Written answers
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Departmental Correspondence
714. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Benefits
716. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for illness benefit will be processed in respect of a person from County Kerry (details supplied); and if... - Widow's Pension
717. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an unmarried person can now claim the widow's pension entitlement following the recent judgement by the Supreme Court in... - Social Welfare Benefits
718. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if those children who turned 18 between January and now and had child benefit halted, but remain in full time education, will... - Social Welfare Appeals
719. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision of an appeal's officer in the recent appeal case for carer’s allowance (details supplied) can reissue... - An Garda Síochána
720. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if their Department has had the need to contact An Garda Síochána due to verbal, written (including electronically)... - Disability Services
722. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will roll out WALK employment across the State to ensure that young people with intellectual disabilities finishing... - Social Welfare Appeals
723. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an appeal decision for a domiciliary allowance; and if she will... - Social Welfare Benefits
724. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what supports are in place for those suffering from long-Covid who are no longer able to continue in employment; and if she... - Social Welfare Payments
725. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is in receipt of maximum benefit. [11896/24] - Social Welfare Appeals
726. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal (details supplied) by a person; when a decision is likely to be received, as this has been pending... - Social Welfare Schemes
727. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the Government has a duty to ensure that all children are treated equally and fairly in relation to the... - Departmental Data
728. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 5 March 2024, the reason her Department requires the destination of a person's... - Social Welfare Schemes
729. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider backdating child benefit payments for the intervening period from May 2023 to May 2024 for the small... - Departmental Data
730. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans, if any, to update the Code of Practice on Determining Employment Status which was published in July 2021; and if... - Social Welfare Appeals
731. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in determining an appeal (details supplied); when a final determination is likely to issue; and if she... - Social Welfare Benefits
732. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in determination of review in the case of a person (details supplied) who has applied for an invalidity... - Departmental Reports
734. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the independent external evaluation of the proposal that claims that higher financial returns can be achieved... - Social Welfare Eligibility
735. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason self-employed people are not entitled to claim carer's benefit; if she will consider changing the eligibility... - Pension Provisions
736. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will adjust the new flexible pension arrangements to allow people under the age of 70 years to work if they so choose... - Social Welfare Schemes
737. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the challenges facing some schools (details supplied) in sourcing venders to provide a hot... - Pension Provisions
741. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a history of contributions made by a person (details supplied) to determine if they have sufficient... - Personal Public Service Numbers
742. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department has declined to issue a PPSN to a person (details supplied) given they are an Irish citizen and... - Departmental Offices
743. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if additional resources will be provided to the social welfare appeals office to address the three-month delay in registering... - Departmental Staff
744. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff in the independent social welfare appeals office for the past five years, in tabular form; and if she... - Social Welfare Appeals
745. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals registered by the independent social welfare appeals office for the past five years, in tabular form;... - Social Welfare Benefits
748. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a carer's allowance in the case of a person (details... - Social Welfare Payments
749. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a public services card is required for a person to collect their pension from their local post office or if it is... - Departmental Data
750. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of exit and or severance and or redundancy packages granted by her Department, and bodies under her aegis and of... - Social Welfare Schemes
751. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial supports available for people to assist in furnishing their unfurnished social home; the eligibility for these... - Social Welfare Code
754. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what supports her Department will put in place for those who have been on special leave with pay and whose payments are due... - Social Welfare Eligibility
755. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in undertaking review of case of a person (details supplied) who requested same on 19 February 2024 by... - Covid-19 Pandemic
756. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the designation of long-Covid as an occupational illness. [12533/24] - Social Welfare Eligibility
758. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has concerns regarding the equitability of the fact that disabled people over the age of 65 years were not entitled to... - Social Welfare Benefits
759. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Code
761. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to comments made by him on Budget Day (details supplied), what support are available to households that do not... - Gender Recognition
762. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether any social welfare payment administered by her Department would be lost by a claimant in the event of them changing... - Social Welfare Appeals
763. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 7 December 2023, the number of appeals that were decided on by the original... - Departmental Funding
764. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will publish a list of the NGOs funded by her Department; and the level the funding each NGO received in the past... - Departmental Meetings
765. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings that she or officials from... - Social Welfare Schemes
766. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update from her Department in response to the recent decision of the Supreme Court to rule in favour of a person... - Social Welfare Payments
767. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was not paid the double week in January when they were in receipt of a carers... - Social Welfare Code
768. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to change the treatment of persons who are in receipt of supplementary pension payment in the context of... - Social Welfare Eligibility
769. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing parents with children the right to claim domiciliary care allowance while living outside the... - Departmental Communications
775. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities... - Departmental Properties
776. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure disability access is installed at the Intreo office, Athlone. [13006/24] - Social Welfare Payments
777. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current situation regarding an invalidity pension payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [13009/24] - Social Welfare Eligibility
779. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for the State pension (non-contributory) in the case of a person (detail supplied) has been refused; and if... - Departmental Staff
780. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pay claim for citizens information staff was received by her Department from the Citizens Information Board in its... - Social Welfare Benefits
781. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if changes are going to be made to jobseekers allowance and X and O system to allow people working as care assistants/home... - Social Welfare Payments
784. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) whose sole means is their State pension (contributory) is entitled to an increase in same due... - Social Welfare Benefits
785. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress of the review for domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Appeals
787. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a working family payment will issue/be reinstated to a person (details supplied), with particular reference to their... - Departmental Data
788. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time it is taking her Department to process and complete applications for each payment (details supplied), in... - Social Welfare Eligibility
789. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection where the payment of a qualified adult allowance is under review, if half of the savings of a couple are automatically... - Public Private Partnerships
790. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide details on all planned PPP projects and ongoing PPP contracts; the status of each project; the anticipated or... - Social Welfare Schemes
791. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the circumstances under which a pension payment may continue posthumously to next of kin; the family members entitled to such... - Social Welfare Payments
792. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension award in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be backdated to the date they... - Public Services Card
793. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the legal status of the Public Services Card to be used as a form of identification of an individual; her plans in this...
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