Written answers
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Dental Services
527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of patients availing of non-extraction dental care in the PRSI system nationwide and in north County Kildare in... - Departmental Schemes
528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has any interdepartmental role in the implementation of the Just Transition process in the midlands... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person can still qualify to maintain the pandemic unemployment payment (details supplied) in circumstances in which a... - Social Welfare Benefits
530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if voluntary contributions can be included as part of eligibility criteria for the benefit made available to persons retiring... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if social care students that are forced to give up part-time work in order to complete their placement which is unpaid will... - Social Welfare Benefits
533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an invalidity pension will be approved as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied). [25669/21] - Sustainable Development Goals
535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for... - Social Media
537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide... - Departmental Investigations
539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she and bodies under her aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date;... - Question Heading for question(s) 540
540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement... - Social Insurance
541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the PRSI contributions made by employers and employees in 2020 in comparison to previous years. [25851/21] - Community Employment Schemes
542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the current community scheme contract until October 2021 to allow for the disruption to the... - Social Welfare Schemes
543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools participating in the school meals scheme in each year between 2010 and 2020; and the amount of funding... - Social Welfare Benefits
544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons enrolled in the activation and family support programme; and the amount of funding allocated to the... - Departmental Staff
546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a retired public servant (details supplied) was not allowed an increment during their employment as an executive... - Data Protection
547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of data breaches suffered by her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26106/21] - Social Welfare Benefits
548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent by her Department in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, on housing assistance payments,... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the scale and availability of Covid-19-related supports with particular... - Social Welfare Benefits
551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which bereavement support applications have been approved in the past 12 months; the degree to which the demand... - Social Welfare Schemes
553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of expressions of interests received for the hot school meals programme; the way in which schools were selected to... - Social Welfare Benefits
554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address issues relating to carers and specifically the recommendations made by the Citizens' Assembly; and if... - Social Welfare Payments
555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding social protection payments will be addressed;... - Programme for Government
556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the programme for Government commitment to continue to review and expand the roll-out of the new hot school... - Departmental Investigations
559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of her Department’s special investigation unit to date including the wages of the 20 gardaí involved;... - Social Welfare Eligibility
560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the eligibility criteria for short-term work support payments currently allow for flexibility with regard to normal... - Social Welfare Benefits
561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the main items funded by her Department through community welfare officers for persons who are being rehoused. [26419/21] - Social Welfare Schemes
563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a school (details supplied) will be included in the hot school meals programme alongside DEIS schools in view of the fact... - Labour Activation Measures
564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the availability and take-up of the extra 3,000 places for employment support schemes, including... - Social Welfare Benefits
565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number in each county in receipt of private rental rent supplement social housing support; and if she will make a... - State Pensions
568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for a State pension, contributory, received by her Department in the past 12 months; the number... - Social Welfare Benefits
571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of carer’s allowance; the extent to which the numbers have fluctuated in... - State Pensions
574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State old age pension, contributory, who are aged 100 years or more to date; and if... - Social Media
577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish... - Employment Support Services
578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the concerns raised regarding the future of the tendering process for the local employment...
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