Written answers
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Employment Rights
1056. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who works in childcare can be forced to use two weeks of their annual leave during lockdown whilst receiving the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1057. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to support the workers in the bus, tour bus and coach industry (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Job Losses
1058. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to support employees of a company (details supplied) in view of the announcement by the CEO to... - Employment Rights
1059. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend workplace protections such as holiday pay and sick leave to school secretaries paid by boards of... - School Meals Programme
1060. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will extend the school lunch programme until the end of August 2020; if not, the reason; and if she will... - Company Closures
1061. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the contacts she or her officials had with a company (details supplied) prior to or since the announced closure of the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1062. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the cited figure of 38% recipients on the pandemic unemployment payment being disincentivised was arrived... - Domestic Violence Services
1063. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision not to facilitate access to emergency rent supplement will be reconsidered in view of that fact this would... - Company Liquidations
1065. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has been in contact with the union representing the workers of a company (details supplied); the position in this... - Disability Allowance
1066. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an increased payment can be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Benefit
1067. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review application for carer’s benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Disability Allowance
1068. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Jobseeker's Benefit
1069. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an extension will be given to those in receipt of jobseeker's benefit before Covid-19 restrictions were introduced in... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1070. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who was laid off due to the Covid-19 pandemic can continue to remain on the pandemic unemployment payment... - Social Welfare Benefits
1072. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1258, 1259 and 1260 of 20 May 2020, when a cheque will issue to the person (details... - Redundancy Payments
1073. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the situation being faced by the former workers of a company (details supplied) who are... - Disability Allowance
1074. 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. [8548/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1075. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures being considered to address the issue of employees returning to employment from maternity leave who do not meet... - Carer's Allowance
1076. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Disability Services Provision
1081. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance is available for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in addition to the person's disability payment;... - Illness Benefit
1082. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Staff
1083. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff in her Department working in the welfare fraud section; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
1086. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the back to school clothing and footwear allowance and include those in receipt of the domiciliary care... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1087. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the workers brought to Dublin by a company (details supplied) in April 2020 were in receipt of the Covid-19 payment... - Community Employment Schemes
1088. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be allowed to continue on a community employment scheme; and if she will make a... - Carer's Allowance
1090. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will introduce appropriate measures to ensure that carers who are in receipt of the carer’s allowance and who... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1093. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the exclusion of persons over 66 years of age from applying for the pandemic unemployment payment. [8739/20] - Rent Supplement Scheme
1094. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of new rent supplement applications received from 12 March 2020 to the most recent date for which figures are... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1095. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a review of the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment is carried out, if it will allow unemployed taxi drivers... - Domiciliary Care Allowance
1097. 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... - Invalidity Pension
1098. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8862/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1099. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment counts as contributions or reckonable contributions for the State pension,... - Carer's Support Grant
1102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a carer’s grant by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of those who have been in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment who previously qualified for a social... - Jobs Protection
1105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the employment protections being considered or that are in place to ensure security and protection of employees’... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for the pandemic unemployment payment by a person (details supplied) will be investigated; if the other... - Disability Allowance
1107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person is entitled to receive his or her means-tested disability allowance payment in another EU member state for a... - Money Advice and Budgeting Service
1108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if discussions are taking place to close an office (details supplied); when a decision will be made on this matter; if she... - Data Protection
1109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of personal information sharing and-or exchange between her Department and An Garda Síochána. [9012/20] - Wage Subsidy Scheme
1110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures being considered to ensure that employees participating in the wage subsidy scheme do not have their social... - Social Welfare Appeals
1111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will facilitate oral social welfare appeal hearings using video call technology for those applicants who are willing... - Invalidity Pension
1112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9052/20] - Meals-on-Wheels Services
1113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the position of assistant supervisor will be funded to manage the meals on wheels project operated by a community... - State Pension (Contributory)
1114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered giving further relief to a greater number of women who stayed at home to raise their family at a time... - Local Employment Service
1115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the review by external consultants of all contracted public employment services; the outcome of this review;... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment will continue after 8 June 2020; if so, the length of time; the rate which will be... - Job Losses
1120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of businesses that have notified her Department regarding their intention to consider collective redundancies in... - Redundancy Payments
1121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount her Department issued in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 in statutory redundancy payments to workers whose... - Legislative Measures
1122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to bring legislation forward to give effect to the recommendations in a report (details supplied); and if she will... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of pandemic unemployment payment recipients who were owed arrears; the number who have received arrears payments;... - Disability Allowance
1125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability appeal by a person (details supplied). [9338/20] - Carer's Allowance
1126. 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). [9339/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age on the pandemic unemployment payment by county in tabular form; and if she... - Jobseeker's Payments
1129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit, jobseeker’s... - Jobseeker's Allowance
1130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of the €112.70, €203 and other varying... - Disability Allowance
1131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age in receipt of the disability allowance; and if she will make a statement... - One-Parent Family Payment
1132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age in receipt of the one parent family payment; and if she will make a... - Disability Allowance
1133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of disability allowance who have lost employment due to Covid-19. [9361/20] - Data Protection
1135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the firewall will continue with regard to information sharing with the Department of Justice and Equality on social... - Direct Provision System
1136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on extending payment eligibility to those who have lost employment due to Covid-19 but reside in direct provision.... - Disability Allowance
1137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to review the anomalies in operational guidelines on disability allowance (details supplied). [9365/20] - Jobseeker's Allowance
1138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of restoring young persons under 25 years of age on the reduced rates of jobseeker’s allowance to the full... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
1139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding fortnightly payments; and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance
1140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be expedited;... - Social Welfare Appeals
1141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when restrictions allow, if an oral hearing can be arranged for a person (details supplied). [9418/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for the pandemic unemployment payment which her Department has rejected due to there being no... - Fuel Allowance
1144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will make available grants or extend current grants such as the fuel allowance to those workers aged 66... - Citizens Information Services
1146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to ensure that the citizens’ information services, including the telephone service, the money... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if vulnerable persons who were not able to go on Covid-19 illness benefit previously are now eligible; and if vulnerable... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clarity will be provided regarding one parent families in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment and another social... - Social Welfare Schemes
1154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a trial of a basic income model will be supported; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9732/20] - Departmental Advertising
1155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by her Department and its agencies on social media platforms (details...
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