Written answers

Tuesday, 14 November 2023

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

 
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for delaying the extension of the child benefit payment to 18-year-olds in full-time education until August...
  • State Pensions
    282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants currently being processed within her Department for the State pension contributory. [49293/23]
  • Pension Provisions
    283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on auto-enrolment for retirement savings system for employees; when she expects it to be...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of the current timeline for the implementation of the...
  • Weather Events
    285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a family (details supplied) will receive payment for the recent flooding in east Cork; and if she will make a statement...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider increasing the working limit for eligibility for home carers from 18.5 hours to 21.5 hours to allow for...
  • Social Welfare Payments
    287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to state for each category of welfare payment administered by her Department in 2022, the total amount paid in cash; the...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider a special pardon for family carers who engaged in work (details supplied) during Covid-19, given the...
  • Social Welfare Offices
    291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what provisions are made to accommodate clients who wish to conduct business through Irish in local social welfare offices....
  • Pension Provisions
    292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite a decision regarding an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she...
  • Employment Rights
    295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will instruct her Department to investigate a case (details supplied); if she will ensure this person receives...
  • Public Transport
    296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be reissued a free travel card. [49566/23]
  • Pension Provisions
    297. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why a person on a ARF (Approved Retirement Fund) pension and less than 65 years of age would be classified for PRSI purposes...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in determination of eligibility for fuel allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
  • Pension Provisions
    300. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review can be undertaken of the recent decision to refuse an application for an invalidity pension in the case of a...
  • Social Welfare Eligibility
    301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the legislation involving child maintenance payments being excluded from social welfare means tests will be signed into...
  • Employment Rights
    302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in relation to a matter (details supplied), she will now accept that the approach of using precedential group and/or...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made for a carer’s benefit review (details supplied); the current processing times for such...
  • Pension Provisions
    307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of an application for a pension (details supplied); if she will ask her officials to review the situation;...
  • Public Sector Staff
    308. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE staff, by grade, in each employment support team within INTREO offices within Dublin as of 8 November 2023,...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    310. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the backlog of claims for disability allowance; if her Department is allocating any...

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