Written answers
				Wednesday, 13 January 2021
    				
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
				 
    - Early Retirement Allowance 
					553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding the early retirement allowance will receive a... - Youth Unemployment 
					554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans in place to ensure the high numbers of youth unemployment are reduced as Ireland comes out of the Covid-19... - JobPath Programme 
					555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to close down JobPath; if a new contract will go out to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Treatment Benefit Scheme 
					556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to instances in which a company (details supplied) has been charging patients for eye tests... - School Meals Programme 
					557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of primary schools that provide school meals by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Contracts 
					559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department or State agencies under the aegis of her Department have awarded contracts to a company (details supplied);... - Pensions Reform 
					560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made in providing community employment supervisors access to pensions in line with the 2008 Labour Court... - Disability Allowance 
					561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance claim will be made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports 
					562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if advice can be provided for a PAYE employee who incorrectly applied for the temporary wage subsidy scheme (details... - State Pension (Contributory) 
					563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a contributory State pension by a person (details supplied). [44914/20] - Social Welfare Schemes 
					564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the short-time work support scheme; and if she will make a... - School Meals Programme 
					565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will undertake a review of the school meals programme; if consideration will be given to rolling it out to... - Community Employment Schemes 
					566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the duration of community employment schemes will be extended (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance 
					567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a carer’s allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if... - Community Employment Schemes 
					568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of community employment participants who are over 55 years of age; the maximum number of years they can be on the... - Exceptional Needs Payment 
					569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an exceptional needs payment to cover funeral expenses will be reconsidered in the case of a person... - Departmental Data 
					570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff currently employed in the legal and legislation unit of her Department; the breakdown of officers’... - Parental Leave 
					571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if contingency plans are in place for new mothers and fathers due to go back to work between January and April 2021 before... - Social Insurance 
					572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if class S PRSI is considered to be compulsory insurance under Articles 8 and 12 of the Convention on Social Security between... - Social Welfare Schemes 
					573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the approach that will now be taken to address ongoing issues in respect of the accessing of staff of a company to... - Free Travel Scheme 
					574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to allow those over 66 years of age who do not hold a public services card due to Covid-19... - School Meals Programme 
					575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if school meals will be provided even when schools are closed due to public health restrictions; and if she will make a... - Fuel Allowance 
					576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a fuel allowance payment will issue to a person (details supplied) who made an application in October 2020; and if she... - Supplementary Welfare Allowance 
					577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out by social protection office by county in supplementary welfare payments from 1 December 2020 to 5 January... - Social Insurance 
					578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional revenue that would be generated if the higher rate of 10.75% PRSI was increased to 13.25% on the... - National Advocacy Service 
					579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the budget allocation to the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020,... - Community Employment Schemes 
					580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the duration of the community employment scheme for workers in a project (details supplied) due to the... - Disability Allowance 
					581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in respect of their application for disability allowance; and when... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment 
					582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in respect of the payment of the pandemic unemployment... - Working Family Payment 
					584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the working family payment who had their payment revoked since Covid-19 hit in March... - Jobseeker's Benefit 
					585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a jobseeker’s benefit review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;... - Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times 
					586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a basic social welfare payment will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); if immediate steps can be... - Social Welfare Schemes 
					587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for five weeks' non-contributory old age payment in respect of the person's spouse... - Exceptional Needs Payment 
					588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for an exceptional needs payment in respect of the person's spouse's funeral... - Social Welfare Offices 
					589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding increasing staff in the social welfare appeals office; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment 
					590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing a person's (details supplied) pandemic unemployment payment; and if the payment will... - Disability Allowance 
					591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment 
					592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when further pandemic unemployment payment arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will... - State Pension (Contributory) 
					593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a contributory pension will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [1716/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment 
					594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the numbers of persons who accessed the pandemic unemployment payment during 2020. [1726/21] - Money Advice and Budgeting Service 
					595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is an even distribution of resources and funding supplied to the MABS services nationwide or if there are... - Widow's Pension 
					596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a widow's pension could made available to a long-time partner of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic 
					597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details for her Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice;... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment 
					598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when pandemic unemployment payment arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a... 
         
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