Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 October 2013
119. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of the social welfare benefits that do not require primary legislation to alter their eligibility rules or payment levels. [42536/13]
View answerThe table below lists the schemes that are set out in primary legislation and those which are non-statutory in nature.
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Schemes set out in Primary Legislation* |
Non-statutory Schemes |
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State Pension (Transition) |
National Fuel Scheme |
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State Pension (Contributory) |
Free Travel |
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State Pension (Non-Contributory) |
Household Benefits Package |
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Widows, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s (Contributory) |
Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance |
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Widow’s Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s Non-Contributory Pension |
Community Employment Scheme |
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Death Benefit |
Rural Social Scheme -RSS |
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Bereavement Grant |
Tús - Community Work Placement Initiative |
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Widowed or Surviving Civil Partner’s Grant |
Back to Work Enterprise Allowance |
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One Parent Family Payment |
Short-Term Enterprise Allowance |
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Child Benefit |
Part Time Job Incentive Scheme |
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Family Income Supplement |
Work Placement Programme |
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Guardian’s payment Contributory |
Jobbridge, The National Internship Scheme |
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Guardian’s payment (Non- Contributory) |
Back to Education Allowance |
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Maternity Benefit |
Training and Development Option |
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Adoptive Benefit |
Part-Time Education Option (PTEO) |
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Health and Safety Benefit |
Springboard |
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Jobseekers Benefit |
Jobsplus |
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Jobseeker’s Allowance |
The Wage Subsidy Scheme |
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Farm Assist |
The Reasonable Accommodation Fund for the Employment of people with disabilities |
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Employer Job (PRSI) Incentive Scheme |
The Disability Awareness Training Support Scheme |
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Illness Benefit |
Job Initiative Scheme |
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Partial Capacity Benefit |
Gateway |
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Invalidity Pension |
Technical Assistance & Training Fund |
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Disability Allowance |
Technical Employment Support Grant |
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Blind Pension |
Activation and Family Support Programme |
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Carer’s Benefit |
School Meals – local projects scheme |
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Carer’s Allowance |
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Domiciliary Care Allowance |
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Respite Care Grant |
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Injury Benefit |
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Disablement Benefit |
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Medical Care |
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Treatment Benefit |
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Increase for Living Alone |
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Living on a Specified Island |
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Rent Allowance for tenants affected by the De-Control of Rents |
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Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance and other Supplements under SWA |
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Rent Supplement |
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Mortgage Interest Supplement |
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Exceptional Needs Payments |
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Urgent Needs Payments |
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School Meals – urban scheme |
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Redundancy Payments Scheme |
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Insolvency Payments Scheme |
* Some changes in scheme conditions may require both primary and secondary legislation. Other changes may only require secondary legislation and/or changes to administrative guidelines.
