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Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Bernard Durkan
366. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if hearing aids are covered for a person (details supplied) given they have a full medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12536/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Pádraig O'Sullivan
367. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) for the fuel allowance will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12616/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Gary Gannon
368. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of 16- and 17-year-olds living with cancer who applied for disability allowance from 2018 - 2021; the number of applications that were accepted and refused; the annual expenditure on accepted cases in tabular form. [12900/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Claire Kerrane
369. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the date from which recipients of the fuel allowance will receive the additional payment €125; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12937/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Appeals
Marian Harkin
370. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision will issue in relation to an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13013/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Schemes
Paul Murphy
371. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons are still being referred to JobPath. [13014/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Schemes
Paul Murphy
372. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person who is engaging with JobPath is obliged to sign a personal progression plan; and if they refuse to do so, if they can face sanctions. [13015/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Paul Murphy
373. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person who is on jobseeker’s benefit who is engaged in a Springboard course can be obliged to take up a job opportunity which they feel is not relevant to their career path; and if they can they face sanctions for not doing so. [13016/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Appeals
Niamh Smyth
374. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer’s benefit review in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13017/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Protected Disclosures
Catherine Murphy
375. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of protected disclosures received by her Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if an external contractor has been engaged regarding a protected disclosure over that time period; if so, the cost of same; and the number of protected disclosures that were rejected, accepted and that remain under review for the time period in question. [13059/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Schemes
Róisín Shortall
376. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the position for those covered by the free travel scheme when their free travel cards expire; if a grace period of three to four months can be allowed in order that they can get their free travel cards renewed given that many free travel cards may not have been renewed in a timely manner due to the Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13087/22]
Thu, 3 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Schemes
Richard Boyd Barrett
303. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the selection criteria for activation programs for social welfare claimants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12204/22]
Thu, 3 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Schemes
Seán Sherlock
304. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the breakdown of supplementary welfare allowance applications in January and February 2021, by county; the number of applications awarded in those months; the number refused in those months; the total amount paid out in those months; and the reasons given for the payments by county. [12221/22]
Thu, 3 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Schemes
Seán Sherlock
305. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the breakdown of supplementary welfare allowance applications in January and February 2022, by county; the number of applications awarded in those months; the number refused in those months; the total amount paid out in those months; and the reasons given for the payments by county. [12222/22]
Thu, 3 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Schemes
John McGuinness
306. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if supplementary welfare will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if the household issues will be investigated to determine the level of intervention required. [12232/22]
Wed, 2 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Darren O'Rourke
134. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the way her Department determines the number of hours of care that need to be provided for a carer on a full-time basis under the rules for getting the carer's support grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11894/22]
Wed, 2 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Róisín Shortall
135. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that some pensioners in the age bracket 60 to 69 years of age who paid a class D stamp are not permitted to access the household benefits package until they are 70 years old; if she is considering changing the rules for this cohort; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11861/22]
Wed, 2 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Michael Healy-Rae
136. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding treatment benefit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11892/22]
Wed, 2 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Claire Kerrane
137. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to including foster carers as an eligible group as part of the recent recommendations by the Pension Commission regarding establishing a State pension for long-time carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11995/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Pension Provisions
Noel Grealish
489. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons in receipt of the blind pension are regularly reassessed for eligibility, when their medical condition is permanent and many visually impaired persons rarely have a change in financial circumstances and find this process stressful and difficult; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10850/22]