Written answers
Thursday, 25 November 2021
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
4. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer’s allowance and carer’s benefit applications made to her Department, by county, from 1... - Social Welfare Eligibility
13. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reform the criteria for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57448/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
15. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that the full pandemic unemployment payment is made available for workers losing work as a result of recent... - Social Welfare Appeals
17. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when oral hearings as part the social welfare appeals process will be reintroduced to facilitate a more forensic evaluation of... - Social Welfare Payments
18. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57543/21] - Social Welfare Benefits
19. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will implement the increase in the means test for the fuel allowance with immediate effect as of midnight of Budget... - Social Welfare Payments
21. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of those availing of urgent needs and exceptional needs payments, by the main reason, from 2018 to 2020 and to date... - Social Welfare Benefits
22. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the further expansion of parent’s benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57823/21] - Departmental Schemes
23. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position with regard to staff currently employed in job clubs; and if they will be treated fairly and be eligible to... - Citizens Information Services
24. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of plans to expand or decrease Citizens' Information services in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement... - Community Employment Schemes
25. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the amount of time a person can stay on community employment due to the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic... - Social Insurance
26. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the outcome of the most recent actuarial review of the social insurance fund; when the next review is planned; the... - Social Welfare Benefits
27. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to introduce further reform to the means testing regime under various social welfare schemes in the forthcoming... - School Meals Programme
28. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of plans for the extension of the hot school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
29. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will restart the pandemic unemployment payment in view of the continued impact the Covid-19 pandemic is having on... - Poverty Impact Assessment
30. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the next steps with regard to the findings of the Poverty Impact Assessment on jobseeker’s rates for young people; when... - Pensions Reform
31. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the anticipated start date for the introduction of the pensions auto-enrolment system; her plans to communicate the changes to... - Employment Schemes
32. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the planned allocation of the additional €185 million funding announced in budget 2022 for the... - Social Welfare Payments
33. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons availing of the fuel allowance, by main social welfare payment, in tabular form; her plans to extend... - Social Welfare Benefits
36. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure the immediate application of all fuel allowance changes announced in budget 2022 that have not been... - Employment Support Services
38. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures announced in budget 2022 to improve employment opportunities for persons with disabilities; and if she will make... - Social Welfare Benefits
39. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons applying for jobseeker’s benefit, jobseeker’s benefit for the self-employed or... - Employment Schemes
40. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the criteria for entry to the Tús and rural social schemes in terms of restrictions on time limits,... - Employment Support Services
41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the commitment to develop a Traveller and Roma training, employment and enterprise strategy as committed to in... - Departmental Funding
43. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has been allocated funds seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau to reinvest in communities to build community... - Employment Support Services
44. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria used to develop a new model for employment services; the engagement that has taken place with existing providers... - Employment Schemes
45. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase payments on the rural social scheme, community employment and Tús schemes and programmes in line... - Social Welfare Eligibility
46. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the review her Department has carried out into extending the qualifying criteria for the payment of the fuel allowance to... - Rural Schemes
47. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase the number of places on the rural social scheme by 500 and reverse the 2016 changes to the length of time... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
48. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has enhanced the developmental capacity of the services provided by her Department so that workers displaced by... - Social Welfare Eligibility
49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider reviewing the fact that those in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment and illness benefit are... - School Meals Programme
51. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans that are in place to extend the hot school meals scheme in County Donegal; the number of students currently availing... - Social Welfare Benefits
52. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who no longer qualify for the fuel allowance due to their living circumstances changing as a result of... - Disability Services
55. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the added costs of living with a disability can be recognised within the social protection support system; her views on... - Pensions Reform
56. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the next steps and timeline regarding the Report of the Commission on Pensions; and if she will make a statement on the... - Public Procurement Contracts
57. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the strategy for the procurement of public employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58002/21] - Departmental Reviews
58. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Child Maintenance Review Group is due to report on its findings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Benefits
59. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons living in Ireland who were previously receiving a disability living... - Energy Prices
62. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the consideration she has given to an urgent review of the current electricity allowance under the household benefits package... - Social Welfare Benefits
63. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if computer and broadband costs can be properly recognised within the farm assist process (details supplied); and if she will... - Public Procurement Contracts
64. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the engagement her Department has had with other Departments on the public tendering process for local employment services.... - School Meals Programme
66. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the expansion of the school meals programmes, both the urban schools meals scheme and the school meals local... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
69. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of the pandemic unemployment payment, since its introduction and until its projected cessation. [57982/21] - Social Welfare Benefits
72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the problems facing artists with disabilities as highlighted by a campaign (details... - Pension Provisions
75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of pension entitlements for community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors; if further... - Poverty Impact Assessment
76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the distributional effects of budget 2022 and the modelled anticipated impacts on those most at risk of... - Employment Support Services
78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider her decision to terminate the contract of her Department with the local employment service in favour of... - Rural Schemes
80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the six-year limit will be removed from the rural social scheme given the disruption to community services by the removal... - Social Welfare Benefits
81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the current situation in which a carer whose sole income is the carer’s allowance cannot access the fuel... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to undertake an independent external analysis of the impact of the pandemic unemployment payment on different... - Social Welfare Appeals
85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proposals to provide additional resources to eliminate delays in the social welfare appeals process; and if she will make... - Employment Support Services
87. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of changes to the local employment service model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58013/21] - Cybersecurity Policy
90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures in place regarding cybersecurity, including the mywelfare.ie platform at her Department, given the substantial... - Social Welfare Benefits
91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider awarding the fuel allowance to recipients of half-rate carer’s payments in cases in which the... - Employment Support Services
92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending Tús and CES employment placements in view of interruptions caused by the Covid-19... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assessments her Department has carried out in relation to available jobs within the hospitality sector; and the way they... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will devise a payment structure to recognise the existence of the effects of long-Covid; and if she will... - Social Welfare Benefits
95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have benefited, by county, from parent’s benefit since its introduction and since its... - State Pensions
96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work her Department has undertaken towards a proposed benchmarking system for pension rates to be benchmarked to salaries... - Employment Support Services
97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the roll-out of the Work Placement Experience Programme. [57931/21] - Social Welfare Eligibility
100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will take measures to ensure that those who are homeless, living independently of their parents and under 25 years of... - State Pensions
104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the latest views of her Department in relation to the potential legality of aligning the retirement age in employment... - Departmental Reports
105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the cost of disability report commissioned by her Department; when she expects the report to be published; the... - Community Welfare Services
107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if community welfare services are now centralised; if local decision-making on community welfare matters no longer exists;... - Domestic Violence
109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps taken to make rent supplements accessible for victims of domestic abuse; and if she will make a statement on the... - Community Employment Schemes
110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to support community employment schemes during the continuing uncertainty in the context of the... - Food Poverty
111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an update will be provided on the work of the Working Group on Food Poverty; and if she will make a statement on the... - Domestic Violence
112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the new measures to assist victims of domestic violence to access the rent supplement; the number accessing same, by county,... - Social Insurance
113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the strategies in place to ensure that persons can receive information regarding their insurance contributions record ahead... - Employment Support Services
114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the forthcoming phase two of the tender for employment services process; the expected... - Energy Prices
115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if additional support will be provided to households during this energy price crisis; if so, the details of those supports;...
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