Written answers
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments
376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to the awarding of basic allowance or appropriate award in the case a person (details... - Social Welfare Eligibility
380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection where, in the event of a person having money in a pension fund that is paying a monthly pension, the capital sum is invested,... - State Pensions
381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the State pension (non-contributory) and the State pension (contributory), broken down by their... - Social Welfare Payments
383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for carer’s allowance from the Kildare area in 2023 and to date in 2024; the amount... - Cost of Living Issues
384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that the €400 cost-of-living lump sum payment is paid to a person (details supplied). [41038/24] - Departmental Schemes
385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the work and access programme run by her Department can be extended to include schools (details supplied); and if she will... - State Pensions
386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 1 October 2024, if she has plans to make a symbolic or compensatory payment to... - Social Welfare Eligibility
389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the means test for the fuel allowance can be examined (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Appeals
390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41124/24] - Departmental Staff
391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff that worked in her Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024;... - Departmental Advertising
392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by her Department to date in 2024;... - Widow's Pension
393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to legislate to allow unmarried couples access the widow’s or widower’s pension on the death of... - Social Welfare Payments
394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41212/24] - State Pensions
395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department is vigorously pursuing the only next of kin (details supplied) for overpayments made by her... - Social Welfare Benefits
396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a case regarding cross border child benefit (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the... - Budget 2025
397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the €400 one-off payment announced in Budget 2025 will be given to an individual (details supplied) who was in... - Social Welfare Appeals
398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a domiciliary care allowance application that has gone to appeal over a year ago (details... - Social Welfare Eligibility
399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility for carer’s allowance will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); if any recent... - Social Welfare Code
402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has any plans to extend the part-time job incentive beyond the current 12-month eligibility period (details... - Social Welfare Payments
403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if financial assistance is available for a person (details supplied) given the circumstances; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Eligibility
405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if time spent on a community employment scheme counts towards entitlement for fuel allowance and double payment benefits in... - Social Welfare Offices
406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application submitted to the local welfare office in Kilkenny in May 2024 relative to the cost of the funeral of a... - Social Welfare Payments
407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will receive benefits of the cost-of-living payments as a matter of urgency. [41408/24] - Social Welfare Offices
411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the locations of Intreo offices that currently have public toilet facilities on site, in tabular form. [41468/24] - Social Welfare Rates
412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected cost in 2025 of increasing the half rate carer's allowance payment to 75% or a full rate respectively; the... - Social Welfare Eligibility
413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way she plans to address the increasing number of people who lose out on eligibility for the fuel allowance due to a... - Social Welfare Payments
414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41485/24] - Social Welfare Appeals
415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's allowance appeal by a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will... - State Pensions
417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that all calculations for the purpose of determining an entitlement to an increase for a qualified adult... - Social Welfare Eligibility
418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review into eligibility for household benefits can be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she... - Social Welfare Code
419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an applicant's income from part-time work will be disregarded as part of reckonable income assessed. [41572/24] - Social Welfare Appeals
420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be likely to be reached in this case, given... - Official Engagements
421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the international events and engagements she has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of... - Budget 2025
422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 325 of 8 October 2024, which made no mention of percentages but sought information as... - Birth Certificates
425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 8 October 2024, in an instance whereby there is no living person to act as... - Social Welfare Payments
426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension application for a person (details supplied) will be urgently expedited, given the circumstances....
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