Written answers
Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Pension Provisions
831. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an outline of the options available to a person (details supplied). [63159/22] - Social Welfare Eligibility
832. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to homemaker's credits in respect of the period of time spent... - Pension Provisions
833. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will provide support for a person (details supplied) whose pension has been reduced; and if she will make a... - Departmental Policies
834. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the recommendation from the review group on child maintenance to establish a child maintenance agency was... - Social Welfare Payments
835. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she agrees the decision not to extend the one-off payment of €500 to those in receipt of the State pension is... - Social Welfare Eligibility
836. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for fuel allowance given the recent changes in the income limits; and if she will... - Social Welfare Appeals
837. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); when... - Social Welfare Eligibility
838. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if advice will be provided in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); if the matter will be examined; and if she... - State Properties
839. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if use of a building (details supplied) is to be transferred to An Garda Síochána; if not, if it has instead been... - Social Welfare Eligibility
840. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment claim for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she will... - Community Welfare Services
841. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide specific figures on the average processing times for applications for additional needs payments by month... - Social Welfare Rates
843. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will index link all social protection payments to meet the cost of living going forward; and if she will make a... - School Meals Programme
844. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she agrees with ETBI that the current rates for the school meal allowance scheme are unrealistic and causing the scheme to... - Social Welfare Eligibility
846. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be decided; and if she will make a... - Community Employment Schemes
847. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the pay claim by CE supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63318/22] - Social Welfare Eligibility
849. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's allowance review will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Legislative Measures
850. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all sections of all Acts passed in the past ten years have been commenced; the number of sections that are outstanding;... - Social Welfare Eligibility
851. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will urgently address an issue with regard to recent cost-of-living payments, whereby recipients of partial capacity... - Social Welfare Payments
853. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears will be paid out to a person (details supplied) following a review of their disability allowance; and if she... - Social Welfare Eligibility
854. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the living alone allowance is taken into account as means when assessing eligibility for the fuel allowance; and if she... - Social Welfare Benefits
855. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the establishment of a voucher scheme, included in section 9 of the Irish Sign Language Act... - Oireachtas Committees
857. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will inform the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the... - Social Welfare Appeals
858. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of a farm assist payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Eligibility
859. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can revert to their previous disability allowance payment to secure entitlement to the living... - Social Welfare Code
860. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the flexibility for casual work which is available to jobseekers applying for jobseeker’s benefit is... - Social Welfare Benefits
861. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when section 9 of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 will be established on a permanent basis (details supplied); and if she... - Social Welfare Eligibility
862. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to review the guidelines on eligibility for the back-to-work enterprise allowance (details supplied); and... - Departmental Data
863. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current waiting time for applications for carer’s allowance; the number of persons awaiting a decision; and if she... - Social Welfare Eligibility
864. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for the rule that means a person on deserted wife's benefit is not entitled to the fuel allowance or the living... - School Meals Programme
866. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason hot lunches in DEIS schools and underprivileged schools have been terminated (details supplied). [63848/22] - State Pensions
871. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined and addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Eligibility
872. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - State Pensions
873. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a contributory pension; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Eligibility
874. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the pathway for a PhD researcher (details supplied) to access maternity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Payments
875. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) who, following allocation to council housing, applied for the... - Social Welfare Eligibility
876. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to the fuel allowance. [63938/22] - Social Welfare Appeals
877. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied). [63999/22] - Community Employment Schemes
879. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider amending the eligibility criteria for participants in community employment schemes (details supplied);... - Social Welfare Payments
880. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of exceptional needs payments under the supplementary welfare allowance paid in each month in... - Social Welfare Benefits
882. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way that hearing aid suppliers are chosen for the treatment benefit scheme; if there are requirements around hearing aid... - Social Welfare Payments
885. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on applications by a person (details supplied) for the fuel allowance and the living alone... - Social Welfare Rates
886. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the free electricity allowance in view of energy price increases; and if she will make a statement on... - Energy Prices
887. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether churches should be able to avail of relief for their electricity bills given the current energy crisis;... - Social Welfare Appeals
888. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on the appeal he lodged with... - Community Employment Schemes
889. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the policy of her Department in relation to the provision of community employment scheme workers' contracts ending and no... - Social Welfare Eligibility
890. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way that her Department assesses the means of a person on disability allowance; if it is assumed a civil partner will... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
891. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 15 December 2022, if she will provide updated figures on the claimants in each... - Social Welfare Eligibility
893. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will qualify for the benefit payment if they retire at the age of 65 years; and if she will... - Social Welfare Offices
894. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason Enniscorthy Intreo office has failed to respond to a complaint submitted (details supplied) in June 2022; and if... - Social Welfare Appeals
895. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for the household benefit package now under appeal in the name of a person (details supplied) will be... - Social Welfare Payments
896. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average amount paid to recipients of social welfare schemes administered by her Department in 2022; and if she will make... - Community Welfare Services
901. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of hours a week the CWO is available for meetings with individuals in the Dún Laoghaire office; and if she... - Departmental Policies
903. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the implementation of the recommendations of the child maintenance review group. [1462/23] - Ministerial Responsibilities
904. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific delegated functions that have been transferred to Ministers of State appointed in December 2022, in tabular... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
905. 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... - Departmental Data
906. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the name of the company, organisation or persons contracted to provide media training to her from 1 January 2021 to date; the... - Social Welfare Offices
907. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the future of the social welfare sub-office in Castlepollard, County Westmeath. [1523/23] - Social Welfare Appeals
908. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been refused a carer's support grant; and if she will make a... - State Pensions
909. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Personal Public Service Numbers
910. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a PPSN; and if she will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
911. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 14 September 2022, if she will now make a similar decision in line with a number... - State Pensions
912. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can qualify for a State pension (contributory) in light of the years of service that they have... - Social Welfare Offices
913. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the effect that the merger of the Kilbarrack and Coolock social protection offices has had; if a review of the merger has... - School Meals Programme
914. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the school meals programme by 7.5% and 15%, respectively. [1802/23] - Social Welfare Benefits
915. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Eligibility
916. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department’s plans, if any, to extend the living alone allowance to those under the age of 66 years who are in... - Social Welfare Payments
919. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if claims for illness benefit can be submitted online to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1992/23] - Social Welfare Appeals
921. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal has been registered for a person (details supplied) as requested on 11 October 2022 by this Deputy; and if she... - Social Welfare Eligibility
922. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their carer's allowance application. [2105/23] - Social Welfare Payments
923. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of applications for disability allowance; the total number of successful first-time applications; the total... - Social Welfare Eligibility
924. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide clarification under the criteria for disability allowance of the term "substantially" restricted due to... - Social Welfare Appeals
926. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;... - Social Welfare Rates
928. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a list of updated payment rates for core social protection payments from January 2023; and if she will... - Social Welfare Appeals
929. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); when... - Social Welfare Benefits
930. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the proposals that have been raised by an organisation (details supplied) with respect to... - Social Welfare Eligibility
932. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she... - School Meals Programme
937. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that she is taking to provide the school meals scheme in all DEIS and qualifying schools. [2421/23]
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