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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (21 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 240 and 241 together. Child Benefit is a monthly payment made to families with children up to the age of 16 years. Currently, the payment continues to be paid in respect of children until their 18th birthday where they are in full-time education, or have a disability. In Budget 2024, the Government decided to extend the payment of Child Benefit to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (21 Mar 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. My Department received an application for IP for the person concerned on 20 October 2022. His application was refused on 30 January 2023 on the grounds that the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (21 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is committed to providing a quality service to all its customers. This includes ensuring that applications are processed and that decisions on entitlement are made as quickly as possible. Where a customer’s appeal is successful, every effort is made to promptly implement the decision of the Appeals Officer (AO) following notice of the decision being received from the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (21 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The introduction of an automatic enrolment (AE) system is a Programme for Government commitment and a key priority for me as the Minister for Social Protection. Implementation of the AE system is well underway, with the first enrolments expected late this year. Without specifying a target figure, one key objective of AE is to improve income adequacy in retirement. The other key objective...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (21 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Citizens Information Board (CIB) is a statutory body under the aegis of my Department, and it funds the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) to provide free advice and support to people on debt and money management issues, in particular those on low income. MABS also provides support to people in mortgage arrears and is the gateway to Abhaile - the National State Funded Mortgage...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (21 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Government acknowledges the valuable role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role. This commitment is recognised in both the Programme for Government and the National Carers’ Strategy. The main income supports to carers provided by my department are Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (21 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: While my Department does not directly undertake capital projects, I have set out in the attached Appendix, details of capital projects in Tipperary that have received funding from my Department since January 2022.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (21 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Town and Village Renewal Scheme (TVRS) was launched in 2016 and since then over €156 million has been allocated to more than 1,700 projects. The 2023 TVRS was launched on 21 July 2023 with an overall fund of €15 million, which is designed to support the revitalisation of rural Ireland through a renewed focus on town centre economic and social vibrancy and regeneration. ...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (21 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The LEADER Programme is a key intervention of Our Rural Future, the Government’s Policy for rural development which aims to deliver a range of actions to rural communities over the lifetime of the policy. It supports a broad range of activities which aim to respond to the diversity of the local needs of our rural areas. I am pleased to inform the deputy that the process to select...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (21 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department’s Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) aims to reduce poverty and promote social inclusion and equality by supporting rural and urban communities and individuals using community development approaches, engagement and collaboration. Due to unforeseen delays in the procurement process, Galway County LCDC in consultation with my Department Officials...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Harbours and Piers (21 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF) provides funding for the development and construction of capital projects in towns, villages and rural areas across To date, 215 projects have been approved for RRDF funding of €414 million for projects costing €571 million. Projects which emerge as successful from calls for applications to the Fund are initially approved...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Parking Provision (21 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The mission of the Department of Rural and Community Development is to promote rural and community development and to support vibrant, inclusive and sustainable communities throughout Ireland. The Town and Village Renewal Scheme (TVRS) was introduced in 2016 and is one of a number of measures designed to rejuvenate rural towns and villages throughout Ireland. Since the launch of the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (21 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Our Rural Future recognises the opportunity for rural rejuvenation that remote working presents and commits to establishing a comprehensive national network of 400 remote working hubs over the lifetime of the policy. In support of this, my Department has invested significantly in the establishment and development of hubs through the range of schemes which make up my Department's Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (21 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is responsible, in part, for the delivery of the Social Innovation Priority of the European Social Fund+ 2021-2027. The European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) is the European Union (EU)’s main instrument for investing in people and supporting the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights. My Department's Social Innovation Programme is divided into two key...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department received an application for Illness Benefit from the person concerned on 13 February 2024. They did not qualify for an Illness Benefit payment as they do not satisfy the contribution conditions which requires a minimum of 104 total PRSI contributions paid. A letter issued to them on 13 February informing them of this decision. The person concerned may continue to submit...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Child Benefit is a monthly payment made to families with children up to the age of 16 years. Currently, the payment continues to be paid in respect of children until their 18th birthday where they are in full-time education, or have a disability. In Budget 2024, the Government decided to extend the payment of Child Benefit to 18-year-olds who are in full-time education or have a disability....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (20 Mar 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 of the available evidence,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Department of Social Protection provides services via email, phone and face to face for a wide range of customers. Staff throughout the department are encouraged to report any instances of threats or violence on our online Health and Safety Incident App . The annual number of incidents of all forms of threats where An Garda Síochána were contacted are set out in the table...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (20 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My department provides a number of supports to assist young people with disabilities into training and employment, which include the WorkAbility Programme, Early Engagement and EmployAbility. The WorkAbility: Inclusive Pathways to Employment Programme is a successor to the Ability programme and runs from January 2024 to December 2028. This programme is co-funded by the European Social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (20 Mar 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 received...