Written answers
Tuesday, 26 April 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Eligibility
967. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that those aged 65 years are classified as self-employed if they are in receipt of an occupational pension thus... - Social Welfare Benefits
968. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Citizens Information Services
969. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a request for funding for an organisation (details supplied); if a decision has been reached by her Department;... - Social Welfare Benefits
970. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of one-parent family payment each year from 2018 to date in 2022; the number of recipients who moved... - Departmental Reviews
973. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the child maintenance review report; if she expects to receive the report by Easter 2022 as... - Social Welfare Eligibility
974. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of extending eligibility for the working family payment to self-employed persons who meet the current qualifying... - Gender Recognition
977. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the draft legislation relating to gender recognition for transgender persons aged 16 and 17 years will be brought before... - Redundancy Payments
978. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a late application can be accepted in the case of a person (details supplied); if not, if there is another avenue that the... - Social Welfare Eligibility
980. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for fuel allowance will be reviewed given the recent rise in the cost of living and energy prices in the... - Community Employment Schemes
981. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if access to community employment scheme work for Ukrainian refugees can be provided before they have completed 12 months on... - Social Welfare Payments
982. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19477/22] - Ukraine War
983. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Ukrainian refugees who have been welcomed in Ireland to date; the gender breakdown; the breakdown of the ages... - Employment Schemes
984. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the definition of long-term unemployment before a person in receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance claim can be referred... - Departmental Staff
988. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide the details of the name, salary, position and roles of persons who are being paid for by her Department... - Social Welfare Payments
989. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processes that are in place to ensure that persons who become homeless can continue to receive their social welfare... - Apprenticeship Programmes
990. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit run apprenticeship programmes or are directly... - Social Welfare Benefits
991. 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. [19608/22] - Departmental Staff
992. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons employed by her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department with a rate of pay below the... - Departmental Offices
993. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties clients face with contacting the partial capacity department (details... - Redundancy Payments
994. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance and guidance will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Eligibility
995. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to allow a person (details supplied) to qualify as carer for a couple given the circumstances.... - Departmental Staff
997. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and-or Ministers of State in her Department in 2020, 2021 and to date... - Pension Provisions
998. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way that the agreed community employment supervisor pension will be introduced; when it will be paid to recipients; and... - Social Welfare Schemes
999. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of one-parent families that availed of parent's benefit and leave in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will... - Social Welfare Payments
1000. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of working family payments there were in 2021 and to date in 2022; and the total number of payments for this... - State Pensions
1004. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the provision of a State pension solution for carers as committed to in the programme for Government; and if... - Social Welfare Code
1006. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons moving from the pandemic unemployment payment to jobseekers payments; the way that the process of job... - Employment Support Services
1007. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the new system of employment services will be implemented by this summer as intended given that the extension to the... - Social Welfare Payments
1008. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of lone parents who are in receipt of the one-parent family payment; the number of liable relatives who are... - Social Welfare Schemes
1009. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of letters to liable relatives that were issued in 2021 with regard to child maintenance; the number of liable... - Departmental Schemes
1010. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will support disabled PAYE workers in need of surgical footwear with a dedicated grant scheme towards the cost of... - Social Welfare Payments
1011. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the fuel allowance payment to recipients of the working family payment; and if she will make... - Social Welfare Schemes
1015. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full cost of the parent's benefit scheme in 2021; and the estimated cost in 2022. [19836/22] - Social Welfare Payments
1018. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a person (details supplied) had their carer's payment reduced from €88.30 to €33.33 following... - Personal Public Service Numbers
1020. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take in order to address the unusual situation whereby, if a person in Northern Ireland applies for a PPS... - Disability Services
1021. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if funding will be provided in 2023 for the Ability Programme; if so, the source; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Staff
1023. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit facilitate internships by students engaged in... - Social Welfare Appeals
1025. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of a request to review an appeal decision to refuse an invalidity pension based on... - Social Welfare Offices
1026. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to reopen the social welfare office in Castlepollard, County Westmeath, to serve the population of north... - State Pensions
1027. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process to date in the determination of an application for a State pension in the case of a person (details supplied);... - Social Welfare Code
1028. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is permissible for a person in receipt of invalidity pension to engage in farming in the context of such work being... - Social Welfare Rates
1031. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will review the disability payment of €200 per week as it has been reported to my office that it is... - Social Welfare Schemes
1032. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that partners of those on the disability payment are discouraged from working... - Social Welfare Rates
1033. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to counter the additional burden that very high inflation is placing on disabled persons in receipt of both the... - Social Welfare Code
