Written answers
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Equal Opportunities Employment
480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is engaging with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding employment... - Social Welfare Code
481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider changing the situation where a person in receipt of the old age pension (contributory) and caring... - School Meals Programme
482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is satisfied that providers under the Hot School Meals Programme are not required to provide his Department with... - Social Welfare Benefits
484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer’s allowance in the name of a person (details supplied) will be expedited and approved; if... - Official Engagements
486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will report on his visit to Atlanta and Savannah in the United States of America for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings he... - Social Welfare Benefits
487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of active rent supplement claims at the end of 2024, and the total expenditure by her Department on rent... - Departmental Policies
488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he plans to bring forward proposals for a baby loss certificate, similar to the UK, for mothers and parents who lose a... - Social Welfare Schemes
489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received for stage 1, Stage 2, and Stage 3 of the humanitarian assistance scheme following storm... - Community Welfare Services
499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will reconsider the reinstatement of the community welfare officer service in Ballymahon, County Longford, given the... - Public Procurement Contracts
509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods,... - Departmental Bodies
510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are... - Social Welfare Eligibility
511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans to include healthcare workers suffering with long-Covid within the occupational injuries benefit scheme; and if he... - State Pensions
512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether a person (details supplied) is entitled to back-dated arrears to 2017 after being awarded a contributory State... - Social Welfare Payments
513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to list all social welfare payments which are currently payable to the surviving cohabiting partner of a deceased claimant... - Social Welfare Benefits
514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if workers due to be made redundant in County Waterford (details supplied) will be able to avail of the pay-related... - Social Welfare Eligibility
515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on a review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13788/25] - Official Engagements
516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he engaged with a person (details supplied) during his visit to Atlanta for St. Patrick's Day events. [13872/25] - Social Welfare Eligibility
517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans being considered to extend the proposed permanent annual cost of disability support payment to individuals who are... - Social Welfare Appeals
518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for disability allowance that are on appeal to the social welfare appeals office; and the number... - Social Welfare Benefits
519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why a person (details supplied) is classified in their receipt of disability allowance as an adult dependent. [13934/25] - Social Welfare Schemes
521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications per county for stage 1 of the humanitarian assistance scheme for Storm Éowyn that were... - Social Welfare Benefits
523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an invalidity pension will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Schemes
524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the decision to close HAS1 applications was made, and when this decision was notified to those accepting and processing... - Social Media
525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his... - Social Welfare Code
526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is financial assistance available from his Department to an individual in receipt of a payment (details supplied)... - Social Welfare Rates
527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to increase child benefit, even in a targeted way for those on lower incomes; and if he will make a... - Community Welfare Services
529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out by the State through community welfare officers to facilitate car repairs or maintenance to... - Social Welfare Benefits
532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer’s allowance application will be expedited in respect of a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if... - Social Insurance
538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has considered addressing the disparity in benefits eligibility between individuals who have paid PRSI contributions at...
No comments