Results 41-60 of 157 for 5 million speaker:Regina Doherty

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

Regina Doherty: Budget 2019 increased funding for the Free Travel Scheme by €5 million, from €90 million to €95 million. The Budget measures was provided to meet increased numbers eligible for the scheme and consequent increased claims from service providers, and to encourage new operators into the scheme to give better coverage in remote parts of rural Ireland. The cost of increasing...

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: Carer's Allowance Data (13 Jun 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...meets the conditions of that scheme. Accordingly, data for carers aged under 18 is only available for those who claim Carer's Benefit. The youngest carer in receipt of Carer’s Benefit as of May 2019 is aged 22. Data for carers aged under 25 who are in receipt of Carer’s Allowance and Carer’s Benefit  is provided in the tabular statement overleaf.   Age...

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 (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...

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 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: Farm Assist Scheme Data (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...the advantages of the JA scheme such as the retention of secondary benefits and access to activation programmes. The 2019 Revised Estimates for this Department provides for expenditure of some €72 million for the FA (which also includes the Fish Assist provision). Budget 2017 fully reversed the previous cuts to the FA means test. The changes included that 70% of farm income is...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...offers services and income support to people from the payment of child benefit to supporting people through income support until they reach pension age. The Department's expenditure, at €20.5 billion for 2019, is the largest of any Department and accounts for 35% of gross current Government expenditure. To put this in perspective, each week, over 1.3 million people - pensioners,...

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: State Pensions Reform (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...pension recipients is increasing year on year.  This has significant implications for the future costs of State pension provision which are currently increasing by approximately €1 billion every 5 years.  In the coming decades, the ratio of workers to pensioners is set to halve, which clearly has significant implications for any state pension system, based as it is on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (12 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...pension recipients is increasing year on year. This has significant implications for the future costs of State pension provision which are currently increasing by approximately €1 billion every 5 years. The purpose of changes to the State pension age is to make the pension system more sustainable in the context of increasing life expectancy. This sustainability is vital, if...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Payments (15 Jan 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...of the Budget and the availability of resources. The rate for BTEA is linked to the persons' underlying payment, for example jobseekers allowance, and my Department will provide a further €5 increase in the weekly rate from March 2019 (building on similar increases in March 2017 and 2018). This will increase the weekly maximum personal rate from €198 to €203. ...

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: 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...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...regard to some other Departments in terms of changes that are made in the budget and the impacts of those changes. In the main, there were increases. If payments under any scheme increase by €5 or €3.20 or whatever it happens to be, then the qualifying conditions have to be cognisant of that. One cannot suddenly no longer get access to a back to school allowance just...

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: 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....

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 Benefits Data (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...the EU (recast) Reception Conditions Directive with effect from 30 June 2018. As a result, direct provision allowance is being renamed daily expenses allowance. The Government has provided over €5.6 million for the allowance in 2018. This is paid to applicants for international protection who live in the direct provision system where they are provided with full board accommodation...