Written answers
Tuesday, 1 March 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Pension Provisions
489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons in receipt of the blind pension are regularly reassessed for eligibility, when their medical condition is... - Social Welfare Benefits
490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; the reason for the delay in same; and if she will make... - Social Welfare Payments
491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will urgently issue to a person (details supplied) in view of the circumstances; and if she... - Social Welfare Eligibility
492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the statutory basis for requiring an applicant for the free travel scheme to have a Public Services Card in order to apply;... - Social Welfare Offices
493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the difficulty people are experiencing getting in touch with local INTREO offices and the inability to leave a... - Pension Provisions
494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the anomaly for those making contributory pension applications that have no credited contributions whilst... - Social Welfare Benefits
495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the provision of an alarm system or a phonewatch will be added to the household benefit package in view of the rise in... - Pension Provisions
496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if confirmation will be provided that PRSI will not be imposed upon pensioners over the age of 66 years; and if she will make... - Social Welfare Code
498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to amending the criteria for fuel allowance in order that persons that are living with another... - Social Welfare Benefits
500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of making the entitlement to fuel allowance automatic at age 70 years; and if she will make a statement on... - Pension Provisions
503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of making the entitlement to fuel allowance automatic upon receipt of the State pension (contributory);... - Social Welfare Benefits
504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount spent in social protection benefits and allowances, by programme and by year in County Cork from 2011 to... - Gender Equality
506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made on the equality objectives of her Department specifically in relation to women. [11081/22] - Social Welfare Benefits
507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork, whose illness benefit claim was awarded some weeks ago will receive payment... - Employment Schemes
510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the part-time job incentive scheme for the self-employed; if it will continue beyond the end... - Social Welfare Benefits
511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update regarding the professional artists on jobseeker’s allowance; if consideration has been... - Pension Provisions
512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when ex-gratia pension payments will be made to community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of money spent on the heating supplement; the total number of recipients of the heating supplement; the number of... - Social Welfare Code
515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that her Department is refunding only four years of employee S class PRSI payments in circumstances in which scope... - Social Welfare Eligibility
516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine a situation in which a person (details supplied) has been denied maternity benefit and has received less... - Social Welfare Benefits
517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who applied for maternity benefit in 2021; the number who were granted maternity benefit and who were... - Social Welfare Appeals
524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11521/22] - Social Welfare Benefits
525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of a living alone increase claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [11522/22] - Departmental Correspondence
528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the policy instructions or policy documents that she has brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála since coming into... - Social Welfare Appeals
529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11642/22] - Social Welfare Payments
530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Appeals
531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11647/22] - Social Welfare Payments
532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11648/22] - Pension Provisions
533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will implement recommendation No. 27 of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection pre-budget submission to... - Social Welfare Appeals
534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals submitted by applicants analysed per county, scheme, by paper appeal and by oral appeal in each year... - Personal Public Service Numbers
535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the delays experienced by workers from outside the State in a sector (details supplied) in... - Direct Provision System
536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made in addressing the recommendation in the report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including...
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