Written answers
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
685. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a Covid-19 crisis payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Job Losses
686. 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... - Disability Definitions
687. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a claim for disability status by a person (details supplied) has been granted; and if she will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
688. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the existing time frame of the pandemic unemployment payment in relation to self-employed persons that... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
690. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to seasonal workers that were not entitled to the Covid-19 payment in view of the fact they... - Gender Recognition
691. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015; the circumstances in which it will be permissible for a child to... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
692. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Covid-19 rent supplement scheme will be extended beyond August 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
693. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will accept self-assessed income for 2019 from self-employed persons as would be accepted by the Revenue Commissioners... - Social Insurance
694. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount of additional revenue that would be generated if the 2.6% PRSI of classes B, C or D increased to 3% or a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
696. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the small business grant will be open for applications. [15823/20] - Youth Unemployment
697. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the development of a youth employment strategy in view of the fact that this sector will be greatly... - Artists' Remuneration
698. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the feasibility of a basic income for artists and performers will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the... - State Pensions
699. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the increase in the pension age to 67 years of age has been deferred; the steps required to implement the policy; and if... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
700. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the age and county profile of those that have had their pandemic unemployment payment rate changed to €203 from... - Social Welfare Eligibility
701. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an entitlement to a basic social welfare payment exists in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Rent Supplement Scheme
702. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if rent allowance has been increased in line with current rent in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
703. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears and back payments will be issued to pandemic unemployment payment claimants; and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Overpayments
704. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if this question will be accepted as notice of the appeal against the decision to seek recovery of an alleged overpayment in... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
705. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on matters raised in correspondence by an association (details supplied) in respect of the pandemic unemployment... - Proposed Legislation
706. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce legislation to deal with situations in which companies or others engage in asset stripping of a firm... - Company Liquidations
707. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will meet workers of a company (details supplied); the steps she will take to ensure that stock or assets are not... - JobPath Programme
708. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the JobPath scheme; when current contracts with providers Turas Nua and Seetec will expire; and if she will... - Ministerial Responsibilities
709. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a copy of the departmental briefings received by her and each Minister of State in her Department upon... - Labour Court
711. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Labour Court recommendations made that relate to Departments; the number of these that have been implemented;... - State Pensions
712. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of pension arrears owed to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14852/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
714. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has instructed her officials to contact those persons directly in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment to... - Carer's Support Grant
715. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a respite payment will be made to a person (details supplied); if the amount will be paid in full; and if she will make... - Rent Supplement Scheme
717. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if rent support can be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - State Pension (Contributory)
718. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which an entitlement to a contributory State pension exists or can be facilitated in the case of a person... - Carer's Allowance
719. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in respect of a decision on a carer’s allowance application;... - Social Welfare Overpayments
720. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount in illness benefit overpayments recouped in each of the years 2010 to 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make... - Social Welfare Appeals
721. 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. [14991/20] - Carer's Allowance
722. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - State Pension (Contributory)
723. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the planned State pension (contributory) age increase to 67 years of age in January 2021 and 68 years... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
724. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons over 66 years of age who apply for the Covid-19 payment may have their cases judged on their individual... - Disability Allowance
726. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
729. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if workers who are receiving 30% of their wages and are on the temporary wage subsidy scheme are entitled to apply for the... - Back to Education Allowance
730. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if Covid-19 payments will be considered as eligible payments to proceed to back to education allowance. [15146/20] - Registration of Deaths
732. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the provisions under the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 to provide for registration of deaths of Irish citizens... - Community Employment Schemes
733. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to provide pensions for community employment supervisors as recommended by the Workplace Relations Commission some... - Social Welfare Benefits
735. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the criteria and level of payout for family carers might be revised in view of the hours such persons work and the... - Social Welfare Appeals
736. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when oral hearings as part of social welfare appeals will resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15235/20] - Carer's Allowance
738. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
740. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when social welfare payments will revert back to weekly payments as opposed to fortnightly payments; and if she will make a... - Disability Allowance
741. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a deduction is being made from the disability allowance payment of a person (details supplied); and if she will... - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
742. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is possible to facilitate families without Internet access to apply for back to school grants on hard copy... - Fuel Allowance
743. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons (details supplied) are entitled to fuel allowance or other benefits. [15314/20] - Social Welfare Appeals
744. 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. [15345/20] - Domiciliary Care Allowance
745. 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. [15346/20] - Disability Allowance
747. 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. [15349/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
750. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment each week since the scheme was introduced by age of the... - School Meals Programme
758. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the delivery of the school meals programme for a school (details supplied) cannot be delivered during the summer... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
760. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans and guidelines in place to help employers get their staff back to work; if there is an option to bring staff back... - Social Welfare Benefits
761. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of each payment made by her Department to recipients of social welfare payments; the budget line of each payment... - Treatment Benefit Scheme
762. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for a free hearing test in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Disability Allowance
763. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was not paid the six week payment following the death of the person's spouse; and if... - Free Travel Scheme
767. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will introduce automatic access to free travel for persons with epilepsy who are prohibited from driving due to their... - Carer's Allowance
769. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer’s allowance reviews that have taken place in the past six months; the number of such decisions... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
771. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pandemic unemployment payment will be reinstated to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Child Poverty
776. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures to be implemented to offset the expected increase in child poverty levels in 2020 following on the loss of... - Springboard Programme
778. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position of those in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment in accessing Springboard courses; the reason some who... - Invalidity Pension
780. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason contribution conditions for the invalidity pension include a condition (details supplied). [15896/20] - Citizens Information Board
782. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2021 if the budget for the Citizens Information Board increased by 6%. [15952/20] - Civil Registration Service
783. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when section 21A of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 will be enacted. [15954/20] - State Pension (Contributory)
784. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a contributory pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Application Forms
787. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to rolling out changes to social services forms for children, such as child benefit,... - State Pensions
789. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a deferral of a State pension payment to a person (details supplied) in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment will... - Jobseeker's Payments
790. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of those aged 65 years of age in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance and jobseeker’s benefit at the end... - Citizens Information Services
791. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to secure the future of citizen information centres in an area (details supplied); if there are plans to reduce... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
792. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the inclusion of persons over 66 years of age who were at work when the Covid-19 pandemic struck within the...
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