Written answers
Tuesday, 16 June 2020
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Employment Rights
948. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if employers are required to pay bank holiday pay and holiday pay to employees who were laid off due to the Covid-19 pandemic... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
949. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment who previously earned less than €200 a week in... - Job Losses
955. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the decision by a company (details supplied) to lay off all its employees based here while continuing to operate... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
956. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if pandemic supports will be extended for the photography and videography sectors in order that they can have the certainty... - Back to Education Allowance
958. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment will be made a qualifying payment for the back to education allowance. [11398/20] - Redundancy Payments
959. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of redundancy payments post Covid-19 in which the businesses' turnover has been substantially impacted and they... - Employment Rights
961. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address bogus self-employment in the acting sector; the way in which she plans to address those in the sector... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
963. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific legal barrier that would prevent the use of section 202 to provide a payment of €350 to persons over 66... - Social Insurance
964. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a requirement to pay PRSI on the pandemic unemployment payment; and if not, if this will be reckoned as a break... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
965. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason two transaction payments to An Post for each double social welfare payment are not being made by her Department;... - State Pension (Contributory)
966. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff employed in the State pension, contributory, section; the average processing time for a State pension,... - Employment Rights
968. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provisions will be made to recoup annual leave entitlements for workers who were put on annual leave because of the public... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
970. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to make backdated payments available to those in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she... - Child Benefit
971. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10539/20] - Jobseeker's Allowance
972. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for jobseeker’s allowance by a person (details supplied); if same will be expedited; and... - Maternity Benefit
974. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused maternity benefit despite a genuine appeal and reasoning behind the... - Redundancy Payments
975. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a series of matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be examined; if the person's employer is... - Child Benefit
976. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision to cease the child benefit of a person (details supplied) on the grounds that the person is no longer in the... - Rent Supplement Scheme
981. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for rent supplement which have been assessed since post-Covid-19 changes were made to the scheme;... - Covid-19 Pandemic
986. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding full-time working parents who cannot leave their employment to care for children while there are no... - Social Welfare Rates
987. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of a €1 increase for each weekly social welfare payment in tabular form. [10796/20] - Social Insurance
989. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the class and rate of PRSI contributions paid by local authority members in recent decades; the changes that have been... - Illness Benefit
990. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an illness benefit application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be reviewed; and if she will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
991. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the difficulties faced by persons in receipt of social welfare payments who do not have access to debit or... - Carer's Allowance
992. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of a carer’s allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); the reason for... - School Meals Programme
993. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the allocations made to the school meals programme in each of the past five years; the number of schools and students in... - Community Employment Schemes
996. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if participants on community employment schemes can continue to do worthwhile work in their community, such as grass cutting... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
997. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is cocooning for medical reasons is entitled to the full pandemic unemployment payment. [10980/20] - Exceptional Needs Payment
998. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied). [11000/20] - Invalidity Pension
999. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied). [11001/20] - Community Employment Schemes
1000. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors following the 2008 Labour Court ruling... - Covid-19 Pandemic
1002. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the impact of the pandemic on students who would normally work additional hours during... - Respite Care Grant
1005. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and amount of respite care grants paid in the recent weeks; if the amount has increased in comparison to the past... - Disability Allowance
1006. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1008. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of farmers who have been granted the pandemic unemployment payment since it was introduced; and if she will make... - Community Employment Schemes
1009. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the embargo on community employment schemes is to be lifted; the time frame for this; and her plans to ensure that... - Carer's Allowance
1010. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person caring for two persons can claim a higher level of carer’s allowance than a person caring for one person;... - Redundancy Payments
1012. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the redundancy scheme moratorium for as long as the restrictions including social distance restrictions... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1013. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if childcare providers who cannot reopen their childcare facilities as a result of severely reduced numbers due to the fact... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1016. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that will be provided for family members who have lost a loved one from Covid-19. [11400/20] - Fuel Allowance
1017. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost in a full year to provide two extra weeks of fuel allowance to persons in receipt of the... - Departmental Staff
1020. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff by location and function in each office of her Department nationally. [11468/20] - Social Welfare Payments Administration
1022. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when social welfare payments will return to weekly payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11490/20] - Back to Education Allowance
1024. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age on the back to education allowance scheme; the funding allocated to... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1025. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on extending the pandemic unemployment payment to those who were in full-time employment prior to the crisis and... - Carer's Support Grant
1026. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide additional exceptional payments for carers to access equipment to enable them to safely and effectively... - Disability Allowance
1027. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of disability allowance who have availed of the temporary wage subsidy scheme. [11532/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1028. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 666 of 9 June 2020 and her contribution to the Dáil debate of 28 May 2020, if she... - Youth Unemployment
1030. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the new plans, initiatives and actions being put in place to address the high levels of youth unemployment arising from the... - Social Welfare Schemes Data
1031. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance and... - Rent Supplement Scheme
1033. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if further consideration has been given to a domestic violence rent supplement payment; and if she will make a statement on... - Jobseeker's Allowance
1034. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons aged 25 years of age and under who are in receipt of the full rate of jobseeker’s... - Departmental Bodies
1035. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the terms of reference, membership and meetings held to date of the labour market council; and if she... - Jobseeker's Allowance
1039. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the jobseeker's allowance for those young persons under 25 years of age who are currently on the... - Departmental Expenditure
1042. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount her Department spent on social media monitoring in 2018 and 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
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