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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...in pupils doing transition year, there has been an increase in the number of 18-year-olds still in secondary education. The extension of child benefit to 18-year-olds in full-time education is a long-term change for the better and will support families across Ireland into the future. There is a significant change to the child benefit scheme. It requires technical and operational...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Food Poverty (25 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: 4. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to seek more sustained, long-term solutions to support families experiencing food poverty during school holidays, given the Children’s Rights Alliance food provision scheme received applications totalling over €350,000 - six times its capacity, in the run up to the Christmas holidays in 2023....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...in November 2023 to address the high cost of living. A €200 lump sum Living Alone Allowance payment. A €300 lump sum Fuel Allowance payment. A Christmas Bonus double payment to all persons getting a long-term disability payment. A January Cost of Living Bonus double payment to all persons getting a long-term disability payment. A €12 increase in the maximum...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (25 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: ...in the Department's scope section; if the section is adequately staffed to undertake the work required of it in relation to examining bogus self-employment in large organisations such as RTÉ; how long she expects the RTÉ scope investigation to take to conclude; if the scope section plans to examine cases of workers at RTÉ prior to the period currently under examination by...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...Homemaking Disregards and HomeCaring Periods to recognise caring periods of up to 20 years outside of paid employment in the calculation of a payment rate. In January of this year I introduced the Long Term Carers Contributions which allowed for those who provided full time care to incapacitated individuals to receive reckonable contributions for the time spent giving that care, provided...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...credits, Homemaking Disregards and HomeCaring Periods to recognise caring periods of up to 20 years outside of paid employment in the calculation of a payment rate. Despite these measures, some long-term carers of incapacitated dependants may still face barriers in accessing the State Pension Contributory. They may for example have difficulty establishing the minimum number of 10 years of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (25 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Aindrias Moynihan: 27. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to allow for caring periods under 20 years to be included for long-term caring contributions for the purposes of the State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18355/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: In the 2022 Survey on Income and Living Conditions, the consistent poverty rates for persons unable to work due to long-standing health problems, was at 19.7%. However, in the recent published Survey on Income and Living Conditions data, that figure has now reduced to 16.5%, a reduction of 3.2 percentage points. While I am pleased that this rate is coming down, it is still higher than the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...significant concerns with these proposals. I have listened to these concerns and decided not to implement the Green Paper proposals. The consultation feedback, in particular, highlighted that long-term disability supports should not be looked at in isolation but require a whole-of-Government response. All areas that affect people with disabilities should be considered, including...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (25 Apr 2024)

Joe O'Brien: As the Deputy is aware Job Initiative (JI) is an employment support scheme which was designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities. Recruitment onto the scheme ceased from November 2004, while existing participants have their annual contracts renewed until they reach 66 years of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund as at 31 December 2020 found that even without any economic shocks to the economy or change to policy, the long-term sustainability of the Fund will face significant challenges. In the absence of any action to tackle the shortfalls, the excess of expenditure over income of the Fund will increase significantly over the medium to long term with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Priorities (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...week for every person with a disability would cost an additional €17 billion per year. This is based on there being roughly 1.1m people as per census 2022 reporting that they experienced at least one long-lasting condition or difficulty to any extent. Currently there are 220,000 people on our main disability payments, with combined spending for 2024 expected to be almost €3...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...the best possible mix of media is used to effectively reach our target audience. In 2023, my Department ran a public information campaign on changes to the State Pension Contributory to inform long term carers know about their entitlements. The target audience for our national media and social media advertising campaign were people who have either cared for, or are currently caring for,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...and initiate important conversations within families. Nationally, there are strong taxation measures to facilitate succession and assist land mobility. For succession, Agricultural Relief is the key measure, which along with 100% Stamp Duty Relief and Consanguinity Stamp Duty Relief, provided support of some €274 million in 2022. 100% Stock Relief for Young Trained Farmers was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...identify a product whose quality, reputation or other characteristics are linked to its geographical origin. Boxty is a traditional locally produced dish which is a great use of potatoes which have long been a staple of the Irish diet. It is deeply rooted in our heritage and I am eager to see it achieve recognition at EU level. It takes an enormous effort to successfully get a PGI...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...experienced by both tillage and grassland farmers due to the exceptionally wet weather we have endured since last harvest. Met Éireann data has shown that all stations had rainfall in excess of their Long-Term Average, with stations such as Cork Airport and Johnstown Castle having 166% of normal rainfall in the autumn period. Indeed, Johnstown Castle had its wettest autumn on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (25 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: Ireland's commitment and support for the primary role of the United Nations, in the maintenance of international peace and security, is expressed in Ireland's long-standing tradition of participating in UN peacekeeping operations. Ireland is the only country with an unbroken record of service in UN peacekeeping missions since 1958. The so-called Triple Lock mechanism sets out the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Properties (25 Apr 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...units. NARPS (National Asset Residential Property Services) is a NAMA subsidiary which was established to expedite social housing delivery. NARPS owns 1,366 residential properties which are under long term lease to AHBs and local authorities. The breakdown by local authority area is provided below. All NARPS units are leased by the AHBs and local authorities to tenants for social...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...space being used for purposes other than for the provision of primary education. The onus is on the Board of Management and the Patron to ensure that there is sufficient accommodation to meet the school’s long-term projected enrolment and any development which may arise in the area. In that regard, where additional accommodation is required at the school in the future, any...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (25 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...respects the curatorial independence of the organisation. In 2023, the organisation was awarded funding by my Department on foot of an application incorporating a restructuring plan to secure its long-term future. The funding requires the organisation's co-operation with a governance review by the Arts Council. Details of arts and culture payments are published annually by my...