Written answers
Tuesday, 8 December 2020
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Disability Definitions
371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to designate sodium valproate syndrome as a severe disability to allow children impacted get access to domiciliary... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date by which arrears will be paid to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41074/20] - Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons awaiting payment of arrears from her Department for more than two, four, six and eight months,... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if arrears will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41116/20] - Domiciliary Care Allowance
375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details... - Data Protection
376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures in place to ensure social welfare reviews and investigations are compliant with GDPR requirements of her... - Social Welfare Eligibility
377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person in receipt of a social welfare payment has the right to privacy regarding personal spending when providing bank... - Community Employment Schemes
378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the length of time that unemployed persons can be placed on a community employment scheme; and... - Social Welfare Fraud
379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the special investigation unit in her Department is not allowed to stop the fraudulent payments being claimed by... - Social Welfare Eligibility
380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for a social welfare payment in the case of a person (details... - Personal Public Service Numbers
381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a PPSN application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41310/20] - State Pension (Non-Contributory)
385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether it is reasonable that a person (detail supplied) seeking to obtain their pension backpay to the date of... - Personal Public Service Numbers
386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41401/20] - Ministerial Meetings
388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has spoken formally with her UK counterpart since her appointment [41430/20] - Departmental Staff
389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of medical assessors within her Department in 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of vacant medical assessors... - Training Support Grant
390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 26 November 2020, if she will give the matter further consideration in view of... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in Dublin Fingal receiving pandemic unemployment payments; and if she will make a statement on the... - Live Register
392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in Dublin Fingal currently on the Live Register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41588/20] - State Pension (Non-Contributory)
393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a series of questions raised in correspondence of 24 November 2020 to a person (detail supplied) were not... - Social Welfare Eligibility
394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a surviving person who was jointly assessed with their deceased partner by her Department for all other... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if entitlement to a pandemic unemployment payment from March 2020 will be examined in the case of a person (details... - Maternity Benefit
396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who has moved home from abroad and has made PRSI contributions since but falls just short of... - Back to Education Allowance
397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider amending the back to education allowance scheme, BTEA, in relation to the cost of education allowance to... - Maternity Benefit
398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider adding those who are on maternity benefit to the list of those eligible to receive the Christmas bonus... - Social Welfare Appeals
399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41798/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that An Post has reintroduced the signing pen for persons collecting social... - Training Support Grant
401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full conditions attached to the training support grant for persons with a disability, as announced in budget 2021; if... - Wage Subsidy Scheme
402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons with disabilities currently supported under the wage subsidy scheme for persons with disabilities; the... - Employment Support Services
403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date in meeting the commitment in the programme for Government to fine-tune and expand targeted... - Back to Education Allowance
404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a further degree of flexibility can be shown in the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the... - Parental Leave
405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date on which the new parental leave arrangements will apply; the date on which a child has to be born for a parent to be... - Personal Public Service Numbers
406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average pre-Covid-19 wait time for a personal public service number, PPSN, application to be processed; the current wait... - Illness Benefit
407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) against the removal of their illness benefit payment. [41872/20] - Employment Support Services
408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons with Down's syndrome are eligible to use the EmployAbility service. [41877/20] - Personal Public Service Numbers
418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a personal public service number, PPSN, by a person (details supplied); when it is expected... - Guardian's Payment
419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full details, criteria and application process pertaining to the guardian's payment; and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Eligibility
420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payments from the HSE in the form of compensation court awards from claims of abuse or negligence can affect a person's... - State Pension (Non-Contributory)
421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42037/20] - Youth Unemployment
422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reduce youth unemployment; the targets she has set; and the expected dates for achievement of these targets.... - Social Welfare Benefits
423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the increase in the living alone allowance and the fuel allowance will take effect; the number of persons who will... - Youth Unemployment
424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures underway in her Department to tackle youth unemployment and to support young persons affected by the Covid-19... - Qualified Child Allowance
425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the increases to the qualified child payments as announced in budget 2021 will take effect; the number of families that... - Personal Public Service Numbers
426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures being examined to reduce the current delays experienced in processing PPS numbers; if a fast-track system is... - Free Travel Scheme
427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the free travel scheme will be applicable to more bus routes that are publicly licensed in 2021; and if she will make a... - Departmental Staff
429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage or number of staff working with a disability within her Department and the agencies under her aegis in 2018,... - Employment Support Services
430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the value of grants provided under the reasonable accommodation fund in 2019; the most recently available data in 2020; and...
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