Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 September 2014
103. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has been treated as a single person on a community employment, CE, programme from the date he started in May 2011: and if he should have been in receipt of €332.80 weekly rather than the €208 he has been receiving. [35538/14]
View answerThe person concerned is in receipt of Invalidity Pension at a personal rate of €193.50 per week plus an adult dependent allowance of €138.50 per week, a combined total of €331.60 per week. He commenced employment on a Community Employment programme prior to 16th January 2012 and, accordingly, he retained his entitlement to the full weekly rate of Invalidity Pension which continues in payment. Under these circumstances the appropriate wage of €208.00 per week is payable on Community Employment, which is what the person concerned has been paid while employed on the scheme.
Therefore I can confirm that the weekly payment that the person has received on CE of €208.00 per week is correct.
