Written answers

Tuesday, 8 October 2024

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

 
  • Divorce Process
    275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason section 59 of the Civil Registration Act 2004 on the registration of decrees of divorce and decrees of nullity has...
  • Budget 2025
    276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures, if any, in Budget 2025 which are aimed at decreasing the rate of unemployment among disabled people; and if...
  • Employment Rights
    277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of the 4,500 employer inspections in 2023 and the 2,300 employer inspections to date in 2024 identified wrongly...
  • Social Welfare Schemes
    278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department still issues letters to all free travel pass holders a minimum of 21 days prior to the expiration of the...
  • Birth Certificates
    279. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way an individual can get their birth certificate amended when it has the wrong date of birth; and if she will make a...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of carer’s allowance; how many of these are full-time (24/7) carers; how many are not...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied);...
  • Social Welfare Eligibility
    283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a pensioner was refused an old age adaptation support to their home (details supplied); and if she will make a...
  • Departmental Correspondence
    284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether a response (details supplied) is acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39738/24]
  • Employment Rights
    285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to pay for bank and public holidays accrued while receiving illness benefit; and...
  • Social Welfare Eligibility
    286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason foster carers are exempt from the back-to-school allowance, given that these children are in the care of the...
  • Birth Certificates
    288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39798/24]
  • Personal Public Service Numbers
    289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of new PPS numbers that have been created by her Department to date in 2024; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Social Welfare Eligibility
    290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to revise the income limits for eligibility for the working family payment. [39810/24]
  • Departmental Schemes
    291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the need for greater pay parity and adequate pay for Tús, rural social scheme and community employment...
  • Departmental Correspondence
    292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can address the issue raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Social Welfare Eligibility
    293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person who receives the State pension (contributory) is not entitled to the treatment benefit and dental benefit...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    294. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals to carer’s allowance refusals received in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022. 2023 and to date...
  • State Pensions
    296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility for the State pension (contributory) can be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); the reason...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    297. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application for carer's allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when it is expected that a decision will issue on a disability allowance appeal (details supplied). [39919/24]
  • Legislative Process
    301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to progress the Industrial Relations (Provisions in respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who submitted an appeal on 15 November 2023 with regard to benefit payment for...
  • Social Welfare Eligibility
    304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will look at abolishing the carer’s allowance threshold (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
  • Social Welfare Code
    305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she would consider extending the fuel allowance payment options so that it can be received annually in order to enable...
  • Social Welfare Eligibility
    306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if babies born in December 2024 will also benefit from the €420 baby boost payment; and if she will make a statement...
  • Health Services Staff
    307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide clarity around pension entitlements of retired members of the HSE and former health boards (details supplied)....
  • Employment Schemes
    308. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the wage subsidy scheme is not being signed off by the Department for employers in order to encourage people with...
  • Budget 2025
    309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if concerns around disparity of treatment with respect to a child benefit measure announced in Budget 2025 (details supplied)...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    310. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40020/24]
  • Departmental Expenditure
    311. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide details of the fees paid to private commercial operators in the past five years for provision of transport under...
  • Social Welfare Eligibility
    314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department recognises the UK personal independence payment as a disability payment for the purpose of applying for the...
  • Departmental Correspondence
    316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to investigate an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40071/24]
  • State Pensions
    317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the normal average rule for calculating a State pension (contributory) can be used when a person continues to work between...
  • Budget 2025
    318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the pay related announcements, announced as part of Budget 2025, that will be applicable to parents whose child will be born...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in respect of babies born in December 2024, parents will receive the newly announced €420 'baby boost' payment,...
  • Social Welfare Schemes
    321. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has examined the amount a person in receipt of disability allowance can earn and still receive disability allowance,...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    322. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE appeals officers currently assigned to assess both applications and appeals, respectively for the State...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if officials from her Department will urgently pass all elements of a case file relating to the refused carer’s...
  • Budget 2025
    325. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients that will receive the €200 living alone allowance lump sum announced in Budget 2025, by...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    330. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families that will benefit from the €60 per week increase in working family payment income thresholds...
  • Budget 2025
    331. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of qualified social welfare recipients that will benefit from the October bonus and Christmas bonus announced in...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    333. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal for invalidity pension will be completed for a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    335. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated number of recipients in that will benefit from the changes arising from the over-70s fuel allowance means test...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress being made regarding a pay agreement and expenditure requirements (details supplied); and if she will make a...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    341. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the carer’s support grant who qualify on account of receiving domiciliary care allowance...
  • Social Welfare Rates
    346. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she would consider increasing the income limit for the back-to-school allowance, as the €60 increase to the working...

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