Written answers
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Child Benefit
478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 971 of 16 June 2020, if she will consider using her discretion in circumstances in... - State Bodies
480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasons the Citizens Information Board and the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS, restructuring plan has commenced... - Departmental Data
481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time it is taking to process applications under the remit of her Department; and if she will make a statement... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons will receive back payment in cases in which there was a delay in receiving the pandemic unemployment payment... - Carer's Benefit
483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13789/20] - Industrial Disputes
484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, further to commitments made at a meeting of the high level forum for the community and voluntary sector in April 2017,... - Carer's Allowance
485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for long delays in assessing applications for carer’s allowance; the reason a person (details supplied) has... - Insolvency Payments Scheme
486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 407 of 28 February 2017, if progress has been made on the review of eligibility for the... - Illness Benefit
487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those certified as medically vulnerable have been expected to survive on standard illness benefit in view of the... - Community Employment Schemes
488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the contracts for new community employment supervisors will be of the same duration as existing contracts; and if she will... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding bank payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - State Pensions
491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an applicant will automatically receive the greater of the two pensions in circumstances in which they received the... - School Meals Programme
492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the school meals scheme during July and August 2020 to assist families on low incomes; and if she will... - Disability Allowance
494. 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. [13890/20] - Employment Rights
495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is legal for a company (details supplied) and employers to have control of workers' tips. [13896/20] - Disability Allowance
496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Domiciliary Care Allowance
497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied): and when they can expect a... - Carer's Allowance
498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the appeal lodged by a person (details supplied) in regard to a carer’s allowance has commenced; when a decision... - Meals-on-Wheels Services
499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1113 of 3 June 2020, when her officials made contact with the sponsors of the scheme;... - Social Welfare Eligibility
500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if financial aid will be provided to private homes affected by flash flooding recently; and if she will make a statement on... - Pension Provisions
501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the situation in respect of a person who was living with their partner for over seven years and the partner has died; if the... - Public Services Card
502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a person can arrange an appointment for a public services card in view of Covid-19 restrictions. [13952/20] - State Pension (Contributory)
503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the application for a contributory pension and arrears that may have issued or are due in respect of a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a Covid-19 payment will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Programme for Government
507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the costings carried out on the programme for Government; and if she will provide documents on those costings. [14029/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to older persons and those that had to cocoon during the Covid-19 emergency and generated greater than... - Consultancy Contracts
509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within her Department from... - Departmental Legal Costs
510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure her Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular... - Employment Data
511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of notified job vacancies in Drogheda town by month from 2016 to date in tabular from; if the figures are... - Social Welfare Eligibility
512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person over the age of 66 who could not receive the Covid-19 payment but who still has significant financial... - Public Services Card
513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a person can acquire a public services card at present. [14169/20] - Carer's Allowance
514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the... - Social Insurance
516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional revenue that would be generated in a full year if the class S PRSI rate increased by 0.6%; and if... - Community Employment Schemes
517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a PPSN, personal public service number, will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the pandemic payment a person who is unable to return to work is entitled to in view of the fact they have an underlying... - Personal Public Service Numbers
520. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider a simple procedure for fathers to gain access to their child’s PPSN, personal public service... - Carer's Allowance
521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will remove the means test for the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14337/20] - Illness Benefit
522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is only receiving four weeks of the enhanced illness benefit; and if she will make a... - Enterprise Support Services
523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if taxi drivers are eligible for the enterprise support grant for small businesses. [14367/20] - Employment Rights
524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures in place to stop employers from terminating employment contracts and rehiring the same employees on reduced... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the Covid-19 payment by county and age cohort in ten-year intervals in tabular form.... - Carer's Allowance
526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the carer’s allowance is means-tested; if the means test disregard has not changed since 2008; her plans to alter... - State Pensions
527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not received their pension entitlements since retiring from Connolly hospital in... - Gender Recognition
528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of revocations of gender recognition certificates made by her pursuant to section 14 of the Gender Recognition Act... - Carer's Allowance
530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason and criteria under which a person was refused an oral appeal regarding the decision to refuse a carer’s... - Ministerial Responsibilities
531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will publish the Departmental briefing paper on her role, remits and powers afforded to her upon appointment to the... - Departmental Budgets
532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2021 if the budget for the youth employment support scheme increased by 20%; and if she will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment for the weeks ending 5 June, 12 June, 19 June, 26 June... - Carer's Allowance
534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will allow persons to exclude savings for a specific purposes, for example, to purchase a home, to be excluded from...
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