Written answers
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Rates
470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the domestic abuse rent supplement will be maintained or adjusted for inflation in the next year; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Benefits
471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the number of persons who have availed of domestic abuse rent supplement by month since... - Departmental Transport
472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in her Department and bodies under the aegis of the... - Social Welfare Eligibility
473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who has a claim for arrears of carers allowance has been refused as this person is... - Social Welfare Offices
474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community welfare officers employed at the Finglas Social Welfare office for the past five years; and if she... - Social Welfare Appeals
478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an applicant has a right to an oral hearing when requesting an appeal of a social welfare decision; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Benefits
479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if those pensioners who may qualify for the fuel allowance under the new threshold limits will be automatically granted the... - Community Employment Schemes
482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to introducing a travel stipend to support community employment participants in rural... - Social Welfare Benefits
483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision can urgently issue on an supplementary welfare allowance claim for a person (details supplied) given that their... - State Pensions
484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a response will issue to a query in relation to the State Pension (Non-Contributory) of a person (details supplied); and... - Social Welfare Benefits
485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer's support grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on... - School Meals Programme
486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding that her Department has put in place for the 2023 school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for the disability allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she... - Social Welfare Appeals
488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49563/22] - Social Welfare Code
489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will remove the income threshold for deserted wife benefit which is in place for the years 3 August 1992 to 2 January... - Social Welfare Benefits
491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the categories of welfare payment recipients (details supplied) that will receive the November 2022 cost-of-living double... - State Pensions
492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review an application by a person (details supplied) for the State pension (non-contributory). [49583/22] - Community Employment Schemes
493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the materials budget for community employment participants was increased in Budget 2023, given that it currently stands at... - State Pensions
494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there any plans to introduce a scheme for carers who are long-term carers claiming carer's allowance for ten-plus years... - Social Welfare Eligibility
495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if multiple claimants in the same household will be eligible for the €500 bonus on the working family payment,... - Social Welfare Payments
496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payments that have been made to An Post in each of the years 2017 to 2031 for the delivery of social welfare payments in... - Social Welfare Appeals
498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision will be made on an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County... - Public Services Card
499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process through which a person (details supplied) can have their name changed to their married name on their Public... - Social Welfare Eligibility
500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of a disablement pension of €190 per month is entitled to the fuel... - Ukraine War
501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance is available to an employer to take on Ukrainian refugees and to assist in the necessary training. [49749/22] - Social Welfare Eligibility
502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider adjusting the means test for the carer's allowance in order that reasonable mortgage repayments for the... - Social Welfare Benefits
503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) for a disability allowance will be expedited due to extenuating... - Social Welfare Payments
504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if recipients will receive a one-off payment for each grant that they are in receipt of, following the one-off payment for... - Social Welfare Appeals
505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide clarification as to the social welfare recipients who are eligible for the lump-sum payment announced as... - Social Welfare Offices
506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of supplementary welfare offices in west Cork; if it is correct that Bandon and Castletownbere community welfare... - Community Welfare Services
507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will detail the plans to centralise community welfare officers in County Meath; the number and location of community... - Social Welfare Code
508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of making the entitlement to fuel allowance automatic for persons aged over 80 years. [49993/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount that she has made provision for in respect of the pandemic unemployment payment for the remainder of 2022 and... - Social Welfare Benefits
510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the free fuel allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Payments
511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of exceptional needs payments under the supplementary welfare allowance paid in each month; the total and... - Social Welfare Code
512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify the changes in relation to fuel allowance in Budget 2023 (details supplied). [50094/22] - Social Welfare Eligibility
514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a reply will issue to a person (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50113/22] - Community Welfare Services
517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will ensure that the community welfare service remains in Trim and Kells, County Meath to maintain face-to-face... - Social Welfare Payments
518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the announced one-off payments announced in Budget 2023 are expected to be paid across October, November and December... - Social Welfare Offices
519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if social welfare offices throughout the country which are owned by her Department are liable for commercial rates; if she... - Social Welfare Benefits
520. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who was unaware of their entitlement to household benefits when over the age of 70 years can claim retrospection... - Social Welfare Payments
521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 5 October 2022, the average processing time for applications for additional... - Social Welfare Appeals
522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if... - Departmental Properties
523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces within her Department and the...
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