Written answers
Wednesday, 7 October 2020
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Living Wage
150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to provide funding in budget 2021 to the universal basic income pilot which has already been... - Low Pay Commission
151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has received a recommendation from the Low Pay Commission in respect of increases which should apply from January... - Departmental Offices
152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reopen the public registrations office in County Longford. [29205/20] - Social Welfare Overpayments
153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on social welfare overpayments as detailed by the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if she will make a statement... - Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme
154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons who were on the back to work enterprise allowance scheme are been given an extension if their two year duration... - Dietary Allowance
155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider reinstating the diet supplement in budget 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29010/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing self-employed recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment to work a certain number of hours... - Aer Lingus
157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) continues to refuse to sign social welfare... - Dormant Accounts Fund
158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the €5 million in dormant accounts funding for persons with disabilities to support their access to employment... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of research being conducted on the short and long-term impacts of the pandemic unemployment payment... - Citizens Information Services
160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the opening of a new Citizens Information office in Shannon town, County Clare; and if she will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the way in which the pandemic unemployment payment is to be treated for the purposes of means... - Pensions Reform
163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29159/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the terms under which self-employed persons can claim a payment to assist with restarting their business which has been... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many student nurses who were supporting themselves through part-time health... - Parental Leave
166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the dates for extension of paid parental leave and of unpaid parental leave over the next fifteen months. [29173/20] - Pension Provisions
167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to bring forward an auto-enrolment pension during the course of 2021; and if she will make a statement on the... - Illness Benefit
168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the short-term illness benefit can be claimed by the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29179/20] - Working Family Payment
169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the higher rate of child dependent allowance for children of 12 years of age and over will be reflected in the rates for... - Back to Education Allowance
170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the back to education allowance can be claimed without a waiting time for all traditional welfare payments and for the... - Rent Supplement Scheme
171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of new claimants of rent supplement which have come into payment since the Covid-19 pandemic commenced; and her... - Disability Activation Projects
172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to funding tablets for jobseeker's supported by the EmployAbility service through the... - Work Placement Programmes
173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the terms and conditions which will apply to the Work Experience Programme which was announced as part of the July Stimulus;... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to social welfare payment due to a loss of employment as a result of the current... - Labour Activation Programmes
176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the ending of the JobPath and Turas Nua schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29240/20]
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