Written answers
Tuesday, 5 July 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Departmental Policies
377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that the appropriate strategic direction is issued to all European Union member states to ensure that... - Employment Support Services
378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the services and supports available to a person with an intellectual disability in Cork city seeking employment. [36152/22] - Community Welfare Services
379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all applicants for a supplementary welfare allowance payment are entitled to an in-person meeting with a community welfare... - Social Welfare Payments
380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of payments that have been made to date under the additional needs payment scheme; the average amount of each... - Citizens Information Services
381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when all citizens information offices will close and become subsumed into existing departmental structures. [34800/22] - Appointments to State Boards
382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under her remit; the number of former county... - Social Welfare Appeals
383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the status of the disability allowance appeal for a person (details supplied). [35257/22] - Social Welfare Eligibility
384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has any discretion in relation to income threshold qualification limits for eligibility for the fuel... - School Meals Programme
385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to extend the provision of the hot school meals scheme to continue beyond term time in 2022 and throughout the... - Social Welfare Payments
386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of maternity benefit and paternity benefit who also received another means tested social protection... - Departmental Funding
387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of PhD positions funded by her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department; the average stipend or... - Social Welfare Benefits
388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit application by a person (details supplied); if their credits from England have been... - State Pensions
389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a contributory or non-contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Eligibility
390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who lives with a sibling can get fuel allowance or if their sibling’s income is taken into account even... - Employment Support Services
392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of participants who have started on the work placement experience programme; the number who are currently... - Social Insurance
396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if modelling with respect to deficits of the Social Insurance Fund included increases in other welfare payments over the time... - State Pensions
397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans, if any, that her Department has to ensure people in receipt of only a State pension as income are protected from... - Social Welfare Benefits
398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a replacement bus pass will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35586/22] - Social Welfare Eligibility
399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 22 March 2022, if a person who is in receipt of a living alone allowance and... - State Pensions
400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether it is now an appropriate time to reverse the unjust reduction to the State pensions of 36,000 older... - Social Welfare Benefits
401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications that were refused for domiciliary care allowance in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; the... - Departmental Staff
408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department employs medical assessors with specialist knowledge in areas such as occupational therapy, psychology,... - Employment Support Services
409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is being pursued by JobPath to have his or her new employer complete forms and provide... - Departmental Staff
410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will release to a person (details supplied) the records relating to his transfer from the Department of Social... - Departmental Bodies
411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the bodies under her aegis in which persons will receive a pay rise from 1 July 2022; the role of each, where appropriate, or... - Agriculture Schemes
412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to increase the amount of income disregarded in respect of the farm assist scheme to 30% to 40%, 50%, 60%... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the review in relation to amending the occupational injury and illness scheme or public... - Public Services Card
417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a public services card for a person (details supplied); if she will expedite same in order for the person to... - Social Welfare Benefits
418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an urgent review will be carried out of application for a domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details... - Employment Support Services
419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if grant funding to cover the costs of staff redundancies in jobs clubs will be provided to prevent costly wind-up processing... - Social Welfare Payments
420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the ongoing review into an alleged overpayment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make... - Social Insurance
422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will be updating the demographic projections and the consequent impact on the Social Insurance Fund... - Social Welfare Eligibility
423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have lost the adult dependent allowance as a result of a fresh means test undertaken in the past 12... - Social Welfare Appeals
424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of the carer's allowance appeal of a person (details supplied); and if she will make... - Citizens Information Services
425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost if the budget for the Citizens Information Board increased by 5% in 2023. [36157/22] - Social Welfare Benefits
426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to develop further supports and services to address the needs of children and adults with autism; and if the...
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