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Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Seán Canney
918. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if participants on CE schemes and rural social schemes qualify for the €500 cost-of-living grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1938/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Michael Creed
919. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if claims for illness benefit can be submitted online to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1992/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
920. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households receiving the over-70s fuel allowance; if there is a breakdown by local area, in tabular form, including Dún Laoghaire; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2068/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Appeals
Willie O'Dea
921. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal has been registered for a person (details supplied) as requested on 11 October 2022 by this Deputy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2089/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Michael Creed
922. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their carer's allowance application. [2105/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Peadar Tóibín
923. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applications for disability allowance; the total number of successful first-time applications; the total number of appeals; the total number of successful and unsuccessful appeals; the total number of requests for a review and the number of successful and unsuccessful reviews in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2128/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Peadar Tóibín
924. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide clarification under the criteria for disability allowance of the term "substantially" restricted due to one’s disability from doing work under the criteria for disability allowance; the way the criteria for being "substantially" restricted are determined when assessing an application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2129/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Brendan Griffin
925. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review of a decision on a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2150/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Appeals
Brendan Griffin
926. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2159/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Appeals
Brendan Griffin
927. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer’s allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2160/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Rates
Claire Kerrane
928. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of updated payment rates for core social protection payments from January 2023; and if she will provide this list, in tabular form, by payment. [2170/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Appeals
Bernard Durkan
929. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely to issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2177/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Fergus O'Dowd
930. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the proposals that have been raised by an organisation (details supplied) with respect to making free travel passes available to persons diagnosed with epilepsy who are temporarily unable to drive due to their illness; the steps that have been taken since she met with the organisation in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2180/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Mick Barry
931. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reviewing the benefits available for those paying class S PRSI; if access to illness benefit will be extended to this group given the increased awareness and necessity for persons to isolate when ill from many illnesses and the increasing number of persons in this group who are on low or middle incomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2247/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Brendan Griffin
932. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2326/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Michael Healy-Rae
933. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has any plans to allow self-employed workers to claim illness benefit when they are out sick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2373/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Brendan Griffin
934. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2402/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Brendan Griffin
935. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2403/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Brendan Griffin
936. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2405/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Meals Programme
Holly Cairns
937. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps that she is taking to provide the school meals scheme in all DEIS and qualifying schools. [2421/23]
Thu, 15 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
246. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Social Protection if support will be provided in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) who has yet to receive a backdated payment of a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62835/22]
Thu, 15 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Appeals
Brendan Griffin
247. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a supplementary welfare exceptional needs appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62837/22]
Thu, 15 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Sorca Clarke
248. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing time for applications for exceptional needs payments; the steps that she is taking to shorten the waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62847/22]
Thu, 15 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
John McGuinness
249. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a working family payment application will be processed and paid before Christmas in the name of a person (details supplied). [62871/22]
Thu, 15 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Bernard Durkan
250. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment can issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62899/22]
Thu, 15 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Bernard Durkan
251. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if an entitlement for a carer's allowance is being reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62908/22]
Thu, 15 Dec 2022
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Birth Certificates
Róisín Shortall
252. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline any changes to the registration of new births; if parents are now required to present themselves at an office, given that previously the entire process was completed by the hospital and her Department without needing a parent to show up in an office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62917/22]
Thu, 15 Dec 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Denis Naughten
253. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims submitted and the number of persons who have received enhanced illness benefit for Covid-19; the number of persons who were in payment for ten weeks; the number of persons who transferred to illness benefit after the ten-week payment period had expired; the number of these claims that were in payment for more than two weeks, four weeks, eight weeks, 12 weeks or in excess of 12 weeks, respectively; the number that were transferred to disability allowance; the number of such claims that were rejected or pending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62919/22]
Thu, 15 Dec 2022
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Departmental Staff
Darren O'Rourke
254. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of full-time medical assessors working in her Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased during 2023. [62921/22]
Thu, 15 Dec 2022
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State Pensions
Éamon Ó Cuív
255. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person who has a mixed social welfare record consisting of A, B and D contributions and can satisfy the minimum conditions for a pro rata pension for a person with mixed insurance is entitled to have their pension assessed under the total contribution system, including up to 1,040 ordinary and caring credits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62943/22]
Thu, 15 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Kieran O'Donnell
256. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62964/22]
Thu, 15 Dec 2022
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State Pensions
Bernard Durkan
257. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not been able to obtain a full contributory State pension; the way this can be addressed in the context of their circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62981/22]
Thu, 15 Dec 2022
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State Pensions
Bernard Durkan
258. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if and when the State pension will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) who is a vulnerable person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62983/22]
Thu, 15 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Róisín Shortall
259. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a child benefit payment for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63104/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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Community Employment Schemes
Alan Dillon
163. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection if a school (details supplied) would be entitled to any assistance from community employment schemes with regard to caretaking or small jobs within the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62819/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Bernard Durkan
164. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62373/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Michael Creed
165. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason arrangements for double payment of social welfare recipients are not made on consecutive days up to 23 December 2022; the engagement which her Department has had with postmasters on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62386/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Cathal Crowe
166. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide clarity surrounding the new benefit payment for 65-year-olds (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62393/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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EU Data
Thomas Pringle
167. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that her Department or agencies under the remit of her Department, have paid since the start of the 33rd Dáil term to the European Commission relating to cases for infringements of European Union law or failure to transpose EU law in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62428/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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Departmental Schemes
Paul Murphy
168. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she recognises the importance of saving the free hot meals scheme given that some of the children who depend on the meals may not only come from hubs, hostels or hotels but they also may come from a home where addiction is rampant (details supplied); and if she will confirm her Department’s plan to ensure that these hot meals continue to be provided to children who need them. [62436/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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State Pensions
Brendan Griffin
169. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is entitled to credit contributions for the period that they were in receipt of disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62494/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
170. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Social Protection the further supports that are available for a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of disability allowance and who is living with a partner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62575/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Neale Richmond
171. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce supports for single fathers that they can avail of if the other parent is already in receipt of existing parental supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62579/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Patricia Ryan
172. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to deal with the backlog of applications for supplementary welfare payments in counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62590/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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Community Employment Schemes
Patricia Ryan
173. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that community employment supervisors' long-standing pay claims are addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62591/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Patricia Ryan
174. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an invalidity pension application of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62592/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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Community Welfare Services
Seán Sherlock
175. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of customers seeking assistance from community welfare officers in each Intreo office in the country in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62631/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Thomas Gould
176. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the average wait time for an urgent needs' payment in Cork city. [62667/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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Community Welfare Services
Thomas Gould
177. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the average wait time for an appointment with a community welfare officer in Cork city. [62668/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Thomas Gould
178. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in Cork city who have availed of an urgent needs' payment in Q4 of 2022 and the same period in each of the years 2019 to 2021, in tabular form. [62669/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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Community Employment Schemes
Thomas Gould
179. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of CE supervisors in Cork city. [62670/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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Departmental Data
Thomas Gould
180. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in Cork city in receipt of child benefit to date in 2022. [62671/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Brendan Griffin
181. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for fuel allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62716/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Willie O'Dea
182. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application on behalf of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62774/22]
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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Social Media
Seán Sherlock
183. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62812/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Departmental Schemes
Joe Flaherty
383. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if steps will be taken to address an anomaly whereby a recipient of a non-contributory pension will not be able to rent out their empty home under the terms of the fair deal scheme; if she is aware that the former family home will now be treated as an asset and contribute to their means assessment, and in most instances renting out the home would mean the elderly person losing their pension. [62015/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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School Meals Programme
Violet-Anne Wynne
384. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 671 of 8 November 2022, if the independent evaluation of the school meals programme to inform future policy direction that she referred to and the final report due to be completed by the end of the year is on schedule; the timeline for the publication of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62354/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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School Meals Programme
Violet-Anne Wynne
385. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that schools which were approved for the school meals scheme in 2022 received the funding for the hot dinner option at a cost of €2.90 in contradiction to the Government website which stated the option of €1.90, and a €0.50 snack; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62355/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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School Meals Programme
Violet-Anne Wynne
386. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the regulation that is in place in relation to the suppliers of the school meals scheme and the way that they are ensuring that health and safety guidelines are being met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62356/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Departmental Policies
Jim O'Callaghan
387. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the main policy achievements of her Department since 27 June 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61657/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Community Employment Schemes
Michael Healy-Rae
388. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the pay and terms of the community employment supervisors (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61665/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Brendan Griffin
389. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if clarification will be provided in relation to an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61679/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Departmental Expenditure
Cian O'Callaghan
390. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the total spend on rent supplement to date in 2022, broken down by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61685/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Brendan Howlin
391. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a disallowance of carer’s allowance and carer’s support in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61701/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Bernard Durkan
392. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of application for fuel allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61707/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Claire Kerrane
393. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if recipients of the working family payment will receive the Christmas bonus payment to social welfare recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61723/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Michael Healy-Rae
394. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if the new income thresholds for fuel allowance are coming into effect on 1 January 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61748/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Seán Sherlock
395. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is in receipt of their full social welfare entitlements. [61759/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Pearse Doherty
396. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has an entitlement to any cost-of-living payments announced in budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61776/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Paul Murphy
397. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that those on illness benefit for less than 12 months were not included in the category of persons who get an additional week's benefit for Christmas. [61777/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Bus Services
Catherine Murphy
398. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of inspections of road passenger bus services involved in the free travel scheme that were conducted by departmental officials by route from 1 January 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [61822/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Bus Services
Catherine Murphy
399. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of complaints received by her Department regarding the operation of the free travel scheme by bus route from 1 January 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [61823/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Bus Services
Catherine Murphy
400. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of investigations conducted by her departmental officials into the operation of the free travel scheme on specific bus routes; and the outcome of such investigations. [61824/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Bernard Durkan
401. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an exceptional needs payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61838/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Bernard Durkan
402. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the eligibility for the fuel allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61839/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Bernard Durkan
403. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of a fuel allowance application of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61842/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Bernard Durkan
404. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61843/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Bernard Durkan
405. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in liaising with her counterpart in Hungary with a view to assessing contributions for the purpose of qualifying for an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61844/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Bernard Durkan
406. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in undertaking review in the case of a child (details supplied) who has been assessed as having ADHD, whose application for domiciliary care allowance has been refused, who has again been expelled from school on the basis of disruptive behaviour but has been deemed by her Department as being equal to any other child of a similar age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61845/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Chris Andrews
407. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports that are available to a person (details supplied). [61860/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Emer Higgins
408. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the financial supports that are available in the interim to an individual who is awaiting the result of a post-mortem following their husband’s death and who cannot claim their husband’s life insurance policy to cover funeral expenses and so on until the full death certificate is issued (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61866/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Departmental Reviews
Cormac Devlin
409. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the means review project 2022; the persons and the number of recipients that were included in this review; the way that were they were selected; the reason they were selected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61921/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
410. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will provide support for a person (details supplied); and if she will provide an update on any outstanding applications or appeals that the person has with her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61936/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Willie O'Dea
411. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection if she agrees with An Taoiseach (details supplied) that it is not the Government's intention to deny the €500 lump-sum payment to those who have come off disability allowance on a temporary basis to undertake Solas training courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61947/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Appeals
Bernard Durkan
412. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is an appeal mechanism for a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim who, by virtue of reaching the age of 66 years and having been awarded the old-age pension, missed out on the €500 bonus paid to persons in receipt of the invalidity pension by just one month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61949/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Brendan Griffin
413. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance payment will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61976/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Claire Kerrane
414. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on her commitment to examine the possibility of extending the €500 disability payment to those in receipt of the Partial Capacity Benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62007/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Departmental Schemes
Joe Flaherty
415. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection will steps be taken to address an anomaly whereby a recipient of a non-contributory pension will not be able to rent out their empty home under the terms of the Fair Deal scheme; is he aware that the former family home will now be treated as an asset and contribute to their means assessment, and in most instances renting out the home would mean the elderly person losing their pension. [62016/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Departmental Data
Seán Sherlock
416. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for additional needs payment and exceptional needs payment by county to date in 2022; and the number of applications awarded in tabular form. [62162/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Departmental Data
Claire Kerrane
417. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare participants involved in skill development schemes, community and voluntary schemes and training courses per payment type in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62197/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Live Register
Claire Kerrane
418. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the current number of recipients of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance; the number of recipients of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62198/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Live Register
Claire Kerrane
419. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance by time spent on each payment type, including a time of less than 12 months; less than 24 months and longer than 24 months in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62199/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Live Register
Claire Kerrane
420. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the current number of recipients of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance, with regard to jobseeker's allowance for 18 to 25-year-olds for all rates of payment in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62200/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Claire Kerrane
421. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the current average processing times for all social welfare payments; the number of applications received for each payment; the number of applications processed to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62201/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Departmental Data
Seán Sherlock
422. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for ANP and ENP by county for the months of October and November in 2021 and October and November in 2022; and the number of applications awarded in tabular form. [62207/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Brendan Griffin
423. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection when an application for domiciliary care allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62213/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Pearse Doherty
424. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an approved payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62222/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Michael McNamara
425. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a decision on their invalidity pension claim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62223/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Community Welfare Services
Martin Browne
426. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of community welfare officers in County Tipperary in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and the locations in which these services were located in each year. [62237/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Departmental Data
Martin Browne
427. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Social Protection the average time for processing additional needs payment applications in County Tipperary in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [62238/22]