Written answers
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the €500 disability support grant will be accessible to a person who has recently signed up to a course and is paid... - Domestic Violence
489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the domestic abuse rent supplement will be maintained or adjusted for inflation purposes in the next year; and if she will... - Social Welfare Benefits
491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's allowance appeal by a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will... - Covid-19 Pandemic
492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in view of the recognition of long Covid as an occupational disease for healthcare workers by the EU Commission, and the EU... - Social Welfare Benefits
493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for a one-parent family payment for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and... - State Pensions
495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that those paying the D stamp and who were recruited prior to 1995 are not eligible for the State pension... - Pension Provisions
496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing time and backlog in terms of the number of applications for new invalidity pension claims; and if she will... - Social Welfare Appeals
498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in respect of alleged... - Cybersecurity Policy
499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total spend by her Department and the agencies under her remit on cybersecurity measures since 2019 to date in 2022; and... - Social Welfare Benefits
500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal has now been registered in the case of a person (details supplied) in respect of the person's recent refusal of... - Cybersecurity Policy
501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proportion of her Department's IT data that is stored in the cloud; the proportion of the data held by all agencies and... - Television Licence Fee
502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the television licence is covered as part of household benefits in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she... - Budget 2023
503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a married couple now qualify for fuel allowance given the recent changes as a result of budget 2023, whose incomes have... - Departmental Staff
504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the names of all special advisers who work in her Department; the Minister and junior Minister with whom each adviser is... - Social Welfare Schemes
505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce a payment, similar to that of the pandemic unemployment payment, for individuals with monkeypox who... - Social Welfare Benefits
506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an email address can be used to create a mygovid account if it was previously used on a different account that has since... - Social Welfare Eligibility
507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the situation facing old age pensioners who have lost their entitlement to fuel allowance,... - Question Heading for question(s) 508
508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will confirm that refurbishment works at the INTREO centre, Navan Road, Dublin 7 have commenced; if so, when the works... - Employment Support Services
509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff working in the INTREO centre, Parnell Street, Dublin 1 in October 2021, and currently, in tabular form.... - Social Welfare Benefits
513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date in the determination of an application for the Working Family Payment in the case of a person... - State Pensions
514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a State pension (non-contributory) will be paid to a person in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the... - Personal Public Service Numbers
515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Benefits
516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the working family payment claim of a person (details supplied). [51467/22] - State Pensions
517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a pension appeal of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51488/22] - Social Welfare Eligibility
519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on assessing a person’s eligibility for certain payments, including the State pension non-contributory and... - Community Employment Schemes
520. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to increase the pay of community employment supervisors in view of the fact the sector has not had an uplift in pay... - Social Welfare Benefits
521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the €500 lump sum payment for those in receipt of disability allowance includes disabled persons who have been... - Employment Support Services
523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on a review of services provided by INTREO and Social Welfare Offices in 2021; if this review is publicly... - Social Welfare Eligibility
525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a vacant commercial property over ten years old that is in need of extensive refurbishment in order to be of any... - Cost of Living Issues
527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full list of payments that will qualify for the cost-of-living measures in Budget 2023, in tabular form; and if she will... - Pension Provisions
528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on an application by a person (details supplied) regarding a pension. [51674/22] - Ministerial Staff
529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a list of the names of each special advisor employed by her Department since 2015, the relevant Minister... - Social Welfare Payments
530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she agrees with jobseekers’ benefit recipients being taken off electronic funds transfer and being compelled to... - Social Welfare Benefits
532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the correct level of disability allowance has been determined and is payable in the case of a person... - Social Welfare Eligibility
533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will examine a case whereby a person (details supplied) has had their disability allowance application rejected. [51933/22] - Social Welfare Payments
534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 491 of 11 October 2022, if those in receipt of illness benefit will not be receiving... - Social Insurance
538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if records have now been updated to reflect payments of PRSI in the case of a person (details supplied) in 2021 and to date... - Social Welfare Eligibility
539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be eligible for all or part of the disability support grant. [52006/22] - Social Welfare Benefits
541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time in advance of 1 January 2023 that applications for fuel allowance under the increased income threshold can... - Social Welfare Eligibility
544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a school (details supplied) has not been approved for the hot meal scheme following a successful trial run; if... - Social Welfare Benefits
545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the new income guidelines for fuel allowance coming into effect on 23 January 2023 will apply to a couple (details... - Pension Provisions
546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider reinstating one-member arrangements and make those with less than ten members exempt from the additional...
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