Written answers
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Schemes Data
957. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who availed of the pandemic unemployment payment due to a lack of childcare; the breakdown of same by... - Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
958. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an emergency basic social welfare payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make... - Social Welfare Eligibility
959. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the qualifying criteria to apply for the pandemic unemployment payment were changed to state that an applicant had... - Social Insurance
960. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the PRSI classes reckonable for the benefit payment for 65-year-olds announced in February 2021; if there are plans to extend... - Social Welfare Rates
961. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the rate of contributory old age pension paid to a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the person is entitled... - Employment Support Services
962. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be facilitated to return to employment through JobsPlus; and if she will make a statement... - Carer's Benefit
963. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s benefit review application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Appeals
964. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14169/21] - Fuel Poverty
965. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to put in place a comprehensive anti-fuel poverty strategy; the timeframe for same; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Eligibility
967. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the grant scheme for persons on the pandemic unemployment payment who are studying for a... - Statutory Instruments
968. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the statutory instrument for the Occupational Pension Schemes (Revaluation) Regulations 2021 is expected to be signed;... - Social Welfare Eligibility
969. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those in receipt of the carer’s allowance cannot avail of the fuel allowance; if the criteria for receiving... - Community Employment Schemes
970. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on altering the requirements to qualify for the community employment programme from 12 months on the relevant... - Social Welfare Appeals
973. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that of the 7,410 appeals for refused disability allowance processed in 2020, 63%... - Parental Leave
974. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to provide maternity, paternity and parental leave to persons whose child was born via surrogacy; and... - Disability Allowance
975. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the call by an organisation (details supplied) for a humane application process for... - Fuel Allowance
976. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the 390 day penalty is enforced when applying for the fuel allowance for persons who leave an abusive relationship... - Community Employment Schemes
977. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a matter (details supplied) regarding community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the... - Legislative Process
978. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the process through which her Department drafts and produces legislation; if her Department outsources the... - Public Services Card
979. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the application process for public services cards will reopen given that the current closure means that young people... - Community Employment Schemes
980. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reverse the policy for community employment workers that has taken the past year into account in terms of time... - Social Welfare Schemes
981. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the negative effects that changes made to the partial capacity scheme are having on... - Social Welfare Appeals
983. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by persons (details supplied) which is under appeal will now be expedited and approved. [14467/21] - Carer's Allowance
985. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to allow a person (details supplied) to qualify as a carer for persons. [14586/21] - Illness Benefit
986. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14624/21] - Back to Education Allowance
987. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the analysis her Department has carried out into the temporary expansion of the back to education scheme for the duration of... - Disability Allowance
988. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Local Employment Service
989. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 564 of 10 March 2021, the employment service model that will replace the local... - Capital Expenditure Programme
990. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the five most recent significant capital projects in the major functional responsibilities of her Department that have... - Fuel Allowance
991. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review an application for fuel allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Community Employment Schemes
992. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons availing of the community employment scheme that are in receipt of a qualifying disability payment or... - Child Support Payments
993. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend maternity leave to parents who welcome a child through surrogacy; and if she will make a statement on the... - Disability Allowance
995. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to a disability allowance payment; and... - Social Welfare Schemes
996. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding supports available to visually impaired persons working in the arts and cultural sectors; and if she will make a... - Exceptional Needs Payment
997. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a contribution towards the cost of a funeral will be reconsidered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
998. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment will continue for months after mass gatherings are permitted again in order to assist... - Departmental Contracts
999. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost to date of the contract with Turas Nua; when the contract will cease; and if she will make a statement on the... - Child Support Payments
1000. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that parents of babies born through surrogacy are excluded from any type of paid parental leave such as maternity... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1001. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending carer’s leave to support carers who left work to care for a loved one given the added... - Departmental Transport
1002. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of vehicles owned or leased and operated by her Department and agencies and semi-State companies under her remit... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
1004. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding applications for personal assistance hours; the way in which carer’s allowance is affected... - Disability Allowance
1005. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications and appeals for disability allowance made by persons in County Clare; the number of applications... - Carer's Allowance
1006. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications and appeals for carer’s allowance made by persons in County Clare; the number of... - Exceptional Needs Payment
1007. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications and appeals for an exceptional needs payment made by persons in County Clare; the number of... - Employment Support Services
1008. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider reducing the duration of the unemployment test for JobsPlus to allow speedier integration of persons... - Carer's Support Grant
1009. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will approve the payment of a carer’s support grant for a person (details supplied). [15240/21] - Pensions Reform
1011. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will publish the final report of the Pensions Commission when it completes its deliberations. [15274/21] - Social Welfare Payments Administration
1012. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if discretion is provided for the provision of supporting medical evidence in all social welfare applications which require... - Social Welfare Eligibility
1013. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a claim by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed in view of the recent decision regarding education and a... - Social Welfare Schemes Data
1015. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases the liable relatives’ unit and maintenance recovery unit have examined since January 2020 to... - Child Maintenance Payments
1018. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the issue of parents who have child maintenance orders and are not paying the ordered amount, which... - Social Welfare Schemes Data
1020. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of child maintenance who are also in receipt of rent supplement from January 2020 to date; her... - Fuel Allowance
1022. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the fuel allowance for a further two weeks. [15441/21] - State Pensions
1023. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a State pension (contributory) backdating appeal by a person (details supplied) in County... - Fuel Allowance
1025. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional two weeks of fuel allowance to those who are also in receipt of the... - Social Welfare Schemes Data
1026. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons over 75 years of age receiving the carer's allowance by age profile in tabular form. [15484/21] - Social Insurance
1028. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Irish-Australian social security... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1029. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount in arrears paid for recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment; the number of payments of arrears made; the... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
1030. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in order to receive a BP65 form, persons must apply online (details... - Invalidity Pension
1031. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and... - Bank Charges
1032. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that can be taken to limit the bank charges on persons living abroad who are receiving their pensions into... - Social Welfare Eligibility
1033. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the recent change that excludes scholarship awards from the means test for disability allowance also excludes scholarship... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1034. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons applying for the pandemic unemployment payment are required to provide proof of unemployment as a result of... - Social Welfare Fraud
1035. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the mechanisms in place by which employers or recruitment agencies may report instances of suspected fraudulent pandemic... - Social Welfare Schemes Data
1036. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the one-parent family payment and the jobseeker’s transitional payment in each of the... - Child Support Payments
1037. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a child dependent allowance on an invalidity pension can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and... - State Pensions
1038. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will qualify for a State pension; if so, the amount they are likely to receive; and if she... - Public Services Card
1039. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to removing the requirement for a deed poll to be completed in order to receive a public... - Back to Education Allowance
1040. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider expanding the back to education allowance to include those progressing in third level education and... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1041. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a pandemic unemployment payment ceased for a person (details supplied); if the payment will be reinstated; and if... - Household Benefits Scheme
1042. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a household benefit will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Community Employment Schemes
1044. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on providing funding for additional activation officers to assist organisations in recruiting for community... - Personal Public Service Numbers
1052. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a personal public service number will be issued to a person (details supplied). [15970/21] - Departmental Expenditure
1053. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total Covid-19-related spend in 2020 by her Department, agency and budget line item; and if she will make a statement on...
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