Written answers
Tuesday, 30 June 2020
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
794. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the eligibility criteria for the back to school allowance will be extended due to Covid-19 financial restrictions on... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
795. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if childcare providers that normally close their service during the summer months in view of the fact that they are ECCE-only... - Job Losses
796. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has been notified of the possible loss of jobs at an airline (details supplied); the engagement she has had with the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
797. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment will be extended for seasonal workers and employers that did not have staff in... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
799. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if employees in receipt of the temporary wage subsidy scheme continue to accrue holiday entitlements; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
801. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the backlog in processing claims for and making non-Covid-19 related payments; her plans for dealing with this... - Illness Benefit
802. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the anomaly by which persons in receipt of a widow's pension can receive the emergency Covid-19 payment... - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
803. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for exclusively online applications for the 2020-2021 back to school allowance; and the way in which applicants... - Illness Benefit
804. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons that are unable to work due to being high risk and are on an illness benefit payment cannot qualify for... - State Pension (Contributory)
805. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to provide a top-up pension payment for those post-retirement age that are without a full social... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
806. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider measures (details supplied) to inject life into the events and arts industries post Covid-19. [12875/20] - Invalidity Pension
807. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person can qualify for an invalidity pension in circumstances in which they are paying class S contributions and are... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
808. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons on the pandemic unemployment payment due to have it reduced to €203 as a result of having... - Redundancy Payments
818. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid under the redundancy payment scheme and under previous similar schemes in each year of their operation in... - Disability Allowance
819. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12973/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
820. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if high risk persons, that is, those cocooning on medical grounds, will no longer be eligible for the pandemic unemployment... - Disability Allowance
822. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1066 of 3 June 2020, if, as already indicated a review of the applicant’s means... - Jobseeker's Allowance
823. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if jobseekers allowance will be made payable to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
824. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend Covid-19 payments to support high risk persons that must continue to follow public health advice and... - Carer's Allowance
825. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the means test threshold for entitlement to carer's allowance in €50... - Disability Allowance
826. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied). [13039/20] - Death Certificates
828. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the protocols for informing her Department following the death of a pension recipient; the persons from which her Department... - Community Employment Schemes
831. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement... - Widow's Pension
833. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a widows’ contributory pension claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [13094/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
834. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the financial impact of old age pensioners unable to claim the pandemic unemployment... - Public Services Card
835. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when face-to-face meetings for the public services card will resume for those applying for SUSI but do not have a card and... - Household Benefits Scheme
836. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the electricity or gas allowance from €35 per month to €42 per month... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
837. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to providing income supports for taxi drivers that are returning to work as the lockdown... - Social Welfare Overpayments
838. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review a decision to seek recovery of an alleged overpayment in the case of a person (details supplied) on the... - Carer's Allowance
839. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which carer’s allowance payment levels have been affected by the pandemic support payments; and if she... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
840. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the updated Covid-19 payment for self-employed persons is not calculated over a two-year period similar to that... - State Pension (Contributory)
841. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a person (details supplied) that has total combined contributions here and in Germany that would yield a... - Social Welfare Benefits
842. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department registers the number of self-employed musicians accessing welfare supports; and if she will make a... - Fuel Allowance
843. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement... - Carer's Allowance
844. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of the carer’s allowance is planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13240/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
845. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payment for four weeks of arrears for the pandemic unemployment... - Disability Allowance
846. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;... - Data Protection
847. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which data is protected in cases in which a recipient is switched from one payment to another, for example, from... - Jobseeker's Benefit
848. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged 65 years of age that claimed jobseeker's benefit in each month of 2019 and in each month to date... - JobPath Programme
850. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 810, 811 and 812 of 23 June 2020, when the report referenced will be finalised; and... - State Pension (Contributory)
852. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an increase for a qualified adult State pension (contributory) application submitted by a... - Carer's Allowance
854. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the carer’s allowance of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the... - Community Employment Schemes
855. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reinstate funding for a community employment supervisor and 17 part-time employees at a project (details... - State Pension (Contributory)
857. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will facilitate women forced to leave their employment due to the marriage rule to avail of contributory pensions;... - Departmental Staff
858. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has established a working from home policy for its employees; and if she will make a statement on the... - Public Services Card
859. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which parents can apply for a public services card to obtain a MyGovID required to apply to the national childcare... - Community Employment Schemes
860. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a group (details supplied) had its community employment scheme workers removed. [13592/20] - School Meals Programme
861. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to continuing the school meals programme during the summer months to keep providing food... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
862. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to proposals by an organisation (details supplied) for a temporary top-up payment to the... - Carer's Allowance
864. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer's allowance recipients; the number in receipt of the half and full rate, respectively; and if she will... - Bereavement Care
866. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an augmentation of the bereavement grant will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
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