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

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 34. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when we can expect to know the findings of the interdepartmental working group between her Department and the Department of Health concerning a reform of the disability payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18079/24]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 35. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the tender for EmployAbility which was due to be published in April 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18471/24]

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

Gary Gannon: 36. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how the green paper on disability reform will impact students in higher education receiving disability payments. [9087/24]

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

Matt Carthy: 37. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the position regarding the mandatory retirement age for participants on the job initiative scheme to ensure that those who wish to can remain on the scheme past the State pension age. [17717/24]

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

Paul Murphy: 38. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is concerned at the impact proposed cuts to employers’ PRSI will have on the Social Insurance Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18331/24]

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

Pauline Tully: 39. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider altering the Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 to apply the reduced rate of social welfare payments to Ukrainian people who arrive after a particular date instead of the current approach of connecting the reduced payment to new designated centres; and if she will make a...

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

Thomas Gould: 40. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether ME is eligible for disability allowance. [18407/24]

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

Bernard Durkan: 41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants who have been refused insurance-based private pensions on the basis of insufficiency of contributions over their working lives or part thereof; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18338/24]

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

Peadar Tóibín: 42. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of times an individual in receipt of carer’s allowance had their allowance stopped, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; and to provide a sample of reasons that carer’s allowance may be withdrawn from carers. [17668/24]

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

Violet-Anne Wynne: 43. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the hot school meals programme to a school (details supplied) on a permanent basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18268/24]

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

Paul Murphy: 45. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will introduce a universal disability payment of at least €350 a week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18328/24]

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

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 46. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an expected launch date of the reformed reasonable accommodation fund, following the recommendations from the review of the fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18406/24]

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

Richard Bruton: 47. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered designing new initiatives to tackle under-claiming of benefits, which is widespread across her own Department and other agencies of Government. [18077/24]

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

Mark Ward: 49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the appeals process for domiciliary care allowance payments that are refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18431/24]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 50. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what steps she intends to take regarding the extent of the backlog in processing disability allowance claims. [18474/24]

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

Matt Carthy: 51. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on her engagements with Cabinet colleagues regarding the ending of the Temporary Protection Directive next year. [17716/24]

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

Aindrias Moynihan: 52. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to give consideration to extending the carer’s benefit to include the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18354/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Apr 2024)

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants to the succession planning advice grant; the steps he is taking to support succession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18423/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (25 Apr 2024)

Alan Farrell: 67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on supports for farmers in light of recent adverse weather conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17843/24]