Written answers
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments
73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if social welfare payments will continue to be electronically transferred following Covid-19 for certain payments to reduce... - Social Welfare Benefits
74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if modifications in short-time working or rent supplements are envisaged to help persons in cases in which the return to... - Social Welfare Fraud
75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the practice of bogus self-employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25945/21] - Employment Support Services
77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure the services provided and the ethos of the local employment services scheme are preserved; her views on... - Departmental Reviews
81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the cost of disability study commissioned by her Department as part of budget 2019; when the research is... - Social Welfare Benefits
85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is considering expanding the criteria for the fuel allowance for the winter lockdown 2021 given that more workers and... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost to date of all Covid-19-related payments in her Department to individuals and corporate entities; and if she will... - Employment Schemes
89. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there has been a definitive decision to move away from the standard costs met model to a costs bid model of tendering of... - Social Welfare Benefits
90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons in receipt of the carer’s allowance who worked in excess of the 18.5 hours in nursing homes and care homes... - Community Employment Schemes
91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the availability of community employment places for persons on the pandemic unemployment payment; and... - Departmental Reports
92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1106 of 21 April 2021, when the report on the public employment service by an... - Social Welfare Fraud
93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that bogus self-employment practices have been in use in RTÉ and that a... - Community Employment Schemes
94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the issues regarding the pension and gratuity status of community employment supervisors; and her further... - Social Welfare Rates
97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when social welfare payments will be increased to meet the minimum essential standard of living. [26154/21] - Social Welfare Benefits
98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review of carer’s payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26263/21] - Youth Unemployment
103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for youth unemployment; and if a commitment will be given not to introduce JobBridge-style activation schemes... - Social Welfare Benefits
104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way room rental income is treated for those with a serious condition or disability when assessing a disability allowance... - Social Welfare Offices
108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when appointments will be reopening in the Cavan Intreo office for persons to avail of the public services card. [26074/21] - Youth Unemployment
109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the initiatives her Department will take in order to assist young persons in returning to the workforce following the easing... - Social Welfare Benefits
110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the take-up of parent’s leave and parent’s benefit since the extension was announced on 1 April 2021; and if... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost and the staff employed in the employer reporting facility established by her Department in March 2020 to enable... - Social Welfare Benefits
114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a commitment will be given to keep emergency access to rent supplement in place for victims of domestic violence... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports in place to help persons get back to work post-Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26253/21] - Community Employment Schemes
117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of extending community employment contracts for participants whose term on a scheme and opportunities for learning... - Social Welfare Benefits
119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have had their adult dependent payment reduced or lost in the past year due to audits; the age... - Community Employment Schemes
120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent by her Department running the community employment scheme in 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce and or expand supports including payments, training and skills courses to help persons get back to... - Employment Support Services
122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to maintain the method of funding, that is, cost met model and not the cost bid model for local employment services... - Departmental Reviews
123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the child maintenance review group will report on child maintenance matters; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the school meals programme to all schools in the country; and if she will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options available for persons coming off the pandemic unemployment payment in cases in which their employer has had to... - Social Welfare Benefits
126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to calls from an organisation (details supplied) to extend the jobseeker’s... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the Covid-19 supports available for taxi drivers from her Department; if there are plans to extend or expand these supports;... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to maintain pandemic unemployment payments beyond the end of June 2021 particularly in sectors that are not fully... - National Economic and Social Council
135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has read the NESC report on the position of the self-employed. [1330/21] - Pension Provisions
136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date on addressing the pension gap for carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26233/21] - Social Welfare Benefits
137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes that will be made to the disability allowance given the fact that the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payments... - Departmental Strategies
138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress on the implementation of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding paid for the free travel pass in each of the years 2015 to 2020. [26230/21] - Public Services Card
143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the approximate backlog on applications for the public services card; if public services card appointments have recommenced... - Programme for Government
146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the programme for Government commitment on the cost of disability; the steps being taken to introduce a cost of... - Youth Guarantee
147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the progress made by her Department on the European Council recommendation, A Bridge to Jobs,... - Pensions Commission
148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she expects to receive a report from the Pensions Commission. [26138/21]
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