Written answers
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Parental Leave
561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing six weeks of parental benefit which would be the same rate as maternity benefit but could... - Adoption Data
562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending adoptive benefit to male couples that are currently excluded due to a technicality in the... - Maternity Benefit
563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing maternity, paternity and adoptive benefit by €10 per week. [18225/20] - Community Employment Schemes
564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the pension dispute by community employment scheme supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Citizens Information Services
565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reduce and-or close Citizens Information services in south Dublin and County Wicklow; and if she will make a... - Money Advice and Budgeting Service
566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the Citizens Information Board proceeded with the restructuring of the Money Advice and Budgeting Services in view... - Covid-19 Pandemic
567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the enterprise support grant for businesses impacted by Covid-19 will be launched. [18415/20] - Maternity Benefit
568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending maternity benefit to 52 weeks. [18661/20] - State Pensions
569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to establish a commission on pensions to examine sustainability and eligibility issues with State... - Bereavement Grant
570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost if the bereavement grant of €850 that was abolished in 2014 was reinstated; the cost of... - Back to Education Allowance
571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the proposed review of the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the... - Working Family Payment
572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19099/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date on which self-employed persons will be able to apply for the grants of up to €1,000; and if she will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment can be extended for those working in the tourism industry that are unlikely to see a... - Working Family Payment
575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [18097/20] - Exceptional Needs Payment
576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the entitlement of an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied). [18099/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a copy of the operational guidelines for the pandemic unemployment payment. [18105/20] - Job Losses
580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of redundancies her Department has been notified of in each month to date in 2020; the number notified in each... - Fuel Allowance
581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the means of a person (details supplied) were reached in relation to the fuel allowance application; and if... - Low Pay Commission
582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Low Pay Commission has been formally requested to examine universal basic income as agreed in the programme for... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied ) is on the lower rate of pandemic unemployment payment in view of income exceeding the... - Community Employment Schemes
584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons working in a community employment scheme and that work part time to supplement their income will be included in... - Child Benefit
585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families that receive child benefit payments; and the number of children these are in respect of. [18205/20] - School Meals Programme
586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of the extension of the school meals programme over the summer months in 2020. [18206/20] - State Pensions
589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for disallowance of a pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many pensioners and elderly persons are incurring significant expense on... - Social Welfare Offices
591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports in place in local Intreo centres for persons with dyslexia in cases where they must complete application forms... - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if hard copy application forms for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance scheme are available in local Intreo... - Public Services Card
593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the public service card registration process will resume. [18320/20] - Free Travel Scheme
594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provisions are to be implemented for persons entitled to a free travel pass; if she will review the case of a person... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reintroduce weekly payments for schemes that introduced fortnightly payments; and if she will make a statement... - Invalidity Pension
596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on their application for an invalidity pension. [18339/20] - State Pension (Contributory)
597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if home carer credits were included when a decision was made to refuse an application for State pension (contributory) by a... - Invalidity Pension
598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on his or her application for an invalidity pension. [18341/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions available for parents in cases in which their leave has ended and childcare is not available to them due to... - Invalidity Pension
601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal application by a person (details supplied) for an invalidity pension; and when a decision will issue.... - Carer's Allowance
602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a carer’s allowance; and when he or she can expect a... - General Register Office
603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 630, 633 and 634 of 9 June 2020, the operational status of the General Register and... - Social Welfare Eligibility
604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for taking a divergent approach to persons with dual employee self-employed income from the approach taken with... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 775 of 14 July 2020, if a directive has been issued to her Department in relation to... - Free Travel Scheme
609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending free travel to domiciliary care recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Jobseeker's Allowance
610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason jobseeker’s allowance payments were not issued to the bank account of a person (details supplied); when... - Departmental Correspondence
612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if communication was received from another authority relating to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if so, when... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment review for a person (details supplied);... - State Pension (Contributory)
614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the calculation of possible overpayments will be completed for a person (details supplied) in relation to their State... - One-Parent Family Payment
615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the overpayments recouped of one-parent family benefit in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a pandemic unemployment payment rate review in respect of a person (details supplied) in... - Working Family Payment
618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of working family payment who have listed employment in the Defence Forces on their... - Child Benefit
619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of making a one-off annual double payment of child benefit to all recipients in September 2020.... - Social Insurance
620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by introducing a new employers’ rate of PRSI of 12.75%,... - School Meals Programme
622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children availing of hot free school meals; and the cost per child and school of delivering same. [18828/20] - Supplementary Welfare Allowance
623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a supplementary welfare payment can be made while awaiting the result of an appeal for an invalidity pension in the case... - Social Welfare Overpayments
624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 741 of 14 July 2020, if a person (details supplied) actually received funds... - Invalidity Pension
625. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a claim for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) given that her Department... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is on the lower rate of pandemic unemployment payment in view of the fact that their... - Public Services Card
629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the cost-benefit analysis undertaken for the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if additional supports will be put in place to support the self-employed in reopening their business in view of the fact that... - Working Family Payment
632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19075/20]
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