Written answers

Wednesday, 18 September 2024

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

 
  • Personal Public Service Numbers
    429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a visa application in relation to their PPS number (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Public Sector Pay
    430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plan to address the significant difference in earnings between those involved in the JI participation scheme and their...
  • Budget 2025
    431. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to increase the telephone package in Budget 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
  • Social Welfare Schemes
    432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a farmer who is applying for farm assist has to have farm accounts done by an accountant (details supplied); and if she...
  • Social Welfare Payments
    433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason behind the inordinately long delays in processing carers allowance applications and appeals (details supplied)....
  • Social Welfare Eligibility
    434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether €20,000 or €40,000 of savings is disregarded for a jobseeker’s allowance assessment for a...
  • School Meals Programme
    435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application to the school meals programme for a school (details supplied) was not successful; if she will...
  • Artificial Intelligence
    436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has a policy, or has issued guidance to staff on the use of artificial intelligence, large language model,...
  • Social Welfare Eligibility
    438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if urgent financial assistance can be offered to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Poverty Data
    439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current at risk of poverty or social exclusion rate for people with disabilities. [36203/24]
  • Employment Support Services
    440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current employment rate for people with disabilities. [36204/24]
  • Social Welfare Eligibility
    441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to review the conditions for the invalidity pension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [36248/24]
  • Widow's Pension
    443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if new legislative changes have been made in respect of criteria to qualify for the widows and widowers pension; and if she...
  • Social Welfare Schemes
    445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has reviewed the terms of the wage subsidy scheme; and if she has considered extending its terms to those who are...
  • State Pensions
    446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the eligibility of a person (details supplied) for the State pension (contributory) will be examined; and if she will make...
  • Disability Services
    447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has appointed access officers in accordance with section 26(2) of the Disability Act 2005; if so, if the...
  • Social Welfare Eligibility
    448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will remove nursing home costs from the means assessments for fuel allowance payments to alleviate the burden on...
  • Social Welfare Rates
    449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider an increase in monthly payment under the child benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Social Welfare Eligibility
    450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has an entitlement to maternity benefit. [36471/24]
  • State Pensions
    452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a State pension (non-contributory) review (details supplied); the reason for the delay in...
  • Social Welfare Code
    453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person on unpaid maternity leave is entitled to make contributions to a private pension during this period; and if she...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the latest date for lodging an appeal on a social welfare application is based on the date of the original decision or the...
  • Widow's Pension
    455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the case of a widow’s pension for a person (details supplied). [36512/24]
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal to an invalidity pension refusal by a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a...
  • Social Welfare Eligibility
    457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to provide participants on the job initiative scheme with access to the fuel allowance payment; and if she will...
  • State Pensions
    460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the State pension entitlement of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Social Welfare Eligibility
    461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of eligibility for illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will...
  • Social Welfare Rates
    463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if child benefit allowance increased by €10 per month. [36826/24]
  • Citizens Information Services
    464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason there is a delay in awarding the monies due under the Labour Court Case (LRC22987) to the Department, which in...
  • Social Insurance
    465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the case of a person earning minimum class A contributory losing all of the class S contributory; and if she will...
  • Departmental Reviews
    466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her Department; and the date by which...
  • Social Welfare Eligibility
    467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application for an increase for a qualified adult has been refused in the case of a person (details supplied);...

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