Written answers
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Gender Recognition
447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of genders currently recognised by her Department; if the expression transgender has been defined in Irish law;... - Legislative Measures
448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 9 May 2023, the steps which have taken place from November 2019 to date in... - School Meals Programme
449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details on the tendering process for the provision of meals for pupils at a school (details supplied).... - State Pensions
450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused an old age pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Appeals
453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on their social welfare appeal. [24126/23] - Social Welfare Benefits
454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive the €200 cost-of-living payment. [24128/23] - Construction Industry
455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of support that the Government will give to the construction industry that brings in workers from abroad (details... - Social Welfare Benefits
456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if full carer's allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Community Welfare Services
457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community welfare officers allocated to County Tipperary; and the number of vacant posts, broken down on a... - Social Welfare Benefits
458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if partial capacity benefit will be approved immediately for a person (details supplied). [24196/23] - State Pensions
460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection with regard to a person who has modified PRSI contributions before paying A class contributions, if the effective date of... - Wildlife Conservation
461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department and public bodies or agencies that operate under her remit have policies in place to install artificial... - Social Welfare Code
462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify whether returning review letters for child benefit can still be sent by freepost, or if individuals are... - State Pensions
463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will improve the State pension (contributory) for foster carers by extending the number of homecaring periods that a... - Social Welfare Appeals
465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal by a person (details supplied) has been registered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24361/23] - Social Welfare Benefits
466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of the disability allowance application for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and... - Social Welfare Rates
467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the rate of disability being paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be re-examined; and if she will make... - Social Welfare Benefits
468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to review carer's allowance in the context of budget 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - State Pensions
469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that the contribution history records currently being used by her Department do not show home making and home... - Social Welfare Benefits
470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision to disallow a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed; and... - State Pensions
474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the State pension can be increased to 34% of average earnings in the near future; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Policies
475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Government has any plans to recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease for front-line healthcare workers; and if... - Social Welfare Code
476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage increase she prescribed by which the preserved benefit of occupational pension schemes should have been... - State Pensions
477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can outline the reason a person (details supplied) in receipt of an old age (contributory) pension as a qualified... - Direct Provision System
478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of each €1 per week increase in payments to international protection applicants living in direct... - Social Welfare Benefits
479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of successful applicants for fuel allowance in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24551/23] - Food Poverty
481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the pilot food poverty programme announced in budget 2023; the timeline for implementation... - Cost of Living Issues
483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that people dependent on disability benefit are living significantly below the poverty line; the measures she... - Social Welfare Code
484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that the automatic enrolment pension system being proposed by the Government could be provided at a lower... - Social Welfare Benefits
485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to award foster carers' entitlements to PRSI credits to recognise their contribution as carers of... - Legislative Measures
488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the proposed legislation to bring forward changes to the child maintenance system; and if she will... - Cost of Living Issues
489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on increasing the household benefits package to match the rising cost of living; and if she will make a statement... - Social Welfare Benefits
490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the reason the adult dependant was excluded from the recent additional payment of €200 that was issued to... - Citizens Information Services
491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide information regarding the reasoning behind the decision by the Citizens Information Board that volunteer... - Social Welfare Payments
492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why the spring cost-of-living bonus has not yet issued to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Benefits
493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any circumstances in which carer's benefit can be issued to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Appeals
494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine a case where a person (details supplied) has waited six months for a decision relating to a paternity... - Social Welfare Benefits
495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider including qualified adult payment recipients in the Christmas bonus double payment and any such double... - Social Welfare Eligibility
498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in the light of the changing shape of the Irish family, her Department has plans to review the eligibility criteria for... - Social Welfare Appeals
499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of cases referred to appeal in respect of all means-tested payments; the extent to which such cases are... - Social Welfare Benefits
500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants whose applications for the State pension have been deemed unsuccessful in the past three years on... - State Pensions
501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she continues to examine the situation whereby women who left full-time employment to care for a relative... - Social Welfare Appeals
503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of appeals currently in hand in respect of means-tested social welfare payments; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Benefits
504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for various health-related payments that have been refused in the past three years on the basis of... - Community Employment Schemes
506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons currently employed on community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons currently in receipt of carer's allowance in respect of family members and non-family members;... - Social Welfare Payments
508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of applications for exceptional needs payments in the past three years to date; the numbers pending, refused... - Departmental Schemes
511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual budget for the JobPath scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25014/23] - Social Welfare Payments
513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on funeral costs under the supplementary welfare allowance for the years 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023,... - Public Services Card
514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for a public services card in 2022 and to date in 2023. [25019/23] - Social Welfare Payments
516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people incorrectly awarded the spring bonus; and the estimated cost of recouping that. [25022/23]
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