Written answers
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Departmental Policies
572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that persons wishing to become funeral/wedding celebrants who hold a Master's in chaplaincy are required to... - Social Welfare Code
573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update and a proposed timeline, as per the commitment in the Programme for Government, when the means... - Social Welfare Schemes
574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to clarify the implementation of the wage subsidy scheme for persons (details supplied), if in these circumstances an... - Social Welfare Eligibility
575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration was given to the qualified adult allowance for a person (details supplied); if this will be reconsidered;... - Social Welfare Benefits
576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding a domiciliary care allowance application for a person (details supplied); and if he... - State Pensions
577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can avail of any purchase of credits, or avail of a State pension (non-contributory), despite... - Social Welfare Appeals
578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make... - Social Welfare Benefits
581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of HAS1 forms that have been received per county or social welfare district since storm Éowyn; the number... - Citizens Information Services
584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 908 of 18 April 2023 and No. 363 of 25 April 2023, his views on the need to retain... - Public Sector Staff
585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for preventing an individual who works in the public sector to apply for the work and access support grant... - Departmental Consultations
586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the... - Social Welfare Appeals
587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will take steps in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) who is being denied carer's allowance on the... - Departmental Data
588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 18 February 2025, if he can detail the specified medical criteria referred or... - Departmental Funding
589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a debt repayment plan will be accepted for an overpayment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;... - Public Procurement Contracts
591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his... - Social Welfare Benefits
593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a redress payment from the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry in the North of Ireland to a person who is resident in... - Pensions Reform
594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will take the opportunity offered by the need to amend legislation pertaining to widows, widowers or surviving civil... - Social Welfare Benefits
595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to revise the existing application guidelines for the domiciliary care allowance, especially in relation... - Social Welfare Eligibility
597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the qualifying criteria for disability allowance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Data
598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 16 February 2025, if he will confirm that the Department collates certain... - Departmental Schemes
599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the extreme weather event assistance scheme will be established; who will qualify for support under this scheme; if... - Fuel Poverty
600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a low-income household, where some members are in low-income employment and not in receipt of social protection, can... - Ministerial Responsibilities
601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by his Department on taking office, along with copies of... - Departmental Funding
603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of training support grants paid by his Department, by county in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Social Welfare Payments
606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payment rates under the new jobseeker's pay related benefit scheme; if top-up payments will be made for any dependents an... - Pensions Reform
607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans to examine what modifications or changes may be made to support women who currently fall outside the existing... - School Meals Programme
608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the remaining schools will be able to avail of the free school meals programme; the timeline for its full... - Social Welfare Benefits
610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason pensioners under 70 years-of-age who paid a class D stamp are not eligible for the household benefits package... - Social Welfare Eligibility
611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider reviewing the criteria for the working family payment to assess the impact of including carer’s... - Social Welfare Payments
612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider reviewing the criteria for the working family payment to assess the impact of including carer’s...
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