Written answers

Tuesday, 15 December 2020

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

 
  • Dental Services
    349. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the practice by dental hygienists of an additional charge of €25 for a clean and...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
    350. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it will be ensured that when a person applies for the pandemic unemployment payment that the Revenue Commissioners and-or...
  • General Register Office
    351. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [43392/20]
  • State Pensions
    352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a pension application appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Free Travel Scheme
    353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to allowing the free travel pass to be used for wheelchair accessible taxis particularly for...
  • State Pension (Contributory)
    354. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the State pension (contributory) whose pension entitlement is reduced as a result of the pension...
  • Personal Public Service Numbers
    355. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the processing of PPSN applications (details supplied); her plans to resume normal operations; and if she will...
  • Disability Allowance
    356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Treatment Benefit Scheme
    357. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the treatment benefit scheme eligibility review; if consideration has been given to extending the...
  • Social Welfare Payments Administration
    358. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare payments considered when assessing eligibility for the Christmas bonus for persons with a combination of...
  • Social Welfare Eligibility
    359. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who has been out of work since March 2020 owing to Covid 19, has been in receipt of the temporary wage subsidy...
  • Blind Person's Pension
    360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reconsider the means test for those in receipt of the blind pension; her plans to ensure those with a visual...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will postpone social welfare audits on persons with disabilities during Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a...
  • Community Employment Schemes
    362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to an extension of her current participation on a community employment scheme to...
  • State Pensions
    363. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43125/20]
  • Personal Public Service Numbers
    364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons waiting for an appointment after applying to be issued a PPS number. [43191/20]
  • Carer's Benefit
    365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork has an entitlement to carer’s benefit. [43192/20]
  • Free Travel Scheme
    366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of expired public service free travel cards still in use as a result of Covid-19 restrictions on accessing the...
  • Carer's Allowance
    370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases of carer’s allowance under review; the number of reviews commenced, per quarter, in 2020; and if...
  • Domiciliary Care Allowance
    371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases of domiciliary care allowance under review; the number of reviews commenced, per quarter, in 2020; and if...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
    374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she expects re-rate arrears will be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43241/20]
  • Community Employment Schemes
    375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the recommendation of the Labour Court on the community employment supervisors scheme will be implemented; and if she...
  • Social Welfare Schemes Data
    376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to pay the annual Christmas bonus in 2020 to those in receipt of the family income support payment; and if...
  • Social Welfare Payments Administration
    377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to including recipients of the family income support payment in the bonus payment scheme for...
  • Fuel Allowance
    378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) who had their fuel allowance disallowed on reaching 66 years of age will be...
  • State Pension (Non-Contributory)
    379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the guidelines and procedures in place to ensure applicants get a fair assessment of their applications; and if they have...
  • Carer's Allowance
    380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a request for further backdating a carer’s allowance award in respect of a person...
  • Poverty Data
    381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the national social target for poverty reduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43398/20]
  • Anti-Poverty Strategy
    383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025; the reason no national anti-poverty strategy was in place for the...
  • Youth Guarantee
    384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the new youth guarantee; her plans and intended deadlines to ensure those under 29 years of age can receive an...
  • Social Welfare Code
    385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify the position regarding the means test for social welfare payments as it applies to jobseeker’s...
  • Maternity Benefit
    386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those in receipt of maternity benefit do not receive the Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Illness Benefit
    387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those in receipt of illness benefit do not receive the Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Carer's Allowance
    388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those in receipt of carer’s allowance cannot avail of the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement...

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