Parliamentary questions

Social Welfare Benefits

Kieran O'Donnell

301. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an application by a person (details supplied) for an increase in their payment. [51014/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

302. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if and when domiciliary care allowance may be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) on behalf of their son who has been identified as suffering from a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51050/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

303. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the position in regard to the availability of the State pension and the living-alone allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51053/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

304. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if the application for domiciliary care allowance can be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); if the case can be urgently reviewed or arrangements put in place for an oral hearing with a view to granting the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51057/22]

Departmental Funding

Bernard Durkan

305. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects to be in a position to offer funding through the various schemes available to her for the rest of the current year and in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51060/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

306. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the degree to which her Department has in place a method for determination of eligibility for domiciliary care allowance, given the number of children who are now deemed eligible on the basis of special needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51061/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

307. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of children who are deemed to have a disability putting them in the category of special needs; the number of such children who have been awarded domiciliary care allowance; the number refused in each of the past twelve months to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51062/22]

State Pensions

Bernard Durkan

308. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons seeking to avail of the State old age pension on the basis of self-employment contributions or partnership conditions that have been approved in the past twelve months; the number refused in the same period; if ameliorating action can be taken in the case of refusals particularly where a lesser number of contributions took place than were required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51063/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

309. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which exceptional needs payments are available in cases where family income is insufficient to meet their requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51064/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

310. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for jobseeker’s allowance and benefit who have been approved the payment in the past twelve months to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51065/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

311. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for jobseeker’s allowance and benefit who have been refused the payment in the past twelve months to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51066/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

312. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants throughout the country currently in receipt of the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51067/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

313. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for domiciliary care allowance who have been refused in the past twelve months to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51068/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

314. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for the exceptional needs payment that have been awarded and refused in the past twelve months to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51069/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

315. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which social welfare appeals against refusal for various payments including oral hearings are being processed within a reasonable time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51070/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

316. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which applications for carer’s allowance have been approved and refused in the past twelve months to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51071/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gary Gannon

317. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of times that a one-parent family has had their allowance temporarily re-directed to a different post office without the prior knowledge of the recipient. [51086/22]

Budget 2023

Verona Murphy

318. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he accepts that the measly 1.6% budget increase in funding for the provision of youth work is wholly inadequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50742/22]

Judicial Reviews

Catherine Murphy

319. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of judicial reviews taken against his Department in the past ten years to date in 2022, in tabular form; if he will indicate in the reply the body and or person that initiated judicial review proceedings; the number of judicial reviews that remain open and or active; and the totality of costs incurred by his Department as a result of judicial reviews over that time period. [50751/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Eoin Ó Broin

320. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare facilities currently registered with his Department in an area (details supplied); the number of childcare spaces available throughout these facilities; and if his Department is aware of further applications for registration of childcare facilities in this area in the coming months. [50811/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Healy-Rae

321. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans, if any, to link a foster carer's allowance in an incremental way, just in the same way that a clerical officer would have their income increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50828/22]

Official Engagements

Thomas Pringle

322. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the dates on which he met with the CEO of Tusla (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50831/22]

Official Engagements

Thomas Pringle

323. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the nature and extent of his engagements with the Taoiseach and CEO of Tusla (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50832/22]

Official Engagements

Thomas Pringle

324. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the outcomes from his engagements with the CEO of Tusla prior to the passage of the Finance Bill 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50833/22]

Official Engagements

Thomas Pringle

325. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to meeting with a delegation from an organisation (details supplied) prior to the passage of the Finance Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50834/22]

Ukraine War

Pearse Doherty

326. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees who have been settled in County Donegal, broken down by townlands; the number of the premises in which Ukrainian refugees are now settled that were previously used as rental accommodation; and the steps that his Department has taken to ensure that nobody has been displaced. [50924/22]

Ukraine War

Catherine Murphy

327. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the person's home must comply with the most modern building regulations and safety standards for fire and escape routes in the context of persons offering their primary residence to house those fleeing the invasion of Ukraine. [50978/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Bríd Smith

328. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the increase in the childcare subsidy for parents from €0.50 to €1.40 per hour will affect those currently on means tested childcare supports or just those on the universal scheme who do not receive means testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51015/22]

