Written answers
Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Schemes
361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications and awards for supplementary welfare under the criteria or reference to, the need for mental... - State Pensions
362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons over the age of 70 years who are capable and willing to work could be eligible for additional the State pension... - Social Welfare Eligibility
363. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7411/24] - Departmental Schemes
364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to respond to urgent concerns raised from the local deaf community (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Tax Collection
365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional revenue which will be generated in 2024 from the increases to PRSI announced as part of the Budget;... - Social Welfare Eligibility
366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provision will be made to assess a family (details supplied) for carers allowance before their twin children return from... - School Meals Programme
367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a progress report on the school meals programme and its successful expansion. [7554/24] - Social Welfare Eligibility
369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to clarify the current position where a person is in receipt of carer’s allowance, and they are also working... - Social Welfare Schemes
371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many people benefit from the wage subsidy scheme, by county and by month for 2022, 2023 and for January 2024. [7616/24] - State Pensions
374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is in long-term nursing care rents out their principal private residence, which is vacant, will there be any... - Social Welfare Benefits
375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans she has to backdate the recently announced child benefit payment to families with children who are 18 years of age... - Social Welfare Eligibility
377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a redundancy application in respect of a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she... - Social Welfare Payments
380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how child benefit payments are paid per area in Newcastle, Rathcoole and Saggart County Dublin and Celbridge, County Kildare.... - Departmental Funding
381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the 2023 and 2024 current budget funding allocated towards the humanitarian support scheme, in tabular form. [7844/24] - Social Welfare Benefits
382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7910/24] - Social Welfare Schemes
383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has plans to increase the wage subsidy scheme in line with the minimum wage; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Appeals
385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the review/appeal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7953/24] - School Meals Programme
386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that children with coeliac disease are properly catered for in the school meals programme; and if she will... - Social Welfare Schemes
387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide details of education/upskilling courses available under the back to education scheme; what measures are being... - Social Welfare Payments
388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if parents have any action to take on the change to child benefit being rolled out in May 2024 for dependants up to the age... - Community Welfare Services
389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for consideration in ensuring that local community welfare officers can be available for in-person appointments at local... - Social Welfare Payments
390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of submissions received to-date to the consultation on the Green Paper on Disability Reform; and if she will make... - Public Sector Pay
393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when employees in the Citizens Information Centre will receive approved pay rises given that its sister service, MABS, has... - Social Welfare Appeals
394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent, if any, to which backlogs exist in the determination of appeals for various payments which have been refused; and... - State Pensions
395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she might consider entitlement to the State pension (contributory) in line with the level of necessary... - Social Welfare Payments
397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which payment of the exceptional needs payments can be expedited to meet emergency situations with a minimum of... - Social Welfare Eligibility
398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which she and her Department continue to monitor the situation in order to identify people who might be in... - Social Welfare Appeals
399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which oral hearings in respect of appeals against disallowance for various payments are up to date; the number... - Social Welfare Payments
400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the waiting time for a decision in respect of applications for various social welfare payments has been... - State Pensions
401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of applications for the State pension (contributory) received in each of the past five years to date; the...
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