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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (9 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 13 May 2020. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When these papers have been received from the Department the case in question will be referred...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (9 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the valuable and dedicated service that CE sponsoring bodies provide in running CE schemes throughout the country. CE supervisors, as employees of those organisations, are an integral part of that good work. CE is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and others with an opportunity to engage in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (9 Jun 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: Jobseeker's Allowance (9 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: Under Social Welfare legislation students are disqualified from receiving jobseekers allowance while attending a course of study, including school or college holiday periods and for the 3 month period after completing the Leaving Certificate or leaving second level education. Following the cancellation of this year's Leaving Certificate Examination, these students will be eligible to apply...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cycle to Work Scheme (9 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: The information required by the Deputy is provided in the table below. Cycle to Work Amounts by Year for the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Request Year No. of Applications Total Cost 2014 214 €164,441.95 2015 237 €185,129.54 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (9 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 656 and 680 to 682, inclusive, together. Rent supplement continues to play a key role in supporting families and individuals in private rented accommodation, with the scheme currently supporting approximately 21,150 recipients. The scheme provides short-term income support, to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit (9 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: Child benefit is a monthly payment made to families with children in respect of all qualified children up to the age of 16 years. The payment continues to be paid in respect of children until their 18th birthday who are in full-time education, or who have a disability. Child benefit is currently paid, as of end-March 2020, to over 638,400 families in respect of over 1.2 million children...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 658 and 676 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Civil Marriages (9 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: Due to current restrictions to support of public health initiatives, access to the Civil Registration Service offices is greatly restricted and civil marriage ceremonies cannot proceed, other than in exceptional circumstances, involving the risk of death to one of the parties to a marriage. The Health Service Executive (HSE) is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Civil...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (9 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: Working Family Payment (WFP) is an income tested, in-work, family payment which provides additional financial support to employees on low earnings with children.In order to qualify for WFP, an applicant or the applicant and a spouse, partner or cohabitant must be engaged in fulltime remunerative employment as an employee for not less than 38 hours per fortnight. To date, I am advised that an...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 661, 663, 665 and 670 together. The COVID 19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment was introduced as an 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 employment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (9 Jun 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). Once a person has authenticated their identity in this manner, they can set up a verified MyGovID account, which allows them access to high-value Government online services, including those delivered through the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Department, in line with the overall Government response to this public health emergency, moved swiftly to put in place enhanced and new supports for existing customers and new customers who, as a result of COVID-19, are working reduced hours or who have lost their employment entirely – even if on a temporary basis. A priority from the outset has been to ensure that income still...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit (9 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: Under the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 (No. 1), and subsequent regulations, the Government, having regard to the manifest and grave risk to human life and public health posed by the spread of Covid-19, made exceptional provision in the public interest and to mitigate the effect of the spread of the disease to amend and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (9 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: I established a Child Maintenance Review Group to examine a number of issues regarding child maintenance. Specifically, the group is tasked with examining whether there is a case for the establishment of a child maintenance agency in Ireland. It will be chaired by former Circuit Court Judge Catherine Murphy. The purpose of the Child Maintenance Review Group is to consider and make...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: Applicants for International Protection accommodated under the system of Direct Provision operated by the International Protection Accommodation Services of the Department of Justice and Equality are provided with full board accommodation and other facilities and services. People in direct provision receive a daily expenses allowance payment from my Department payable at the weekly rate of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 683 and 684 together. The COVID 19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment was introduced as an emergency measure to meet the surge in unemployment which resulted from the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. Self-employed people must have experienced a collapse of income and be available to take up other full-time work if it was available to them in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) was introduced by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is an income support payment for both employees and the self-employed who have become fully unemployed due to a downturn in economic activity related to Covid-19. The Coivd-19 PUP is payable where a person meeting the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (9 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: The SAFE registration process, which involves the authentication of a person's identity in a face-to-face interview, is the normal method of processing an application for a Personal Pubic Service Number (PPSN). 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 World...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (3 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: I am a little unclear as to the particulars of the case referred to by the Deputy, however, it is important to note a number of key points. Firstly, let me set out the current legislation as it pertains to annual leave.  The Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 sets out the key parameters for the taking of annual leave and payment for same.  The times at which annual leave is...