Written answers
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- School Uniforms
557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost if the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance increased to €170 for children aged... - Pension Provisions
558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures in place to ensure that women forced to leave the civil service due to the marriage bar can access a... - Disability Services
559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal against the decision to refuse disability allowance in the name of a person (details supplied) will be expedited... - Departmental Inquiries
560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit in the name of a person (details supplied). [33603/25] - Gender Recognition
561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department is responsible for the Gender Recognition Act 2015. [33609/25] - Social Welfare Schemes
562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that due to a recent change in Department policy, activation officers are now required to meet with... - Public Procurement Contracts
563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under his Department’s remit... - Social Welfare Schemes
566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an updated timeline on the progress of the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025. [33726/25] - Pension Provisions
567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding pension payment to person (details supplied); when payment will issue given that proposed recipient... - Departmental Reports
568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his... - Education Policy
569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures her Department has put in place to ensure that school leaders and boards of management are not required to... - Departmental Communications
570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason no formal communication has been issued from the Department acknowledging the impracticality of introducing new... - Care Services
571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason carers allowance or benefit cannot be awarded to a family member living in a different county to help towards the... - Departmental Inquiries
572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasons fuel allowance has not been awarded to a person (details supplied). [33901/25] - Departmental Schemes
573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number in receipt of the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance in 2024, disaggregated by rate of payment;... - Departmental Expenditure
575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount his Department spent on advertising on a social media platform (details supplied) in the years 2024 and to date in... - Social Welfare Benefits
576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of claims open for jobseekers benefit on 31 March 2025 before the jobseekers pay-related benefit scheme began; and... - Departmental Funding
577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding that is available for the provision of reasonable accommodations for individuals in the public sector workplace;... - Disability Services
579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale behind the stipulation requiring disability allowance recipients to notify his Department before leaving the... - Departmental Inquiries
585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a referral sent to the scope section by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Projects
586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the... - Pension Provisions
587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a person’s (details supplied) invalidity pension appeal; when a decision will be reached given that it... - Social Welfare Benefits
588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason jobseeker’s benefit appeals are taking so long and to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and... - Departmental Schemes
589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans for an awareness campaign for the household benefit package targeted towards persons aged over 70. [34263/25] - Pension Provisions
590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of individuals in receipt of the State contributory pension, paid on a monthly basis only, in Quarter 4 of 2024... - Social Welfare Appeals
591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to address long waiting times for appeals being dealt with by way of a summary decision or oral hearing (details... - Departmental Schemes
592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 909 of 10 June 2025, if it is his intention to further extend a free travel companion... - Pension Provisions
593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will examine the case of an elderly couple (details supplied) where the husband is in receipt of a contributory old age... - Social Welfare Payments
594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of working family payments that are currently in payment in the State; the number of working family payments... - Departmental Schemes
596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the income supports that are available for an employed person, also in receipt of disability allowance, but out of work due... - Departmental Data
599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons availing of fish assist in each county, in tabular form. [34480/25] - Social Welfare Benefits
600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the entitlements of EU and UK nationals living in Ireland to jobseekers allowance, jobseekers benefit,... - Social Welfare Payments
601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will report on progress on completing and publishing the study on benchmarking and indexing working-age social...
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