1034. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to allow the means test assessment for carer’s allowance to be assessed on household net income; and if... - Social Welfare Payments
1035. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's transitional payment in each year of the years 2013 to 2021 and to date in... - Social Welfare Eligibility
1036. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of additional persons who would qualify for the fuel allowance if the weekly means threshold of €120 in... - Social Welfare Code
1039. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing the electricity or gas allowance of €35 per month by €5, €10... - Social Welfare Payments
1040. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of exceptional needs payments under the supplementary welfare allowance paid in each month from October 2021... - Social Welfare Code
1041. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that carers in receipt of carer’s benefit or carer’s allowance are not also entitled to any illness... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1042. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that are available to parents of children who are off school due to Covid-19 for time off work in this... - Social Welfare Appeals
1043. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a domiciliary care allowance appeal decision will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she... - Energy Usage
1044. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the special measures her Department is taking to reduce energy usage in the scenario in which members of the public are... - Social Welfare Payments
1045. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients and the level of funding in the past five years paid to recipients of the fuel allowance in tabular... - Redundancy Payments
1046. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for redundancy was made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Payments
1047. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a jobseeker’s allowance application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if... - State Pensions
1048. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of State pension payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Eligibility
1049. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend eligibility for the fuel allowance to persons employed through the job initiative scheme; and if she... - Employment Support Services
1051. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure all persons employed through the job initiative scheme are in receipt of a living wage; and if she will... - Departmental Funding
1053. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if funding (details supplied) that has been allocated has been drawn down and spent; if there has been a follow-up or... - Social Welfare Offices
1054. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the social welfare office in Castlepollard, County Meath has been closed; the person who made the decision... - Social Welfare Schemes
1057. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supplementary welfare allowance budget for Limerick for 2022; the amount of that budget that was available as of 1 April... - Covid-19 Pandemic
1060. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has conducted an analysis of the potential impact of long-Covid on those in receipt of jobseekers’... - Social Welfare Code
1061. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has conducted an analysis of the cost of extending the child benefit payment to all second level students... - Social Welfare Appeals
1062. 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. [20576/22] - Social Welfare Eligibility
1063. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that those in receipt of the living alone allowance will not forfeit their eligibility if they choose to... - State Pensions
1064. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify in relation to the contributory pension application that before home caring credits can be added to an... - Social Welfare Payments
1066. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payment of illness benefit to a person (details supplied) will be reinstated subject to the correspondence they received... - Social Welfare Code
1067. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to extending the fuel allowance to recipients of disablement benefit considering the scheme... - Legislative Reviews
1068. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current position regarding the necessary legislation which will give effect to the increase in parent’s benefit... - Departmental Staff
1069. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff within her Department who availed of a secondment from January 2019 to date on the basis that it was not... - Employment Schemes
1070. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding JobPath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20663/22] - Social Welfare Payments
1074. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a full-time mature student (details supplied) has received a cut to their back to education allowance. [20791/22] - Redundancy Payments
1075. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to concerns in relation to a statutory redundancy payment for a person (details supplied);... - Employment Schemes
1076. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be referred from Turas Nua to her Department to allow them to access a... - Social Welfare Schemes
1077. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the methods that are at the disposal of applicants for the fuel allowance who are deemed to be fractionally over the income... - Social Welfare Offices
1079. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a statement on her plans regarding a new branch of a social welfare office in Castlepollard following... - Social Welfare Benefits
1081. 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. [20875/22] - Social Welfare Code
1082. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if recipients of invalidity pensions are required to go on partial capacity benefit in order to take up a PhD; and if she... - Social Welfare Eligibility
1083. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if disabled PhD students lose eligibility to the fuel allowance and other means tested secondary supports; and if she will... - Social Welfare Code
1084. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the manner in which academic scholarships for undergraduate or masters level impact on invalidity, pension and secondary... - Social Welfare Eligibility
1087. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons can have their social protection payments and secondary benefits affected as a result of housing a refugee in... - Widow's Pension
1088. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will give consideration to a matter (details supplied). [20983/22] - Social Welfare Payments
1089. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an overpayment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - State Pensions
1090. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their 1% national wage increase which was due to be paid on 1... - Social Welfare Benefits
1091. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the criteria for means testing the carer's allowance in order to take in not just income but also... - Social Welfare Payments
1092. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payment that a person (details supplied) is on. [21205/22] - Data Protection
1093. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a piece of surveillance technology (details supplied) is being used by her Department or any agencies under her remit in...
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