Results 81-100 of 137 for 5 million speaker:Regina Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Budgets (5 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 304 and 305 together. The farm assist (FA) scheme provides support for farmers on low incomes and is similar to jobseeker’s allowance. Recipients retain the advantages of the jobseeker’s allowance scheme such as retention of secondary benefits and access to activation programmes. The 2019 Budget Allocation for the Farm Assist scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (2 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...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. In general access to a free travel pass for those aged under 66 is linked to a person being in receipt of certain primary Social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (3 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...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. In general, access to a free travel pass for those aged under 66 is linked to a person being in receipt of certain primary...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (3 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...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. In general, access to a free travel pass for those aged under 66 is linked to a person being in receipt of certain primary...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (2 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...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. In general, access to a free travel pass for those aged under 66 is linked to a person being in receipt of certain primary Social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (6 Sep 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...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. Following announcements in Budget 2019 the funding for the free travel scheme was increased by €5 million to a total of €95...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (17 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...over 80 private transport operators.  There are currently approximately 961,000 customers with direct eligibility.  Following announcements in Budget 2019, the funding for the free travel scheme was increased by €5 million to a total of €95 million. In general, access to a free travel pass for those aged under 66 is linked to a person being in receipt of certain...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (14 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...and services provided by over 80 private transport operators. There are currently over 939,000 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. The social welfare payments that allow persons aged under 66 to a free travel pass include disability allowance, invalidity...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Programmes (29 Jun 2017)

Regina Doherty: The key areas identified in the confidence and supply agreement which are of direct relevance to my Department relate to: - increasing rent supplement limits by up to 15% taking account of geographic variations in market rents, - including provisions for pension increases, - securing the future of family farms, and - seeking to introduce a PRSI scheme for the self-employed. Actions...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance Scheme (13 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: ...and who are not in a position to meet costs for essential needs, household items and in some instances structural repair. Expenditure under the scheme for the period from 2010 to 2016 is some €5 million and a yearly breakdown of this expenditure is provided in the attached tabular statement. Expenditure to date in 2017 is €120,500. There was expenditure of over...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (13 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: ...was able to retain the other valuable elements of the household benefits package such as the electricity and gas allowance and the television licence. My Department will spend approximately €232 million this year on these elements of the household benefits package for over 427,000 customers. The cost of the telephone allowance scheme had risen significantly each year, as the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Live Register Data (29 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: The official measure of unemployment is sourced from the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS). The most recent data show that unemployment has fallen from a peak of 15% in 2012 to 6.2% by mid-2017. Numbers at work have increased from 1.836 million in Q2 2012 to 2.063 million in Q2 2017, an increase of 227,000 persons. Within the South East region, which includes Wexford, unemployment...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Chair and committee members for the invitation to appear before them. I am seeking a Supplementary Estimate of €100 million for 2019. The purpose of this Supplementary Estimate is primarily to fund the Christmas bonus for Vote 37 social assistance recipients. The Christmas bonus will be paid next week. I was pleased that we could restore the Christmas bonus last year,...

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: Guardian's Payment (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...Currently, there are around 1,600 people receiving guardian’s payments in respect of approximately 2,300 children. Expenditure on guardian’s payments schemes (contributory and non-contributory) was €19.7 million in 2017. The guardian’s payments scheme was reviewed in 2011. The main recommendation from that review was that my Department should consult...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (14 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: ...of the 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 €82.8 million on the farm/fish assist scheme. The Programme for Government contained a commitment to undertake a review of “the Fish Assist scheme in recognition of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (5 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...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. The Free Travel...

Public Sector Numbers: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: ...management and the inventory, greater sharing of IT facilities, which we should have done years ago, and revision where there is an overlap in services. Overtime payments are down by in excess of 5% since 2008. Revised working arrangements in hospital laboratory services are set to deliver savings of €5 million per annum. The number of principal officers has fallen by more than 7%....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: ...employment affairs and social protection in the years ahead. It would be useful, in the first instance, to outline the scope and scale of the Department’s expenditure and its importance for millions of citizens in our country. An allocation of €19.85 billion was provided for the Department this year. This represents 37% of gross current Government expenditure. To the...

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

Regina Doherty: .... Additional funding is being provided to enable all carers in receipt of carer’s allowance or a half carer's allowance to qualify for a GP visit card. There will also be an additional €10 million in funding to provide respite care for persons with disabilities. That will provide an extra 1,900 bed nights over and above what was agreed in the budget for 2018. The GP visit...