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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister will be aware of the specific case to which I referred, even though I have anonymised the details. I welcome the fact the Minister will carry out a review. I take her at her word in that regard. I acknowledge the fact the Government has increased the income disregard from €665 to €750 for a couple. The scenario I am talking about involves a couple where there...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: The incremental, but substantial, improvements made under the Minister's mandate are acknowledged. The scenario I am talking about is where a spouse has to work all of the hours God gives them to bring income into a family while their spouse is caring for a person, but all of a sudden the income is gone. It puts tremendous pressure on the family. If something could be done in respect of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister is in government.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 2. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if income disregards could be reviewed for the purposes of assessment of means for carer’s allowance, with a view to ensuring that the income of a spouse, civil partner, or cohabitant where they work overtime, would not disbar an applicant for eligibility for the carer's allowance. [5993/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I ask the Minister for Social Protection whether income disregards could be reviewed for the purpose of assessment of means for carer's allowance with a view to ensuring the income of spouses, civil partners or cohabitants, where they work overtime, will not disbar an applicant from eligibility for carer's allowance.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 43. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of exceptional needs' payments under the supplementary welfare allowance paid in January 2023; the total and individual value of each payment; and the total expenditure by category, in tabular form. [5998/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 44. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her proposals to review the means test for the carer’s allowance. [5994/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will publish the report on the impact of employee PRSI contributions on minimum wage employees. [5996/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 55. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to the passing of the Social Welfare Act 2022, when her report on the provision and cost of community welfare officers will be completed. [5995/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 75. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the protocols in respect of modular housing; if he will provide an outline of the Departments and agencies of the State that are involved in the construction of modular housing. [5970/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ministerial Responsibilities (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 77. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has taken responsibility for disability services. [5973/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 98. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied that in cases in which proposals are presented by individuals, organisations or commercial entities to provide accommodation to IPAS, that applications are expediated in a timely way. [5971/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5752/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will review a decision in respect of an application by a person (details supplied). [6062/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (8 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 378. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied). [5753/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (8 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 447. To ask the Minister for Health if he will explore a simplified process for the treatment abroad scheme, whereby if a person or a child is required to make multiple trips for surgery and or observation, that paperwork would be reduced or a separate pathway created to simplify their paperwork to reduce bureaucracy on the patient. [6048/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (2 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus users on each individual bus route in Galway City and county in each of the years 2019 to 2022, in tabular form. [5516/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (2 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance the audit that has been carried out since 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 on the impact of benefit-in-kind changes in the Finance Act 2019 on notional pay and the subsequent knock-on taxation implications for workers in pay ranges (details supplied), in tabular form. [5279/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (2 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 228. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of workers that have been impacted on changes in benefit-in-kind made in the Finance Act 2019, per county, in tabular form. [5280/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (2 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance if data is available on whether workers who avail of benefit-in-kind are better or worse off due to the changes introduced in the Finance Act 2019; and if emissions are up or down as a result of that change. [5281/23]