Written answers
Monday, 11 September 2023
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Schemes
976. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the farm assist scheme to ascertain if changes are needed to the criteria, given that there are only... - State Pensions
977. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the pension case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37225/23] - Social Welfare Payments
978. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37270/23] - Social Welfare Eligibility
981. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the child benefit payment to parents who have 18-year-old children and older and who are in full-time... - Social Welfare Appeals
982. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37326/23] - Social Welfare Schemes
983. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the provision for wigs for those who have lost their hair due to medical reasons that are not... - Social Welfare Appeals
984. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine a case where an applicant (details supplied) is only slightly over the means test threshold; if this application... - Employment Schemes
985. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the options that her Department supports to assist persons on disability allowance to make useful... - Social Welfare Eligibility
986. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine a case where a person (details supplied) is not eligible for optical benefit, despite having worked in Ireland for... - Social Welfare Benefits
987. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be approved for the carer’s grant. [37444/23] - Social Welfare Appeals
988. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be approved for carer’s allowance. [37445/23] - Departmental Expenditure
989. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for expenditure running €319 million ahead of profile, as outlined in the Mid-Year Expenditure Report; and... - Social Welfare Schemes
990. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether the travel pass for carers of children with special needs can be altered to enable it to be shared by parents who... - Social Welfare Eligibility
991. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to respond to proposals raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in respect of expanding the children's... - Social Welfare Schemes
994. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to explore the possibility of extending the free travel scheme to people who are not in receipt of an eligible payment but... - State Pensions
997. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the non-contributory pension investigation for a person (details supplied); when a decision will issue; and if... - Social Welfare Benefits
998. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there could be consideration for a fuel allowance to be paid to polio survivors (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Eligibility
999. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application for the fuel allowance was not granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will... - Social Welfare Schemes
1000. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider amending the treatment benefit scheme for hearing aids in order that people would be eligible for... - Social Welfare Benefits
1001. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for the disability allowance in the case of a person (details... - Social Welfare Code
1002. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider increasing the maximum hours those in receipt of carer's allowance are allowed to work each week; and... - Social Welfare Benefits
1004. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial assistance available, if any, to a person (details supplied) to continue with their studies; and if she will... - Business Supports
1005. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the policy of her Department to ensure that Irish-based businesses, SMEs in particular, are not prevented from tendering for... - Social Welfare Appeals
1006. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a decision in regard to a disability allowance appeal in respect of... - Social Welfare Code
1008. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2024 if the telephone support allowance were doubled. [37931/23] - Social Welfare Appeals
1010. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update in respect of an appeal for a carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she... - Social Welfare Benefits
1011. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of a disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she... - Pensions Reform
1012. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what steps have been taken to ensure that the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection recommendation that the new... - Social Welfare Benefits
1014. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2024 if the maximum rate of disability allowance and the State pension (contributory)... - Social Welfare Code
1015. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to applications for carer's allowance, if she will consider abolishing the means test for carers or,... - Social Welfare Benefits
1016. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who were in receipt of living alone allowance and subjected to a review by her Department in 2022 and... - Social Welfare Eligibility
1017. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the issues relating to the PPSN issued to a person (details supplied) have now been resolved; if she is aware that the... - Social Welfare Code
1019. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider increasing the weekly income criteria allowed for carers (details supplied). [38136/23] - Social Insurance
1020. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number yield in 2024 if the employer PRSI rate of 11.05% increased to 13% on the portion of wages in excess of... - Social Welfare Benefits
1021. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); if all contributions regarding... - State Pensions
1022. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a pension review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38179/23] - Departmental Policies
1023. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether she has assessed the level of non-payment to single mothers of maintenance due, and the hardship it causes; if her... - Social Welfare Benefits
1024. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for carer’s allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Payments
1027. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is on the appropriate rate of disability allowance, given the fact that they... - State Pensions
1028. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current position of employees who are obliged to retire from their employment at the age of 65 years as regards... - Social Welfare Schemes
1030. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of extending the free travel scheme from five years to ten years for those returning to work having previously... - Community Welfare Services
1032. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of full-time community welfare officers employed in Meath in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [38437/23] - Social Welfare Payments
1033. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will... - Social Welfare Benefits
1034. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the fuel allowance threshold in particular for people who live alone; her plans to increase the fuel... - Pension Provisions
1035. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a UK social insurance record has been received to complete the review of an invalidity pension application in respect of... - Social Welfare Rates
1036. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2024 if the living alone allowance was increased by €5 per week. [38557/23] - Information and Communications Technology
1037. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) within her Department; if any... - Pensions Reform
1038. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the transition to a Total Contributions Approach (TCA) model and phasing out of the yearly average approach will be... - Social Welfare Payments
1040. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a benefit claim (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38662/23] - Social Welfare Benefits
1042. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase the fuel allowance threshold for people who live alone in Budget 2024, considering that it costs the... - Social Welfare Schemes
1043. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason applications under the exceptional needs scheme are not being processed locally; if she agrees that this scheme... - Social Welfare Appeals
1046. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38792/23] - Pension Provisions
1048. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether an individual in receipt of carer's allowance or carer's benefit can have them considered towards the contributions... - Social Welfare Payments
1049. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that an individual (details supplied) is having money deducted from their pay which they did not agree to; if she... - Social Welfare Benefits
1050. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38910/23] - Departmental Funding
1053. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount carried over by her Department's allocation in each of the years 2020 to 2022 inclusive, in tabular form. [38951/23] - Social Welfare Payments
1054. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance payment (details supplied) will be restored to the claimant's bank account rather than in-person... - Pensions Reform
1055. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on progress to implement the respective recommendations of the Special Joint Oireachtas Committee on... - Social Welfare Benefits
1056. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to provide public transport financial relief to carers. [39121/23] - Parental Leave
1058. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending parental leave and benefit by 19 weeks for mothers and 43 weeks for fathers to... - Social Welfare Benefits
1059. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a submission (details supplied); if her Department can support this submission; and if she will make a... - Pension Provisions
1060. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has such a low rate of invalidity pension; the reason this pension is... - Social Welfare Payments
1061. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of the difficulty experienced by a person (details supplied); if she will assist in getting this claim... - Departmental Reviews
1062. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date with the review taking place in her Department on means testing of social welfare schemes; when it... - Social Welfare Benefits
1063. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on extending the fuel allowance to households in receipt of the working family payment; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Payments
1064. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her view on a proposal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39357/23]
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