Parliamentary questions

Employment Schemes

Paul Kehoe

32. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of companies and employers that registered and took part in the Jobs in Ireland 2022 event which her Department organised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14572/22]

Artists' Remuneration

Pauline Tully

33. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that disabled artists in receipt of the disability allowance or the blind pension can avail of the new basic income for the arts pilot scheme without losing their disability allowance or blind pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14854/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Ruairí Ó Murchú

34. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the actions she will take to urgently address spiralling coal costs to support families facing huge pressures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14881/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Matt Carthy

35. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection when considerations of the report into farm assist will be concluded; when the report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14862/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Brendan Griffin

36. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the enhanced illness benefit scheme which was introduced to help with the impact of Covid. [14866/22]

State Pensions

Pauline Tully

37. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce a dedicated State pension for long-term family carers to ensure that they receive a full pension entitlement equivalent to the maximum State pension (contributory);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14855/22]

Employment Schemes

David Stanton

38. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures that her Department is taking to assist and support persons who find it difficult to gain employment; the way in which such measures are evaluated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14682/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Gary Gannon

39. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if a commitment will be given to carry out an investigation into the high rate of refusal for the disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14879/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Ruairí Ó Murchú

40. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the actions she will take to prevent lone parents being forced into court to seek maintenance in order to retain income supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14882/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Colm Burke

41. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have benefited from the reduction in the number of waiting days for illness benefit claims since the changes were made to the scheme. [14839/22]

Departmental Strategies

John Lahart

42. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection the planned priority measures for 2022 under the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14821/22]

Social Welfare Code

Mick Barry

43. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will prepare options to expand the eligibility and rates for the fuel allowance given the rapid increase in fuel prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14201/22]

Pension Provisions

Peadar Tóibín

44. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the salaries and pensions paid out to special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State in her Department in 2020 and 2021, broken down by Minister in tabular form. [11393/22]

Ukraine War

James O'Connor

45. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if social welfare payments including the living alone allowance and the fuel allowance will be impacted by those offering to pledge accommodation for refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14829/22]

Social Welfare Code

Maurice Quinlivan

46. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to an additional bonus fuel allowance payment given the dramatic increase in fuel prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14880/22]

State Pensions

Richard Boyd Barrett

47. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps that she will take in relation to the recent review of pension age that recommended not moving the pension age to the 67th year; and if she will further consider returning the pension age to 65 years in line with many countries across Europe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14564/22]

State Pensions

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

48. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the report of the Pensions Commission including their proposals to remove the PRSI exemption on supplementary pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14825/22]

Ukraine War

Jennifer Whitmore

49. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Social Protection the role that local Intreo offices are playing in facilitating Ukrainians coming to Ireland under the Temporary Protection Directive 2001/55 EC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14883/22]

Employment Schemes

Michael Moynihan

50. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress regarding implementation of Budget 2022 measures to support employment opportunities for people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14830/22]

Regulatory Bodies

Seán Sherlock

51. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has made any contact with the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities in respect of a moratorium on disconnections. [14857/22]