Parliamentary questions

Social Welfare Benefits

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

140. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to offset the rising cost of living for persons on fixed incomes particularly pensions and welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15494/22]

Social Insurance

Richard Boyd Barrett

141. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has or will pay full PRSI contributions for all those who were in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment over the course of the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15495/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Holly Cairns

142. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to address the barriers for individuals applying for parent’s benefit including digital literacy issues, necessity for a public services card to apply via MyGovID.ie and attendant difficulties in accessing paper application forms for applicants who are unable to apply online. [15506/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Thomas Gould

12. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expand the eligibility for the fuel allowance payment. [14837/22]

Pension Provisions

Richard Bruton

15. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the projections for the annual collection of funds under an auto enrolment pension scheme; if it is proposed to deploy these funds for specific purposes; and if not, will they be managed in a particular way. [14875/22]

Ukraine War

Pádraig O'Sullivan

17. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures that her Department is taking to support Ukrainians arriving in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14761/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Seán Sherlock

18. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the eligibility criteria for the fuel allowance to take those with occupational pensions into account. [14856/22]

Ukraine War

Aindrias Moynihan

19. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the response of her Department to the Ukrainian war crisis; the measures that are being taken to ensure that all applications to her Department will not incur undue delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14852/22]

Social Welfare Rates

Claire Kerrane

20. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to address the rate of jobseeker’s allowance for young people following her Department’s report on the issue considering that the payment is currently set well below the poverty line; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14844/22]

Domestic Violence

Cathal Crowe

21. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications, grants and refusals under new measures to assist victims of domestic violence to access rent supplement; the average processing time for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14833/22]

Ukraine War

Jennifer Whitmore

22. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Social Protection the resources that are being made available to local Intreo offices to help host families of Ukrainian individuals coming to Ireland under the Temporary Protection Directive 2001/55 EC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14884/22]

Departmental Reports

Michael Moynihan

23. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the recommendations relevant to her Department within the Cost of Disability in Ireland report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14831/22]

State Pensions

Brendan Smith

24. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the timescale for the Government response to the recommendations of the Pensions Commission with particular reference to an essential ending of forced retirement at 65 years of age; the consultations that have been carried out to date by her Department with relevant interest groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14664/22]

Employment Schemes

Bríd Smith

25. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of the companies that have won the tenders for the provision of local employment services to date in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14867/22]

School Meals Programme

Gary Gannon

26. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the hot school meals programme. [14878/22]

Ukraine War

Alan Dillon

27. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection the additional supports that will be allocated to each Intreo office for those arriving from Ukraine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14846/22]

Employment Support Services

Dara Calleary

28. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the tender process for all public employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14819/22]

Ukraine War

Fergus O'Dowd

29. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the social welfare supports offered and accessed by persons and families that are fleeing the Ukrainian crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14570/22]

Employment Schemes

David Stanton

30. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures her Department is taking to assist and support migrants to access employment; the way in which such measures are evaluated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14683/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Christopher O'Sullivan

31. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons applying for assistance with energy costs under the exceptional needs payments scheme by applications, grants and refusals, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14832/22]