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Tue, 18 May 2021
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Community Employment Schemes
Michael Healy-Rae
540. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25840/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Social Insurance
Paul McAuliffe
541. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of the PRSI contributions made by employers and employees in 2020 in comparison to previous years. [25851/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Community Employment Schemes
Paul Kehoe
542. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the current community scheme contract until October 2021 to allow for the disruption to the scheme caused by Covid-19 and to give schemes adequate time to both complete the work and training with their participants and to plan for further recruitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25862/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Social Welfare Schemes
Peadar Tóibín
543. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools participating in the school meals scheme in each year between 2010 and 2020; and the amount of funding made available for the scheme per year between 2010 and 2020. [26027/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Social Welfare Benefits
Peadar Tóibín
544. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons enrolled in the activation and family support programme; and the amount of funding allocated to the scheme per annum. [26028/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Social Welfare Benefits
Seán Sherlock
545. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [26048/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Departmental Staff
Jim O'Callaghan
546. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a retired public servant (details supplied) was not allowed an increment during their employment as an executive officer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26078/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Data Protection
Peadar Tóibín
547. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of data breaches suffered by her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26106/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Social Welfare Benefits
Réada Cronin
548. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, on housing assistance payments, rent supplements and or other payments in the matter of housing or rent in tabular form in north County Kildare and nationally, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26179/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Social Welfare Benefits
Réada Cronin
549. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid to dentists on the PRSI system in each of the years 2017 to 2020, the number of patients treated in the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26196/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Bernard Durkan
550. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the scale and availability of Covid-19-related supports with particular reference to the demands arising from the extension of restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5574/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Social Welfare Benefits
Bernard Durkan
551. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which bereavement support applications have been approved in the past 12 months; the degree to which the demand has grown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5575/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Youth Unemployment
Emer Higgins
552. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the work that she is engaging in to tackle youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43681/20]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Social Welfare Schemes
Claire Kerrane
553. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of expressions of interests received for the hot school meals programme; the way in which schools were selected to be included in the programme in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26311/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Social Welfare Benefits
Bríd Smith
554. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address issues relating to carers and specifically the recommendations made by the Citizens' Assembly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26325/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Social Welfare Payments
Seán Sherlock
555. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding social protection payments will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26327/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Programme for Government
John McGuinness
556. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the programme for Government commitment to continue to review and expand the roll-out of the new hot school meals initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25063/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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National Economic and Social Council
Paul Murphy
557. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she read the recent NESC publication on the position of the self-employed; and her views on the matter. [1490/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Departmental Investigations
Paul Murphy
559. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of her Department’s special investigation unit to date including the wages of the 20 gardaí involved; the number of individual cases investigated; the number of individual cases investigated on foot of employer reports; the number of employer inspections carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26349/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Claire Kerrane
560. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if the eligibility criteria for short-term work support payments currently allow for flexibility with regard to normal employment and unusual circumstances which many employees are experiencing with work patterns; if her Department is reviewing discrepancies in decisions around normal employment relying on the discretion of individual SWOs; the supports in place for workers who are not considered eligible for short-term work support payments as a result of current patterns of working which have been affected by Covid-19 guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26369/21]