Written answers
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Disability Services
588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what initiatives are in place to raise public and cross-Government awareness of the economic challenges faced by people with... - Social Welfare Appeals
589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeal applications his Department has received; and the number of appeal decisions issued in each year since... - Social Welfare Eligibility
590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will revisit his predecessor’s decision not to accept and apply the European Commission’s 2022... - Paternity Leave
591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is considering any proposals as laid out in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Eligibility
592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) to review a decision on carer's allowance.... - Social Insurance
593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the four-year limit on the refund of PRSI as set out in the Social Welfare and Pensions (No.2) Act... - Social Welfare Payments
594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the median and mean time to process carer's allowance reviews and appeals in Kerry, in each of the years 2015 to date; and if... - Social Welfare Eligibility
595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a deserted wives’ payment for a person (details supplied) will be put back on, as she is a permanent resident in... - Departmental Staff
596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year costs to recruit one additional WTE medical examiner for his Department. [25358/25] - Social Welfare Eligibility
597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the promised increases to the disregard for carer's allowance to €625 for a single person and to €1,250... - Social Welfare Benefits
601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the scheme or benefits introduced to replace the former jobseekers benefit which enabled a person who had lost their... - School Meals Programme
602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options under the school meals scheme for children with diagnosed medical conditions relying on strict dietary routines;... - State Pensions
604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that entitlement to survivor's pensions was expanded to included divorced people as part of a suite of... - Social Welfare Code
612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider introducing a system whereby people on the carer's allowance can sign off on various weeks, like the system with... - Social Welfare Eligibility
613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the review process for a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) who has had their claim suspended... - Departmental Investigations
614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has protocols or agreements in place to govern how information arising from investigations conducted by... - Legislative Process
615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Payments
616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection who were in receipt of a social welfare payment in 2022, 2023, 2024 and... - Social Welfare Appeals
617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on an appeal lodged with regard to invalidity pension (details supplied); the current average waiting time for... - Social Welfare Payments
618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance. . [25907/25] - Community Welfare Services
622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost to recruit and pay an annual salary to a single welfare officer. [25911/25] - Social Welfare Payments
623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost the estimated cost of a €50 payment to all recipients of the fuel... - Social Welfare Eligibility
629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost to increase the age limit for the one family payment to 12 years. [25918/25] - Social Welfare Rates
630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of increasing the carer’s support grant by €50. [25919/25] - Social Welfare Benefits
631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first-year and full-year cost of introducing a long-term carer’s pension [25920/25] - Social Welfare Payments
632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first-year and full-year cost of a once-off €50 payment to all recipients of the carer’s support... - State Pensions
633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first-year and full-year cost of increasing State pension payments by €1. [25923/25] - Social Welfare Rates
634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first-year and full-year cost of equalising rates of jobseeker’s allowance, jobseeker’s benefit... - Social Welfare Appeals
636. 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. [25988/25] - Social Welfare Payments
637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether the long application processing times for social welfare payments to school bus drivers during annual school holiday...
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