Written answers
Tuesday, 6 December 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to financially assist persons who have anaphylactic food allergies to support them to purchase foods that are safe... - Social Welfare Payments
333. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be issued with the carer's support lump sum that was issued recently; and if she will... - Social Welfare Benefits
335. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the grants or payments that can be made to a person (details supplied). [60188/22] - Social Welfare Eligibility
337. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a fuel allowance application was refused in the case of a person (details supplied), if the decision can be... - Community Employment Schemes
338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Government is actively engaging with community employment scheme supervisors regarding pay and conditions; and, if so,... - Social Welfare Code
339. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will allow paid voluntary contributions to be reckonable for treatment benefit; and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Benefits
340. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has enough PRSI contributions to avail of the PRSI treatment benefit specifically free hearing... - Social Welfare Eligibility
342. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if individuals who qualify for the living alone allowance can be considered for the fuel allowance if they are over the... - Social Welfare Benefits
343. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the age limit of a child for parents (details supplied) claiming job seekers transitional payment while... - Community Employment Schemes
345. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will support changes to the operation of community employment schemes to allow those who turn 66 years of age to... - Social Welfare Code
346. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any plans to extend the fuel allowance to persons on a scheme (details supplied). [60278/22] - Citizens Information Services
347. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that citizens information outreach programmes have ceased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60321/22] - Community Employment Schemes
348. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when community employment ex-gratia payments are to be processed; and if it will be in 2022. [60357/22] - Social Welfare Eligibility
349. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the means testing system to qualify for carers allowance to consider applicants with income that can vary... - Community Welfare Services
350. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of full-time community welfare officers based in County Tipperary in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to-date in 2022, in... - State Pensions
352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that are in place for long-term carers who do not currently qualify for the State pension in anticipation of the... - Social Welfare Eligibility
353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) living alone will not qualify for the living alone allowance; and if she will make a... - State Pensions
354. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the contributory pension application for a person (details supplied); when will a decision be made; and if she... - Social Welfare Eligibility
355. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a recent application for disability allowance will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will... - Social Welfare Payments
356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can set out his rationale for not providing persons in receipt of the State pension with the additional once off... - International Protection
357. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the State pension entitlements that exist for a person claiming refugee status here along with a dependent adult; if a... - Social Welfare Payments
358. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those on illness benefit were not included in the recent cost of living payments; if consideration would be given... - State Pensions
359. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork, who has been declined a Qualified Adult Dependent payment may be entitled to a... - Pension Provisions
360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures are in place to assist people who feel their pension was devalued by mismanagement through wind up, (details... - Social Welfare Payments
361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider adapting the living-alone allowance criteria to allow a person to rent a room in their home to an... - State Pensions
362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria to qualify for the State pension provision for long-term carers which is due to be introduced from January 2024;... - Social Welfare Benefits
363. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the cost-of-living supports which are applicable for those in receipt of domiciliary care allowance.... - Social Welfare Payments
364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all recipients of carers allowance will receive the cost-of-living top-up paid in November. [60667/22] - Citizens Information Services
365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to reopen an in-person Citizens Information Board office in a location (details supplied); and if she will... - Social Welfare Benefits
366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to include carer’s benefit in the long-term payments included in bilateral social security agreements with... - Departmental Data
367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the waiting times in weeks for all ANP and ENP applications broken down per number of... - Social Welfare Payments
368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a resource issue within her Department in relation to the processing of a disability allowance and invalidity... - Social Welfare Appeals
369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the status of the appeals process for cases (details supplied) with regard to disability allowance and... - Departmental Staff
370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under her Department whose contracts... - Social Welfare Eligibility
371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Departmental Data
373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing times for fuel allowance applications by month for 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Community Welfare Services
375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff allocated to community welfare sections in each Intreo Office in County Donegal to process all... - Social Welfare Eligibility
376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a jobseeker’s allowance application for a person in County Mayo (details supplied); and... - Departmental Data
379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons referred to JobPath since it was established; and the total number of referred twice, three times... - Departmental Reviews
382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will be reviewing JobPath now that referrals have ended. [60950/22] - Social Welfare Payments
384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an exceptional needs’ payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a... - Personal Public Service Numbers
385. 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 Eligibility
386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payments that are available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61030/22]
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