Written answers

Wednesday, 29 July 2020

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

 
  • Enterprise Support Services
    206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received for the enterprise support grant from businesses in County Wexford; the number that have...
  • Job Losses
    208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if existing employment and company legislation will be examined to examine the steps which can be taken to aid workers such...
  • Family Support Services
    210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which she plans to prioritise and protect supports for lone parents; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • One-Parent Family Payment
    213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a one-parent family payment in the case of a person (details...
  • Rent Supplement Scheme
    214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for rent supplement in the case of a person (details supplied);...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
    215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19232/20]
  • State Pension (Contributory)
    217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is on a reduced rate contributory pension; the options are available to the person;...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
    218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason social welfare offices cannot deal with payment anomalies that have arisen regarding the emergency Covid-19...
  • Freedom of Information
    222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of freedom of information requests being processed by her Department; the number that have had the deadline for...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
    223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the issue of a cut to the pandemic unemployment payment for a self-employed person (details supplied) who...
  • Departmental Budgets
    225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the budget for her Department to meet increased demand...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she remains satisfied that waiting times in respect of appeals against decisions taken by her Department can be...
  • Exceptional Needs Payment
    227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which exceptional needs payments remain available to applicants in difficult circumstances that they had not...
  • State Pension (Non-Contributory)
    228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the non-contributory old age pension; the number of applications received in the past four years...
  • Carer's Allowance
    229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which appeals against the refusal of carer’s allowance can be expedited; and if she will make a...
  • Domiciliary Care Allowance
    230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of domiciliary care allowance; the number of applications on file awaiting a decision; the...
  • Community Employment Schemes
    231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to community employment scheme participants who may wish to continue for an extra period of...
  • Bereavement Grant
    233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which bereavement grants or equivalent continue to be processed expeditiously; and if she will make a statement...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which backlogs in respect of various headings and payments which may have arisen due to Covid-19 are being...
  • State Pension (Contributory)
    235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of applicants for the State pension, contributory, who fall short of the required number of contributions in...
  • Youth Unemployment
    236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which youth unemployment continues to be specifically targeted by way of ensuring the availability of the...
  • Child Benefit
    237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of eligibility for child benefit will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of spending of the €200 million investment in training and education, skills development, work placement...
  • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
    240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the increase seen or expected in the back to school allowance as a result of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
    241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision to reduce the pandemic unemployment payment for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will...
  • Invalidity Pension
    242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the requirements will be revised for invalidity pension that includes a claimant having to have 48 contributions in the...

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