Written answers
Thursday, 6 July 2023
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Departmental Reports
109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to address the findings of the Cost of Disability in Ireland – Research Report. [32538/23] - Home Care Packages
112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what engagement she has had with the Minister for Health on homecare packages and the financial impact of those families in... - Social Welfare Schemes
116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that are in place for older working people who do not own their own home, are above social housing assistance... - Social Welfare Benefits
118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether her Department has produced a report on the unpaid carers identified in Census 2022; and whether she intends to... - Medical Aids and Appliances
121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a review of the current payment under the hearing aid grant with the rising costs of hearing aids; and if she will make a... - State Pensions
122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she might review applicants previously refused for the State pension (contributory) on the basis of... - Social Welfare Code
123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has plans to introduce tiered disability payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32982/23] - Social Welfare Payments
124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amounts paid out in jobseeker’s allowance and jobseeker's benefit in each of the past ten years and to date... - Legislative Measures
125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she intends to introduce legislation underpinning the provision of pensions to carers. [33004/23] - Raidió Teilifís Éireann
126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection through investigations by her Department and a firm (details supplied) how many RTÉ workers were found to be on bogus... - Social Welfare Code
129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what new measures she plans to adopt to ensure that people with disabilities are not at risk of poverty due to the cost of... - School Meals Programme
130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children who will receive a hot school meal in the new school term from September; and the number planned for... - Social Welfare Code
131. 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... - Social Welfare Payments
133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has undertaken an assessment of the take-up of the working family dividend, and consulted with the Revenue... - Social Welfare Code
134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on her Department's review of means testing for carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement... - Social Welfare Payments
135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on how many people received the carer’s support grant in 2023; the further supports that her... - Social Welfare Benefits
136. 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. [32983/23] - Energy Prices
139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she aware that An Taoiseach has publicly commented that he anticipates energy prices are anticipated to remain high this... - Social Welfare Benefits
140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of supports provided to Tara Mines workers to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33168/23] - Social Welfare Code
141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 23 May 2023, the status of the promised straw-man proposal for the restructuring... - Community Employment Schemes
142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans, if any, to review the community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32981/23] - Cost of Living Issues
143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she aware of the CSO’s “estimated inflation by household characteristics March 2023” (details... - Social Welfare Schemes
144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the rent supplement scheme can be used to assist Ukrainian nationals who are living in Ireland under the EU... - Social Welfare Benefits
146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to increase supports available to homeless families and children given the rise in homelessness; and if she will... - Legislative Measures
148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the work to progress legislation with regard to pension auto-enrolment; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Benefits
150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the differentiated rates of jobseeker’s allowance for under 25s and consider bringing these in line... - Social Welfare Payments
151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase social welfare payments in the next Budget to ensure that everyone in the State has at least a minimum... - Departmental Reports
153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to publish any research undertaken or commissioned by her Department on a cost of disability payment, including costings to... - Legislative Measures
154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the legislation to provide for the flexible pension age and a pension for carer’s will be published; and if she... - Social Welfare Payments
156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what studies have been done by her Department of the international experience of individual social welfare payments; whether... - Social Welfare Code
160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her proposals to amend the means limits for carers allowance applicants. [33003/23] - Legislative Measures
161. 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
162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the Christmas Bonus who do not receive a Spring cost-of-living payment, in tabular form, by... - State Pensions
164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Government is planning to implement the commitment to benchmark pensions in ‘A Roadmap for Pension’s... - Social Welfare Benefits
165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm whether her Department is investigating the possibility of linking the rate of maternity benefit to a... - Social Welfare Payments
166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process under which her Department notifies people of their entitlement to a specific payment to avoid disruptions in... - Departmental Contracts
167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the tender for EmployAbility which was due to be published in April 2023; and if she will make a...
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