Written answers
Tuesday, 3 November 2020
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
826. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when further details will be announced regarding the way in which self-employed persons in receipt of the pandemic... - Disability Support Services
828. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures taken to support persons with disabilities who are on low incomes and will be financially challenged by recent... - Wage Subsidy Scheme
829. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will support calls for the wage subsidy scheme for persons with disabilities to be improved to boost employment... - Social Welfare Overpayments
831. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full review of the case of a person (details supplied) can be undertaken with a view to explaining the reason payment... - Social Welfare Benefits
832. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the extension of parental benefit is not coming into effect until April 2021; if she will consider bringing this... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
833. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a back-to-work enterprise scheme is reckoned as income in the calculations when a pandemic unemployment payment claim is... - Community Employment Schemes
834. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) on a community employment scheme that is due to expire on 23 October 2020 could have their... - Rural Social Scheme
835. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a reduction in funding to the RSS scheme in the proposed Estimates for 2021; and if she will make a statement on... - Household Benefits Scheme
836. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will change the policy on the household budget scheme, which may suit local authorities and housing bodies but,... - Jobseeker's Allowance
837. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be entitled to a higher weekly rate of jobseeker’s allowance... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
838. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if full-time students in further and higher education can continue to receive the pandemic unemployment payment and enter new... - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme
841. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32397/20] - Community Employment Schemes
842. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the review into community employment schemes will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32431/20] - Carer's Allowance
843. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those in receipt of the carer’s allowance who dedicate their lives to caring for a family member are not... - Personal Public Service Numbers
845. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32470/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
847. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who comes off the pandemic unemployment payment for short-term seasonal work should reapply for the pandemic... - Community Employment Schemes
849. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of community employment schemes under level 5. [32505/20] - Jobseeker's Payments
850. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rules in place for returning emigrants who sign on for a jobseeker's payment currently; if payment is withheld for two... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
851. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons on the pandemic unemployment payment are restricted to undergoing a night-time or online course and not a... - Personal Public Service Numbers
852. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to a PPS number and the pandemic unemployment... - Redundancy Payments
853. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a statutory redundancy payment will be released for a person (details supplied) who ceased employment on 29 February... - Pension Provisions
854. 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. [32562/20] - Carer's Allowance
855. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in determination of eligibility for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if... - Jobseeker's Payments
856. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person in receipt of a jobseeker's payment who has applied for and been accepted for a community employment scheme can... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
857. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be reached on the provision of pandemic unemployment payment support to a person (details supplied); and... - Covid-19 Pandemic
859. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be considered eligible for upskilling in view of the level 5 restrictions. [32594/20] - Jobseeker's Benefit
860. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend legislation to ensure that new applicants for jobseeker's benefit who were in receipt of carer’s... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
861. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons can collect social welfare payments such as jobseeker’s allowance on a fortnightly basis rather than... - Pension Provisions
862. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an EU citizen who is resident in the State for over five years is deemed to meet the habitual residence condition for... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
863. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who was self-employed, pays tax but does not make PRSI contributions is eligible for the pandemic unemployment... - Social Welfare Benefits
865. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if the case will be reviewed; and if she will... - Social Welfare Overpayments
866. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who was a carer for their parent until 19 September 2019 has been issued with a letter... - Fuel Allowance
868. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement... - Invalidity Pension
870. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
871. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of a €300 pandemic universal payment but that will now be moved to a higher... - Social Welfare Code
876. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to reviewing the rules around maternity benefit in order that persons that have been on... - Personal Public Service Numbers
877. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a delay in issuing PPS numbers to persons returning here; and the steps being taken to deal with this delay.... - Pension Provisions
878. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options available for a person (details supplied) who has been told they do not have enough stamps for a contributory... - Social Welfare Inspections
880. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if household social welfare inspections are permitted to take place under level 5 [32873/20] - Working Family Payment
882. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of lone parent households and two parent family households availing of the working family payment over the past... - Jobseeker's Payments
883. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if social welfare sanctions for jobseeker’s payments ceased during the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on... - Personal Public Service Numbers
885. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive their PPSN; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32935/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
886. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to expand the scheme for self-employed workers to earn up to €480 a month and retain the PUP to PAYE... - Child Maintenance Payments
889. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the reform of the child maintenance system; if she will address key issues such as calculation, facilitation and... - Social Welfare Benefits
890. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions she is taking to prioritise and protect supports for lone parents, having regard to the recommendations of the... - Food Poverty
891. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to address food poverty in children and to ensure that no child goes hungry; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Schemes
892. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will continue to support the annual Social Inclusion Forum as an important means of promoting engagement... - Labour Activation Measures
893. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has considered supporting the introduction of returnships in partnership with employers to support women... - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
894. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider equalising the income thresholds for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance for one and two... - Child Benefit
895. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider making child benefit payable to families with children over the age of 18 enrolled in secondary school... - Carer's Allowance
897. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to backdating arrears of carer’s allowance six months prior to date of application in... - Social Welfare Schemes
899. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeline for the proposed universal basic income pilot that was set out in the programme for Government; and if there is... - Fuel Allowance
900. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons (details supplied) qualify for the fuel allowance or other benefits. [33054/20] - Personal Public Service Numbers
901. 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); and if she will make a statement... - Jobseeker's Allowance
903. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for a delay in processing a jobseeker's allowance application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal;... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
905. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for processing PUP applications for counties Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan under the level 4... - Illness Benefit
906. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) with a confirmed Covid-19 related illness had their enhanced illness benefit payment... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
907. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if further documentation was received by her Department from a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made in... - Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
908. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 527 of 15 September 2020, the number of individuals which applied for the humanitarian... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
909. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the pandemic unemployment payment to workers in an airline that are out of work due to the Covid-19... - Back to Education Allowance
910. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review for back to education allowance can be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will... - Social Welfare Eligibility
911. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a jobseeker's allowance and childcare allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Personal Public Service Numbers
913. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a PPSN for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
916. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when Covid illness benefit will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33258/20] - Departmental Contracts
917. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of contracts approved in her Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the... - Social Welfare Offices
918. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when her Department plans to centralise and gather information from INTREO offices to obtain a national picture regarding... - Food Poverty
920. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) has stated that its services currently... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
921. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to a person over 66 years of age who is impacted by the Covid-19 crisis and self-employed but cannot... - Community Employment Schemes
923. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the time on the scheme for all community employment scheme participants for a period during... - Citizens Information Services
924. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Citizens Information centre in Ros Muc, County Galway is still functioning; the status of same; and if she will make a... - Personal Public Service Numbers
926. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33367/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
927. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a change was made to the Covid-19 PUP in respect of PRSI contributions; if she will report on the new operational... - Disability Allowance
928. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability claim which has been upheld on appeal by the social welfare appeals office (details supplied) will go into... - Social Welfare Rates
930. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of payment a person (details supplied) will receive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33627/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
932. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a Covid-19 or related payment will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); if the case will be... - Jobseeker's Benefit
933. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appointment to facilitate an application for jobseeker's benefit can be facilitated for a person (details supplied);... - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
934. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance to €180 for children... - Fuel Allowance
935. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if having a member of one's family on a social welfare payment and living with that person would disqualify that person from... - Training Support Grant
936. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 14 October 2020, if a decision has been made on an application for a training... - Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme
937. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused the BTWEA after being told by a case worker that they were eligible; the... - Invalidity Pension
938. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for a disability pension in 2019; the number of refusals; and if she will make a statement on the... - Data Protection
939. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of data protection breaches identified within her Department in 2019. [33852/20] - Personal Public Service Numbers
940. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be allocated a personal public services number in order to be able to... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
941. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the right of self-employed persons to the pandemic unemployment payment, illness and disability... - Illness Benefit
942. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the situation regarding entitlement to illness benefit for the self-employed; and if a person (details supplied) in County... - Social Welfare Inspections
944. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is an accepted practice for social welfare inspectors to carry out unannounced visits to the homes of persons receiving...
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