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Social Insurance
Claire Kerrane
984. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the PRSI contributions required in order for a person to qualify for the benefit payment for 65-year-olds; the number of contributions a person has to have made in the previous year in order to qualify; the way in which this impacts on part-time workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14507/21]
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Local Employment Service
Claire Kerrane
989. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 564 of 10 March 2021, the employment service model that will replace the local employment schemes from 2021; if the procurement process is ongoing for this replacement; if so, the stage the process is at; if her Department will publish its report on contracted services such as local employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14700/21]
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Child Support Payments
Claire Kerrane
1000. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that parents of babies born through surrogacy are excluded from any type of paid parental leave such as maternity benefit or parent’s leave and benefit; if legislation will be amended to allow for these supports to be extended to parents who have children through surrogacy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15057/21]
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Claire Kerrane
1001. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending carer’s leave to support carers who left work to care for a loved one given the added difficulties (details supplied) due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15058/21]
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Social Welfare Schemes Data
Claire Kerrane
1015. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of cases the liable relatives’ unit and maintenance recovery unit have examined since January 2020 to date; the breakdown of payments commenced and payments not commenced, respectively; and the amount collected in this time. [15389/21]
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Social Welfare Schemes Data
Claire Kerrane
1016. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent on the one-parent family payment in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of payment allocations for each year in tabular form. [15390/21]
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Social Welfare Schemes Data
Claire Kerrane
1017. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of child maintenance payments who are also in receipt of other means-tested social welfare payments; and the breakdown of those also in receipt of the jobseeker’s transitional payment, disability allowance and the one-parent family payment in tabular form. [15391/21]
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Child Maintenance Payments
Claire Kerrane
1018. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the issue of parents who have child maintenance orders and are not paying the ordered amount, which then results in the custodial parent having income deducted from them. [15392/21]
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Child Maintenance Payments
Claire Kerrane
1019. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to extend the liable relative clause in existing social welfare legislation which would allow the maintenance recovery unit to pursue maintenance payments and provide it enforcement powers beyond the remit of the one-parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15393/21]
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Social Welfare Schemes Data
Claire Kerrane
1020. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of child maintenance who are also in receipt of rent supplement from January 2020 to date; her plans to adjust the existing mechanism of deducting child maintenance payments up to €75 from rent supplement; if there is recognition of the detrimental effect this has regarding the risk of rent areas and homelessness for the custodial parent and their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15394/21]
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Social Welfare Schemes Data
Claire Kerrane
1026. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons over 75 years of age receiving the carer's allowance by age profile in tabular form. [15484/21]
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Claire Kerrane
1029. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount in arrears paid for recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment; the number of payments of arrears made; the number of these payments in which there was a delay in the applicant receiving their payment and they received backdated payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15659/21]
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Bank Charges
Claire Kerrane
1032. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps that can be taken to limit the bank charges on persons living abroad who are receiving their pensions into non-Irish bank accounts; if her attention has been drawn to the recent change of bank for payments and the new charges on pension recipients living overseas; the number of persons receiving pensions abroad; the number who have been impacted by these bank charges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15688/21]
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Social Welfare Schemes Data
Claire Kerrane
1036. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the one-parent family payment and the jobseeker’s transitional payment in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; the data showing drop-off rates for child maintenance payments once persons move from the payments as a result of liable relative legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15773/21]
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Back to Education Allowance
Claire Kerrane
1040. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider expanding the back to education allowance to include those progressing in third level education and undertaking masters' degrees or doctorates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15815/21]
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Child Protection
Claire Kerrane
1092. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 634 of 10 March 2021, if specific consideration has been given to Article 33 of the report regarding the right to identity; his plans to implement these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15313/21]
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Child Maintenance Payments
Claire Kerrane
1267. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice the number of child maintenance orders which result in zero payment. [15392/21]
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Victim Support Services
Claire Kerrane
1284. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice her plans to make free psychological supports available to all victims once their court case ends in view of the fact that a range of supports are provided to the perpetrator in prison (details supplied); if she will consider such supports for victims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15739/21]
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Eating Disorders
Claire Kerrane
1340. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the funding provisions that have been made for eating disorder services in 2021; if promised funding for eating disorder services has been utilised to provide support to those with eating disorders; the breakdown of eating disorder funding use per month from March 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13985/21]
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Claire Kerrane
1525. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to churches reopening over the Easter period. [14557/21]