Gateway schemes While Vote 37 for the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection is expected to record underspends on and a 10% reduction JobBridge and Gateway in 2017, these underspends will be required to fund overspends elsewhere in the Vote. in the number of TUS places. Can it also be confirmed that the current allocations of €15 million for JobBridge, and for Gateway €7.25m in Vote 37 are available for 4. The detailed costs of Social Protection introducing an Based on 2016 data, 25% of Jobseeker’s Benefit recipients earned in excess of per year. It should be noted that the €30,000 income linked job earnings data from Revenue arrives as an annual figure for each customer. Accordingly, it is not possible to ascertain if the seekers payment earnings were from continuous full-time employment. amounting to up to a week extra Applying this 25% to the 2018 estimated number of Jobseeker’s Benefit recipients, the full year cost for a increase in the €30 €30 above existing weekly rate of Jobseeker’s Benefit to those with previous earnings of is million in 2018. €30,000 €13.1 benefit levels, as a first step towards creating a system of contributory welfare that recognises that those who contribute to our social insurance fund should benefit when they need it most. (To assume the introduction of the
Gateway schemes and a 10% reduction in the number of TUS places. Can it also be confirmed that the current allocations of €15 million for JobBridge, and €7.25m for Gateway in Vote 37 are available for While Vote 37 for the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection is expected to record underspends on JobBridge and Gateway in 2017, these underspends will be required to fund overspends elsewhere in the Vote. 4. Social Protection The detailed costs of introducing an income linked job seekers payment amounting to up to €30 a week extra above existing benefit levels, as a first step towards creating a system of contributory welfare that recognises that those who contribute to our social insurance fund should benefit when they need it most. (To assume the introduction of the Based on 2016 data, 25% of Jobseeker’s Benefit recipients earned in excess of €30,000 per year. It should be noted that the earnings data from Revenue arrives as an annual figure for each customer. Accordingly, it is not possible to ascertain if the earnings were from continuous full-time employment. Applying this 25% to the 2018 estimated number of Jobseeker’s Benefit recipients, the full year cost for a €30 increase in the weekly rate of Jobseeker’s Benefit to those with previous earnings of €30,000 is €13.1 million in 2018.
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