Written answers
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Local Employment Service
1140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to privatise local employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3911/20] - Respite Care Grant Appeals
1142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a respite care grant by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Expenditure
1143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount expended on access to online and hard copy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in... - Departmental Data
1144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020... - JobPath Programme
1145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to discontinue the JobPath scheme at the end of 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4045/20] - Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
1147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a payment for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4068/20] - Carer's Benefit Applications
1148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will... - Pension Provisions
1149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding commercial employers’ treatment of the mandatory pensionable age as 65 years of age in view of... - Carer's Benefit Payments
1150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status on the review for a carer's benefit for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Invalidity Pension Applications
1151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); when a decision will issue; and if she will... - Social Insurance
1152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated impact on the public pay bill by the introduction of a 15.75% rate of employer's PRSI on portion of salaries... - Social Welfare Appeals Status
1153. 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. [4182/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
1154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the protections or measures in place or to be put in place in scenarios related to the Covid-19 outbreak (details supplied);... - Disability Allowance Appeals
1155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Widow's Pension Eligibility
1156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was turned down for a widow's pension in view of the fact the necessary contributions... - Social Welfare Appeals Status
1157. 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. [4421/20] - Disability Allowance Appeals
1158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
1159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
1160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she... - Invalidity Pension Payments
1161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is on the full rate of invalidity pension; the amount of arrears due to the person; and the... - Workplace Equipment Adaptation Grant
1162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the workplace adaption grant to those on community employment schemes will be extended; and if she will make a statement... - Social Welfare Rates
1163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the basic social welfare rate will be increased for the blind pension and disability allowance by at least €20 per... - Disability Support Services
1164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an organisation (details supplied) and blind and vision impaired persons will be consulted as part of the research... - Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
1165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider changing the eligibility criteria for access to the free travel scheme to include those with a... - Blind Person's Pension Payments
1166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the income trough caused in cases in which the income of a blind or vision impaired person exceeds eligibility for the... - Blind Welfare Allowance
1167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a change will be made to the blind welfare allowance in order that it is not counted when assessing means for disability... - Social Welfare Benefits Payments
1173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Intreo offices are actively distributing forms to change social protection... - School Meals Programme
1174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the hot school meals programme is being operationalised currently; the number of schools and school... - Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme
1176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reintroduce mortgage interest supplement to assist those that may become redundant or be absent from work due... - Child Benefit Eligibility
1177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending child benefit to persons of 18 years of age in secondary schools; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
1178. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the one-parent family payment and jobseeker's transition payment rate to €245; and... - One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure
1179. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the age limit for the one-parent family payment to 14 years of age and the earnings... - Disability Allowance
1180. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the disability allowance payment rate to €265; and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
1181. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the carer's allowance and benefit rate from €219 to €255. [4682/20] - State Pension (Non-Contributory) Applications
1182. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a State pension (non-contributory) submitted in 2015 by a person (details supplied). [4693/20] - Departmental Expenditure
1183. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Vote of her Department if the rate of employer PRSI was increased to 15.75% for the portion of... - Invalidity Pension Applications
1184. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension will be approved and expedited for a person (details supplied). [4721/20] - Household Benefits Scheme
1185. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can claim arrears for the household benefits package in view of the fact they forgot to apply... - Illness Benefit Eligibility
1186. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans in place for self-employed persons to receive illness benefit. [4811/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
1187. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions which will be made for persons with fixed low incomes reliant on prepay power services that run out of... - Invalidity Pension Eligibility
1188. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in regard to eligibility for an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will... - Invalidity Pension Applications
1189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for refusal of invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
1190. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will... - Social Insurance
1191. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to cases regarding pre-entry contributions in circumstances in which contributions under the... - Parental Leave Expenditure
1192. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing parental leave by an additional 26 weeks and increasing the rate of benefit paid by... - Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
1193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a further review of entitlements in respect of carer's and jobseeker's allowances can be undertaken in the case of a... - One-Parent Family Payment Payments
1194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provisions have been made to financially support lone parents unable to work due to lack of childcare during mandatory... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
1195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if regular social welfare payments will be advanced in order to reduce the need for persons to attend post and social... - Fuel Allowance Payments
1196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to extending the fuel allowance period to the end of April 2020 to help persons with... - Working Family Payment Payments
1197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the working family payment will continue to be paid to families even if there is a reduction in their working hours. [4992/20] - Gas and Electricity Disconnections
1199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to pausing all energy disconnections and social welfare sanctions. [4994/20] - Invalidity Pension Appeals
1200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied). [5006/20] - Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
1201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to make more resources available to charities (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
1202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding retired post office workers whose only income is their post office pension; if they have an... - Disability Allowance Payments
1203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability payment review in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
1204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the period a person spends on homekeeping duties will be taken into consideration to reach the 520 contributions that are... - Employment Rights
1205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce legislation to protect workers' right to disconnect outside paid working hours; and if she will make... - Social Welfare Benefits Payments
1206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5272/20] - Pension Provisions
1207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to re-examine the issue of a pro-rata pension for persons that do not have the required number of PRSI... - Protected Disclosures
1208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of protected disclosures her Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of... - State Pension (Non-Contributory) Applications
1209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a non-contributory pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - National Economic and Social Council
1210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the recent report No. 19 by the NESC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5475/20] - Departmental Offices
1212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are vacancies in the offices of her Department at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
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