Written answers
Tuesday, 12 December 2023
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Eligibility
461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54555/23] - Departmental Data
463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated revenue that will be raised in each of the years 2024 to 2030 by the proposed increases in all classes of PRSI... - Social Welfare Eligibility
464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if rent supplement can be paid to a person who works more than 30 hours per week to prevent homelessness; and if she will... - Disability Services
465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the programmes of supported work experience or training which her Department or its agencies run for... - Social Welfare Eligibility
466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of an invalidity pension application (details suppled) in County Donegal; and if she... - Covid-19 Pandemic
467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to EU Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/2337 of 28 November 2022 concerning the European schedule of occupational... - Social Welfare Payments
468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when child benefit will be reinstated for a child (details supplied). [54663/23] - Departmental Funding
469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an organisation (details supplied) will be approved for funding for the Work4Life programme as a matter of urgency. [54664/23] - Social Welfare Benefits
470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to compensate families with child benefit payments who have children who turn 18 years between now and... - Pension Provisions
472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the urgent need for processing an invalidity pension appeal by person (details supplied); and if she... - Social Welfare Code
473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will set out the basis for the requirement of post-1995 gardaí that have retired to sign a declaration that they... - Social Welfare Appeals
474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on a carer's allowance appeal (details supplied). [54718/23] - Pension Provisions
475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how someone’s annual average entitlement for a contributory State pension is calculated; and if credit is paid for a... - Tax Yield
476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated yield if the employers’ PRSI rate of 11.05% increased to 14% on the portion of wages in excess of... - Social Welfare Schemes
477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on her efforts to extend the free travel pass to people with epilepsy who cannot drive due to their... - Departmental Policies
478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by her Department during 2023; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Schemes
479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54811/23] - Departmental Data
480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average wait time for an urgent needs payment in Cork city. [54832/23] - Social Welfare Payments
482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people who have availed of an urgent needs payment in the last quarter of 2023 and the same period in 2019 and... - Departmental Offices
484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that car parking facilities will be maintained for her Department’s staff at Thomas Ashe Street,... - Industrial Disputes
485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify the reason tripartite talks between her Department, ILDN and Tús co-ordinators have been cancelled... - Social Welfare Payments
486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that people who will be completing 12 months on illness benefit in the period between the payment of the Christmas... - Legislative Programme
489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of the Social Welfare (Child Maintenance and Liable Relatives Provisions) Bill; and when this Bill will... - Social Welfare Benefits
490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 331 of 21 November 2023, if she will now expedite a positive decision based on the... - Departmental Properties
492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by her Department; her plans to bring each of these... - School Meals Programme
494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will detail, in tabular form a breakdown on a county-by-county basis of the 150,000 school children that will benefit... - Employment Rights
495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 28 November 2023, and the reference what were unequivocally 'test cases' as... - Social Welfare Benefits
497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on a child benefit application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55164/23] - Departmental Priorities
500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55215/23] - Departmental Staff
503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of civil service executive officer positions that have been filled in all civil service offices in County... - Departmental Data
507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an overview of the key social protection improvements announced since 27 June 2020; and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Payments
508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for proposing to introduce a tiered reform of the disability allowance; what steps are being taken to ensure that... - School Meals Programme
510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was not included in the recent announcement on the Hot School Meals Programme; if an...
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