Written answers
Thursday, 7 December 2023
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments
102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why approved carer's allowance applicants are waiting weeks to receive their first payment; and if she will make a statement... - State Pensions
104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm that benchmarking of the State pension will be included in Budget 2025 as per the Roadmap for Social Inclusion... - Employment Rights
105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the SCOPE investigation into RTÉ; how many cases have concluded; and what the verdicts were.... - Social Welfare Rates
106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is her intention to reduce payment rates for recipients of social welfare engaged in criminal behaviour; and if she... - Social Welfare Benefits
107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will look at extending the Households Benefits Package and the Living Alone Allowance to single parent... - State Pensions
108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department’s plans for a public awareness campaign to alert long-term carers to changes in their pension... - Social Welfare Eligibility
109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the fact that, standard disregards for maintenance that apply in the means testing of other payments, do... - Social Welfare Benefits
110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a ‘cost-of-disability’ payment will be introduced in Budget 2025 (details supplied). [53989/23] - Social Welfare Payments
112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provision will be made to have child benefit paid in respect of students in full-time education who reach the age of 18... - Departmental Consultations
113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details of her plans following the public consultation stage on document (details supplied); and if she... - Social Welfare Benefits
114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details on her Department’s efforts to reform jobseeker’s allowance; and if she will make a... - Industrial Disputes
115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to close the pay gap between Tús supervisors and CE supervisors; and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Code
116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any measures under consideration by her Department to reduce poverty levels among those with disabilities that... - Public Procurement Contracts
117. 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... - State Pensions
119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider opening a scheme in the near future for those who are missing PRSI contributions to receive a State... - Parking Provision
120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has been contact with the OPW in relation to the loss of car parking facilities by Social Protection staff... - Food Poverty
122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress in relation to the implementation of the pilot scheme to support people experiencing food poverty based on a... - Departmental Schemes
123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection about the free travel scheme and the introduction of booking fees of between €2-€10 by private transport... - Social Welfare Code
124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any measures under consideration by her Department to reduce poverty levels in single parent families that were... - Departmental Data
125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many people availed of the Activation and Family Support Programme in 2022 to fund the cost of training supports and... - Social Welfare Benefits
126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to indicate whether consideration might be given to an easier system of transfer to disability allowance or other form of... - Social Welfare Payments
128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she believes the level of social welfare payments is adequate to prevent child poverty; and if she will make a statement... - Legislative Measures
129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when legislation to remove child maintenance as household means for lone parent payments will be introduced; and if she will... - Employment Schemes
130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps which she is taking to increase part-time employment participation levels among those in receipt of... - State Pensions
131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to make provision for pension contributions for foster carers where they are unable to take-up other... - Social Welfare Benefits
132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what work is being done to reduce the processing time for disability allowance applications which have increased by two weeks... - Scam Communications
133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection about the recent increase in scam text messages and phone calls concerning the lump sum payments from her Department; what... - Social Welfare Rates
134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm that core social welfare rates will be raised to at least the rate of inflation since 2013 when once-off... - Social Welfare Payments
135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the “working week” for working age payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Schemes
136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received for the humanitarian assistance scheme after flooding in Cork City and Cork County in... - Departmental Reports
137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made with the report on means testing in the social welfare system; when it is hoped it will be published; and... - Social Welfare Code
138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any measures under consideration by her Department to reduce child poverty that were not announced in the... - Social Isolation
139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the scope of a partnership with a body like An Post to continue the sort of well-being support offered... - Social Welfare Benefits
140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that are being taken to reduce the current processing times by the appeals department; and if she will make a... - Pension Provisions
142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the progress on the auto-enrolment pensions scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54060/23] - Social Welfare Code
143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection about the recent changes to the Reasonable Accommodation Fund and the Disability Awareness Support Scheme and what these will... - Departmental Data
144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many complaints her Department has received this year regarding social welfare inspections. [54182/23] - Employment Rights
145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she thinks it is acceptable that the SCOPE investigation will take fifteen years to complete; and what steps she is taking... - Departmental Data
146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the fuel allowance in each of the past ten years, 2023 inclusive. [53694/23] - Departmental Programmes
147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the development of programmes to support people approaching retirement to better prepare for the... - Departmental Data
150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the number of successful applicants for fuel allowance in 2023, and how this compares to the previous five... - Bereavement Leave
151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has looked into providing a statutory bereavement leave and the costs associated with this; and if she will... - Departmental Data
152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the disability allowance in each of the past ten years, 2023 inclusive. [53695/23] - Social Welfare Code
153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has given consideration to a submission from Family Carers Ireland on the introduction of a non-means-tested... - Legislative Measures
154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the proposed legislation on child maintenance system changes; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Payments
155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the Guardians payment, specifically where a relative is approved for child benefit, that this would then... - Departmental Consultations
156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the consultation of the ‘working age payment’ model mentioned in the Green... - Social Welfare Rates
157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that the cost of disability is taken into account in setting the level of social welfare payments; and if...
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