Parliamentary questions

Social Welfare Appeals

Robert Troy

466. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [37843/21]

Cybersecurity Policy

Réada Cronin

467. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the password length for the MyGov ID is so short, that is, not longer than 16 characters (details supplied); if there is a plan to alter this length in order to improve user and systems’ safety particularly in the context of the recent cyber-attack on the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37848/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Kieran O'Donnell

468. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37857/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Paul McAuliffe

469. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address a matter (details supplied) regarding carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37876/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Cian O'Callaghan

470. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that child benefit for children over the age of 16 will not be available to some persons from July until September 2021 and that there was no prior warning given about this to parents and guardians; the steps she is taking to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37976/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Catherine Murphy

471. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to instances of delays in paying a social protection support (details supplied); the number of persons impacted by same; and her plans to resolve the situation as a matter of priority. [38030/21]

Social Welfare Rates

Róisín Shortall

472. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 1 July 2021, the expected spend in 2020 on the wage subsidy scheme for persons with disabilities; and the additional funding needed in 2022 if the subsidy was raised to 55%, 60% and 65% of the national minimum wage, respectively. [38032/21]

Social Insurance

Gary Gannon

473. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated yield from increasing employers' PRSI on the balance of incomes over €100,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38048/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gary Gannon

474. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the fuel allowance payment period by one week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38049/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gary Gannon

475. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of an additional €1 in the weekly fuel allowance payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38050/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gary Gannon

476. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the qualified child increase for the over 12s by €1 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38051/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gary Gannon

477. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the qualified child increase for the under 12s by €1 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38052/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gary Gannon

478. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of one additional week of paternity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38053/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gary Gannon

479. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of one additional week of parent’s benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38054/21]

Departmental Reports

Gary Gannon

480. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider publishing an interim report compiled from a smaller portion of the replies from the full cost of disability report by a company (details supplied) in order to assist with making part of the research available prior to budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38061/21]

Common Travel Area

Patrick Costello

248. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection her Department’s understanding of which social care benefits Irish citizens who move to Northern Ireland are entitled to under the Common Travel Area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36933/21]

School Meals Programme

Catherine Murphy

249. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an enhanced school meals programme for 2022 and beyond; if she has consulted with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in this regard; and if she has requested additional funding for the school meals programme for future years. [36865/21]

School Meals Programme

Catherine Murphy

250. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to allocate additional funding in respect of the school meals programme for 2022 and beyond. [36866/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Malcolm Noonan

251. Deputy Malcolm Noonan asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has carried out a cost analysis of establishing the free travel scheme as a standalone directly applicable benefit; the estimated cost of such a measure; the projected staff resources required to establish the free travel scheme in such a way; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36880/21]

Voluntary Sector

Maurice Quinlivan

252. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the requests for tenders for a public employment service; the way the request for tenders in phase 2 for regional employment services differ from those in phase 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36882/21]

Voluntary Sector

Maurice Quinlivan

253. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which organisations in the community and voluntary sector will be able to avail of the tender process for a public employment service given that the requirements and funding model in phase 2 of the request for tenders does not lend itself to the community and voluntary sector being able to participate in the tendering process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36883/21]

Voluntary Sector

Maurice Quinlivan

254. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the geography of the regions of the regional employment services; if there is a minimum number of referrals assured in the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36884/21]

Voluntary Sector

Willie O'Dea

255. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which the requests for tenders in phase 2 for the regional employment services differ from that of phase 1 given that the requirements and the funding model does not lend itself to the community and voluntary sector being in a position to participate in the tendering process and would be an obstacle to them engaging in it; and the way in which the national employment service will differ from the regional employment services. [36892/21]

Housing Provision

Sorca Clarke

256. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances under which a person can access rent supplement and or HAP when they are not on a local authority housing list. [36927/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

John McGuinness

257. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if the application to transfer the carer’s allowance payment to a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [36950/21]

