Written answers
Wednesday, 31 March 2021
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Departmental Staff
648. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason civil service staff in her Department in non-public facing units are refused the option to work from home or have... - Social Welfare Benefits
649. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a basic social welfare payment will be awarded notwithstanding the absence of stamp 4 or equivalent in the case of a... - Supplementary Welfare Allowance
650. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of payments made under supplementary welfare in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021 for special... - Illness Benefit
651. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reinstate a concurrent payment of illness benefit for claimants of the widow’s and widower’s... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
652. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if training support grants for essential articulated truck driver training are being approved and allocated under level 5... - Maternity Benefit
653. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the maternity supports available for a person (details supplied) who works in academia but who does not qualify for any... - Public Services Card
654. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a public services card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Employment Support Services
655. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options that will be available to the current employees of the existing contracted public employment services including... - Social Welfare Appeals
656. 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. [16508/21] - Back to Education Allowance
657. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the back to education or education welfare payments available for refugee or migrant youth who fail to quality for a SUSI... - Departmental Staff
658. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff by grade engaged in processing applications for both the State pension (contributory) and State pension... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
659. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number receiving pandemic unemployment payments per week to date in 2021; and the cost of these payments per week to date... - State Pensions
661. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the fact that persons in receipt of an Irish State pension living abroad are now being subjected to... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
662. 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... - Disability Allowance
663. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) relating to the disability allowance; and if... - Departmental Legal Cases
664. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to instances of litigation or the threat of litigation arising from the inclusion of social... - Social Welfare Appeals
665. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the status of the case; and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance
666. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer's allowance applications in the past two years received by her Department; the number of applications... - Domiciliary Care Allowance
667. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of domiciliary care applications received in the past three years by her Department; the number of applications... - Carer's Allowance
668. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provisions will be made to ensure the continued payment of carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details... - Personal Public Service Numbers
669. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a personal public service number will be retrieved by the client identity services section in respect of a person (details... - Community Employment Schemes
670. 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... - Farm Assist Scheme
671. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is being subjected to another review of their farm assist in view of the fact that the... - Exceptional Needs Payment
672. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an emergency or exceptional needs payment can issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Family Resource Centres
673. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding provided by her Department or agencies under her remit annually to family resource centres; the primary funding... - State Pensions
675. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial impact on a person (details supplied) if they continue to work in the public sector after they turn 66 years of... - Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme
676. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an analysis can be conducted on the back to work enterprise allowance scheme (details supplied) to adapt it to suit the... - Disability Allowance
677. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the recent announcement that those on the disability allowance will become eligible for PhD scholarships without the loss... - Departmental Expenditure
678. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of expenses claimed by the Secretary and deputy secretary general of her Department between December 2017 and... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
679. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the pandemic unemployment payment and employment wage subsidy scheme for the entertainment sector until... - Disability Allowance
680. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and additional arrears issued; and if she will make a statement... - Carer's Allowance
681. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a moratorium will be considered on routine reviews of the carer's allowance until the pandemic is over; and if she will... - School Meals Programme
683. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider the inclusion of a school (details supplied) in the school meals allowance scheme with immediate effect;... - Irish Sign Language
684. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit meet the obligations of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017; and if... - Commencement of Legislation
685. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the Acts falling under her Department that have been signed into law but have not been commenced; and if she... - State Pensions
686. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a self-employed entitlement to a contributory State pension will be calculated from the date of entry into self-employment... - Community Employment Schemes
687. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if workers participating on the job initiative scheme can remain in employment after reaching 66 years of age; the maximum... - Household Benefits Scheme
688. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider a refund of the cost of a television licence for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Departmental Expenditure
689. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount her Department spends on public procurement disaggregated by spend on goods, services and capital works in each of...
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