Written answers
Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- School Meals Programme
439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of students at primary and post-primary who were provided with free school meals in 2022, 2021 and to date in... - Social Welfare Eligibility
441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Government has plans to review the criteria for home care workers' entitlement to DSP payments (details supplied); and... - Social Welfare Payments
444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of the working family payment for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she... - Community Employment Schemes
445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider reducing the qualifying period for community employment schemes from 12 months on the live register to... - Social Welfare Benefits
446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can detail the supports that are available for a public sector employee diagnosed with a serious illness (details... - State Pensions
447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 11 May 2023, whether a decision to refuse a State pension takes into account... - Social Welfare Benefits
448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of a carer's allowance application for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if... - Employment Schemes
449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasons for the delay in completing the reasonable accommodation fund review and consultation, due to be completed by the... - Social Welfare Benefits
450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider increasing the back-to-work enterprise allowance to those aged 18 to 24 years and not living... - State Pensions
451. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if cognisance can be taken in the case of a person (details supplied); if the status quo in respect of their payment will be... - Social Insurance
452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will issue to persons (details supplied) under the redundancy payment scheme from the Social Insurance Fund; and... - Social Welfare Eligibility
453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an unemployed person (details supplied) was not approved even a basic rate of social welfare considering that they... - Social Welfare Benefits
454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carers allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if... - Disability Services
456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she received correspondence from the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in relation to... - Social Welfare Benefits
457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is not being paid disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Payments
458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of payments made under additional needs payments relating to energy bills in 2022 and to date in 2023, by month.... - Departmental Staff
459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the due diligence and background checking that was undertaken in respect of the hiring of a person... - Social Welfare Benefits
460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a review of a decision sought in relation to a carer's allowance refusal (details supplied) will issue;... - Childcare Services
463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department assists with, or makes a financial contribution to, the sourcing or provision of childcare or crèche... - Social Welfare Appeals
464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on the social welfare appeal (details supplied) registered in the social welfare appeals office on... - Employment Schemes
466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the review of the reasonable accommodation fund will be completed; if she will provide a breakdown of how the €1... - Disability Services
467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of advocates, per county, in the national advocacy services for persons with disabilities in each of the... - Social Welfare Payments
469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for an exceptional needs payment by a person (details supplied) in County... - State Pensions
470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is in receipt of the maximum contributory pension; if not, if her Department... - Domestic Violence
471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total annual number of victims of domestic violence who received rent supplement from 2020 to date, in tabular form; and... - Social Welfare Eligibility
473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is currently conducting a review of the continuing eligibility of recipients of carer's allowance; and if... - Social Welfare Benefits
474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer’s allowance review initiated on 7 February 2023 for a person (details... - Personal Public Service Numbers
475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a PPS number. [26152/23] - Social Welfare Payments
476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears will be paid to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the... - Community Employment Schemes
477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of paying the living wage and the minimum wage to all workers on the CE scheme; and if she will... - Departmental Expenditure
478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid by her Department to external legal teams, HR specialists, accountancy firms, and consultants in 2022; and if... - Social Welfare Application Forms
479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the application process for jobseeker's benefit for educators and education support staff at all levels, who are making a... - Social Welfare Offices
480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied with the operation of her Department's central call centre when clients are seeking to make contact with...
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