Social Welfare Appeals

John McGuinness

258. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a child benefit and family benefit application dating back to 2014 which is now under appeal with a request for an oral hearing will be expedited and approved in the name of a person (details supplied). [36951/21]

Disability Services

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

259. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the pilot programme for deaf remote interpreting services on an on demand app (details supplied) has now ceased; and her plans to resume this service on a long-term basis given the very valuable benefit it provided to members of the deaf community, particularly given that another service is limited to 22 minute calls creating difficulties for lengthy calls to services and financial institutions and so on. [37018/21]

Social Welfare Appeals

John McGuinness

260. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a carer's allowance now under appeal will be expedited and approved in the case of a person (details supplied). [37026/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Kieran O'Donnell

261. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied). [37034/21]

State Pensions

Kieran O'Donnell

262. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a review in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37035/21]

State Pensions

Kieran O'Donnell

263. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection if homemaker's credits will be added to the social insurance record of a person (details supplied); and if a higher rate of pension will be awarded to them. [37036/21]

State Pensions

Kieran O'Donnell

264. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection if homemaker’s credits will be added to the record of a person (details supplied); and if they have an entitlement to the higher rate of pension. [37037/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Paul Kehoe

265. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection if assistance is available to a person (details supplied) to retain the additional benefits for a disabled person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37040/21]

State Pensions

Michael Healy-Rae

266. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if contributions between the 65th and 66th birthdays are treated as full contributions and not credits to the 520 full rate condition (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37051/21]

Disability Services

Claire Kerrane

267. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans on resuming availability of an application (details supplied) to support persons who are deaf with accessing key interpretation services in recognition of the accessibility the application offers and the commitment in the Programme for Government to equality-proof social protection supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37065/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pauline Tully

83. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the wage subsidy scheme for persons with disabilities by 5%, 10% and 25%, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36627/21]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

84. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the disability awareness support scheme by 5%, 10% and 25%, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36628/21]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

85. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the employee retention grant scheme for employees who have acquired an illness, condition or impairment by 5%, 10% and 25%, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36629/21]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

86. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the reasonable accommodation fund by 5%, 10% and 25%, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36630/21]

Domestic Violence

Thomas Pringle

87. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if a grant is available to assist a domestic violence service that is helping victims of domestic abuse to purchase CCTV cameras in order that victims can be safe in their own homes (details supplied); if there is funding which could be made available; if an official from her office will make contact with the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36633/21]

Registration of Births

Richard Bruton

88. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the disruption which has occurred to the issuing of a certification of birth, PPS numbers and so on, for newly born children; the steps that are being taken to resolve the issues; and the provision that is being made in cases in which such certification is urgently needed. [36640/21]

Community Employment Schemes

Michael Moynihan

89. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the provision of pensions to community employment supervisors; the timeline for the commencement of these pensions for supervisors who are approaching retirement age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36663/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

90. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if a full review will take place into the application for jobseeker’s allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36706/21]

Community Employment Schemes

Marian Harkin

91. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection if rural social scheme supervisors will be included in the proposal for a once-off gratuity to be paid on retirement to community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36721/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Brendan Griffin

92. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of a decision on a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36723/21]

Youth Unemployment

Johnny Mythen

333. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department is drafting plans to tackle youth unemployment in County Wexford with specific focus on those not in education, employment or training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36404/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

334. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of parents who availed of the original two weeks of parent’s benefit and leave; the number who then availed of the additional three weeks as of April 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35816/21]

Dental Services

Duncan Smith

335. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to receive treatment without incurring a charge payable to their treating dentist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35848/21]

Social Welfare Payments

Bernard Durkan

336. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of social protection payments made to a person (details supplied) to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35857/21]

Pension Provisions

Claire Kerrane

337. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 22 June 2021, the number of claims made for the blind pension in 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of successful claims versus unsuccessful claims for each year; and the reason for same in tabular form. [35870/21]