Written answers
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Youth Unemployment
1098. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her engagement with the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in respect of the ways in which the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1099. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person is eligible to apply for the pandemic unemployment payment if their employment ceases at the end of the casual... - Fuel Allowance
1100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the fuel allowance payment beyond April (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - School Meals Programme
1101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a school (details supplied) was omitted from the hot meals scheme; if the application by the school for same will... - Public Services Card
1102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether credit unions and other financial institutions should be allowed the option of accepting the public... - Rent Supplement Scheme
1103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Covid-19 rent supplement claimants in County Kerry who are also on the full rate of pandemic unemployment... - Departmental Schemes
1104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will announce an increase in the number of participants on community employment, rural social and Tús schemes... - JobPath Programme
1105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of referrals made to JobPath to date in 2021; the reason referrals have continued during level 5 restrictions... - Departmental Reports
1106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection , further to Parliamentary Question No. 989 of 24 March, if the report into the contracted employment services will be... - Social Welfare Benefits
1107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if invalidity and blind pensions are lost if persons with disabilities take up academic scholarships; and if she will make a... - Local Employment Service
1110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a response will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) on the Local Employment Service; and if she... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
1111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the increased numbers of persons in An Post branches as a result of changes to opening... - Employment Support Services
1112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she will put in place to ensure that the proposed tendering for public employment services reflects the... - Social Welfare Code
1114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person in receipt of either the disability allowance, an invalidity pension or other disability payment from her... - School Meals Programme
1115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the only DEIS band 1 national school (details supplied) in County Clare was not included in the hot school meals... - Youth Unemployment
1117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports in place for young persons from 18 to 24 years of age who are not in employment, education or training. [18476/21] - Social Welfare Benefits
1118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a person (details supplied) who was turned down for the State pension transition payment; and if the... - Gender Recognition
1120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the lack of progress in the area of legal recognition for non-binary persons; if she is committed to providing... - State Pensions
1121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the outcome of an appeal for a State pension (non-contributory) will be re-examined in the case of a person (details... - Social Welfare Benefits
1122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made on the introduction of an extra three weeks of parental benefit; and the timeframe for the change to... - Carer's Support Grant
1124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if grants are available to allow a person caring for an elderly relative to upgrade their car in cases in which they are... - Gender Recognition
1125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the draft legislation in relation to gender recognition for transgender persons aged 16 and 17 will be brought before... - Public Services Card
1126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reopen services relating to public services cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18754/21] - Carer's Allowance
1128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expand recognition and payments for carers of incapacitated persons; if persons who must give up work to care... - Pension Provisions
1129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made on implementing the Programme for Government commitment on pensions for carers; if the matter for carers... - Community Employment Schemes
1132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will support the demands from community employment supervisors to access an occupational pension scheme and for the... - Carer's Allowance
1135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person is on a certain rate of carers allowance designed to allow them to work 18 hours, if the allowance can be... - Social Insurance
1138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position of PRSI liability for persons that are legally separated and in receipt of maintenance payments (details... - Jobseeker's Benefit
1140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the 156/234 day allowance for jobseeker’s benefit has not been extended to those who are in receipt of... - Gender Recognition
1144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress that is being made to give non-binary persons legal recognition on legal documents; and if she will make a... - Carer's Benefit
1145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if self-employed workers with PRSI contributions in category S can avail of carers benefit if they meet other criteria; and... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to adjusting the terms of the pandemic unemployment payment scheme to allow persons to... - Gender Recognition
1148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on progress regarding the legal recognition of non-binary persons. [19221/21] - State Pensions
1151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address concerns from a person (details supplied) that changes in pension eligibility and contribution rules... - Social Welfare Overpayments
1153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter in relation to an overpayment (details supplied). [19477/21] - State Pensions
1156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if entitlement to a State pension through the ten year rule can be re-examined in cases in which an applicant has previous... - Social Welfare Rates
1158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost associated with increasing all basic adult social welfare rates including the increase for a qualified adult by... - Widow's Pension
1159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a widow’s pension. [19643/21] - Social Welfare Eligibility
1160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the enterprise support grant will be made available to sole trader rate payers that did receive restart grants; and if... - Disability Allowance
1161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied); if the payment can be reinstated... - Social Welfare Schemes Data
1163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a listing of the social welfare schemes the payment rates and rules of which may be adjusted by way of... - Personal Public Service Numbers
1164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of women who are currently linked to their husband's PPSN via the addition of the letter W at the end of their... - Social Welfare Appeals
1166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19749/21] - Appointments to State Boards
1169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19822/21] - Social Welfare Schemes Data
1171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the jobseeker’s allowance and jobseeker’s benefit aged 18, 19,... - JobPath Programme
1172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to JobPath to date in 2021. [19841/21] - Social Welfare Schemes Data
1175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who applied for the new benefit payment for 65 year olds since it was introduced; the number of... - Local Employment Service
1176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to the local employment service in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [19845/21] - Social Welfare Eligibility
1177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend the recently announced benefit payment for 65 year olds in order that each person, irrespective of their... - Appointments to State Boards
1178. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any person can apply for a position (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19877/21] - Farm Assist Scheme
1180. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the process will be standardised in cases in which a person is in receipt of farm assistance and their income is static... - Work Placement Programmes
1181. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that undertook a programme (details supplied) during its existence; and the cost of the programme.... - Employment Support Services
1182. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the youth employment support scheme budget for 2021 including increased training allowances as provided for under the July... - Departmental Contracts
1184. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 25 November 2020, if further information will be provided in relation to the... - Back to Education Allowance
1186. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of students that availed of the back to education allowance in 2019 and 2020. [20179/21] - Departmental Staff
1187. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details of the process that is followed in her Department following receipt of a report from the... - Social Welfare Code
1188. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions that have been taken to gender and equality-proof social welfare provisions as set out in the Programme for... - Widow's Pension
1189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which a person (details supplied) is entitled to a widow’s pension; and if she will make a statement on... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1191. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of students accessing the pandemic unemployment payment as a result of Covid-19 in August 2020, December 2020 and... - One-Parent Family Payment
1193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of capital a person can have without it affecting their lone parent family income payments; and if she will make... - Exceptional Needs Payment
1194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Rural Social Scheme
1195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to extend the means test for those who wish to participate on the rural social scheme; and if she will make a... - JobPath Programme
1196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if JobPath will be coming to an end soon; if so, the date it be will be finishing; if she plans to replace the scheme with... - Disability Allowance
1197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is receiving the correct amount of disability payment; and if she will make a statement on... - Child Support Payments
1198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is an entitlement to an increase in child dependent payments in the case of a person (details supplied) in view of... - Tax Credits
1199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if credits are automatically awarded in cases in which a person received the pandemic unemployment payment as with other... - Insolvency Service of Ireland
1200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of the case of a person (details supplied) will be carried out following the provision of new information; and... - Disability Allowance
1201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department treated a home loan account amounting to €178,000 from a financial institution as a deposit... - Appointments to State Boards
1202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the efforts her Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of her... - JobsPlus Scheme
1203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered extending the two year term that businesses are eligible to receive grant aid under jobs plus scheme... - Pension Provisions
1204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average fees on standard private pension products such as PRSAs and AVC-PRSAs in Ireland; the way in which these fees... - State Pensions
1205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe in which a person applying for a State pension should expect to hear back once they have submitted the... - Free Travel Scheme
1207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the free travel pass scheme to persons who cannot hold a driver licence due to their level of...
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