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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