Written answers
Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Living Wage Introduction
856. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on implementing a living wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23398/19] - Civil Registration Legislation
857. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when persons will be able to retrospectively register as parents as per the Civil Registration Act 2019; and if she will make... - Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
858. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that community employment supervisors have not received a pay rise since 2007; if... - School Meals Programme
859. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter regarding school meals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24144/19] - Treatment Benefit Scheme Applications
860. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application for treatment benefit and optical benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was... - Carer's Allowance Applications
861. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
862. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the perceived unjust system under which carers do not receive qualifying stamps in order to qualify for... - Child Benefit Rates
863. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost if child benefit increased by €10 per month per child; and if she will make a statement... - Child Benefit Eligibility
864. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending child benefit to those aged 18 and 19 years of age in 2020. [23308/19] - Household Benefits Scheme
866. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position on the reintroduction of the household benefits package to recipients of carer's allowance who do not live with... - Invalidity Pension Applications
868. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details... - Statutory Retirement Age
869. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions in place for persons who are obliged to retire at 65 years of age but will not be eligible to receive a... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
870. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and when a decision will issue on same. [23411/19] - Child Benefit Eligibility
871. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a child who reaches 18 years of age before leaving second level school can continue to receive child benefit; and if she... - Carer's Allowance Applications
872. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - JobPath Programme
873. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if referrals to Turas Nua and Seetec are to cease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23437/19] - Illness Benefit Eligibility
874. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views as to whether it is equitable that widows and widowers are unable to collect illness benefit while sick due to the... - Disability Allowance Applications
875. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance claim by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
876. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Household Benefits Scheme
877. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider restoring the household benefits package for carers who do not live with the people for whom they care,... - Disability Activation Projects
878. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the EmployAbility national contract for 2019 does not provide for budgetary measures for pay increments for... - Invalidity Pension Applications
879. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be finalised on an invalidity pension claim by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [23542/19] - Unemployment Data
880. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current unemployment rate in County Wicklow by town or local welfare office; and if she will make a statement on the... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
881. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal for invalidity pension can be reviewed for a person (details supplied). [23580/19] - Illness Benefit Applications
882. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision on an illness benefit claim can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [23588/19] - Disability Activation Projects
883. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of companies that have availed of the disability awareness training support scheme in each year since its... - State Pension (Contributory)
884. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be included in the contributory pension review; if so, when they will be contacted; and... - Employment Support Services
885. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the closure of a jobs club (details supplied); if there are alternative sources of funding... - Social Welfare Benefits Data
886. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the weekly State pension by €9 per week to build towards achieving the commitment in... - Bereavement Grant
889. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of restoring the bereavement grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23642/19] - Social Welfare Schemes Expenditure
891. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of removing income barriers to older persons getting online by creating a digital support allowance of... - Public Services Card
892. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who had a social protection payment withheld and-or suspended for failure to produce and-or apply for a... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
893. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Rates
894. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her engagement with stakeholders, as required under section 19 of the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil... - Carer's Allowance Applications
895. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
897. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Working Family Payment Applications
899. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a working payment will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if... - Jobseeker's Benefit Applications
900. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a jobseeker's benefit application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will... - Legislative Measures
901. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will bring forward measures to standardise payslips across all employment in view of the fact that some employers... - Paternity Benefit
902. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of new fathers who have availed of paternity benefit across counties Roscommon and Galway since it was introduced;... - Child Benefit Eligibility
903. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend child benefit in circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23784/19] - State Pension (Contributory)
904. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a rate band review of the rate of State pension being paid to a person (details supplied) in... - JobPath Data
905. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount withheld in the context of sanctions imposed on persons who failed to fully comply with their referrals to the... - State Pension (Contributory)
906. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be included in the review of pensions under the total contributions... - Disability Allowance Applications
907. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied). [23803/19] - Invalidity Pension Applications
910. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Offices
911. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is considering amalgamating her Department’s services in Dundalk, County Louth, which would involve the closure... - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
912. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the entitlement to carer's allowance of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23836/19] - Disability Allowance Appeals
913. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on a disability allowance appeal; and if she will make a statement... - Social Insurance Payments
914. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person receiving a State pension (contributory) over 66 years of age while still working in a full-time position and... - State Pension (Contributory)
915. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be included in the contributory pension review; if so, when the person will be contacted;... - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Eligibility
916. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding payment of partial capacity benefit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if... - Carer's Allowance Applications
917. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Appeals
918. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24011/19] - Carer's Allowance Applications
919. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
920. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Invalidity Pension Applications
922. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for an invalidity pension will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she... - Household Benefits Scheme
924. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the household benefits package will be restored for those in receipt of carer's allowance that are not living with those... - Carer's Allowance Applications
925. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
926. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Benefit Applications
929. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application in relation to a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Disability Allowance Applications
930. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for disability allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and... - Invalidity Pension Applications Data
931. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of invalidity pension applications received in 2018 and to date in 2019; and the number of applications that have... - Disability Allowance Appeals
932. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
933. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - State Pension (Contributory) Data
935. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the savings made from 2013 to 2018 and the estimated full year savings in 2019 arising from changes made to the calculation... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
936. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost in 2019 and projected cost in 2020, exclusive of arrears, of reassessing persons for entitlement... - Social Welfare Appeals
937. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24174/19] - State Pensions
938. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Allowance Applications
939. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - State Pension (Contributory) Data
940. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the increases provided to those who have to date had their entitlement to a contributory pension reviewed; the number to date... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
941. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are circumstances under which a person may have an extension granted to the duration of their participation in a... - State Pension (Contributory) Data
942. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have had their entitlement to a contributory pension reviewed to date that are now in receipt of...
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