Children in Care

Bernard Durkan

329. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children currently in foster care at present; the extent to which the level of care is satisfactory and in accordance with regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51072/22]

Human Rights

Bernard Durkan

330. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which children’s rights continue to be maintained in accordance with the Children’s Rights Referendum and subsequent legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51073/22]

Child Safety

Bernard Durkan

331. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla has been ordered not to interfere in some instances where the children’s rights are being determined by reference to a single person, unchallenged; if Tusla needs to exert itself in respect of its responsibility in such instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51074/22]

Children in Care

Bernard Durkan

332. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children now in the various forms of institutional or custodial care; the extent to which children’s rights continue to be observed in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51075/22]

Child Safety

Bernard Durkan

333. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is deemed to be in accordance with the rights of children, as determined by a referendum and legislation, to forcibly, in certain instances, remove children from the custody of their mother, and place them otherwise in what might be an undesirable situation depending on their circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51076/22]

Child Safety

Bernard Durkan

334. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which the number of children under the possible threat of mental, physical, sexual or other abuse comes to the attention of Tusla who can engage without interference from any other source; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51077/22]

Child Safety

Bernard Durkan

335. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children, if any, whose cases are under investigation by his Department or bodies under the aegis of this Department at this present time; the extent to which this number has fluctuated in the past twelve months to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51078/22]

Departmental Funding

Bernard Durkan

336. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which the funds available to his Department remain adequate to meet whatever challenges may arise, for whatever reason in the course of the next twelve months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51079/22]

Child Protection

Bernard Durkan

337. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of instances in respect of which a report from a child psychologist is required or desirable; the extent to which this is normally undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51080/22]

Human Rights

Bernard Durkan

338. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he remains satisfied that the rights and entitlements of children are adequately protected without intrusion from any other source or threat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51081/22]

Judicial Reviews

Catherine Murphy

339. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of judicial reviews taken against his Department in the past ten years to date in 2022, in tabular form; if he will indicate in the reply the body and or person that initiated judicial review proceedings; the number of judicial reviews that remain open and or active; and the totality of costs incurred by his Department as a result of judicial reviews over that time period. [50758/22]

Third Level Fees

Richard O'Donoghue

340. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will reconsider and give mature students the approved one-off reduction of €1,000 for the student contribution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50929/22]

Budget 2023

Éamon Ó Cuív

341. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if all third level students, undergraduate and postgraduate will be eligible for the reduction in fees of €1,000 announced in Budget 2023; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50993/22]

Further and Higher Education

Bernard Durkan

342. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a refusal by SUSI of a higher education grant in the name of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and who was deemed ineligible for whatever reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51082/22]

Judicial Reviews

Catherine Murphy

343. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of judicial reviews taken against her Department in the past ten years to date in 2022, in tabular form; if she will indicate in the reply the body and or person that initiated judicial review proceedings; the number of judicial reviews that remain open and or active; and the totality of costs incurred by her Department as a result of judicial reviews over that time period. [50761/22]

A Vision for Change

Paul Murphy

344. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline her plans for a deeper analysis of the allegations of racial profiling at the North-South Border which the Taoiseach said would be undertaken on 5 October 2022 (details supplied). [50803/22]

Immigration Policy

Cathal Crowe

345. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications to the undocumented migrant scheme that have been completed to date in 2022; the number that are outstanding; and when a decision will issue in relation to an application that was made on 6 April 2022. [50829/22]

Visa Applications

James Lawless

346. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Justice if she will examine and assist with a long-standing visa application of a person (details supplied) who has been resident in Ireland for approximately 53 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50855/22]

Asylum Applications

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

347. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice when it can be expected that she will begin announcing the outcome of applications to the Afghan admissions programme and specifically a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50968/22]

Family Support Services

Mary Lou McDonald

348. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a breakdown of the distribution of the additional €7 million to be provided to organisations funded by Tusla to address acute demands in existing services throughout the country in 2023, in tabular form. [51029/22]

Naturalisation Applications

Bernard Durkan

349. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the position in regard to possible naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51052/22]

Naturalisation Applications

Bernard Durkan

350. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice if the case for naturalisation and decision to deport may be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); if the entire case could now be reviewed given that so much time has elapsed and they have made this country their home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51056/22]