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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: When a person in receipt of state pension non-contributory dies, their pension payment may continue for a period of 6 weeks after death, if the person's surviving spouse, civil partner or cohabitant is in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment, or if the deceased's pension payment included an increase for qualified adult, in respect of their surviving spouse, civil partner or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: It is not the case that foster carers are not acknowledged as carers because they are. This Government acknowledges the important role that all carers, including Foster carers, play and is fully committed to supporting them in that role. Accordingly, the current State Pension (Contributory) system provides measures including PRSI credits, Home-making Disregards and Home Caring Periods to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 766, 768, 786, 787 and 799 together. The supplementary welfare allowance scheme is the safety net within the overall social welfare system in that it provides assistance to eligible people in the State whose means are insufficient to meet their needs and those of their dependents. Under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, my Department may make...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The tables below set out the estimated PRSI yield that would be raised for each of the rate increases in the years concerned. In calculating the estimated yield from the specified employer PRSI rates on the portion of earnings in excess of €100,000 for classes A,B,C,D,E and H a 'netting off' approach has been taken to ensure there is no double-counting. The net yield is the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Invalidity Pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and for no other reason and who satisfy the contribution conditions. The Department periodically carries out reviews to ensure continuing eligibility and to confirm that the qualifying conditions for IP continue to be fulfilled. A medical review of the customer in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: A Personal Public Service (PPS) Number is a unique reference number that helps a person access social welfare benefits and public services in Ireland. To get a PPS Number, a person must provide evidence of their identity, why they need a PPS Number and their address. According to the records of my Department, the person concerned applied for a PPS Number on 27/03/2024. The application...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that as a result they require that level of care. I confirm that an application for CA was received from the person concerned on 27 November 2023. A person can be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Person Concerned has been assessed with an overpayment of 767.40 Euro and was issued with a Deduction Recovery Plan letter on the 14th of March 2024. This letter entitles the Person Concerned to submit a proposal to their Deciding Officer as to the possible figure they are financially comfortable to repay. They should complete this comment section and return it to their Deciding Officer...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: There was a delay in payment to the person concerned as they were transferring from Partial Capacity Benefit back to Illness Benefit. This has been processed and their Illness Benefit claim is now in payment. Arrears have issued paying them fully up to date, and their weekly payment is due each Thursday going forward. I trust this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: WROO06500 type: 7 --> Under the bilateral agreements between the United Kingdom and Ireland, periods of insurable employment in the UK may be used to help satisfy the contribution conditions for Illness Benefit if a person is not entitled by using their Irish record only. This means the department can take periods of employment in the UK into account when determining entitlement to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an Office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision making functions. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that a Domiciliary Care Allowance appeal by the person concerned was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an Office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision making functions. I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all the evidence, disallowed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Social welfare legislation provides that means tests take account of the income and assets of the person (and their spouse or partner, if applicable) applying for the relevant scheme. The means assessment includes income from employment, self-employment, occupational pensions and maintenance payments. It also includes property owned other than the family home and capital such as savings,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and for no other reason and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. The Department received a claim for IP from the person concerned on 21 November 2023. This claim was refused on 15 January 2024 on the grounds that the medical...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides a suite of income supports for those who are unable to work due to an illness or disability. These include contributory payments based on PRSI contributions, such as Illness Benefit and Invalidity Pension, and non-contributory payments based on a means test, such as Disability Allowance. Eligibility for these scheme is not dependent on the nature of the illness or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) s a monthly allowance payable in respect of a child aged under 16 who has a severe disability requiring continual or continuous care and attention substantially in excess of the care and attention normally required by a child of the same age and where the level of the child's disability is such that the child is likely to require this level of additional care...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Habitual Residence Condition is a social welfare condition that a person must satisfy to receive a social assistance payment. Generally, International Protection Applicants who have not yet been granted protection will not qualify for social welfare payments that are subject to the Habitual Residence Condition. However, those who reside in, or are waiting for, accommodation provided by...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: A person who retires after 30 years' of service with an employer may be entitled to an occupational pension. The terms and conditions of the relevant occupational pension are matters for the person’s employer and not the Minister for Social Protection. The main supports for people who are under pension age and who are not in employment are the social insurance contribution-based...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Most welfare benefits require the recipient to be habitually resident in Ireland. Certain welfare benefits, such as State Pension Contributory allow the recipient to live outside the State. The data requested by the Deputy for the calendar year 2023 is shown in the attached tabular statement. There were approximately 3,500 recipients of increased qualified adult payments living abroad, and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Primary weekly social welfare payments are intended to enable recipients to meet their basic day-to-day income needs. Each primary payment has specific eligibility criteria, which may include residence in Ireland. In addition to these primary payments, the Department also provides a range of other payments, on a weekly, monthly, or less frequent basis. These payments are considered secondary...