Written answers
Thursday, 1 July 2021
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if in the event of longer restrictions in the matter of the pandemic, she will commit to increasing expenditure on the... - Bord na Móna
117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 10 February 2021, the steps which she has taken to address the plight of workers... - Social Welfare Offices
118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures being taken to ensure continuance of face to face appointments for the public with community welfare officers... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider not reducing the pandemic unemployment payment given the level of poverty experienced by those on social... - Disability Services
120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she plans to take in order to introduce a cost of disability as committed to in the Programme for Government; and... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has examined the estimated number of persons who will remain on the pandemic unemployment payment by September 2021... - Employment Support Services
123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of funding allocated to local employment services and jobs clubs in 2019 and 2020. [35008/21] - Youth Unemployment
124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she will take to tackle the crisis of youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34795/21] - Programme for Government
125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to’ develop a carer’s guarantee... - State Pensions
126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person in their 80s who has been in receipt of the State pension (contributory) and a qualified adult increase... - Youth Unemployment
127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered increasing the role of local employment services and jobs clubs as part of the plan to tackle increased... - Social Welfare Benefits
128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to extend provision of rent supplement for survivors of domestic abuse beyond 2021; and if she will make a... - Social Insurance
129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the capacity the social insurance fund has to support workers in the face of new challenges in the work, life environment;... - Employment Schemes
130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing the WALK PEER employment support service model nationally; and her views on the overall use... - Social Welfare Benefits
131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications from airline workers for assistance since April 2021; and the percentage of applications that were... - Social Welfare Eligibility
132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the thresholds for earnings in relation to qualification for the carer’s allowance can be examined; and if she will... - Social Welfare Appeals
133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the action she will take to account for the ruling from McDonagh versus the Chief Appeals Officer and the Minister for Social... - Crime Prevention
134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps her Department is taking to combat the scam telephone calls and text messages that are being received in relation... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding requirements to apply a detail-orientated approach to ensure the removal of the pandemic unemployment... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason Covid-19 support payments for workers are to be cut; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30408/21] - Labour Activation Measures
137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the role labour activation measures can play in the post-Covid recovery; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for rent supplement for 2020 and to date in 2021. [35358/21] - Social Insurance
140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has read the recent NESC report on the self-employed. [34171/21] - Departmental Reports
141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 428 of 25 May 2021, the timeline for when the report will be made available; her views... - Social Welfare Benefits
142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out in supplementary welfare for 2020 and to date in 2021; and the areas of payment per county in tabular... - Employment Support Services
145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to meet with representatives of local employment job schemes in relation to the proposed tendering of services;... - Social Welfare Appeals
146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she expects appeals against various social welfare decisions to be facilitated in early date including... - Social Welfare Benefits
148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have benefited from the parent’s benefit since its introduction and since its expansion in... - State Pensions
149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the Total Contributions Approach 2012 review for those effected by the 2012 rate band changes; and if she will... - Departmental Schemes
150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has initiated the process to establish a dedicated and appropriately resourced employment status unit in the Workplace... - Workplace Relations Commission
153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the scale of developmental interventions which she views will be necessary in the post-Covid-19 environment; and the... - Pension Provisions
155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to develop a pension solution for family carers... - Social Welfare Eligibility
157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the eligibility criteria in the back of education allowance and jobseeker’s allowance and payment... - State Pensions
158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the efforts she has made in respect of implementing a total contribution approach to the contributory pension system; when... - Employment Support Services
160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her review of the local employment services will include a new tendering process. [35356/21] - Employment Schemes
161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress on the launch and implementation of the Pathways to Work strategy; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way her Department will process applications for various social protection payments that require certificates such as... - Employment Schemes
163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans in ensuring post-pandemic jobs schemes focus on ensuring quality employment; and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Benefits
166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 854 of 15 June 2021, her plans to defer the 13-week requalification period for partial... - School Meals Programme
167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the hot meals pilot to reach more children and schools that are under the school meals programme.; and if... - Social Welfare Benefits
170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the cost of disability payment will be introduced as committed to in the Programme for Government; the status on the... - State Pensions
172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of measures to address anomalies in the homemaker’s scheme for those who provided the majority of their... - Pension Provisions
174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the marriage requirement in existing legislation in order to qualify for the widow’s pension; and... - Social Welfare Benefits
175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the take-up of the enhanced carer’s support grant for 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35342/21] - State Pensions
177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the engagement that has been had with the Minister for Finance to ensure that adult dependant recipients who are 80 years and... - Departmental Schemes
178. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the target processing time for schemes under her Department; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
179. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to acknowledge the phenomenal work done by carers throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. [35260/21] - School Meals Programme
180. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the analysis her Department has carried out into the impact of the change to the new regional employment service model on... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
183. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason no proof of unemployment was required when persons were applying for the pandemic unemployment payment; and the... - Departmental Staff
184. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff in her Department that are working remotely on a permanent basis; the number working from home; the...
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