Written answers

Thursday, 10 April 2025

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Departmental Correspondence

Photo of James GeogheganJames Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will detail how many physical letters the Minister’s offices and the customer service team in the Department received from the public in 2024; whether those letters are digitised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18461/25]

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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My Department provides a range of supports including approximately 87 million individual payments, over 3 million income support applications and over 900,000 employment support activities each year. Customers may contact my Department through a range of channels. This includes by phone, post, email and online via MyWelfare.

Data is not collated on the number of letters received from the public to the Minister's office and the customer service mailbox.

Photo of James GeogheganJames Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will detail how many emails the Minister’s offices and the customer service mailbox the Department received from the public in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18478/25]

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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My Department provides a range of supports including approximately 87 million individual payments, over 3 million income support applications and over 900,000 employment support activities each year. Customers may contact my Department through a range of channels. This includes by phone, post, email and online via MyWelfare.

A breakdown of emails received from the public specifically to the Minister's office and the customer service mailbox is not available.

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