Written answers
Wednesday, 24 February 2021
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Community Employment Schemes
552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of negotiations with community employment supervisors regarding pension and gratuity payments; and if she will... - Departmental Offices
553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the facilities available in her Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines of two years... - State Pensions
554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State pension, non-contributory, and the State pension, contributory, respectively,... - Parental Leave
555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be eligible for the parent’s leave and benefit as announced in budget 2021; and if... - JobPath Programme
556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the current Turas Nua contract to deliver the JobPath programme is to be renewed; and if she will make a statement on the... - Supplementary Welfare Allowance
557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons awarded the supplementary welfare allowance in 2019; the number of applications submitted by county in... - Pension Provisions
558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exemption will be made for a person (details supplied) with regard to the person's benefit pension entitlements. [9484/21] - Pensions Reform
559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend eligibility to persons aged 65 years who do not have the required paid contributions for 2019 but who... - Pension Provisions
560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons currently aged 65 years who did not earn enough to pay PRSI in 2019 and who did not receive State benefits in 2019... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost and the number of recipients who would be included, if those in year two of the back to... - Social Welfare Appeals
563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to change the rules relating to the pandemic unemployment payment by allowing recipients to continue to receive... - Ministerial Advisers
565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by her in tabular form. [9604/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider adapting the rules of the pandemic unemployment payment to include those workers who are under 18 years... - Departmental Staff
567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff employed in her Department by gender and by Civil Service salary scale in tabular form. [9669/21] - Departmental Reviews
568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her; and the date by which each study,... - Social Welfare Rates
569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider an increase to the telephone support allowance to ensure those who are eligible for the allowance can... - Social Welfare Inspections
570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of on-site inspections by social welfare inspectors at construction sites in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021;... - Community Employment Schemes
571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an extension is taking place for community employment schemes as outlined on 28 January 2021 in Dáil Éireann.... - JobPath Programme
572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the contract for Turas Nua is to be reviewed; her plans for the future of the JobPath programme; and if she will make a... - Free Travel Scheme
573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will establish a free travel pass for those with long-term health conditions such as epilepsy that can prevent these... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of licensed contractors that did not qualify for the enterprise support grant by county. [9995/21] - Gender Recognition
575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Gender Recognition Act 2015 means that a man who self-identifies as a woman is entitled to access any and all... - Jobseeker's Payments
578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to requesting the assistance of local employment service personnel in processing and... - Social Welfare Code
579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date regarding a request from a person (details supplied); and the policies in place within the... - Departmental Staff
580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of grades within her Department from service officers up to and including secretary general by age range and... - Social Welfare Inspections
581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of investigations into employment status and false employment carried out by social welfare inspectors in 2018,... - Carer's Allowance
583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the means test threshold for entitlement to carer's allowance in €50... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a grant for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10356/21] - Fuel Allowance
585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time the fuel allowance will continue in 2021. [10409/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when those awaiting pandemic unemployment payment arrears as a result of a recent information technology issue can expect to... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a weekly payment or supplementary welfare payment in the case of a person (details supplied); if a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of childcare workers in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment on a weekly basis from 21 December 2020 to... - Carer's Allowance
589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to review the means limits for the carer’s allowance which have been in place for many years given that... - Invalidity Pension
590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [10464/21] - Departmental Expenditure
591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount her Department has expended to date regarding awareness raising campaigns of Covid-19 in national newspapers,... - Illness Benefit
592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an enhanced illness benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Appeals
594. 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. [10539/21] - Personal Public Service Numbers
595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a personal public service number, PPSN, application by a person (details supplied). [10571/21]
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