Parliamentary questions

Poverty Impact Assessment

Claire Kerrane

410. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the poverty impact assessment of reduced jobseeker rates for 18 to 24 year olds as committed to in the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 2019; and when the assessment will be published. [27913/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Róisín Shortall

411. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an example of the way the disability allowance means test operates step by step in circumstances (details supplied); and the maximum figures for the spouse’s employment that are possible under the means test under such circumstances which would still entitle the disability allowance applicant to the maximum rate of disability allowance and at least €1 of disability allowance per week. [27930/21]

Social Welfare Schemes

Robert Troy

412. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the avenues of assistance that are available to a self-employed person, paying S class contributions if they find themselves out of work for a period of time due to ill health or injury. [27937/21]

Community Welfare Services

Michael Ring

413. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is the community welfare officer who decides the location in which any item should be purchased following the assessment of quotations from applicants for funds; if the payment for any such items goes from the applicant or from the officer; if there is a recommendation and requirement that such items should be purchased locally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27962/21]

Departmental Reports

Thomas Pringle

414. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish a report by a company (details supplied) on the cost of disability before the end of May 2021; if not, the timeframe for publication given its importance to budget planning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28013/21]

Departmental Reports

Neasa Hourigan

415. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Social Protection when research into the cost of disability in the State carried out by a company (details supplied) will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28014/21]

School Meals Programme

Paul Murphy

416. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a school (details supplied) is not included in the hot meals scheme unlike other schools in the area; if she will instruct her Department to include the school in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28017/21]

Departmental Schemes

Michael Creed

417. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if the negotiated proposals for gratuity payments for community employment supervisors and community employment assistant supervisors will also be available to supervisors on the rural social schemes who are also without pension provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28021/21]

Pension Provisions

Michael Creed

418. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is no longer eligible for an incapacity supplement as an increase to their disablement benefit pension; the reason this has resulted in such a significant reduction in their payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28023/21]

State Pensions

Brendan Griffin

419. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if the rate of State pension (contributory) awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed following the award of home caring credits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28105/21]

Departmental Data

Seán Sherlock

420. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is a policy of data back-up in the operations of her Department and all agencies under her remit. [28125/21]

Community Employment Schemes

Brendan Griffin

421. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will further extend community employment scheme placements that are due to end to allow participants to complete courses and training they missed due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28192/21]

Community Employment Schemes

Brendan Griffin

422. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if community employment scheme eligibility will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28193/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Éamon Ó Cuív

423. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection the formal procedure in place for setting up a recovery plan over a period of time in respect of substantial Covid pandemic unemployment overpayments; the length of time customers have to repay the overpayment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28264/21]

Departmental Legal Services

Mairéad Farrell

424. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on external professional legal services in 2014, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [28309/21]

Social Welfare Payments

Claire Kerrane

425. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance; and the number who are on a reduced rate. [28343/21]

Social Welfare Payments

Claire Kerrane

426. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing each weekly social welfare payment to meet the minimum essential standard of living as detailed by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will provide this information with regard to the current base rates and minimum essential standard of living rates by contributory and non-contributory social protection schemes, in tabular form. [28379/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

427. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the average revenue net weekly pay for current recipients of casual and short-time social welfare benefit schemes by scheme in tabular form. [28380/21]

Departmental Reports

Gary Gannon

428. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if a report (details supplied) has been completed and submitted to her Department; if the delay in receiving the report will cause a delay in the publication of the report; and the date the report will be made available. [28388/21]

Cybersecurity Policy

Peadar Tóibín

429. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the investment made by her Department and State agencies under its remit in each year in cyber security for the past ten years. [28850/21]

Community Employment Schemes

Paul Kehoe

280. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding community employment supervisor pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27129/21]

Public Services Card

Carol Nolan

281. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated number of persons resident in the State that have a valid public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27132/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Robert Troy

282. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the back to work enterprise allowance for new business that have effectively very little trading time over two years due to Covid-19 restrictions. [27144/21]

Legislative Measures

Gino Kenny

283. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection the date section 68M(a) of the Social Welfare (Covid 19) (Amendment) Act 2020 came into effect. [27203/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

John McGuinness

284. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a carer’s allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and approved as a matter of urgency. [27263/21]

Cybersecurity Policy

Catherine Murphy

285. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor engaged to deliver the services and or system. [27285/21]

