Written answers
Thursday, 14 July 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Departmental Policies
91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address situations of economic and financial abuse in households; if she will examine ways to individualise... - Registration of Deaths
92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that she is proposing to simplify the process of registering a death to make it easier for bereaved families; and if... - Social Welfare Payments
93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details of any analysis carried out by her Department on the recommendations of a report (details... - Pensions Reform
95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will publish her response to the report of the Pension Commission and recommendations before the Dáil summer... - Ukraine War
96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that her Department is providing for Ukrainian refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34517/22] - Social Welfare Schemes
97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full suite of supports that are available to workers under the treatment benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement... - Social Welfare Eligibility
98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasoning behind the method of assessing capital under the various means tested schemes; if she intends on reforming this... - Social Welfare Payments
99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average amount paid out by community welfare officers in Cork in 2022. [34901/22] - Employment Schemes
100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress that has been made under Pathways to Work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34936/22] - Social Welfare Eligibility
101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will change the lower income threshold for entitlement to her Department’s back-to-school clothing and footwear... - Cost of Living Issues
102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost-of-living supports that her Department is providing households which do not receive the working family payment... - Social Welfare Payments
103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that she is taking to increase disability allowance by €15 per week. [38581/22] - Employment Schemes
105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the meetings that she or her officials have had or plan to have with representatives and workers in Local Employment Services... - State Pensions
106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the consideration that has been given to the rate of payment for the old age pension ahead of Budget 2023; and if she will... - Social Welfare Payments
107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of victims of domestic violence to access rent supplement, by county to date and refusals in tabular form; number... - Social Welfare Eligibility
108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the fuel allowance who have been removed from access to the allowance for exceeding the income... - Social Welfare Payments
109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proposals to improve the criteria for the free fuel allowance in cases in which a family member may return to live with a... - Social Welfare Appeals
113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further up Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 29 June 2022, if the new regulations in the appeals office prevent appeals... - Rights of People with Disabilities
114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a key conclusion in the Cost of Disability in Ireland – Research Report, that measures to address the... - Cost of Living Issues
115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the additional resources that have been provided to community welfare officers to assist those facing financial burden due to... - Departmental Policies
116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the latest meeting of the Social Inclusion Forum and on any outcomes from that meeting; and if she will... - Social Welfare Payments
117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider revising the criteria in relation to access to the exceptional needs payments such as the time limits... - Social Welfare Schemes
119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that in Budget 2023 the free travel pass is made eligible to all persons who do not have enough vision to... - Social Welfare Payments
120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that are being considered in the next budget to enhance and broaden social welfare payments including the fuel... - Employment Schemes
121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work that is being undertaken by her Department to present employment opportunities for jobseekers to address labour... - Legislative Measures
123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on auto enrolment; when the draft legislation is expected to be published; and if she will make... - Employment Schemes
124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she expects the various schemes offered by her Department to be available to urban or rural communities... - Social Welfare Payments
125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the uses for which exceptional needs payments may be applied given that some applications may not qualify under the heading... - Employment Schemes
126. 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. [34926/22] - Social Welfare Eligibility
127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing persons on illness benefit to qualify under means testing for the fuel allowance given the... - Rights of People with Disabilities
128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will extend the Reasonable Accommodation Fund to self-employed persons with disabilities; and if she will... - Social Welfare Payments
129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the possibility of ceasing her Department's current policy of removing persons from the fuel allowance... - Employment Schemes
130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the planned review to the rural social scheme; and if she will make a statement on the... - Cost of Living Issues
131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase the back-to-school allowance to assist families with the cost-of-living. [34873/22] - Social Welfare Eligibility
132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the adequacy of the current policy which directs that the means test for the disability allowance and... - School Meals Programme
133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to an anomaly in the school meals programme whereby newly added schools for the DEIS... - Social Welfare Payments
134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proportion of persons on the contributory pension and on the invalidity pension who qualify for the fuel allowance... - Employment Schemes
136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 17 May 2022, the status of phase 2 of the procurement process for the new local... - Social Welfare Payments
140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proposals there are to improve the criteria for the free fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Ukraine War
142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of her Department’s supports for refugees from Ukraine; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Employment Schemes
143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to research (details supplied) which suggests that procuring public employment services... - Social Welfare Eligibility
144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the means test for the disability allowance and carer’s allowance with a view to assessing income... - Social Welfare Payments
145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time that it takes to process an application for carer’s allowance; the steps, if any, that are being... - Employment Schemes
147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of her plans to provide alternative employment for the current providers of local employment services who have or... - Social Welfare Eligibility
148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process for applying for an additional needs' payment; if the 30-hour limit for working families has been removed; if a... - Rights of People with Disabilities
150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the key conclusion in the Cost of Disability in Ireland – Research Report, that the levels of disability... - Social Welfare Payments
151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons availing of the additional needs payment; if so, if there has been an increase in the number recipients... - Employment Schemes
152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which she expects to be in a position to interact with various urban and rural communities throughout the... - Social Welfare Schemes
153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there has been any further consideration to review the household benefits package due to the increases in the... - Social Welfare Payments
154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families expected to be supported under the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance in 2022; when... - Departmental Reviews
157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she intends to publish her response to the report of the Child Maintenance Review Group; and if she will make a... - Rights of People with Disabilities
158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress that has been made in the implementation of measures to support employment opportunities for people with... - Social Welfare Payments
159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing a cost of disability payment to the Exchequer, in line with the recommendations set out in... - Social Welfare Schemes
160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to introduce any further amendments to farm assist (details supplied). [34782/22] - Youth Unemployment
161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current rate of youth unemployment; the measures that her Department is taking to assist young people to enter the... - Food Poverty
162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress of the food poverty working group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37779/22] - Community Employment Schemes
163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proposals to improve access to community employment schemes including the six-year rule for the rural social scheme; if... - Social Welfare Payments
164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications that were made for the exceptional needs' payment by constituency or county to date in 2022; if... - Social Welfare Eligibility
166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the criteria for assessment of savings needs to be updated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34937/22] - Social Welfare Payments
167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider a sizeable increase in the back-to-school allowances given the extra pressures on household due to the... - Ukraine War
168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider issuing refugees with a post office account so that they can access their social welfare payment from... - Social Welfare Payments
170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of times that the fuel allowance has been increased since her Department was established; and if she will make a...
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