Written answers
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Schemes
481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of disabled artists who fear the loss of social welfare payments and supports... - Employment Schemes
482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Department are extending the time for participants whose term has... - Personal Public Service Numbers
483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing time for a PPS number for Syrian, Afghani, Yazidi and Ukrainian programme refugees, respectively, in... - Social Welfare Benefits
484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if guardianship supports will be paid to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24164/22] - Fuel Poverty
488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the fuel allowance; the number of applications for fuel allowance; the number of refusals... - Equal Opportunities Employment
490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way that her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit meet their obligations for reasonable... - Artists' Remuneration
491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will confirm that a person who qualifies for and is in receipt of the invalidity pension will not lose his or her... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24380/22] - Departmental Staff
494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full year cost of recruiting four additional full-time medical assessors for her Department, in tabular form. [24386/22] - Social Welfare Benefits
495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the disability allowance and the blind pension are treated differently in terms of the means allowed; the... - Social Welfare Eligibility
496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a person (details supplied) is not entitled to the illness benefit given that he or she has been paying class... - Departmental Data
497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff members who are currently employed to answer phone calls through the customer care line in the client... - Social Welfare Benefits
499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is in receipt of the back to education allowance will be permitted to take... - Ukraine War
500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way that her Department will ensure that the recipients of the proposed payment of €400 to households who offer... - Data Protection
501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the development and implementation of new systems, by her Department, to process and retain applicants'... - Departmental Reports
502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection , further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 22 March, the status of her Department's consideration of the recommendations... - Employment Schemes
504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will re-establish the tripartite forum with an organisation (details supplied), trade unions and her Department on the... - Community Employment Schemes
505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that she is taking to implement the agreement on the application of the 2008 Labour Court recommendation on... - Social Welfare Benefits
506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the consideration that has been given to the provision of pension and maternity leave benefits for women farmers; and if she... - Social Welfare Payments
507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered index linking social protection payments in view of the fact that both Brexit and the war in Ukraine... - State Pensions
508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will commit to delivering a pension at 65 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18811/22] - Ukraine War
509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department in conjunction with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment will establish a skills database in... - Social Welfare Benefits
511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons availing of the fuel allowance by main social welfare payment; her plans to review eligibility and... - Social Welfare Eligibility
512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a specialist consultant report is required in addition to a letter from a general practitioner which clearly outlines a... - State Pensions
513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for her decision on whether to accept the recommendations in the report of the Commission on Pensions; if she... - Social Welfare Eligibility
514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will commit to a review of the income disregard in the means test for both the carer's allowance and the disability... - Social Welfare Appeals
516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a late invalidity pension appeal will be accepted from a person (details supplied) in County Kerry following the... - Personal Public Service Numbers
517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a PPS number for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24781/22] - Maternity Leave
518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider introducing paid maternity leave for women working on farms; and if she will make a statement on the... - State Pensions
519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider introducing pension benefits for women working on farms; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Code
520. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is possible to remove blank years from a person's contributions history if residing and working in another State, given... - Social Welfare Benefits
521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if in-person medical assessments have resumed for the disablement benefit; if not, the reason therefor; and if she will make... - Social Welfare Payments
522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the waiting time for a decision in respect of applications for various social welfare payments has been... - Pension Provisions
523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which applicants with insufficient contributions to qualify for the State pension (contributory) might have... - Social Welfare Payments
524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which she and her office continue to ensure the making of a basic payment to applicants of social welfare... - Social Welfare Appeals
526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals being determined on a weekly basis; the number of appeals arising each week; and if she... - State Pensions
527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which satisfactory provision has been made for those retiring at 65 years of age; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Payments
528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the number of applications for various social welfare payments has fluctuated in the past 12 months; and... - Departmental Data
529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of recipients of the State pension non-contributory in the past two years; the extent to which this number... - Personal Public Service Numbers
532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a PPS number for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24903/22] - Disability Services
533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of funding a national advocacy service for people with disabilities in 2023 indicating the cost of a youth advocacy... - Employment Schemes
534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assurances she can give persons working in local employment services and job clubs across the country that their jobs... - Departmental Funding
535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can account for a 15% increase in calls to an organisation (details supplied) given that an extra 62,000 persons are... - Central Statistics Office
537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the CSO report survey on income and living conditions. [24943/22] - Public Services Card
538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who applied for a public services card in 2021 and to date in 2022. [24944/22]
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