Written answers
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Employment Schemes
81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will engage with TUS and RSS around expanding and improving the service as well as addressing outstanding pay and... - Citizens Information Services
82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the closure of the Wicklow Town Citizens’ Information Centre (details supplied); if... - Ukraine War
83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to ensure the welfare of Ukrainian refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24215/22] - Social Welfare Benefits
84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who are in receipt of the blind pension; her Department’s work in this area to support persons... - Employment Support Services
86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department’s progress in supporting unemployed persons back into work, including those in long-term unemployment... - Employment Schemes
88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline measures taken to prevent abuse of the Work Placement Experience Programme; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Payments
90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the circumstances in which recipients of social welfare protections payments can have their payments suspended without prior... - Employment Support Services
91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify the position in relation to the current JobBridge scheme and the current contracts with SeeTec and Turas... - Social Welfare Benefits
92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will set up a cost of living hardship fund to be distributed by community welfare officers in the community and... - Social Welfare Eligibility
93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to increase eligibility for fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24563/22] - Artists' Remuneration
94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the protections that are in place to ensure that artists selected as part of the basic income for the arts pilot scheme will... - Social Welfare Rates
95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered increasing social welfare rates given the recent Central Statistics Office report highlighting the... - Social Welfare Schemes
97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details on her Department’s new workplace pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the benefits of doubling the period of time for which domiciliary care allowance and carer’s... - Home Care Sector
99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the engagement that she has had with representatives of the home care sector, the Department of Health and the Department of... - Social Welfare Appeals
100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that are being taken to reduce processing times on all appeals received for social protection applications; and... - Social Welfare Rates
101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her response to the key conclusion in the report, The Cost of Disability in Ireland that the levels of disability payments... - Social Welfare Schemes
102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of participants in the farm assist scheme; the number of farmers that will benefit from reforms to the farm assist... - Ukraine War
103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department’s supports for Ukrainian nationals post-arrival; the number of PPS numbers allocated by age and gender... - Social Welfare Benefits
104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the supports under the domiciliary care allowance and carer’s allowance for parents and guardians of... - State Pensions
105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the implementation the full transition to the total contributions approach as recommended by the commission on... - Employment Support Services
107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the tender process for all public employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24668/22] - Employment Schemes
108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to carry out a review of the JobPath scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24496/22] - Social Welfare Schemes
109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is undertaking a review of the fuel scheme in the context of the rising prices and the ongoing climate crisis. [24506/22] - Social Welfare Payments
111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given by her Department to a once-off cost of living increase for social welfare recipients... - Public Sector Staff
112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will resolve the issue in which 400 plus supervisors working in TÚS and the rural social scheme have had no pay... - Social Welfare Benefits
114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider meeting with family carers to discuss supports they need due to the cost of living crisis. [24588/22] - Artists' Remuneration
115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a motion passed by Monaghan County Council (details supplied) in relation to supporting... - Employment Schemes
116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends reforming the TÚS, community employment and the rural social schemes to make them more attractive to... - Income Inequality
117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on Ireland’s level of income inequality as found in the recent European Union survey on income and living... - Employment Support Services
118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify what if any provisions her Department has made for dealing or absorbing current LES staff who may lose... - Public Sector Pay
119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is considering a comparative evaluation of the work undertaken by supervisors on community employment schemes and... - Social Welfare Benefits
120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that are in place to assist victims of domestic violence to access rent supplement; the number accessing the... - Youth Unemployment
122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific measures that her Department is taking to tackle youth unemployment. [18633/22] - Social Welfare Benefits
123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who are still in receipt of the enhanced illness benefit to date; and if she will make a statement on... - Employment Schemes
124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures her Department is taking to attract unemployed women or women looking to return to work into the construction... - Social Welfare Offices
125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will introduce a secure webchat capability for local INTREO offices to facilitate families with young children, those... - Social Welfare Benefits
127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the findings of the most recent European Union survey on Income and living conditions data, including measures... - Labour Market
128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current or expected positive outcomes of the labour market in the aftermath of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement... - Social Welfare Benefits
129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reduce deprivation among lone parent families given the increase in deprivation found in the latest EU survey on... - Pension Provisions
130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the findings of the Commission on Pensions report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24675/22] - Social Welfare Benefits
132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have made applications to in the form of rent supplement or supplementary welfare allowance or... - Social Welfare Rates
134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her response to a key conclusion in the report, The Cost of Disability in Ireland – that measures to address the... - Employment Schemes
135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a representative of the rural social scheme supervisors will be included in the imminent review of the rural social... - Ukraine War
138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department’s strategy to assist recently arrived Ukrainian nationals to pay for private accommodation; and if she... - Social Welfare Schemes
139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of her Department’s Reasonable Accommodation Fund grants scheme; and if she will make a... - Live Register
140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the figures on the Live Register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24214/22] - Job Creation
141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures taken by her Department which had the most impact on efficiently tackling the rates of unemployment both during... - Social Welfare Benefits
142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will temporarily cease rent supplement reviews in which rent has been increased and the recipient is being advised to... - Child Maintenance
143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to establishing a child maintenance service which supports lone parents and their children;... - Social Welfare Eligibility
144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that anyone who had their disability allowance removed because they were awarded a PhD scholarship prior... - Housing Policy
146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the achievements she expects to emerge from the Government’s Future Building Initiative; and if she will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who still remain on the pandemic unemployment payment; the measures that her Department has implemented... - Pension Provisions
149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the commitment to benchmark pension rates in the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025; and if she will make a... - State Pensions
151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department’s strategy to ensure that foster parents can include time spent caring as part of their social... - Ukraine War
152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that are in place to support highly-skilled Ukrainian refugees in accessing the Irish job market; and if she... - Housing Policy
153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will detail the FutureBuilding Initiative and the way his Department can help recruit and train workers; and if she... - Employment Support Services
154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase funding for an employment support programme (details supplied) to allow for expansion of same on a... - Social Welfare Rates
155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that are under way to bring maternity benefit to a standard available to workers elsewhere in Europe; and if she...
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