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Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Thomas Pringle
1186. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if a family that is not in receipt of any social welfare payments but falls under the qualifying income thresholds for the back-to-school footwear and clothing scheme would be considered for the scheme to allow working families to benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39744/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Thomas Pringle
1187. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider amending the back-to-school footwear and clothing scheme to allowing working families that are not in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment to access this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39745/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Social Welfare Code
Thomas Pringle
1189. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if the disregard capital increase of €50,000 from €20,000 which was rolled out on 2 June 2022 is for all the social welfare means tested payments assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39788/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Social Welfare Code
Thomas Pringle
1252. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the date on which a substantive response to this Deputy's correspondence dated 10 June 2022 will issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40760/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Thomas Pringle
597. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on the application for enhanced illness benefit for Covid-19 absence for the period 26 May 2022 to 2 June 2022, that was submitted to her Department in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37177/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Thomas Pringle
1084. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that persons who were forced to stop working due to a Government decision to shut down due to Covid-19 in March 2020 and were in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment are not entitled to claim illness benefit now in 2022 given that the persons in question did not leave work intentionally but their sector was shut down and are now at a disadvantage through no fault of their own; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29131/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Thomas Pringle
1155. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of jobseekers' benefit, jobseekers' allowance and signing for credits by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30941/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Thomas Pringle
1156. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of jobseekers' benefit, jobseekers' allowance and signing for credits for 12 months or more in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30942/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Thomas Pringle
1157. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of the full rate of jobseekers' allowance of €208 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30943/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Thomas Pringle
1158. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of the lower rate of jobseekers' allowance of €117.70 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30944/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Thomas Pringle
1159. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of a rate of a Jobseekers' allowance other than €117.70 and €208 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30945/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Thomas Pringle
1160. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the Jobseeker's allowance for those young persons under 25 years of age who are currently on the weekly rate of €117.70 to the full rate of €208; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30946/22]
Tue, 31 May 2022
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Social Welfare Schemes
Thomas Pringle
468. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that payments to guardians have been delayed to all applicants looking after unaccompanied Ukrainian children who fled the war in Ukraine leaving their parents behind; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27680/22]
Tue, 31 May 2022
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Social Welfare Schemes
Thomas Pringle
469. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that a payments to guardians have been delayed as in the case of a person (details supplied) who has applied for a payment for a young Ukrainian child who fled Mariupol in Ukraine without their parents who are military police; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27682/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Ukraine War
Thomas Pringle
613. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if a single person who is in receipt of the living alone increase, the fuel allowance and a household benefit package will be able to keep these entitlements if they decide to take in a Ukrainian refugee family into their home (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14418/22]
Wed, 23 Feb 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Thomas Pringle
156. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of extending the domiciliary carer's allowance to 16 and 17 year olds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10329/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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State Pensions
Thomas Pringle
495. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of fuel allowance in 2021 that were recipients of the State pension; the number that were 60 years of age or older; the number of additional recipients of fuel allowance in each case following the expansion of eligibility in Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7649/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Thomas Pringle
37. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the eligibility for domiciliary care allowance from 16 to 18 years of age given the families that avail of this much needed support will have already shown that they meet the high bar of requirements for this grant and in the majority of cases these needs do not diminish at the arbitrary cut-off point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5472/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Social Welfare Code
Thomas Pringle
93. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reviewing the application process for the domiciliary care allowance with a view to lessening the burden on struggling carers particularly the cumbersome and onerous eight page form for each specialist consultant the child attends which currently must be submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5473/22]
Wed, 2 Feb 2022
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Social Welfare Appeals
Thomas Pringle
97. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection when a social welfare appeal will be decided (details supplied) given the applicant is under severe financial pressure. [5206/22]