, payments were made to 151,000 families in respect of over 275,000 children at a cost of €49 million. The rate of payment in 2017 was increased by 25% to €125 in respect of children aged 4 to 11 and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Data (24 Oct 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: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (13 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: ...Luas and services provided by over 80 private transport operators. There are currently approx. 970,000 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. The objective of the free travel scheme is to assist older people and people with disabilities in remaining active within...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (18 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...State pension recipients is increasing year on year. This has significant implications for the future costs of State pension provision which are currently increasing by roughly €1 billion every 5 years. This sustainability is vital, if the current workers, who fund State pension payments through their PRSI, are to receive a pension themselves when they reach retirement age. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (17 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 235 and 236 together. Under the supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, my Department may make a single exceptional needs payment (ENP) to help meet essential, once-off expenditure which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income. The Government has provided over €36 million for exceptional and urgent payments in...

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

Regina Doherty: ...Luas and services provided by over 80 private transport operators. There are currently approx. 944,000 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. Providing an accurate projection of the cost of extending the free travel scheme to all children in receipt of domiciliary...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...the electricity/gas allowance (€35 per month) and the free television licence scheme (€160 per annum). At present, it is paid to some 436,000 customers, with expenditure estimated at €237 million for 2018. The package is generally available to people living in the State, aged 66 years or over who are in receipt of a social welfare type payment or who satisfy a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Leave (19 Sep 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 237 and 238 together. Maternity Benefit is paid for 26 weeks at a rate of €245 per week. The 2019 Estimates for the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection provide for expenditure of approximately €256 million on Maternity Benefit. The estimated additional cost of extending the duration of maternity benefit is approximately...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Rates (14 Feb 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: Free Travel Scheme Data (9 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...over 80 private transport operators.  There are currently approx. 948,000 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. I am advised that my Department cannot providing an accurate projection of the cost of extending the free...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Maternity Benefit (20 Jun 2017)

Regina Doherty: The estimated additional cost of extending the duration of maternity benefit is approximately €10 million for each extra week. The table below estimates the additional cost of increasing the duration of maternity benefit above its current 26 week duration at the current weekly rate of €235. These estimates are based on the cost for a full year and assume that any increase in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment (11 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...in the scheme.If there are any instances where a young client has been refused approval to participate on the basis of eligibility, the Deputy may wish to make me aware of the case so that it can be reviewed. A budget of €5 million has been allocated to the YESS for 2019.  I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy. 

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (29 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 500 and 522 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (20 Jun 2017)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1984, 1985, 2082, 2104 and 2133 together. Rent supplement plays a vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme supporting approximately 42,300 recipients for which the Government has provided €253 million for in 2017. Rent supplement is subject to a statutory limit on the amount of rent that an applicant may incur. The Department...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Expenditure (18 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 317, 320 and 321 together. On Budget Day, I was pleased to announce a €5 increase in the maximum rates of all weekly social assistance and social insurance payments, with proportionate increases for those on reduced rates and for qualified adults. Young jobseekers on age-related reduced rates of payment will benefit from the full €5 increase....