Written answers

Wednesday, 10 March 2021

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

 
  • Food Poverty
    561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has read the research paper by a union (details supplied) which explores inequality and deprivation in Ireland. [13523/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
    562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if flexibility can be afforded to freelance and short-term workers with regard to eligibility for the pandemic unemployment...
  • Gender Recognition
    563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to revising the current procedure in which transgender persons who wish to have their names...
  • Local Employment Service
    564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the tendering process for the local employment services scheme; the stage the process is at; the...
  • Disability Allowance
    565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if flexibility is allowed regarding scholarships awarded to students in receipt of the disability allowance as in the case of...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Disability Allowance
    570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Disability Allowance
    572. 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...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available for those forced to take time off work due to illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
    574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if self-employment earnings for 2020 will be taken into account when assessing the rate of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment...
  • Social Welfare Rates
    575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the telephone support allowance by €1, €2.50, €4 and €5,...
  • Jobseeker's Payments
    576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the earnings disregard for the jobseeker's transitional payment by €5,...
  • Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme
    578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the back-to-work enterprise schemes for an additional 12 months, given the impact restrictions...
  • Domiciliary Care Allowance
    579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that have been taken to revise the age thresholds for the domiciliary care allowance (details supplied). [12782/21]
  • Social Welfare Payments Administration
    580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department utilises a bank (details supplied) for making social welfare payments to recipients; her views on whether...
  • Parental Leave
    582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a process is available for applicants looking to avail of the additional three weeks benefit under parent's leave and...
  • Maternity Benefit
    583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) relating to maternity benefit will be examined. [12910/21]
  • Pension Provisions
    584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider appointing representatives of affected groups to the Pensions Commission such as groups (details...
  • Disability Allowance
    585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the disability allowance; and if she will make a...
  • Jobseeker's Allowance
    586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the jobseeker’s allowance; and if she will make...
  • State Pensions
    587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the State pension, contributory and non-contributory;...
  • Back to Education Allowance
    588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the back to education allowance; and if she will make...
  • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
    589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance;...
  • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
    590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the basic supplementary welfare allowance; and if she...
  • Blind Person's Pension
    591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the blind pension; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Carer's Allowance
    592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a...
  • Carer's Support Grant
    593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the carer’s support grant; and if she will make...
  • Domiciliary Care Allowance
    594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a...
  • Fuel Allowance
    596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement...
  • Household Benefits Scheme
    597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the household benefits package; and if she will make a...
  • Invalidity Pension
    598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the invalidity pension; and if she will make a...
  • One-Parent Family Payment
    599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the one-parent family payment; and if she will make a...
  • Community Employment Schemes
    601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to provide pension provision as per a 2008 Labour Court recommendation for community employment...
  • Departmental Internships
    602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under her aegis in...
  • Community Employment Schemes
    603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make changes to a service agreement with local community employment sponsor groups (details supplied) in County...
  • Registration of Deaths
    604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a death registered before the enactment of the amended section 37 of the Civil Registration Act 2004 can have the...
  • Disability Allowance
    605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Job Losses
    606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correspondence and interaction there have been between her Department and the board of a group (details supplied)...
  • Redundancy Payments
    607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will intervene with the board of a group (details supplied) to ensure the previously agreed severance package is...
  • Disability Allowance
    608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing payment including arrears to a person (details supplied) who has been approved for...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
    609. 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...
  • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
    611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants awarded the supplementary welfare allowance to date in 2021; the number of applications submitted by...
  • Exceptional Needs Payment
    613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a family (details supplied) can qualify for a once-off exceptional needs payment; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Domiciliary Care Allowance
    614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
  • State Pensions
    615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the availability of the option under the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 2005 to direct that subsection 1 shall not be...
  • Invalidity Pension
    616. 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. [13337/21]
  • Carer's Allowance
    617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Social Welfare Schemes Data
    618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of the support payments to her Department for those seeking international protection as provided for in...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment by each of the four payment rates by age,...
  • National Economic and Social Council
    620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has read the recent NESC report on the self-employed. [12564/21]
  • Pensions Reform
    621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the living alone allowance should be accessed as income when calculating the income threshold for...
  • Personal Public Service Numbers
    623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive their PPSN; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13509/21]
  • School Meals Programme
    624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the hot school meals initiative; when a review of the pilot scheme can be expected; and if the scheme will be...
  • Departmental Advertising
    625. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent across her Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied)...

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