Written answers
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Code
360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasoning as to if a person who is in receipt of disability allowance and that person takes up a community employment... - Social Welfare Benefits
361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will have a decision on their invalidity pension claim; and if she will make a statement on... - Medical Aids and Appliances
363. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assistance available to persons diagnosed as deaf to replace their hearing aids should they become damaged; if there is a... - Social Welfare Eligibility
364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has sufficient contributions to qualify for invalidity pension. [56124/22] - Social Welfare Code
365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on her Department's position regarding the recognition of Covid-19 as an occupational disease... - State Pensions
366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) for the State pension (contributory) could be reviewed according to section... - Community Welfare Services
367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to resolve the backlog of applications for supplementary welfare allowance in counties Carlow and... - Social Welfare Code
368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the autumn cost-of-living double payment will be considered as means for social welfare payments, such as those payments... - Community Employment Schemes
369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to increasing the level of pay that community employment supervisors receive; and if she will... - Social Welfare Code
372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider raising the number of hours that a carer in receipt of carer's allowance can work from 18.5 hours to 20... - Social Welfare Benefits
373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for SWA considering that the claim was received by her Department on 24 August... - Social Welfare Code
375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the qualifying payments required currently for fuel allowance will remain when the new income criteria are implemented in... - Social Welfare Eligibility
376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Dental Services
377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is eligible for dental treatment under the treatment benefit scheme; and if... - Social Welfare Benefits
378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a decision has not been reached to date on an exceptional needs payment for a person (details supplied) in... - Social Welfare Payments
379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing times for working family payment applications in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and... - State Pensions
380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has to repay a pension payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56326/22] - Social Welfare Code
381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current income a single parent can earn before having the fuel allowance cut; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide the number of persons in receipt of the fuel allowance at the end of 2021 and the figure as of November... - Social Welfare Payments
383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the family income supplement in each county at the end of 2021; and the corresponding... - Social Welfare Benefits
385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement... - Social Welfare Appeals
386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of oral appeals held by the social welfare appeals office in 2021 and to date in 2022, which were held remotely,... - Social Welfare Benefits
387. 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... - Social Welfare Payments
388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide the most recent figure on the number of carers in receipt of carer's allowance, including half-rate... - Community Employment Schemes
391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when retired community employment scheme supervisors can expect to receive the gratuity payments they were notified of in... - Social Welfare Benefits
392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is on illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56506/22] - Social Welfare Eligibility
393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who had their back to education allowance withdrawn and have the... - State Pensions
394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the case of a person who worked in the Civil Service for 16 years, only ceased working when they got married,... - Social Welfare Payments
396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants on short-term work schemes who are claiming jobseeker’s benefit, by county, in 2021 and to... - Community Employment Schemes
397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review will be carried out of community employment schemes with a focus on persons with a disability, given that it is... - Community Welfare Services
399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56565/22] - Citizens Information Services
400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current position regarding Finglas Citizens Information Centre, including current opening hours; if there have recently... - Employment Support Services
401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any directives have been given to Intreo staff on the way to deal with those aged 65 years respectfully in their... - Social Welfare Benefits
402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension payment will be reinstated for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Code
403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the profit gained from the agricultural use of land (details supplied) and or the capital value of the piece of land will... - Social Welfare Benefits
404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for their working family payment to be reviewed; and if she... - Personal Public Service Numbers
405. 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 Code
406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria necessary for an application to be successful under the farm spouses scheme in order for the spouse of a farmer... - Social Welfare Benefits
407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Offices
408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a permanent solution will be in place for the replacement of the social welfare office in Castlepollard; and if she will... - Employment Support Services
409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether smaller schemes are at a disadvantage to bigger urban schemes when it comes to pathways to work (details... - State Pensions
410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a State pension (contributory) by a person (details supplied) in County... - Social Welfare Code
411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to recognise long-Covid as an occupational disease or illness following this Government's support of the... - State Pensions
412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a State pension (contributory) arrears payment due to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will issue; and if she... - Social Welfare Payments
413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families in each county that received the double child benefit payment in November 2022; and the number of...
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