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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current payments that are available to assist Ukrainian refugees with various costs including rent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35231/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which her Department continues to receive requests for assistance under the exceptional needs or supplementary welfare codes; the number received in each case on a weekly and monthly basis over the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35212/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for emergency payments and hardship payments normally received by her Department and in the course of the past year to date; the extent to which sufficient provision has been made to meet such requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35216/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she and her Department continue to meet the requirements of persons with insufficient income to meet their ongoing requirements, including cost-of-living requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35220/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which her Department is in the position to respond to the extra requirements arising from cost-of-living and inflation requirements in the future given the various applications made by persons in various categories; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35225/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 221. 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 three years to date; the number granted, refused or pending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35213/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of situations in respect of which applications for the State pension (contributory) were refused during the past five years to date due to insufficient contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35214/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which self-employed or other contributions in respect of State pension applications to her Department in each of the past five years to date have been refused on the grounds of an insufficiency of contributions; if any consideration has been given to the awarding of pensions in such cases on a pro-rata basis...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she hopes to be in a position to meet emerging requirements arising from increased cost of living and inflation; the degree to which she expects to be in a position to make provision to meet such requirements in the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35217/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons currently in receipt of unemployment assistance on a short- or long-term basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35218/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons currently in receipt of unemployment benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35219/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount received by her Department by way of eligible State pension contributions in which the level was insufficient to facilitate the awarding of a pension; if such funds can either be returned or paid by way of reduced pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35221/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for disability allowance and invalidity pension that have been refused on the grounds of various forms of ineligibility; if provision will be made to re-examine such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35222/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the carer's allowance has been improved to meet requirements of more persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35223/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which social welfare appeals by applicants can be expedited in order to ensure hardship does not occur; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35224/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the return of the funeral bereavement grant may be envisaged other than by way of exceptional needs payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35226/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which a basic payment is being made available to various categories of persons including refugees and asylum seekers on an ongoing basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35227/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can work part-time and receive a social welfare payment part-time without having their employment level prevent them from qualifying for a social welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35235/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which the proposed level of recovery of alleged overpayment in the case of a person (details supplied) may be reorganised to alleviate hardship; when the ongoing review will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35237/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) now qualifies for the living alone allowance given that they recently turned 66 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35238/22]