Written answers
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Birth Certificates
442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans for a review of the legal requirements for mothers registering the birth of her child with a new partner,... - Covid-19 Pandemic
443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if Covid-19 will be recognised as an occupational disease in Ireland, as per the EU ACSH Agreement in November 2022; if so,... - Social Welfare Appeals
444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal for a carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County... - Pension Provisions
446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of women currently receiving State pension (contributory) but whose years out of the workforce as a homemaker... - Transport Costs
449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a companion pass will issue to a person (details supplied) who attends regularly and requires a person to accompany him;... - Social Welfare Payments
450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for household benefits in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Fuel Poverty
451. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for the fuel allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Payments
452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Appeals
453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the of appeal in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Eligibility
454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will... - Social Welfare Schemes
456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of rent supplement payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Payments
457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if applications for the carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) can be reviewed; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Eligibility
458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in respect of an appeal for the domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied);... - Community Welfare Services
459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if participants on the jobs initiative scheme are included in the 2023 wage increase for community workers; and if she will... - Social Welfare Eligibility
460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a person who is living alone at home but is a qualified adult on their spouses' pension, who resides in a... - Community Employment Schemes
461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a substantive reply will issue to correspondence from this Deputy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Social Welfare Payments
462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way an overpayment of carer's allowance was calculated (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Eligibility
463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) will be expedited and approved. [8179/23] - Social Welfare Benefits
464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be approved for jobseeker's as a matter of urgency, given that they have been seeking... - Social Welfare Eligibility
465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the time for appeals for social welfare disallowances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8219/23] - Irish Sign Language
466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by her Department and by agencies which operate... - Social Welfare Payments
467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full -ear cost of increasing the maximum rate of disability allowance to €228.50 per week; and if she... - Social Welfare Eligibility
469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if two individuals that cohabitate with a combined income below the threshold for a dual application to the fuel allowance... - Social Welfare Appeals
470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;... - Social Welfare Benefits
472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify where an application for an emergency additional needs’ payment to cover a deposit and or rent... - Social Welfare Payments
474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of domiciliary care allowance applications received by her Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number... - Social Welfare Eligibility
475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update in relation to the entitlement of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Social Welfare Schemes
477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on her Department’s consideration and engagement with other relevant Departments,... - Social Welfare Eligibility
478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who was unable to work and was in receipt of illness benefit for over thirty years and... - Social Welfare Appeals
482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of carer’s allowance claims appealed; the number of appeals that were successful in each of the years... - Departmental Advertising
483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount expended on advertising and promotion in her Department and all agencies under the remit of her Department in 2022... - Departmental Staff
484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of communications staff currently employed in her Department; the cost of these staff for 2022; the expected cost... - Social Welfare Payments
485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of exceptional needs payments paid out over the past three years, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make... - Social Welfare Schemes
486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in respect of a review regarding an entitlement to carer's allowance in the case of a person (details... - State Pensions
487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase the State pension by at least €11 as called for by an organisation (details supplied); if she... - Social Welfare Payments
488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 385 of 14 February 2023, if she will calculate the rate of payment due to a person... - Social Welfare Rates
491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a disability allowance rate review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;... - Social Welfare Eligibility
493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 8 February 2023, if a person (details supplied) on disability allowance can... - Ukraine War
494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the supports that her Department has provided for Ukraine and for Ukrainian people since February 2022,... - Departmental Legal Cases
495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of discrimination cases taken and won against her Department over the past ten years, under each of the grounds as...
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