Written answers
Wednesday, 28 April 2021
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- School Meals Programme
632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a school (details supplied) has not been selected for the school meals scheme considering the school serves one of... - Illness Benefit
633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of application for an illness benefit in the case of a person (details supplied);... - Social Welfare Benefits
634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has been refused benefit payment for a 65 year... - Pension Provisions
635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the proposed pension deal her Department has drafted in conjunction with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform... - Employment Support Services
636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she expects Intreo offices to reopen to the general public; the steps she has taken to ensure that those who need to... - Carer's Allowance
637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal for carer’s allowance will be expedited in the name of persons (details supplied). [21232/21] - Pensions Council
638. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the decision by the Pensions Commission not to publish the submissions it received during... - State Pensions
639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason former gardaí who worked in the public sector prior to April 1995 do not have entitlement to a State pension... - Community Employment Schemes
640. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will carry out a review of the payment made to participants under the community employment scheme in which the current... - Social Welfare Schemes
641. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the regional breakdown by county of requests for supports available under the reasonable accommodation fund 2016-2020; the... - Civil Marriages
642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to entitling qualified civil celebrants to solemnise weddings; and if she will make a... - Pensions Reform
644. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a 2014 OECD report (details supplied); her further views on its finding that current pension fee caps are... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
646. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the support and incentives available to part-time employees currently receiving the pandemic unemployment payment who are... - Community Employment Schemes
647. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make contact with a centre (details supplied) whose maintenance worker is due to conclude their community... - Family Resource Centres
648. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the family resource centres in County Mayo which receive funding from agencies under her remit; and if she will make a... - Community Employment Schemes
649. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will urgently review the possibility of providing set 12 month extensions to the contracts of community employment and... - Jobseeker's Payments
650. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the conditions under which a person receiving a jobseeker’s payment can be referred to a JobPath provider; if they... - Social Welfare Eligibility
651. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria used to determine if a recently unemployed person can avail of the various back to education schemes and retain... - Rent Supplement Scheme
652. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rent supplement payments currently being paid. [21572/21] - Fuel Allowance
653. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she considered an extension to the fuel allowance season; if so, the reason it was decided not to extend the allowance as... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
654. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis for the denial of the pandemic unemployment payment to those over 66 years of age that are self-employed and have... - Carer's Allowance
655. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was only granted a reduced carer’s allowance on means grounds as a result of a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
656. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address an issue in relation to persons who may have applied for a pandemic unemployment payment with the... - JobPath Programme
659. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if JobPath has been closed down in accordance with the motion passed by Dáil Éireann on 6 February 2019; if... - Labour Activation Measures
660. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans or those of her Department with regard to so-called activation measures such as JobPath (details supplied); and if... - Irish Language
661. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit facilitate persons wishing to engage with their services through... - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
663. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €35 for all children. [21979/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
664. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a dedicated phoneline or email service for community employment workers, community employment projects... - Pensions Council
665. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1204 of 21 April 2021, the date on which she wrote to the Pensions Council requesting... - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme
666. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the 13 weeks requalification anomaly by early intervention and referral of persons on partial capacity... - Employment Support Services
667. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1183 of 21 April 2021, the number of persons employed through the JobsPlus scheme; and... - Departmental Contracts
668. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of each contract entered into by her Department and the agencies under her remit to deal with Covid-19 management... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
669. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the policy with regard to the continuation and payment of the pandemic unemployment payment after 30 June 2021; and if she... - Youth Unemployment
672. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions taken by her Department to date to implement EU Council Recommendation, A Bridge to Jobs, Reinforcing the Youth... - Pensions Reform
673. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the implementation of the pensions auto enrolment system; the expected commencement date for the implementation... - Lobbying Regulation
674. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the bodies and advisory structures under the aegis of her Department which are subject to the transparency... - School Meals Programme
675. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to extend the school meals programme into the summer months in 2021 for all current participants. [22165/21] - Employment Support Services
678. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of proposed changes to the delivery of public employment services; her plans to retain the... - State Pensions
679. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the qualified adult allowance under the contributory pension for a person (details supplied) can be backdated to when they... - Enterprise Support Services
680. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the enterprise support grant; the number of grants that have been approved to date; and if she will make a... - Community Employment Schemes
681. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress that has been made on the creation of a community employment scheme for the disabled (details supplied); and if... - Community Welfare Services
682. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out by community welfare officers in each of the years 2018 to 2020, by county; and if she will make a... - Departmental Expenditure
684. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on public relations advice and media advice since January 2020 to date in 2021; and the... - Domiciliary Care Allowance
686. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision on an application for the domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied);... - Free Travel Scheme
687. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend access to free travel to persons with epilepsy and other long-term health conditions that are ineligible... - Supplementary Welfare Allowance
689. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount awarded as travel supplement under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme for the past five years in tabular... - Departmental Transport
690. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of replacing State vehicles which are owned by her Department or agencies under her remit with hybrid or...
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