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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (25 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...to students achieving their potential. Supplementing the universal supports available to all schools, the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) Programme is a key policy initiative of my Department to address concentrated educational disadvantage at school level in a targeted and equitable way across the primary and post-primary sector. In March 2022, I announced the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...my Department has invested in the region of €4.5 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 800 school building projects. Construction is currently underway at approximately 300 other projects, which includes 31 new school buildings. Projects at construction involve a total State investment of over €1.2bn. I recently announced that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 161,600 children, including over 135,000 pupils travelling on primary and post primary services, 19,800 pupils with special educational needs, and 6,800 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine are transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (25 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: I am aware of the challenges that have faced the organisation in question in recent years. I am advised that my officials have engaged with the Arts Council and Kerry County Council to support the plans of the board and management to ensure a sustainable future for this critically important cultural centre. The engagement by my Department at all times respects the curatorial independence of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (25 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 211. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an overview of her Department’s understanding of production activity in the film and audiovisual sector at present; the efforts, if any, she is undertaking to increase the volume of production activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18682/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (25 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The National Regeneration Programme ensures the most disadvantaged communities are placed at the centre of all considerations surrounding physical, social and economic regeneration. My Department fully supports a wide ambit of regeneration projects which ensures that complexes with historic disadvantages are placed at the forefront of regeneration. My Department currently funds multi-year...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Business Supports (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: In general, the issue of targeted supports for businesses is a matter for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. However, the following is the position with regards to employer PRSI. The Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund as at 31 December 2020 found that even without any economic shocks to the economy or change to policy, the long-term sustainability of the Fund...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Heather Humphreys: Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that as a result they require that level of care. An application for CA was received from the person concerned on 14 November 2023. It is a condition for receipt of a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The objective of the School Meals Programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children to support them in taking full advantage of the education provided to them. he Programme is an important component of policies to encourage school attendance and extra educational achievement. Following the expansion of the Programme in recent years, some 2,600 schools and organisations,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (25 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of money being paid by her Department to private bus companies under contracts for the free travel scheme; the reason these companies are not precluded from charging a booking fee on scheduled services and particularly on services where the buses are often forced to refuse passengers due to being at capacity,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Heather Humphreys: ...Department may make an Additional Needs Payment (ANP) to help meet essential expenditure which an eligible person could not reasonably be expected to meet from their weekly income. ANPs are awarded at the discretion of the Designated Persons administering the scheme considering the requirements of the legislation and all the relevant circumstances of the case. According to the records...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: As the details supplied within the parliamentary question for the person concerned do not match the records of my department, and without information relating to the circumstances of the person concerned, my officials are unable to advise on an income support payment. My department is responsible for the administration and payment of a range of supports to assist an eligible person who is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Market (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...Personal Advisors offer advice and guidance on job search tools and techniques and employment opportunities. An Employment Personal Advisor from the Maynooth Employment Services Office, located at Claremount House, Kelly’s Lane, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, W23 X5N5 has contacted the person concerned to offer our support. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Bereavement Grant, which was a once-off payment of €850 for funeral costs, was discontinued in January 2014. The number of bereavement grant claims in 2013 was 23,716 at a cost of €20.3 million. It is estimated that the cost of reintroducing the grant would be close to €31 million per annum and would increase annually. Accordingly, any decision to reinstate such a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Priorities (25 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: 233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which satisfactory provision continues to be made for those retiring at 65 years of age; the extent of any recent progress in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18709/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an Office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision making functions. The Chief Appeals Officer continually monitors the number of appeals on hands and processing times. Every effort is made to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Priorities (25 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Heather Humphreys: My Department understands the many pressures faced by customers and always seeks to ensure that claims are handled quickly and efficiently. I am sure that the Deputy can appreciate how processing times can vary across schemes, depending on the differing qualification criteria. Schemes that require a high level of documentary evidence from the customer, particularly in the case of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (25 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The information requested by the Deputy on those schemes is provided in the attached tabular statement. Table 1: State Pension (Contributory) claims registered, awarded, rejected and pending, by year Year Registered Awarded Rejected Pending at end December 2019 41,551 20,737 16,063 4,883 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Priorities (25 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Heather Humphreys: Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is a monthly allowance payable in respect of a child aged under 16 who has a severe disability requiring continual or continuous care and attention substantially in excess of the care and attention normally required by a child of the same age and where the level of the child's disability is such that the child is likely to require this level of care and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Catherine Murphy: 241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that were successful at stages 1 and 2 of the Garda trainee application process in the past 20 years; the totality of applicants in the past 20 years to the Garda trainee recruitment programmes; the number of persons that took part in stage 1 of the process over that time period; and the number that took...

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