Written answers
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Pensions Reform
78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has considered the benefits to the State coffers of a smoothed approach to the automatic enrolment pension... - Cost of Living Issues
85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any additional supports for parents coming into the summer months. [24631/23] - Social Welfare Benefits
86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider a review of the child benefit scheme, including students still in full-time second level education after... - Cost of Living Issues
88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports in place for people struggling to pay their grocery bills. [24630/23] - Social Welfare Benefits
89. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of claims in the education sector for short-term jobseeker’s payments from substitute teachers and all... - Pensions Reform
90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that the automatic enrolment pension system being proposed by Government can stay below the 0.5%... - Social Welfare Benefits
91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to reinstate the multiple payment of child benefit to parents of twins, triplets, and so on, which were... - School Meals Programme
92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has measured the progress and success of the school meals programme relating to diet, attendance and... - State Pensions
93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her proposed timeline regarding the development of administrative and IT systems to facilitate the provision of pensions to... - Social Welfare Benefits
94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase the one-parent family payment. [24299/23] - Social Welfare Code
95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 28 March 2023, the status of the promised straw-man proposal for the restructuring... - Social Welfare Benefits
96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date in June that she expects the lump sum child benefit payment of €100 per child to be paid; and if she will make... - Departmental Schemes
98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the adequacy of supports for people with disabilities who want to start their own business; if there are any... - Social Welfare Appeals
99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the number of appeals against decisions made by her Department have increased or decreased in respect of... - Social Welfare Benefits
102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the numbers of applicants to date in 2023 for exceptional needs payments, by category of the exceptional need (for example,... - State Pensions
103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on a State pension solution for long-term family carers; and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Benefits
104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has investigated areas where there are very high concentrations of claimants of jobseeker’s allowance,... - Cost of Living Issues
106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to introduce cost-of-living supports for adult dependents or those on non-contributory pensions, as many... - Departmental Strategies
107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the implementation of the Roadmap for Social Protection 2020-2025; and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Benefits
108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will introduce a social energy tariff, targeted at households on means-tested social welfare payments... - School Meals Programme
111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools in Cork east in receipt of the school meals scheme for the 2022/2023 academic year; how this number... - School Transport
112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the engagement that she has had with the Minister for Education on the matter of school transport since 2022; and if she will... - Departmental Reports
113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Social Protection Annual Report for 2022 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24441/23] - Social Welfare Benefits
114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider in Budget 2024 extending the child dependent cut-off age to 24 years if the child is still attending a... - Employment Schemes
115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way her Department is supporting people with disabilities to gain employment; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will confirm the number of people who benefitted from the social protection lump sum payments; if further... - Employment Schemes
118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of money paid through her Department in 2022 to employers that take on workers under the Jobs Plus scheme; the... - Departmental Consultations
119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the consultation process as part of her Department's work on addressing the cost of... - Social Welfare Benefits
120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the proposed legislation on child maintenance system changes; and if she will make a... - Departmental Policies
121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the nature and extent of the engagement that her Department has had with other Government agencies and Departments in... - Energy Prices
122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that are or will be available for older people facing higher energy bills, in particular, high gas bills; and... - Departmental Programmes
123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people who availed of the activation and family support programme in 2022 to fund the cost of training supports... - Public Transport
124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the use of a designated Leap card for the free travel pass, with a view to cross-departmental collaboration... - Social Welfare Benefits
125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare recipients that were subject to means testing as a part of the assessment of their entitlement... - Social Welfare Code
127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will review the PRSI contributions system in order that adult dependents who have worked in the home may be... - Departmental Reports
130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the report being compiled by her Department on expanding the free travel scheme for people who have been excluded from... - Social Welfare Benefits
131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of trips that were taken by senior citizens on the free travel scheme; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Code
133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider raising the age limit for domiciliary care allowance to 18 years of age; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Rates
135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will adjust the rate of fuel allowance in a way which will be determined by a strong evidence base on the minimum... - Social Welfare Code
136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will ensure that households that have accumulated significant debts, including arrears on bills and on...
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