Results 141-157 of 157 for 5 million speaker:Regina Doherty

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 Social Protection: Child Benefit Expenditure (13 Jul 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 Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (12 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 431, 432, 453 and 454 together. The full year cost of increasing jobseeker's allowance, supplementary welfare allowance and the back to education allowance by €5 per week is estimated to be €64.8 million in 2018. The full year cost of increasing the age related reduced jobseeker's rates of €102.70 per week and €147.80 per week to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Data (11 Jul 2017)

Regina Doherty: The full year cost of increasing the fuel allowance, currently payable at €22.50 per week, by €4 per week and €5 per week for the duration of the fuel season is estimated to be €40.7 million and €50.9 million respectively in 2018. It should be noted that these costings are subject to change over the coming months in the context of emerging trends and...

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: National Advocacy Service (27 Jun 2017)

Regina Doherty: ...or natural supports. NAS operates with the following staffing complement: National Manager Senior Advocates Advocates Regional Managers Administrators Corporate Services Manager 1 7 28 4 5 1 NAS is fully funded and supported by the Citizens Information Board (CIB), which has a mandate under the Citizens Information Act 2007 to provide advocacy for people with disabilities. The NAS...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Websites (21 Jun 2017)

Regina Doherty: ...and monitor jobseeker employment search activity. Following the procurement process, a young Irish technology company is building and delivering the new service. The contract is for a fixed fee of €3.36 million, payable over the first 5 years of a 5.5 year service period (the final 6 months of the service is payment free). The contract includes an optional extension period of...

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 Social Protection: Maternity Benefit Data (20 Jun 2017)

Regina Doherty: It is currently estimated that my Department will spend approximately €266 million this year on maternity benefit in respect of an average of 22,000 recipients per week. The table below estimates increasing the duration of maternity benefit by one to twenty-six weeks at the current rate of €235 per week. The table also estimates increasing the duration by one to twenty-six weeks...

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 Social Protection: Paternity Benefit (20 Jun 2017)

Regina Doherty: ...Act 2016 which was enacted in July 2016 introduced a new scheme of paternity leave and an associated social welfare payment of paternity benefit from the 1st September 2016. Approximately 12,750 paternity benefit claims have been awarded since the commencement of the scheme in September. This would indicate a take up of around approximately 19,000 in a full year. However there were...

Crime: Statements (5 May 2016)

Regina Doherty: ...we are recruiting at the moment are not replacing the people who have retired in recent years or who are due to retire. Effectively, we need to double recruitment to get back to 14,000 people or 15,000 people in the coming years. These levels would be welcome. Let us consider the number of people who applied for the new recruit positions in recent years. The recruitment was quite...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Regina Doherty: ...case, maybe the witnesses can explain how and why these services are tendered. Are there new entrants from a larger scale? The same people that are receiving large amounts of money - well in excess of €5 million - are providing the services year in, year out. Are there new entrants into the market? Are people leaving the market? I hate the term "value for money", but we need to...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Regina Doherty: ...Health. The figures speak for themselves. The initiative has already brought about a 20% year on year reduction in the number of patients waiting on trolleys; a reduction from an all-time high of 569 patients on trolleys on 5 January 2011 under the Fianna Fáil Government, to 139 on 7 September 2012, a 75% reduction. Overall, surgical waiting list numbers have decreased by 7%, while...

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%....

Suicide Prevention: Statements (Resumed) (3 May 2011)

Regina Doherty: ...that has not been affected by suicide. The programme for Government has set out proposals to develop and improve mental health facilities, starting in the community. It is proposed that €35 million will be ring-fenced from the annual health budget to build community mental health teams and services for adults and children. The programme for Government also sets out plans to strengthen...