Written answers
Tuesday, 24 November 2020
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Youth Unemployment
535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which she plans to address the youth unemployment crisis, specifically for the Mayo, Galway and Roscommon region.... - Disability Allowance
536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider amending the current means-tested disability allowance regime to allow persons with a disability to... - Education Policy
537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available for children diagnosed as gifted; and if she will consider adding gifted children to the diagnosis... - Public Procurement Contracts
538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of contracts of €25,000 or more that have been awarded by her Department or bodies under the aegis of her... - Pensions Council
539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if representatives of organisations that represent and advocate on behalf of women and older persons will be included on the... - Carer's Benefit
540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the anomaly will be corrected by which a 0.5 full-time equivalent teacher is currently categorised as working 11 hours a... - Illness Benefit
541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if Covid-19 illness payments affect entitlements to full sick leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37856/20] - Legislative Process
542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of all applications made by her Department to the Oireachtas business committee to waive pre-legislative scrutiny... - Departmental Staff
543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the grade at which the chief data protection officer in her Department is employed. [37922/20] - Probate Applications
544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a solicitor (details supplied) for clearance to take out probate, and pay out the beneficiaries of a... - JobPath Programme
545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have been referred to JobPath each year since it was established; the number referred for a second,... - State Pensions
553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for issuing persons in receipt of a qualified adult payment to their old age pension a means test letter; and... - Personal Public Service Numbers
554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) for PPS numbers will be processed; the reason for the delay in processing... - Tribunals of Inquiry
555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of tribunals, inquiries or investigations being undertaken currently by her Department; the number that are in the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the outstanding amount in arrears of the pandemic unemployment payment will issue to recipients of the payment; the number... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application by workers of a company (details supplied) for a casual-docket... - Exceptional Needs Payment
558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Inspections
559. 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... - Invalidity Pension
560. 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... - Social Welfare Benefits
561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a six weeks' death related payment following the death of the person's spouse;... - Jobseeker's Benefit
562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details of the increases in jobseeker’s allowance, jobseeker's benefit and supplementary allowance... - Community Employment Schemes
563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the current implementation of the saver clause in community employment schemes which states that participants... - Social Welfare Appeals
564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal will be accepted in the case of a person (details supplied); if an oral hearing will be facilitated at an early... - Community Employment Schemes
565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if support will be given to a community centre (details supplied) and other similar projects to form a company with the... - Personal Public Service Numbers
566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be allocated a personal public service number in order to enable the... - Pensions Data
567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the gross and net costs of not increasing the pension age to 67 years of age quantifying each of the various factors; the... - Invalidity Pension
571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the further medical evidence submitted by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if their invalidity pension will... - Jobseeker's Benefit
572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the maximum duration a person can retain entitlement under jobseeker’s benefit if the person enters that benefit... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the date beyond 31 December 2020 before which applications can be made for the pandemic unemployment... - Disability Allowance
575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which redundancy payments affect the means test for disability allowance; if there are allowances that can be... - Domiciliary Care Allowance
576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) will be expedited and approved... - Carer's Allowance
577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend the carer’s allowance and benefit requirements to allow persons to be working, self-employed or on a... - Personal Public Service Numbers
578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a PPSN application by a person (details supplied) who is relocating to Ireland from the UK to set up a... - Back to Education Allowance
581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make changes to the qualifying periods for back to education courses such as back to education allowance and the... - Jobseeker's Allowance
582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for jobseeker's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if... - State Pension (Contributory)
583. 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... - Carer's Allowance
584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Disability Allowance
587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Personal Public Service Numbers
588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an application for a PPS number for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason for the delay;... - Social Welfare Benefits
590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2021 if the telephone support allowance was increased to €4 per week; and if she will make a... - Data Collection
591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of data access requests her Department has made to telecoms companies and social media companies here in the past... - Social Welfare Appeals
593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an oral hearing can be held in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Data Collection
594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps a person (details supplied) is required to take to compel a family member living in the USA to provide personal... - Departmental Staff
596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare inspectors currently employed in each social welfare region throughout the country; the extent... - Social Welfare Appeals
597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if due process and fair procedures can be considered to have been followed in an application and appeals process in which the...
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