Written answers
Tuesday, 29 September 2020
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Zero-hour Contracts
522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate per hour a permanent shift worker on a zero-hour contract is entitled to be paid when assessing outstanding holiday... - Community Employment Schemes
523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will facilitate the provision of pensions for community employment supervisors as per the recommendations of the 2008... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if inquiries will be made in the case of a taxi driver (details supplied) who was placed on a lower pandemic unemployment... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to the chauffeur sector in view of the extreme hardship experienced by the sector due to the Covid-19... - Citizens Information Services
528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which the decision to restructure the corporate governance arrangements of the Citizens’ Information... - Birth Certificates
529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a past birth certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - SOLAS Administration
530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be considered for a SOLAS training course while temporarily out of work due to Covid-19.... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has spoken to the Minister for Finance about extending the pandemic unemployment rate at full pay to September 2021.... - Pension Provisions
532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the establishment of a commission on pensions as per the programme for Government; the timeline for its... - Community Employment Schemes
533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a community employment scheme extension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the pandemic unemployment payment until April 2021. [26337/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the Covid-19 illness benefit into 2021; the way in which persons can access the scheme; and... - Jobseeker's Benefit
536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if short-time working under jobseeker’s benefit was claimable at the same time as the employer was claiming the... - Carer's Allowance
537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a phased restoration to the income disregard for carer’s allowance will be expanded to ensure that those on average... - Carer's Support Grant
539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to increasing the carer’s support grant (details supplied) from €1,700 to... - Carer's Benefit
540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending eligibility for the carer’s benefit to include self-employed persons or... - Domiciliary Care Allowance
541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending eligibility for the domiciliary care allowance to children residing in hospital... - State Pensions
542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to developing a pension solution for family carers that due to extended periods out of the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Covid-19 emergency measures will be amended to make persons over 66 years of age that would still be working if not... - State Pension (Non-Contributory)
546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who earlier in 2020 had their non-contributory pension reviewed and suspended pending the... - Invalidity Pension
548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a redundancy waiver or similar intervention will be reintroduced for the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment in... - Illness Benefit
551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payments a person (details supplied) qualifies for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26563/20] - Community Employment Schemes
554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the duration of community employment schemes due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the... - One-Parent Family Payment
555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 as amended by section 13 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reinstate the full €350 pandemic unemployment payment for workers in the arts and live entertainments... - Disability Allowance
557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [26753/20] - Child Benefit
558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an additional allowance will be given to students from low income families and an extension of child benefit beyond 18... - Carer's Allowance
559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (detail supplied) in County Cork is entitled to arrears of payment in respect of a carer’s allowance... - Wage Subsidy Scheme
560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to allegations by workers at company (details supplied) of the improper application of the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if socioeconomic research is being conducted into the short-term and longitudinal effects of the Covid-19 pandemic... - Social Insurance
562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if backdating social insurance coverage to 1973 will be considered for members of religious orders who were excluded prior to... - State Pensions
563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pension will be reviewed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26837/20] - Budget Process
564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider a submission (details supplied) regarding the budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Rural Social Scheme
565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the removal of time limits for the rural social scheme will be approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an applicant for the pandemic unemployment payment who has been made unemployed as a result of a lay-off due to the... - Carer's Allowance
567. 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 Donegal; and... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeline for payment of arrears due on the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Community Employment Schemes
571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding community employment workers cutting grass in housing estates in which the majority of the residents... - Social Insurance
572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the Tax Strategy Group Budget 2021 proposal to adjust the class S PRSI rate for self-employed workers; her views... - Carer's Allowance
573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer’s allowance payment will be reinstated for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will... - Carer's Benefit
574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer’s benefit application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be processed; and if she will... - Carer's Allowance
575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27046/20] - Ministerial Advisers
576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a schedule of advisers and special advisers appointed and or recruited by her since her appointment will be provided; the... - JobPath Programme
578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount to date paid to Seetec and Turas Nua regarding the JobPath programme. [27080/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the operational guidelines in place for applicants that have previously accessed Covid-19 income supports who are now... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person will be examined (details supplied). [27134/20] - Disability Allowance
583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application review by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Christmas bonus will be paid in 2020. [27162/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has had discussions in relation to a reversal of the cuts to the pandemic unemployment payment; if so, the estimated... - Departmental Circulars
589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will place on the record of the Houses of the Oireachtas a copy of a circular sent to social welfare representatives... - Social Welfare Schemes Data
590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Defence Forces personnel that received family income supplement or working family payment in each of the years... - SOLAS Administration
591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be considered for a SOLAS training course while temporarily out of work due to Covid-19.... - Jobseeker's Payments
592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options available to a person (details supplied); when they will be entitled to a payment in their own right; and if she... - Departmental Staff
593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of requests on hand from her Department and from State agencies under the aegis of her Department for approval to...
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