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Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Pension Provisions
Michael Creed
462. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the pension entitlement of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6173/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Official Travel
Catherine Murphy
463. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location she is scheduled to visit. [6240/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Brendan Griffin
464. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for fuel allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6489/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Pension Provisions
Brendan Griffin
465. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of plans to introduce a pension for full time carers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6491/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Seán Canney
466. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the difficulties faced by disabled artists trying to access social protection payments and the basic income for artists; if her attention has been drawn to the implications that this payment will have on social protection payments already received by disabled artists, in particular on the fact that while the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media will not means test the basic income for the arts payment, the Department of Social Protection will take the basic income for the arts payment into account for means tested disability payments and as the proposed basic income for the arts payment is €325 per week, this will exceed the income threshold for primary supports and therefore disabled artist will lose their primary supports if they avail of the basic income for the arts scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6541/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Michael Healy-Rae
467. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6562/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Departmental Schemes
Claire Kerrane
468. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that recipients of social protection supports for persons with a disability will be able to participate in the forthcoming basic income scheme for artists with regard to the means testing income thresholds which are part of disability support requirements and which are below the income levels set out in the proposed basic income scheme; if consideration has been given to allowing disabled artists who participate in the scheme to retain access to payments such as disability allowance and the blind pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6581/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Birth Certificates
Seán Haughey
469. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Social Protection if an Irish citizen whose name is in English on their birth certificate can have their birth certificate reissued with the name in Irish in cases in which their passport has their name in Irish and in which this is necessary to apply for dual citizenship in a non-European Union country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6594/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Seán Sherlock
470. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible for the supplementary welfare allowance or another welfare payment; and the basis for a previous refusal of an application for same. [6601/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Brendan Griffin
471. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6607/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Verona Murphy
7. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department plans to increase the level of income disregard for the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5454/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Verona Murphy
8. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has given consideration to the disregard of means testing for the carer’s allowance payment; if such considerations have been discussed with other relevant Departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5458/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Community Employment Schemes
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
12. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on reports in the media that an Irish subsidiary of a multinational company is scoping out bidding on State contracts to run community employment support schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5347/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Emer Higgins
13. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce supports for persons who experience hair loss due to alopecia, cancer treatment or other similar illnesses. [5099/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Employment Schemes
Seán Sherlock
18. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of her Department's engagement with private multinational companies tendering for local employment services. [5351/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
19. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on and response to a key conclusion in the Cost of Disability in Ireland research report that measures to address the additional costs of disability should be based on a multi-faceted approach involving increased cash payments, enhanced access to service provision and specific targeted grant programmes. [5145/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Employment Schemes
Louise O'Reilly
20. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to safeguard the jobs including the terms and conditions of the workers in jobs clubs now run by Turas Nua; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5311/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Colm Burke
22. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who received the carer’s support grant in 2021; if the social protection budget will enable a similar amount of support in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5305/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Seán Sherlock
23. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will seek an increase in social welfare payments in line with inflation. [5353/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Thomas Gould
24. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to recognising the work carried out by family carers throughout Covid-19. [5343/22]