Written answers
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Schemes
285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if matters raised in correspondence by an organisation (details supplied) will be reviewed; if her Department is considering... - Social Welfare Benefits
287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons may reapply for the one-parent family payment immediately in circumstances in which the relationship ends and the... - Social Welfare Eligibility
288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to reducing the six-month eligibility rule to move from illness benefit to partial capacity... - Social Welfare Benefits
289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if... - State Pensions
290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the State pension (contributory) will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Pension Provisions
291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if Statutory Instrument 295 of 16 May 2022, which removed the exemption of one member arrangements and executive pension... - Social Welfare Payments
292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for an additional needs payment from a person (details supplied) in County... - Social Welfare Benefits
295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to reopening applications for the diet supplement payment (details supplied); and if she will... - Fuel Poverty
297. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2023 if the fuel allowance were to be increased to €41 per week. [46821/22] - Community Welfare Services
298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community welfare officer positions that are filled and vacant, respectively by county; the number of community... - Social Welfare Schemes
299. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasons that a service (details supplied) was shut down; if there are plans to reopen this service; and if she will make... - Community Employment Schemes
301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the pay-scales and current pay rates of the community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors;... - Fuel Poverty
302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will review the status of a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied). [46868/22] - Social Welfare Appeals
303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 362 of 14 September 2022, if she will advise on the matter considering that her... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if Covid-19 is an occupational illness under the occupational injuries' benefits scheme; and if not, if her Department... - Social Welfare Eligibility
305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a qualified adult dependent allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a... - State Pensions
306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the means test for State pension (non-contributory) as it applies to money on deposit; if she will... - Disability Services
307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if sufficient funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) to continue the ability programme in 2023; and... - Widow's Pension
308. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for a working person in receipt of a widow's pension being unable to claim illness benefit if they fall ill; if... - Social Welfare Payments
310. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) will be processed and paid from the period of... - Parental Leave
312. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46937/22] - Public Transport
314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the analysis that her Department has carried out into decoupling the free travel scheme from other social welfare payments,... - Departmental Funding
316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 385 and 398 of 14 September 2022, if funding is available for this programme in 2023... - State Pensions
317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a statement of contributions regarding the eligibility of a person (details supplied) for the State... - Community Employment Schemes
319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the community employment scheme; the number of persons currently availing of the scheme; her... - Social Welfare Payments
321. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will authorise the payment of eligible social welfare payments into an account (details supplied) given the limited... - Departmental Funding
322. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide funding in Budget 2023 for the Ability Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47033/22] - Departmental Reviews
324. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of the costs for all live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by... - Covid-19 Pandemic
326. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to include long-Covid as an occupational disease for front-line workers considering the European Union ACSH... - Social Welfare Benefits
327. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provision will be made for parents whose domiciliary care allowance application is delayed due to the long waiting list... - Social Welfare Eligibility
328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to social welfare regulations that disincentivise workers from taking on extra employment; if... - Social Welfare Benefits
329. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Community Welfare Services
330. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of full-time community welfare officers in each Intreo office in County Kildare as of 20 September 2022, in... - Social Welfare Appeals
331. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a reply will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47180/22] - Social Welfare Eligibility
332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for the benefit payment for 65-year-olds. [47182/22] - Social Welfare Rates
333. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is on the correct rate of pension. [47185/22] - State Pensions
334. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to her announcement that carers will receive entitlements and contributions towards an old age pension, the basis on... - Social Welfare Eligibility
335. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a person (details supplied) in County Cork had their claims disallowed in respect of the working family... - Social Welfare Benefits
336. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a supplementary welfare application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Eligibility
337. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is in receipt of disability allowance can transfer to invalidity pension;...
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