Results 8,601-8,620 of 13,254 for speaker:Seán Sherlock

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 772. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of retaining the enhanced rent supplement for the rest of 2020 and all of 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22577/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 773. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of enhanced rent supplement due to Covid-19; the number of claims that ended on 31 August 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22578/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 774. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have received the Covid-19 enhanced illness benefit to date; the current number of recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22579/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 775. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of restoring jobseeker’s allowance rates for those under 25 years of age to the full adult rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22580/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 776. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €25 respectively for both rates; the number currently in receipt of the payment; the additional cost of providing the current rates to all school going children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22581/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 777. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the rate of fuel allowance from €24.50 by every €1, €5.50 and €10 per week; the one-off cost for increasing the fuel allowance rate by those amounts from 28 September 2020 for the 2020/2021 fuel season; the number of expected recipients; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 778. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the fuel allowance season for 2020-2021 will run for 28 or 32 weeks; the cost of providing the additional four weeks in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22583/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 779. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of an additional 5,000 places on back to education allowance; the projected number of places that will be funded in 2020; the number funded in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22585/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 780. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of extending the cost of education allowance to all recipients of the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22586/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 781. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of scrapping the waiting days for illness benefit of reducing it to one and three days respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22587/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 782. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the income disregard for carer’s allowance to €450 for single and €900 for couples; the cost of increasing the €20,000 disregard to €50,000 in the capital formula; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22588/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Support Grant (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 783. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the carer’s support grant by €100 and €300 respectively in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22589/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 784. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of additional schools that will provide hot school meals in September 2020; the number currently offering the programme; the number of children that will receive the meal; if a further 35,000 children will receive those as announced by the Government in January 2021; and if 42,000 children will receive hot meals...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 785. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the weekly payment to adults in direct provision to €50; the cost of increasing the payments for children to the same rates as those for the qualified child increases for children under 12 and over 12 years of age respectively; the rates if it remained linked to the original ratio with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 786. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of extending the school meals programme to each primary and secondary school that does not offer the programme; the number of schools that would be involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22593/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 787. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2021 of not increasing the eligibility age for the State pension to 67 years of age in 2021, retaining 66 years of age; the cost of providing a transition payment to those forced to retire at 65 years of age until they turn 66 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22594/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 788. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the denial of illness benefit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if there are available State supports for the person in view of their ongoing disability. [22595/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 797. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons employed in a capacity (details supplied) by a State agency. [22096/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Functions (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 801. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the transfer of delegated functions for his Department in the areas of disability, equality and integration will take place. [22670/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 836. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the five-year waiting period will be waived or reduced in order for SUSI grants to be allowed for those that did not complete studies in previous years. [21601/20]