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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Jun 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 there is no record of any appeal by the person concerned having been...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (26 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...policies to encourage school attendance and extra educational achievement. Following the expansion of the programme in recent years, some 2,600 schools and organisations, covering 443,000 children are now eligible for funding. The Hot School Meal option of the programme was introduced in 2019 and is currently solely available to primary schools. Since my appointment as Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (26 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Carer’s Allowance is a means-tested payment for people living in Ireland who are looking after someone who needs support because of age, physical or learning disability or illness, including mental illness. A primary qualifying condition for the Carer’s Allowance payment is that the applicant provides full-time care and attention to a person in need of such care. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (26 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Disability Allowance is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged 16 or over and under the age of 66. This disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, means test and Habitual Residency conditions. As the person concerned turned 66 in May 2024, they have no entitlement to this allowance. ...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Authorities (26 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Local Improvement Scheme supports improving non-public rural roads and laneways that are not usually maintained by local authorities.  I was delighted to announce record funding of €40 million for the Scheme in April of this year, which demonstrates the importance my Department attaches to maximising the impact of the scheme for rural dwellers. Roads eligible...

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

Heather Humphreys: .... These include insurance-based schemes, based on Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) contributions, and means-tested social assistance schemes.The primary social assistance scheme for people who are blind or visually impaired is the Blind Pension, which is a means-tested payment and the only income support payment designed to cater for a specific disability.Blind Pension is a working age...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Jun 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 an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 12 March...

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

Heather Humphreys: The Free Travel scheme is available to people over 66 years and to people in receipt of certain social welfare payments who are under 66 years. From 29th July 2024, Free Travel is also available to persons who are medically certified as unfit to drive for a period of at least 12 months. Free Travel recipients must be permanently resident in the State. The scheme permits travel for free on...

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

Heather Humphreys: The Benefit Payment for 65-Year-Olds was introduced in line with the Programme for Government commitment to address the position of people who are required to or choose to retire at age 65 before the State pension age of 66. The payment is designed to bridge the gap for people who retire from employment or self-employment at age 65 until they qualify for the State Pension at age 66.The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Jun 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 an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 13 March...

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

Heather Humphreys: ...could only be considered while taking account of the overall budgetary context and the availability of financial resources. My Department does provide Additional Needs Payments as part of the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme for people who have essential expenses, which they cannot meet from their own resources. Additional Needs Payments, where appropriate, can be paid to people...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Jun 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 an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 27 March...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Jun 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 an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 16 February...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Jun 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: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Jun 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 an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 12 April...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Jun 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 Rural and Community Development: Registration of Deaths (25 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...while the actual operation of burial grounds (cemeteries) is the responsibility of the local authorities. Under the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Acts, 1878 to 2001, local authorities are deemed to be burial boards for their respective functional areas. Acting in their capacity as burial boards, local authorities are responsible for the management, regulation and control of burial...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Projects (25 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...Council that a potential site has been identified in principle for a library in Blackrock Mahon on the grounds of Nagle Community College, on the Avenue De Rennes. Discussions regarding this site are ongoing between Cork City Council and Cork Education and Training Board (Cork ETB) with a view to having this agreed through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Cork City Council had...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Freedom of Information (25 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...Unit in my Department. The FOI function is managed by the FOI Officer at Assistant Principal level and supported by 2 Higher Executive Officers and 1 Clerical Officer. The staff in question are also assigned other duties outside of the FOI function. The number of FOI requests dealt with by my Department over the past three years is set out below. Year Number of FOI...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (20 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy is absolutely right that there are many fantastic communities out there. I have been to Lisdoonvarna, which is a great example of where a community came together and assisted many Ukrainian refugees who came there. I was down there recently and it is a wonderful success story. They were able to tap into the community recognition fund, develop their pitches and sporting...