Written answers
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- School Meals Programme
390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what action has been taken to monitor and reduce food waste and packaging waste in the school meals programme; and if she... - Social Welfare Benefits
392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision on a rent supplement application (details supplied) by a person who had to leave the family home will be... - School Meals Programme
393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a list, by county, of all primary schools now providing hot school meals following this week's expansion,... - Community Welfare Services
394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE staff, by grade, working in the National Community Welfare Contact Centre as of 15 April 2024. [17415/24] - Social Welfare Benefits
395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for invalidity pension that were refused by her Department in the years of 2023 and to date in... - Departmental Staff
396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a list of all assistant secretaries and principal officers in her Department, with their current responsibilities.... - Social Welfare Benefits
397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of the review for DCA in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will... - Social Welfare Schemes
398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a change to the eye examination fee for contractors is now under consideration after Department officials met with... - Tax Reliefs
399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will indicate the number of claimants who are availing of the exemption from the means test of the renting of a room... - School Meals Programme
400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provenance of meat, vegetables and other ingredients for the hot school meals programme; if the ingredients are sourced... - Social Welfare Benefits
401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment of carer’s allowance will be urgently restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she... - Social Welfare Appeals
402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in determining an appeal (details supplied); when a final determination is likely to issue; and if she... - School Meals Programme
403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the schools (details supplied) announced for the hot school meals programme can expect the meals to be rolled out; and... - Social Insurance
405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the scheduled increases in PRSI between 2024 and 2028 are factored into table 2 (showing cashflow projections with respect... - Social Welfare Benefits
406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to expand the training support grant to cover longer-term courses and those above QQI Level 6; and if she... - School Meals Programme
408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will detail, on a county-by-county basis, a breakdown of the 150,000 children that will benefit from the expansion of... - Social Welfare Fraud
409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons prosecuted for social welfare fraud in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if... - Social Welfare Rates
410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost to the Exchequer to increase child benefit by €10 per child in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for carer’s allowance submitted on 15 February 2024 (details supplied)... - Social Welfare Rates
412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when it is proposed to reduce the weekly social support payment for those already here under the temporary protection... - Social Welfare Appeals
413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will... - Social Welfare Rates
414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is only receiving €130 in carer’s payment, given the circumstances.... - Social Welfare Schemes
415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection , further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 16 April, the date her Department will launch the reformed scheme combining the... - Social Welfare Benefits
416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite a domiciliary care allowance review for a person (details supplied). [17933/24] - Social Welfare Appeals
417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity appeal will be urgently expedited for a person (details supplied). [17935/24] - Social Welfare Benefits
418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when it is expected a decision will issue on a carer's allowance application (details supplied). [17948/24] - Social Welfare Eligibility
419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether any interim payment is available in the case of a person (details supplied) who is a HSE worker who contracted Covid... - Social Insurance
420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person on class D contribution within a State agency is unable to change to class A contributions; if she has... - Social Welfare Eligibility
421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection , further to Parliamentary Question No. 731 of 9 April, how an assessment is conducted with respect to determining the extent... - Registration of Births
422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the making public of the stillbirth register; if she has further plans for reform to support families through... - Social Welfare Benefits
423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a domiciliary allowance payment, which was submitted on behalf of a person (details supplied) in November 2023, will be...
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