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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: Social welfare legislation provides that, for social assistance schemes such as Disability Allowance, income and capital (such as savings, investments and property other than the family home) belonging to the claimant and his or her partner, where applicable, is assessable for means assessment purposes. For Disability Allowance, income from all sources, such as from an occupational pension...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 979, 987, 996, 1000 and 1016 together. The COVID 19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment was introduced in March 2020 as a time-limited emergency measure to meet the surge in unemployment which resulted from the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. The conditions for receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment are that a person must be of working age between 18...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) 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 dependants. The means test for the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme requires that all types of household income, include maintenance payments, must be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: EU social security co-ordination rules are set out in Regulation (EC) No. 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the co-ordination of social security systems (and the associated implementing Regulation 987/2009). The Regulations define a frontier worker as meaning “any person pursuing an activity as an employed or self-employed person in a Member...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: No offices have been closed because a customer claiming to have COVID19 has presented in the office. The Department has a specific protocol for cleaning based on Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) guidance. Where a customer or a member of staff presents with symptoms the area in which they spent time, such as a desk, public counter or toilet will be closed off until it can be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 988 and 995 together. The emergency Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment has been introduced as a time-limited emergency measure so that payments can be made as quickly as possible to the large number of people who have become fully unemployed due to the pandemic. During the month of March, my Department received and processed jobseeker claims equivalent in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The COVID 19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment was introduced in March 2020 as a time-limited emergency measure to meet the surge in unemployment which resulted from the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. The issue of social insurance contributions for employees who qualify for receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment is currently being considered and any necessary legislation will be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: A.The Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 (Continuation of Part 2) Order 2020 (S.I. No.155 of 2020) provides that the amendments effected by Part 2 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 (No. 1 of 2020) will continue until 19th June 2020. In conjunction with the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: I am advised that application for carer's allowance by the person concerned was disallowed by a Deciding Officer of the Department on 30 April 2019. The person concerned sought a review of the decision on 30 May 2019 and was informed by the Department on 10 September 2019 that the decision was not being revised. He again sought a review on 1 October 2019 and was again informed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment is available to support persons aged between 18 and 66 years old who have lost their employment due to the downturn in economic activity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and where they are not being paid by their employer. In order to qualify for the payment a person must have been in employment immediately prior to 13th March. People currently on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 provides that an employer must provide their employee with a written statement of the particulars of the employee’s terms of employment. It also provides that an employer must notify the employee of any changes in the particulars given in the statement. The Act provides a right of complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission where an...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Working Family Payment is an in-work support which provides an income top-up for employees on low earnings with children. Working Family Payment is designed to prevent in-work poverty for low paid workers with child dependents and to offer a financial incentive to take-up employment. The estimated annual expenditure on Working Family Payment in 2019 is approximately €397.2...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 998 and 1017 together. The COVID 19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment was introduced in March 2020 as a time-limited emergency measure to meet the surge in unemployment which resulted from the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. The conditions for receipt of this payment are that a person must be of working age between 18 and up to 66 years old, have been in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Company Liquidations (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: Firstly, I would like to say that my thoughts are with all workers faced with the prospect of closure and job losses at this difficult time. With the exception of grocery outlets, the retail sector has been particularly affected by the measures we have had to take in response to the spread of Covid-19. Having come through a number of turbulent years and an examinership process, it must be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: In addition to providing income supports, the Department provides a wide range of employment-related supports, for both jobseekers with disabilities and employers (including the self-employed) seeking to employ a jobseeker with a disability or retain an existing employee who has or acquires a disability. A summary of the employment supports available is set out below. Services to support...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. I am advised that the Social Welfare Appeals Office that the number of appeals on hand in the Office, as of 1 May 2020, was 7,590. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: Following contact from the Deputy's office, I am advised that officials in my Department have established that the details supplied do not relate to the question asked and were incorrectly submitted along with the Parliamentary Question. I understand that the matter at issue is proper to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The person concerned submitted a jobseeker's allowance claim on 23/03/2020. However this claim was closed as documentation issued to the address supplied was returned by An Post stating the person was no longer at the address. A subsequent Jobseeker's Allowance claim was submitted on 13/04/2020, I am advised that this was closed due to outstanding documentation not being provided. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: The SAFE registration process, which my Department uses to authenticate a person's identity, is a face-to-face process which results in the issuing of a Public Services Card (PSC). Since the outbreak of the Covid 19 Pandemic, my Department has temporarily suspended the SAFE registration process. This decision was taken in order to comply with HSE and WHO guidelines in respect of social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (27 May 2020)

Regina Doherty: Pension entitlement is determined on the basis of the eligibility conditions applicable on the date an individual reaches pension age. The pension age is due to increase to 67 years in 2021. Since the person concerned was born in 1957, they will reach pension age in 2024. Future pension entitlement will depend on factors such as a person’s social insurance record, their...