Results 1-20 of 5,891 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Jun 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the case of a social welfare appeals office decision (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35090/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (24 Jun 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided as indicated by a DDLETB officer for a post to be split between administration and youth support worker for a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33602/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (24 Jun 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures in place to ensure that women forced to leave the civil service due to the marriage bar can access a non-means-tested State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33599/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (24 Jun 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that due to a recent change in Department policy, activation officers are now required to meet with jobseeker’s when they have only been on a social welfare payment for 300 days; if he is aware that they are then referred to Intreo partners, i.e., local employment area service, and so on; if he is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jun 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware of a cohort of people in the State with five plus years of PRSI contributions who are only entitled to the minimum rate of jobseeker’s pay-related benefit; if he is aware that this group, due to historically favourable circumstances in the housing market may have had the means to purchase a house, pay...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (19 Jun 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that employers are not obligated to make pension contributions during unpaid maternity leave unless stipulated in the employment contract; if he is aware of the hardship this incurs on new mothers and parents later in life; if he plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33105/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (19 Jun 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, further to the most recent fine imposed on his Department by the data protection commissioner for deficiencies in compliance with data protection rules, he will provide details of each Government Department or agency that this data was shared with; if he will confirm that the data in question has been deleted by his...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Jun 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 180. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware of the fact that when custody is split between two separated or divorced co-parents there is no mechanism by which both co-parents may each receive half of the children’s allowance; the children’s allowance instead, when there is a mother and father co-parenting, goes to the mother regardless of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (19 Jun 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm unequivocally whether he is satisfied that the current policies, priorities, decisions and actions of his Department, including in particular, the National Parks and Wildlife Service, both should and do always treat the protection of public health and safety of citizens (especially but not exclusively,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (17 Jun 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 110. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of the hardship endured by parents of multiples (twins, triplets etc.) who are only entitled to one set of maternity/paternity/parental leave; if he will give consideration to additional supports for these parents in recognition of the additional care work and expense for parents of multiples;...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 Jun 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person's income averaged over a number of years can be used to calculate the amount of pay-related jobseeker's payment in cases in which their income for the previous 12 months is not representative of their income for the duration of their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31953/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (11 Jun 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if kinship carers are eligible for the back to school allowance. [31180/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (11 Jun 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the first- and full-year cost of extending child benefit to families in the international protection process. [31181/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (11 Jun 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the first- and full-year cost and feasibility of setting up a new departmental team to address child poverty. [31182/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (11 Jun 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the first- and full-year cost to increase working age social welfare payments by €1. [31183/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (11 Jun 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the first- and full-year cost of increasing disability allowance, invalidity pension and blind pension by €1. [31184/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (11 Jun 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the first- and full-year cost of increasing the qualified child increase for over-12s by €1. [31185/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (11 Jun 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the first- and full-year cost of increasing the qualified child increase for under-12s by €1. [31186/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (11 Jun 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the first- and full-year cost of restoring the right to retire at 65 and reintroducing the State pension. [31187/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (11 Jun 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the first- and full-year cost of introducing a long term carer’s pension. [31188/25]