Written answers
Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Appeals
838. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting times for applications for disability allowance, carer's allowance and appeals; the work her Department... - Departmental Staff
839. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of civil servants in her Department, and in agencies under the aegis of her Department, who were on career break... - Social Welfare Eligibility
842. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46264/24] - Pension Provisions
843. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who is 25% short on reckonable contributions, should experience a significant... - Tax Data
844. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional revenue that would be generated if the 11.05% employer's PRSI rate was increased to 13.5% on the... - School Meals Programme
845. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the rates for breakfast increased from 75c to €1 per person, cold lunch increased from... - Tax Data
846. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of employers paying employee's PRSI with more than 380 employees. [46372/24] - Departmental Expenditure
847. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount carried over by her Department's allocation in 2023. [46373/24] - Departmental Staff
848. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff employed by her Department at each grade of executive officer and above, by gender, in tabular form.... - Social Welfare Payments
849. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of disability allowance and State pension (contributory) as of November 2024; and the total spent on... - Social Welfare Appeals
850. 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. [46461/24] - Social Welfare Eligibility
851. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review correspondence (details supplied); if she has any plans review the assessment when it comes to fuel allowance based... - Social Welfare Appeals
852. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on a jobseeker's allowance appeal for a person (details supplied). [46538/24] - Pension Provisions
853. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the contributory pension case of a person (details supplied). [46550/24] - Social Welfare Eligibility
855. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered extending a stamp to foster carers to allow them to have PRSI benefits; and if she will make a... - Departmental Properties
856. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of premises her Department rents in Dunfanaghy, County Donegal; if all premises are currently in use by her... - Social Welfare Appeals
857. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures her Department is taking to shorten the waiting times for appeals for carer’s allowance and other... - Social Welfare Eligibility
858. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will abolish the requirement of a means test for Irish citizens in order that they may qualify for a carer’s... - Flood Relief Schemes
859. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance will be provided to the flood victims in Listowel and Killocrim, County Kerry, as a matter of extreme urgency,... - Social Welfare Appeals
860. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the status of the appeal; and if she will make a statement on... - Community Employment Schemes
861. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if Community Employment participants who earn over €20,000 per year due to dependent status are to be included the new... - Pension Provisions
862. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she agrees that those who have been paid a carer's allowance by the State should qualify for the contributory State... - Social Welfare Eligibility
864. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to abolish the means test for the carer’s allowance; the timeline for same; and whether this will include... - Gender Recognition
865. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the annual report under section 6 of the Gender Recognition Act for 2023 will be published. [46843/24] - Departmental Staff
866. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to details how much training is provided to Departmental staff answering phone calls from the public; what that training... - Social Welfare Payments
867. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has in place a time limit for the carrying out of investigations into overpayments; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Eligibility
868. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible for fuel allowance given they are 82 years of age and require the support. [46909/24] - Appointments to State Boards
869. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under her remit since 1 November 2024.... - Social Welfare Eligibility
870. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps being taken to ensure that individuals facing life-limiting illnesses are not burdened by unnecessary bureaucratic... - Social Welfare Appeals
872. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied). [1043/25] - Fuel Poverty
877. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied). [1251/25] - School Meals Programme
878. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review an aspect of the school meals scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Widow's Pension
879. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasoning behind excluding people under the age of 66 years from receiving the living alone increase when they are... - Social Welfare Appeals
880. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer’s allowance will be approved as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied). [1377/25] - Grant Payments
882. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the payment of the grant that covers the provision of hair wigs for cancer and alopecia suffers, with a... - Pension Provisions
886. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the rules around residency for the State pension (non-contributory); the minimum number of days that a person must... - Social Welfare Appeals
887. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Community Employment Schemes
889. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to urgently address the criteria for qualifying to participate in community employment schemes (details supplied); and if she... - School Meals Programme
890. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a recent article (details supplied) which raises a number of concerns about the operation... - Social Welfare Appeals
892. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer’s allowance application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make... - Social Welfare Eligibility
894. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that recipients of partial capacity benefit who have transitioned from invalidity pension are excluded from the... - Artificial Intelligence
895. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department and agencies under the aegis of her Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI)... - Pension Provisions
897. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1654/25] - Grant Payments
898. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether there are any rental stipulations for a community organisation seeking to apply for the workplace adaptation grant;... - Poverty Data
900. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the tools or metrics her Department uses to measure poverty in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1717/25] - Departmental Properties
902. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by her Department where that address is located in... - Social Welfare Eligibility
903. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a copy of the findings and costings produced by her Department officials in respect of abolishing the... - Social Welfare Rates
904. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to explain the Government’s intentions in respect of its draft Programme for Government commitment to progressively... - Official Travel
905. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by her and her accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including... - Social Welfare Payments
906. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in each county in receipt of the carer’s support grant in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to... - Departmental Contracts
907. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide details of any public contracts in her Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in... - Community Welfare Services
909. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that adequate personnel are assigned at local level to administer community welfare services and ensure as... - Social Welfare Eligibility
910. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will also outline to the person directly...
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