Dáil debates

Wednesday, 23 October 2019

  • Carer's Allowance Eligibility (6 speeches)
    45. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the means test qualifying criteria for carer’s allowance to include such costs as rent, mortgage...
  • JobPath Data (6 speeches)
    46. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of jobseekers who have entered the JobPath programme since its commencement; the number who faced sanctions from...
  • Back to Work Allowance Data (8 speeches)
    47. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the uptake of the back to work enterprise allowance in County Kildare in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the supports...
  • Social Insurance (15 speeches)
    48. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if insurance contributions will be credited to farmers for pension purposes for the time they were in receipt of farm assist;...
  • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (8 speeches)
    49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the efforts being made to speed up the processing of applications for carer's allowance and benefit, disability allowance and...
  • Carer's Allowance Eligibility (6 speeches)
    50. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the impact on the income disregard for carer's allowance was given consideration in view of the increase in the hours...
  • Fuel Allowance Data (7 speeches)
    51. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of the levels of energy poverty in the general population will be commenced; the number of applicants for the fuel...
  • State Pension (Contributory) (10 speeches)
    52. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the new total contribution system will come into force for new applicants for the State pension (contributory); the date...
  • National Minimum Wage (3 speeches)
    53. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the suggested 30 cent increase in the national minimum wage will be implemented following a deal on Brexit, her plans to...