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Inisterial Brief Part B Heather Humphreys T.D An Roinn Gn6thai Fostaiochta agus Coimirce Soisialai Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection inisterial Brief Part b Heather Humphreys T.D Minister for Social Protection, Community & Rural Development and the Islands Minister’s Briefing Document - Part B Table of Contents: DELIVERY OF SCHEMES & SERVICES ..................................................................................................... 4 Schemes and Payments .................................................................................................................................. 4 (i) Child Income Support ................................................................................................................................ 5 (ii) Working Age ............................................................................................................................................ 16 (iii) Illness, Disability and Carers Payments and Supports .......................................................................... 40 (iv) Older People ........................................................................................................................................... 62 (v) Supplementary Welfare Allowance ........................................................................................................ 82 Employment Services ....................................................................................................................... 92 Supports for Delivery of Services .................................................................................................... 116 Client Eligibility Services ................................................................................................................. 123 Compliance and Anti-Fraud Strategy ............................................................................................... 127 CORPORATE AND CENTRAL FUNCTIONS .......................................................................................... 138 Legislative Programme ................................................................................................................... 138 Planning and Governance ............................................................................................................... 142 Accounts & Audit functions ............................................................................................................ 143 Investment Analysis ....................................................................................................................... 146 EU & International Affairs including Brexit preparedness ................................................................ 147 PRSI Policy ..................................................................................................................................... 155 Employment Rights Policy Unit ....................................................................................................... 161 Scope – Insurability of Employment ................................................................................................ 164 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) ........................................................................ 169 Poverty & Social Inclusion Policy..................................................................................................... 176 2 Human Resources .......................................................................................................................... 183 Accommodation and Facilities Management ................................................................................... 193 Data Protection in DEASP ............................................................................................................... 195 Decisions Advisory Office/FOI Unit ................................................................................................. 197 OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT........................................................................................................ 199 Social Welfare Appeals Office ......................................................................................................... 199 General Register Office................................................................................................................... 202 BODIES UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE DEPARTMENT ............................................................................ 209 The Pensions Authority .................................................................................................................. 209 The Pensions Council ...................................................................................................................... 209 The Low Pay Commission ............................................................................................................... 209 Citizens Information Board (CIB) ..................................................................................................... 210 The Social Welfare Tribunal ............................................................................................................ 212 Labour Market Advisory Council ..................................................................................................... 212 Appendix - Regional Services .......................................................................................................... 214 3 DELIVERY OF SCHEMES & SERVICES Schemes and Payments One of the major objectives of the social protection system is to redistribute income collected through taxation and social insurance charges via social transfers. Social transfers are important both in enabling income to be directed towards addressing the particular contingencies that may arise during the claimant’s life cycle (e.g. unemployment, illness, caring and disability-related payments) and in ensuring an equitable distribution of income (e.g. the working family payment). In addition to mitigating the impact of specified contingencies, payments made by the Department may also be structured to incentivise activities that will reduce reliance on welfare. For example, jobseekers under the age of 25 receive a higher rate of payment if they participate in training/education. Employment is also incentivised through the use of tapered rates of payment (e.g. in the case of the Back to Work Family Dividend payment) and income disregards (e.g. in the case of the One Parent Family payment). The broad range of payments outlined in this section – whether universal (Child Benefit), means-tested (e.g. Jobseeker’s Allowance, State Pension Non-contributory) or based on social insurance contributions (e.g. Jobseeker’s Benefit, State Pension Contributory) - play a vital role in delivering all of these objectives. Social transfers in Ireland have been shown to be highly effective in alleviating poverty, as demonstrated in a 2013 ESRI study commissioned by the Department. It showed that social transfers significantly reduced the pre-transfer poverty rate (those who are poor before social transfers but not poor after social transfers). When viewed in a comparative context, it is clear also that social transfers play a more significant role in Ireland than in most other countries. The most recent poverty data from the 2018 Survey on Income and Living Conditions (published by the CSO in November 2019) showed that social transfers (excluding pensions) reduced the at-risk-of-poverty rate from 30.2% before social transfers to 14% after social transfers. This equates to a poverty reduction effect of almost 54% in 2018, ensuring Ireland remains one of the best performing EU countries in reducing poverty through social transfers. 4 (i) Child Income Support Assistant Secretary (Policy): Rónán Hession Principal Officer (Policy): John O’Toole • The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection makes a number of payments to families with children. o Child Benefit (CB); o Working Family Payment; o Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA); o Guardian’s Payment Scheme (contributory and non-contributory); o Domiciliary Care Allowance; o Increase for a Qualified Child (IQC). Most weekly social welfare payments include an additional payment in respect of each qualified child up to age 18, which is extended to encompass older school/college going children to age 22 under certain circumstances. In the past five years, the rates of IQCs for children have been as follows: Age Of 2009 2010-2017 2018 2019 2020 Child Under €26 €29.80 €31.80 €34 €36 12 Over €26 €29.80 €31.80 €37 €40 12 In recognition of the higher costs faced by families with older children, a higher rate for children aged over 12 was introduced in Budget 2019 and further increased in Budget 2020. In addition, DEASP funds the School Meals Programme. Expenditure on child related payments is estimated to be almost €2.6 billion in 2020 (excluding increases for qualified children), of which over €2.1 billion relates to Child Benefit. Expenditure on families with children represents over 12% of total Departmental expenditure in 2020. The overall trend for the past five years is as follows: 5 Child Benefit Expenditure on Total Departmental % of Year Expenditure Children Expenditure total (€billion) (€billion) (€billion) spend 2020 €2.119* €2.662* 21.20* 12.56 2019 €2.102** €2.632** 20.80** 12.65 2018 €2.097 €2.632 20.40 12.90 2017 €2.086 €2.621 20.10 13.04 2016 €2.078 €2.594 19.90 13.04 *Estimate; **provisional The reduction in the percentage share
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