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Social Welfare Eligibility
Paul Kehoe
840. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a working family payment claim for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63267/22]
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Community Welfare Services
Claire Kerrane
841. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide specific figures on the average processing times for applications for additional needs payments by month from June 2022 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63273/22]
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Community Welfare Services
Claire Kerrane
842. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide specific figures on the number of additional needs payment applications which have taken longer than four weeks to finalise in each of the months from June 2022 to date; if she will provide figures regarding the following timeframes; 5-8 weeks to process; 9-12 weeks to process, and more than 12 weeks to process in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63274/22]
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Social Welfare Rates
Seán Canney
843. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will index link all social protection payments to meet the cost of living going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63283/22]
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School Meals Programme
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
844. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she agrees with ETBI that the current rates for the school meal allowance scheme are unrealistic and causing the scheme to be unworkable; if she will request her Department to review the rates to bring them in line with current economic circumstances; and her views on extending the scheme to make it available to all students. [63285/22]
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School Meals Programme
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
845. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the school meal allowance scheme should be funded and administered by the Department of Education. [63286/22]
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Thomas Pringle
846. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be decided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63290/22]
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Community Employment Schemes
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
847. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the pay claim by CE supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63318/22]
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Community Employment Schemes
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
848. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the community employment scheme; if there are plans to reform the CE schemes; if there is a strategy to combat recruitment challenges into the projects; if there is a cost breakdown of each of the projects; the number of persons currently availing of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63319/22]
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Brendan Griffin
849. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a carer's allowance review will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63373/22]
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Legislative Measures
Thomas Pringle
850. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if all sections of all Acts passed in the past ten years have been commenced; the number of sections that are outstanding; the number of Acts that have review periods; if the reviews have taken place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63388/22]
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Robert Troy
851. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will urgently address an issue with regard to recent cost-of-living payments, whereby recipients of partial capacity are excluded from the relevant payments. [63398/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Seán Canney
852. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of domiciliary care allowance and the carer’s support grant in respect of their son did not get the carer’s support grant of €500 as part of the recently announced budget supports given that they did receive the disability bonus payment due to their being in receipt of disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63423/22]
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Social Welfare Payments
Thomas Pringle
853. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection when arrears will be paid out to a person (details supplied) following a review of their disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63425/22]
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Michael Creed
854. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if the living alone allowance is taken into account as means when assessing eligibility for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63478/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Johnny Mythen
855. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the establishment of a voucher scheme, included in section 9 of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017, that would allow moneys to be provided by the State to facilitate social inclusion of the deaf community through access to activities and non-public services via interpretation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63516/22]
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Social Welfare Benefits
Ged Nash
856. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection when the voucher scheme under the terms of section 9 of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 will be introduced on a permanent basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63524/22]
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Oireachtas Committees
Claire Kerrane
857. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection when she will inform the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands in relation to a specific issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63576/22]
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Social Welfare Appeals
Paul Kehoe
858. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection the current status of a farm assist payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63599/22]
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Paul Kehoe
859. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can revert to their previous disability allowance payment to secure entitlement to the living alone allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63610/22]
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Social Welfare Code
Mairéad Farrell
860. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that the flexibility for casual work which is available to jobseekers applying for jobseeker’s benefit is not also made available to jobseekers who are applying for jobseeker's benefit self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63630/22]
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Social Welfare Benefits
Ruairí Ó Murchú
861. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection when section 9 of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 will be established on a permanent basis (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63644/22]
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Ruairí Ó Murchú
862. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to review the guidelines on eligibility for the back-to-work enterprise allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63646/22]
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Departmental Data
Patricia Ryan
863. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time for applications for carer’s allowance; the number of persons awaiting a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63713/22]
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Richard Boyd Barrett
864. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for the rule that means a person on deserted wife's benefit is not entitled to the fuel allowance or the living alone allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63758/22]
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Eoin Ó Broin
865. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for the rule that means a person on deserted wife's benefit is not entitled to the fuel allowance or the living alone allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63759/22]
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School Meals Programme
Paul Murphy
866. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason hot lunches in DEIS schools and underprivileged schools have been terminated (details supplied). [63848/22]
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School Meals Programme
Paul Murphy
867. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will instruct the ETBI to provide details of the budgets provided for each school per year in relation to the issue regarding the cost of hot lunches in Deis schools and underprivileged schools. [63849/22]
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School Meals Programme
Paul Murphy
868. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the type of food that is being provided in relation to the issue regarding the cost of hot lunches in Deis schools and underprivileged schools. [63850/22]
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School Meals Programme
Paul Murphy
869. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if each child gets €4.40 a day with a budget of €94.4 million and 60,000 children in relation to the cost of hot lunches in Deis schools and underprivileged schools; and if she will provide a breakdown of the expenditure in tabular form. [63851/22]
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School Meals Programme
Paul Murphy
870. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the person or body that holds the contract to provide hot lunches in Deis schools and underprivileged schools. [63852/22]
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State Pensions
Michael Healy-Rae
871. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined and addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63858/22]
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Michael Fitzmaurice
872. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63883/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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State Pensions
Michael Healy-Rae
873. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63920/22]
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Rose Conway-Walsh
874. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the pathway for a PhD researcher (details supplied) to access maternity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63925/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Maurice Quinlivan
875. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) who, following allocation to council housing, applied for the new home kit (exceptional needs payment) for flooring and was awarded significantly less than what is needed to complete the works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63930/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Michael Creed
876. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to the fuel allowance. [63938/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Appeals
John McGuinness
877. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied). [63999/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Appeals
Joe Carey
878. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Social Protection when a successful disability allowance appeal payment will be made to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1015/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Community Employment Schemes
Robert Troy
879. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider amending the eligibility criteria for participants in community employment schemes (details supplied); and if she will consider expanding the eligibility criteria, for example, the possibility of making Ukrainian immigrants eligible to participate in CE schemes and allowing people in receipt of jobseeker's for less than 12 months. [1091/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Seán Sherlock
880. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of exceptional needs payments under the supplementary welfare allowance paid in each month in 2021 and 2022; the total and individual value of each payment; and the total expenditure by category and month in tabular form. [1094/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Claire Kerrane
881. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent on hearing aid grants under the treatment benefit scheme in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1130/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Claire Kerrane
882. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the way that hearing aid suppliers are chosen for the treatment benefit scheme; if there are requirements around hearing aid manufacturers; the quality control that is implemented with regard to hearing aids provided by suppliers who are eligible for the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1131/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Claire Kerrane
883. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the allowable differential between the cost price of the hearing aids provided to those eligible for treatment benefit scheme and the price charged to grant recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1132/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Claire Kerrane
884. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is a minimum standard of hearing aid specified under the treatment benefit scheme with specific features like noise reduction, tinnitus relief and so on. [1133/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Duncan Smith
885. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on applications by a person (details supplied) for the fuel allowance and the living alone allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1160/23]
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Social Welfare Rates
Catherine Connolly
886. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the free electricity allowance in view of energy price increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1179/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Energy Prices
Neale Richmond
887. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether churches should be able to avail of relief for their electricity bills given the current energy crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1230/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Appeals
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
888. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on the appeal he lodged with respect to the rejected application and an estimated date for when a decision will be made on the appeal; and if she will provide the necessary assistance as a matter of urgency. [1233/23]
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Community Employment Schemes
Paul Kehoe
889. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection the policy of her Department in relation to the provision of community employment scheme workers' contracts ending and no replacements for a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1235/23]