Written answers
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payment changes made to the treatment benefit scheme, from 2021 to date in 2025. [26696/25] - International Protection
414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will confirm reports that IPAS applicants/those who have received permission to stay are being granted vouchers... - Social Welfare Benefits
415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding social welfare supports for those that work in a freelance capacity; if the exceptional needs payment... - Central Statistics Office
416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. reply 794 of 15 May 2025, if his Department met with the CSO to discuss the changes to... - Personal Public Service Numbers
417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update on a PPS application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26782/25] - Pension Provisions
418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has provided, as requested, the record of contributions made by a person (details supplied); if she qualifies for... - Community Employment Schemes
419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that there is a disincentive for participants moving from TÚS to CE, given that they lose their... - Departmental Staff
420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a lateral move can be considered for an employee of (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Public Procurement Contracts
421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in... - Social Welfare Payments
425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline his plans to scale up control measures to tackle abuse of social welfare payments, as committed to in the... - Disability Services
426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to reform the disability allowance payment and remove anomalies in the current means test for the payment as... - Social Welfare Benefits
427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payment changes made to the treatment benefit scheme from 2021 to date in 2025. [27161/25] - Departmental Staff
428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE community welfare officers based in Roscommon in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [27162/25] - Departmental Policies
429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he plans to recognise Covid and long Covid as illnesses and disabilities respectively; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Data
430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families who applied for the domiciliary care allowance for each years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025,... - Social Welfare Eligibility
431. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason carer’s allowance is automatically halved if a person receives the old-age pension; when this policy was... - Departmental Policies
432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if endometriosis will be considered for long-term illness benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27534/25] - Employment Support Services
433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 822 of 13 May 2025, the total amount of public funding paid by his Department to the... - Social Welfare Appeals
434. 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. [27586/25] - Social Welfare Schemes
435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for Social Protection if he will consider increasing the electricity allowance under the household benefits package, which... - Departmental Inquiries
438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the estates section of his Department has not issued the relevant documents in relation to the estate of a... - Legislative Process
440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a status update on the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025 and its timeline for completion; and if he...
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