Results 61-80 of 157 for 5 million speaker:Regina Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: The estimated full-year cost of increasing the monthly rate of Child Benefit by €5, from €140 per month to €145 per month, is €73.29 million. It should be noted that this costing is subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients for 2019.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...to 7.4%, following the cuts made because of the economic crash in recent years. Members of the Defence Forces are benefiting from pay restoration. Under the FEMPI legislation, there was a cut of 5% in their allowances. I wish to God none of those cuts had been made, as I am sure every single person in this House does, but they were made. Now, the country is in a position financially to...

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: 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: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1198 to 1200, inclusive, and 1228 and 1254 together. The back to school clothing and footwear allowance (BSCFA) scheme provides a once-off payment to eligible families to assist with the costs of clothing and footwear when children start or return to school each autumn. The Government has provided €49.5 million for the scheme in 2018. The payment rates...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Payments (7 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: On Budget Day last year, I was pleased to announce a €5 increase in the maximum rates of all weekly social welfare payments at a cost of €264 million in 2018. This built on a similar increase provided in Budget 2017, which was the first across the board rate increase since 2009. Budget 2018 increases commenced in March. In the context of budgetary parameters, 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: 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: 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: Foster Care Supports (26 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: ..., 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. A budget increase of €5 per week per orphan, implemented from March 2018, brings the weekly rate to €181 per orphan; the highest rate of weekly child income...

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: 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: 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 Schemes Data (3 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 243 to 245, inclusive, together. The first and full year cost of increasing the rate of Living Alone Allowance by €5 per week is estimated to be €52.2 million in 2019. The first and full year cost of increasing the rate of Fuel Allowance by €5 per week is estimated to be €49.6 million in 2019. The first and full year cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (3 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...September 2016. It is paid for 2 weeks and is available for any child born or adopted on or after 1 September 2016. The 2018 Estimates for my Department provide for expenditure of nearly €16 million for the paternity benefit scheme. The estimated additional cost of extending the duration of paternity benefit is approximately €5.2 million for each extra week. The table...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Board (24 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: In 2018 the Citizens Information Board (CIB) has been allocated €57.4 million from Exchequer funds to fund its activities and that of its service delivery partners, including the countrywide network of Citizens Information Services (CISs) and the Money Advice and Budgeting Services (MABS). Provision has been made in the 2018 allocation for the costs involved in the restructuring...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (24 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 565 to 567, inclusive, together. One of the many roles of my Department is to provide income support to families with children in the State. Where a child is being cared for by someone other than their parents, the person looking after the child may apply for a guardian’s payment. The purpose of the guardian’s payment scheme is to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (17 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: Funding towards school meals is being provided in over 1,580 schools and other organisations, supporting over 248,000 children at a cost of some €54 million in 2018, representing an increase of €6.5 million over the previous year. The programme is an important component of policies to encourage school attendance and extra educational achievement. Based on the 2018 budgetary...

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

Regina Doherty: ...and 428 together. The costings sought by Deputy O’Dea are detailed in the following series of tables. Table 1: Full year cost of varying increases in all weekly social insurance payments - €5 increase €10 increase €15 increase €20 increase €25 increase Schemes €m €m €m €m €m Social Insurance...

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...