Written answers
Tuesday, 20 October 2020
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the J9 PRSI classification in the context of the temporary wage subsidy scheme assumes full-time employment of seven days... - Direct Provision Payments
381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons seeking asylum who have moved out of direct provision accommodation in order to avoid overcrowding and are now... - Gender Recognition
382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the provision of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 to 16 and 17 year olds. [31763/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will create two types of pandemic unemployment payment; one for persons who are laid off temporarily and another for... - Community Employment Schemes
384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on a matter in relation to pensions for community employment supervisors (details supplied); and if she... - Jobseeker's Benefit
385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for jobseeker's benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30943/20] - Pensions Reform
386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the planning and timing schedules for the establishment of a commission on pensions; her views on ensuring the independence... - Domiciliary Care Allowance
387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for domiciliary care grants in the past three years; the number of applications refused in tabular... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the efforts being made to issue arrears owing to those on the pandemic unemployment payment; if they will be paid before... - Personal Public Service Numbers
390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing a PPSN application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will... - Social Welfare Benefits
394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31102/20] - Invalidity Pension
395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for invalidity benefit by a person (details supplied); and when she can expect to receive a... - Disability Allowance
396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31135/20] - Social Welfare Appeals
397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for jobseeker’s transitional payment in the case of a person... - One-Parent Family Payment
398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for the one-parent family payment in the case of a person (details... - Disability Allowance
399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied);... - Jobseeker's Payments
400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the matter of back pay for employees of an airline (details supplied) for the period March 2020 to... - Illness Benefit
401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an illness benefit will be reviewed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31188/20] - Jobseeker's Payments
402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if applicants for jobseeker’s payments are required to provide full credit card and debit card details as they appear... - School Meals Programme
403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider increasing grant funding under the school meals programme for a school (details supplied) that caters... - Exceptional Needs Payment
404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if financial support in the form of an exceptional needs payment can be made to homeless persons (details supplied) in order... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the weekly income taxi drivers can earn in addition to claiming the pandemic unemployment payment, in light of the collapse... - Free Travel Scheme
407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending free travel to include children who are being cared for by a carer receiving the... - Employment Support Services
408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to relax the criteria stipulating that a person must be unemployed for at least one year in order to avail of the... - Pensions Reform
414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the reintroduction of the debt on the employer concept in social welfare and pension legislation to ensure... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if those with reduced hours on the EWSS can access short-time work support from March to September; if some applicants have... - Jobseeker's Allowance
418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for jobseeker’s allowance in the case of a person (details... - Invalidity Pension
420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the numbers of persons receiving invalidity payments by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31538/20] - Employment Support Services
421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details on the training, upskilling and reskilling available for those on invalidity payments; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Appeals
422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review will be undertaken into an application for an increase for qualified adult and children in the case of a person... - Employment Support Services
423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for refusal of EURES relocation allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Benefits
424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to bring forward the increase in parental benefit from April 2021 to 2020, in view of the difficulty in... - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can apply for back payment of the back to school clothing and footwear allowance. [31633/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria used in deciding to pay the Christmas bonus to those on pandemic unemployment payment with the proviso that the... - Working Family Payment
429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the working family payment threshold by €10 for all family sizes; the reason she did... - Community Employment Schemes
430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of places available on community employment schemes nationwide; the number of participants on the schemes at... - State Pensions
432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce legislation to change the age eligibility criteria for the State pension; and if she will make a... - Departmental Offices
435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces assigned to her Department in... - State Pensions
436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a State pension in the case of a person (details supplied);... - Fuel Allowance
437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will indicate eligibility for fuel allowance in the case a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of a State...
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