Written answers
Tuesday, 15 September 2020
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Bereavement Grant
470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the bereavement grant of €850 that was abolished in 2014 will be restored; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Schemes Data
471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the anticipated cost to the Exchequer in 2021 of a waiver of waiting days on social welfare payments by category of payment;... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures in place to assist those over 50 years of age who have found themselves unemployed due to the Covid-19 pandemic,... - Low Pay Commission
473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the design implementation and the evaluation of the universal basic income pilot committed to as part of the... - Disability Allowance
474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the disability allowance assessment criteria for those living with myalgic encephalomyelitis is not representative... - Social Welfare Eligibility
475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Personal Public Service Numbers
476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for personal public service number applications; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a backdated pandemic unemployment payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Disability Allowance
478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payments for disability allowance will remain fortnightly. [23344/20] - Personal Public Service Numbers
479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a PPSN by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23361/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those in receipt of farm assist payments are excluded from receiving the enterprise support grant in order to... - Departmental Staff
482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of eligible staff who can apply for the higher executive officer competition in her Department. [23450/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to workers who may lose work due to possible future localised lockdowns when the pandemic unemployment... - Farm Assist Scheme
494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to increase the amount of income disregarded in respect of the farm assist scheme from 30% to 40%, 50%,... - Jobseeker's Allowance
496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons receiving payments under the fish assist scheme in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020,... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a payment will be made to those over the age of 66 who are still working but are currently losing out on income to make up... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment. [23539/20] - Social Welfare Overpayments
502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for an overpayment amounting to €5,063 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Invalidity Pension
503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details... - Pensions Reform
504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the commission on pensions will be established; the terms of reference and membership of same; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Appeals
505. 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. [23602/20] - Back to Education Allowance
509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assistance she can provide regarding an application for back to education allowance for a person (details supplied); if... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason social welfare offices cannot deal with payment arrears that have arisen regarding the emergency Covid-19 pandemic... - Pension Provisions
514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the pension rights of community employment supervisors; when she will be implementing the LRC... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider making exemptions for those on Covid-19 payment schemes who wish to carry out courses with bodies such... - Jobseeker's Allowance
516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an employer can refuse to sign a UP14 form for an employee applying for jobseeker’s allowance for unpaid days that... - Rent Supplement Scheme
517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if changes can be made to ensure that telecommunications assistance can be enhanced in order that applicants with queries... - Island Communities
518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial supports available to islanders travelling to hospitals to access cancer treatment and associated overnight... - Jobseeker's Allowance
519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to those in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance that must complete a course in advance of... - Social Welfare Benefits
521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the support available to householders whose houses were flooded to support them in the aftermath of the recent floods in... - Disability Allowance
522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing persons in receipt of the disability allowance to go back to weekly payments if it is their... - Maternity Leave
524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending paid maternity to 12 months. [24148/20] - Back to Education Allowance
525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it will be ensured that means testing for the back to education allowance includes childcare costs. [24178/20]
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