Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 July 2014
255. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form a list of all social welfare payments; if the payment can be reviewed; and how often reviews can be carried out for each relevant payment. [28423/14]
View answerThe Department administers over 70 separate schemes and services and serves a wide and diverse group of customers including families, people in employment, unemployed people, people with disabilities, carers, and older people. The Department will spend over €20 billion in social welfare payments this year and will provide support to some 1.4 million people every week. In order to achieve its objective of targeting scarce resources at those who most need them, the Department undertakes a wide range of risk-targeted review projects annually. Scheme review policies vary from scheme to scheme, and are dependent on the nature of the contingency the scheme fulfils. Social Welfare legislation obliges every claimant or beneficiary to notify the Department of any change in circumstances which may affect their entitlement to that benefit/assistance. The Department informs claimants of this requirement when a payment is awarded.
A list of the Department's main schemes, by target customer group, is provided below. More detailed information on qualifying conditions and provisions for review for all schemes is available on the Departments website www.welfare.ie.
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Pensions |
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State pension (non-contributory) |
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State pension (transition/contributory) |
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Widow(er)s' / surviving civil partners' contributory pension |
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Widow(er)s' / surviving civil partners pension (non-contributory) |
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Widow(er)s' /surviving civil partners' pension (death benefit) |
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Working Age Income Supports |
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Jobseeker's allowance |
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One parent family payment |
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Deserted wives' allowance |
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Basic supplementary welfare allowance payment |
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Farm assist |
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Pre-Retirement allowance |
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Exceptional and urgent needs Payment |
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Jobseeker's benefit |
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Deserted wives' benefit |
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Maternity benefit |
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Adoptive benefit |
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Health and safety benefit |
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Redundancy and insolvency payment |
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Treatment benefit |
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Working age – employment supports |
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Community employment programme |
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Rural social scheme |
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Tús - community work placement |
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Job initiative |
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Community services programme |
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Back to work allowance |
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National internship scheme - JobBridge |
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Back to education allowance |
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Other Employment supports, including: - Gateway; - JobsPlus; - Local employment services, including Job Clubs; - Wage subsidy scheme; - EmployAbility service. |
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Partial capacity benefit |
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Illness, Disability and Carers |
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Disability allowance |
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Blind pension |
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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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Illness benefit |
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Injury benefit |
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Invalidity pension |
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Disablement benefit |
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Carers’ benefit |
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Children |
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Child benefit |
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Family income supplement |
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Back to school clothing and footwear allowance |
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School meals |
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Guardian's payment (non-contributory) |
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Widowed parent / surviving civil partner grant (non-contributory) |
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Guardian's payment (contributory) |
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Widowed parent / surviving civil partner grant (contributory) |
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Supplementary Payments |
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Rent supplement |
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Household benefits package |
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Electricity allowance |
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Gas allowance |
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Free television licence |
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Free travel |
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Fuel allowance |
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Rent allowance (de-control of rents legislation) |
