Written answers
Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- School Meals Programme
391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps he is taking to ensure the nutritional value of food in the hot school meals programme; if there are specific... - Social Welfare Eligibility
392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will make adoption benefit available to parents of children born from surrogacy in the interim period whilst waiting... - State Pensions
393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a State pension non-contributory appeal for a person (details supplied); and if... - Social Welfare Benefits
395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the compensation and additional supports that will be provided to employees of companies currently involved in stocking and... - Social Welfare Appeals
396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a disability allowance appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - School Meals Programme
397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a report of the inspections which took place in 2024 of schools participating in the hot school meals programme;... - State Pensions
398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will confirm whether Class S PRSI contributions have been included in the calculation of a constituent’s State... - Social Welfare Eligibility
399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider allowing PRSI class D contributions to be reckonable for invalidity pension purposes; and if he will make a... - Ministerial Responsibilities
401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to publish the ministerial brief he received on commencing his role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4099/25] - Social Welfare Appeals
402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4193/25] - EU Regulations
403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the fines his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department are paying to the EU for breaches of EU guidance,... - Social Welfare Appeals
404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine the case of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4216/25] - Social Welfare Benefits
405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the application for domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Legislative Process
406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in... - Flexible Work Practices
407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason his Department seeks to amend the remote/hybrid working arrangements for staff; the evidence that the proposed... - Social Welfare Appeals
408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision on a carer’s allowance appeal for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a... - Public Sector Pay
409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year;... - Departmental Advertising
410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a breakdown of the advertisement spent of his Department, by national media outlet and local newspaper outlet in... - Social Welfare Benefits
411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a working family payment application (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Legislative Measures
412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Bereaved Partner's Pension Bill 2024 will be enacted. [4397/25] - Departmental Expenditure
413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025,... - Ministerial Responsibilities
414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable... - Social Welfare Appeals
415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Citizens Information Services
416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the recommendation of the Government of Ireland’s Periodic Review of the Citizens... - Social Welfare Eligibility
418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the means test is scheduled to be scrapped for the carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Schemes
419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any plans to ease the criteria for someone who is unemployed, or retired, who wants to go on a Tús/CE...
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