Pension Provisions

Bríd Smith

286. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of times and the schemes involved in which the Pension Authority issued a section 50 order under the Pensions Acts to reduce benefits to ensure a scheme stays within the minimum funding standard for defined benefit schemes since 2010. [27288/21]

Public Transport

Paul Kehoe

287. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection if an agreement is in place with Irish Rail to ensure that a free travel card will be accepted even if expired during Covid-19 restrictions on public services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27292/21]

Data Protection

Fergus O'Dowd

288. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department is fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements, the EU network and Information Security Directive and standards with respect to her Department’s IT infrastructure including Article 29 of GDPR which requires that data processors access only the data they need for their task; if ISO 27001 Annex 9 standards on privileged access are fully met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27346/21]

Data Protection

Fergus O'Dowd

289. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Social Protection if any state or semi state bodies which report to her Department are fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements and the EU network and Information Security Directive and standards with respect to their IT infrastructure including article 29 of GDPR which requires that data processors access only the data they need for their task; if ISO 27001 annex 9 standards on privileged access are fully met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27365/21]

Domestic Violence

Brendan Smith

290. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if the existing domestic violence emergency rent supplement will be established on a permanent basis to ensure that such support is available post-Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27375/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

291. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if an independent medical officer can assess the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27421/21]

School Meals Programme

Gary Gannon

292. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools with DEIS status that applied for the hot school-meal scheme but were not included through the process of random selection; and the estimated cost of including these schools within the scheme. [27444/21]

Departmental Staff

Matt Carthy

293. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of civil servant posts that were filled through open and internal panels, since April 2020, in her Department and the bodies under the aegis of her Department, by county and by month in tabular form. [27603/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Louise O'Reilly

148. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if the rules relating to requalify for jobseeker’s benefit and short-time payments will be suspended for workers, such as those at a company (details supplied), can have access to this support. [26733/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

149. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to extending short-time work support jobseeker’s benefit for those that are currently in receipt of this payment and are due to be taken off the scheme given the fact that many that are in receipt of this payment work in industries which cannot return to full-time work due to ongoing public health guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26741/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

150. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports in place for persons that work in industries in which they have been placed on significantly reduced wages and working hours as a result of Covid-19 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26742/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

151. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that moved from the pandemic unemployment payment to short-time work support jobseeker’s benefit since March 2020 to date; and the number of persons on short-time work support jobseeker’s benefit since March 2020 to date, by month in tabular form. [26743/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

152. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have been taken off short-time work support jobseeker’s benefit since March 2020 to date; and the number of persons accessing or being moved different social protection payments following after they have stopped receiving the benefit by type of payment in tabular form. [26744/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Neale Richmond

153. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered implementing a pathway for those on the pandemic unemployment payment to go onto the back to work enterprise allowance to support those on the pandemic unemployment payment that have started their own business during the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26745/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Neale Richmond

154. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Social Protection the options for those on the pandemic unemployment payment that want to apply for the back to work enterprise allowance; if they can apply for the allowance with the security of having their pandemic unemployment payment continue if their application is not successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26746/21]

School Meals Programme

Seán Crowe

155. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding available for the school meals scheme in the 2021-2022 academic year; the number of schools that applied to the scheme for the coming 2021-2022 academic year; the number of those schools that applied in the lunch and dinner funding categories; and the number of those schools that were awarded funding in each category. [26753/21]

School Meals Programme

Seán Crowe

156. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the lottery system that has been implemented in the school meals scheme is a blunt instrument that does not adequately recognise the individual needs of schools and the areas that they serve; if her attention has been drawn to two schools (details supplied) that both applied for funding to provide hot meals to students only for the senior school to be awarded such funding while the junior school was not; her views on whether this is acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26754/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael McNamara

157. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a care support grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26756/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Paul McAuliffe

158. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection if a review of the case of a person (details supplied) can be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26794/21]

Gender Proofing of Policies

Dara Calleary

159. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to ensure that the forthcoming report and conclusions of the Pensions Commission will be appropriately gender proofed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26827/21]

Departmental Schemes

Dara Calleary

160. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the contract of each participant on affected schemes such as community employment, Tús, the rural social scheme and so on as a consequence of Covid-19 restrictions in view of the disruption to the activities of employment activation schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26828/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Kathleen Funchion

161. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Social Protection if a pregnant and at high risk childcare worker can continue to be paid their supplemented employment wage subsidy scheme wage in cases in which they present a medical certificate to their employer but remain at home. [26861/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Mark Ward

162. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will address the case of a person (details supplied). [27050/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

David Cullinane

163. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection the treatments available historically that are no longer available and currently available, respectively under the treatment benefit scheme across each of the categories of care in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27064/21]

Social Welfare Payments

Gary Gannon

73. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if social welfare payments will continue to be electronically transferred following Covid-19 for certain payments to reduce the need for persons to attend post and social welfare offices. [26231/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Richard Bruton

74. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if modifications in short-time working or rent supplements are envisaged to help persons in cases in which the return to full-time working post-Covid is phased. [25553/21]

Social Welfare Fraud

Brian Stanley

75. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the practice of bogus self-employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25945/21]

Employment Support Services

Bríd Smith

77. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure the services provided and the ethos of the local employment services scheme are preserved; her views on whether current EU directives mean such services must be competitively tendered out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26213/21]

Departmental Reviews

Catherine Connolly

81. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the cost of disability study commissioned by her Department as part of budget 2019; when the research is expected to be completed; the analysis her Department has carried out into increasing the disability allowance by €20 as an interim measure while the research is being completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26220/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Duncan Smith

85. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering expanding the criteria for the fuel allowance for the winter lockdown 2021 given that more workers and families are being asked to stay in their homes for the period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1421/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Peter Fitzpatrick

88. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost to date of all Covid-19-related payments in her Department to individuals and corporate entities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15409/21]

Employment Schemes

Violet-Anne Wynne

89. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if there has been a definitive decision to move away from the standard costs met model to a costs bid model of tendering of employment services with particular reference to the jobs clubs that are concerned that their initiatives would not be able to compete with the commercial sector (details supplied); and the rationale for this proposed change in method of funding for the service provision. [26238/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Pádraig O'Sullivan

90. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons in receipt of the carer’s allowance who worked in excess of the 18.5 hours in nursing homes and care homes which was permitted as a result of staff shortages during the pandemic will be penalised; if she will look favourably on these cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25571/21]

Community Employment Schemes

Willie O'Dea

91. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the availability of community employment places for persons on the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26261/21]

Departmental Reports

Catherine Connolly

92. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1106 of 21 April 2021, when the report on the public employment service by an organisation (details supplied) will be published; when the response her Department received from the Labour Market Advisory Council to the report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26221/21]

Social Welfare Fraud

Brian Stanley

93. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that bogus self-employment practices have been in use in RTÉ and that a settlement has been made by RTÉ to the Revenue Commissioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25946/21]

Community Employment Schemes

Matt Carthy

94. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the issues regarding the pension and gratuity status of community employment supervisors; and her further plans to implement the Labour Court recommendation issued in 2008. [26137/21]

Community Employment Schemes

Éamon Ó Cuív

95. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of places approved for the community employment scheme and the Tús scheme nationally; the number of participants on these schemes, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25422/21]

Social Welfare Rates

Joan Collins

97. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection when social welfare payments will be increased to meet the minimum essential standard of living. [26154/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Moynihan

98. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a review of carer’s payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26263/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

James O'Connor

99. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the extension of the hot school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26254/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Rose Conway-Walsh

100. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if greater flexibility will be shown to persons on jobseeker’s allowance and other social welfare payments to help them return to education given the criteria for access to the back to education allowance for recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment regarding the qualifying social welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26218/21]

Community Employment Schemes

Emer Higgins

101. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the efforts to resolve the community employment supervisors’ pension issue. [26216/21]

Youth Unemployment

Paul Murphy

103. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans for youth unemployment; and if a commitment will be given not to introduce JobBridge-style activation schemes targeted at young persons. [26227/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Colm Burke

104. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection the way room rental income is treated for those with a serious condition or disability when assessing a disability allowance application in circumstances in which the rent collected is entirely for the purposes of meeting mortgage payments and keeping a person’s home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26076/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Neale Richmond

105. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the uptake of the paternity benefit scheme; the steps she is taking to encourage the uptake of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26072/21]

Community Employment Schemes

James O'Connor

106. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress on the provision of pensions for community employment scheme supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26255/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Aindrias Moynihan

107. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of educational and upskilling courses available under the back to education payment; the measures that are being taken to expand on courses available under this payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26223/21]

Social Welfare Offices

Niamh Smyth

108. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection when appointments will be reopening in the Cavan Intreo office for persons to avail of the public services card. [26074/21]

Youth Unemployment

Colm Burke

109. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection the initiatives her Department will take in order to assist young persons in returning to the workforce following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26128/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

John Lahart

110. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection the take-up of parent’s leave and parent’s benefit since the extension was announced on 1 April 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26251/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Paul Murphy

112. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost and the staff employed in the employer reporting facility established by her Department in March 2020 to enable employers to make notifications regarding staff they claimed were unwilling to return to work while they continued to claim the pandemic unemployment payment; and the number of employees on the payment who subsequently had their payments reduced or terminated on foot of employers contacting her Department. [26228/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

114. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if a commitment will be given to keep emergency access to rent supplement in place for victims of domestic violence permanently and beyond the end of 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26177/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Paul McAuliffe

115. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports in place to help persons get back to work post-Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26253/21]

Community Employment Schemes

Dara Calleary

117. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of extending community employment contracts for participants whose term on a scheme and opportunities for learning have been impacted by Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26257/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

119. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have had their adult dependent payment reduced or lost in the past year due to audits; the age range of those who have lost their adult dependent payment or had it reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26142/21]

Community Employment Schemes

Seán Sherlock

120. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department running the community employment scheme in 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of persons engaged on the scheme. [43978/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Emer Higgins

121. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce and or expand supports including payments, training and skills courses to help persons get back to work following the lifting of Covid-19 necessitated restrictions. [26215/21]

Employment Support Services

Joan Collins

122. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to maintain the method of funding, that is, cost met model and not the cost bid model for local employment services (details supplied). [26151/21]

Departmental Reviews

Claire Kerrane

123. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection when the child maintenance review group will report on child maintenance matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26175/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Pádraig O'Sullivan

124. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the school meals programme to all schools in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25572/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Niamh Smyth

125. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the options available for persons coming off the pandemic unemployment payment in cases in which their employer has had to reduce working hours after businesses reopen from Covid-19. [26075/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gary Gannon

126. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to calls from an organisation (details supplied) to extend the jobseeker’s transitional payment to lone parents of children until the youngest child turns 18 years of age; the estimated cost of such an extension in the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26229/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Darren O'Rourke

128. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the Covid-19 supports available for taxi drivers from her Department; if there are plans to extend or expand these supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25424/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Bríd Smith

129. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost and number of staff employed in operating the employer reporting facility established by her Department in March 2020 to enable employers to notify it regarding staff not willing to return to work while they continued to claim pandemic unemployment payments; the number of employees on the pandemic unemployment payment who subsequently had their payments reduced or terminated on foot of employers contacting her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26214/21]

Employment Support Services

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

130. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by local development companies regarding the provision of support for employment service providers; her plans to address such concerns, including their role in generating employment following the fall-out from Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26224/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pa Daly

131. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the eligibility for non-rateable premises for Covid-19 supports under her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16745/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Joan Collins

132. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to maintain pandemic unemployment payments beyond the end of June 2021 particularly in sectors that are not fully open or open, for example, if workers in the restaurant industry are returning to work with fewer hours due to outdoor only dining that the payment will be tapered to meet the payment that they have been on. [26150/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Gary Gannon

133. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider introducing a pandemic unemployment payment for persons who have returned to work but whose industry will be in flux for the following several weeks and will experience fluctuations in their income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26232/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Darren O'Rourke

134. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the Covid-19 supports in place for aviation cabin crew; the length of time these supports will remain in place; if there are plans to extend or expand these supports including by the introduction of a German-style support scheme or a scheme which supports workers in their transition back to full-time employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25448/21]

National Economic and Social Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

135. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has read the NESC report on the position of the self-employed. [1330/21]

Pension Provisions

Gary Gannon

136. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date on addressing the pension gap for carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26233/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Thomas Pringle

137. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the changes that will be made to the disability allowance given the fact that the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payments were significantly higher than the rate of the disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25552/21]

Departmental Strategies

Cathal Crowe

138. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress on the implementation of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26259/21]