Written answers
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Schemes
603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39463/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 698 of 25 July 2023, if she will accept that a great injustice has been done in... - Home Care Packages
606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if home carer’s credits have been correctly applied in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Disability Services
607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) who has requested that their payment... - Gender Equality
608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what plans her Department has to deal with the gender pension disparity caused by the minimum 520 PRSI contributions rule;... - State Pensions
610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a State pension (contributory) claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork, recently assessed, could be... - Social Welfare Schemes
611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason carer's allowance was terminated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Fraud
614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of fraudulent claims of payments through her Department, by payment type of those residing in the State and those... - Disability Services
615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for a supplementary welfare allowance pending decision on their application for the... - Social Welfare Schemes
616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the projected cost of proposals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39657/23] - EU Directives
617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to detail the preparations being undertaken by her Department in advance of the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU)... - Social Welfare Schemes
618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) who had their fuel allowance refused due to being over the threshold by only... - Social Welfare Appeals
619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal has been accepted on behalf of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic
620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration would be given to classifying long-Covid as an occupational illness, in line with other European countries... - Disability Services
621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details... - Social Welfare Schemes
622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an interim payment can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Eligibility
630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to include fibromyalgia as a recognised long-term illness condition for social protection purposes; and if she... - Employment Support Services
631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why a service funded by her Department is not available at a location (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make... - School Meals Programme
632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications by schools, per county, to change from providing a cold lunch to students to the provision of... - Social Welfare Schemes
633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of disability allowance and State pension (contributory) as of August 2023; and the total spend on... - Social Welfare Appeals
636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of a decision on a carer’s allowance application in respect of a person... - Social Welfare Schemes
637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the means test for carers allowance to take into account certain expenses such as rent or mortgage... - Departmental Strategies
639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide details on the measures her Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the... - Departmental Reports
640. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on her Department’s review report in relation to the expansion of free travel scheme to people... - Employment Support Services
641. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing the WALK providing equal employment routes, PEER, employment support service model in all 26... - Social Insurance
642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what campaigns are being undertaken to inform people of their ability to purchase voluntary social insurance contributions to... - Social Welfare Schemes
643. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40308/23] - Social Welfare Benefits
645. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when urgent financial assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - State Pensions
646. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether she intends to rectify the anomaly in relation to carers whose periods of care-giving are inferior to 20 years, but... - Social Welfare Schemes
647. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether improvements in maternity, paternity or parental benefit is scheduled; and if so, the dates that they will take... - Social Welfare Appeals
649. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for the disability allowance in the case of a person (details... - Departmental Data
650. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by her Department that were outsourced, in each year... - Social Welfare Benefits
651. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to fuel allowance. [40383/23] - Social Welfare Eligibility
652. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she would consider extending eligibility of the fuel allowance to those in receipt of the working family payment; and if... - Pension Provisions
654. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can purchase additional credits in order to qualify the minimum State pension (contributory);... - Departmental Data
655. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost in 2024 of extending parental leave and benefits by four weeks for mothers, and six weeks for fathers.... - Social Welfare Payments
657. 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. [40685/23] - Pension Provisions
658. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the State pension contributions of a person (details supplied). [40686/23] - Social Welfare Code
659. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether the disregard of only a portion of maintenance payments in means tests continues to apply; whether she intends to... - Social Welfare Payments
660. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline how the working family payment is estimated in the case of a single parent who works and is in receipt of... - Departmental Data
661. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated number of people eligible for the free fuel scheme after the implementation of the changes made earlier this... - Social Welfare Benefits
663. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the conditions in which a telephone allowance is paid. [40725/23] - Departmental Data
664. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has reviewed the level of claims for exceptional needs being made to her Department; the number of claims and the... - Visa Applications
669. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the visa applications for the family of a person (details supplied) are expected to be finalised; and if she will make a... - Penalty Points System
670. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm if penalty points for speeding have been applied in specific circumstances (details supplied) in each of the past... - Departmental Contracts
671. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the total amount paid by the State to a company (details supplied) each year since the start of... - Family Reunification
673. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will provide more family reunification admission programmes for Syrian refugees and their families who have... - Visa Applications
674. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a visa application for the mother of a person (details supplied) will be assessed with a view to granting the application;... - Foreign Policy
675. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she was aware that prior to the publication of the EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) in June 2023, Spanish... - EU Directives
678. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail the preparations being undertaken by her Department in advance of the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU)... - Posthumous Pardons
679. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position regarding the review of historic cases (details supplied); if a recommendation has issued to her; and... - Northern Ireland
680. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline, in the light of the recent UK government decision to carry out a fresh statutory investigation into the... - Visa Applications
681. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline in detail the progress that has been made to date in respect of having a single application process for employment... - Ukraine War
682. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline, notwithstanding the Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/382, her plans to put in place a recording... - Naturalisation Applications
683. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will have their naturalisation application decided; and if she will make a statement on the... - Visa Applications
684. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39861/23] - An Garda Síochána
685. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current average allocation of unused annual leave for all members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a... - Extradition Arrangements
686. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail the offence that is punishable by imprisonment in Ireland for a maximum period of at least one year referred to in a... - Immigration Status
688. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application to the undocumented scheme in the case of a person (details... - An Garda Síochána
689. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda mountain bikes allocated to each Garda district within the Meath division as of 5 September 2023, in... - Citizenship Applications
691. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied), whose parents applied for a citizenship application... - Immigration Policy
692. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Government will change the rules precluding refugees from working for six months (details supplied); and if she will... - An Garda Síochána
693. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the individual who is responsible for allocating specific Garda resources to an area on a given day; and if she will make a... - Citizenship Applications
697. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application (details supplied). [40132/23] - Prison Service
698. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many prisoners have been granted probation, but due to an inability of community-based probation teams to facilitate early... - Peace Commissioners
699. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the status of an application for a Peace Commissioner by a person (details supplied); and if she will... - Departmental Strategies
700. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details on the measures her Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the... - Immigration Status
701. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application by persons (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40269/23] - Family Reunification
702. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe from application to issue of a long-stay (join family) visa under the International Protection Act 2015 for... - International Protection
703. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision (details supplied) will be reconsidered, given that the reasons cited for refusal are incorrect; if she will... - Departmental Reports
704. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by her Department that were outsourced, in each year since... - Crime Data
705. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of aggravated burglaries reported to gardaí in the K district within the DMR in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023,... - Crime Prevention
706. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on Garda Operation Satailt; and the number of persons arrested and charged under this operation. [40396/23] - Departmental Staff
707. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time staff, by grade, working in the border management unit of her Department as of 12 September 2023, in... - Naturalisation Applications
708. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify how those who made applications for Irish citizenship by naturalisation earlier in 2023 have received their decision... - Immigration Status
709. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be permitted to apply for citizenship in February 2024 rather than May 2024, as they... - Visa Applications
711. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that a visa application (details supplied) will be processed as a matter of urgency as the delay has cost... - Family Support Services
713. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the huge financial burden placed on those using a service (details supplied) for supervised visits with... - An Garda Síochána
714. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí in the DMR each year from 2020 to 2023, broken down by division; and if she will make a... - Visa Applications
716. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to review a hardship case (details supplied) of a person whose travel plans faced significant disruption because of the sudden... - An Garda Síochána
717. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to issue front-line gardaí with PAVA spray instead of CS spray. [40667/23] - Prison Service
718. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recruit prison officers recruited for the Irish Prison Service in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number... - An Garda Síochána
719. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and full-time civilian staff based in each of the four Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau satellite...
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