Parliamentary questions

Community Employment Schemes

Seán Sherlock

120. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department running the community employment scheme in 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of persons engaged on the scheme. [43978/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Emer Higgins

121. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce and or expand supports including payments, training and skills courses to help persons get back to work following the lifting of Covid-19 necessitated restrictions. [26215/21]

Employment Support Services

Joan Collins

122. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to maintain the method of funding, that is, cost met model and not the cost bid model for local employment services (details supplied). [26151/21]

Departmental Reviews

Claire Kerrane

123. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection when the child maintenance review group will report on child maintenance matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26175/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Pádraig O'Sullivan

124. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the school meals programme to all schools in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25572/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Niamh Smyth

125. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the options available for persons coming off the pandemic unemployment payment in cases in which their employer has had to reduce working hours after businesses reopen from Covid-19. [26075/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gary Gannon

126. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to calls from an organisation (details supplied) to extend the jobseeker’s transitional payment to lone parents of children until the youngest child turns 18 years of age; the estimated cost of such an extension in the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26229/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Darren O'Rourke

128. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the Covid-19 supports available for taxi drivers from her Department; if there are plans to extend or expand these supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25424/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Bríd Smith

129. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost and number of staff employed in operating the employer reporting facility established by her Department in March 2020 to enable employers to notify it regarding staff not willing to return to work while they continued to claim pandemic unemployment payments; the number of employees on the pandemic unemployment payment who subsequently had their payments reduced or terminated on foot of employers contacting her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26214/21]

Employment Support Services

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

130. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by local development companies regarding the provision of support for employment service providers; her plans to address such concerns, including their role in generating employment following the fall-out from Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26224/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pa Daly

131. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the eligibility for non-rateable premises for Covid-19 supports under her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16745/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Joan Collins

132. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to maintain pandemic unemployment payments beyond the end of June 2021 particularly in sectors that are not fully open or open, for example, if workers in the restaurant industry are returning to work with fewer hours due to outdoor only dining that the payment will be tapered to meet the payment that they have been on. [26150/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Gary Gannon

133. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider introducing a pandemic unemployment payment for persons who have returned to work but whose industry will be in flux for the following several weeks and will experience fluctuations in their income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26232/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Darren O'Rourke

134. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the Covid-19 supports in place for aviation cabin crew; the length of time these supports will remain in place; if there are plans to extend or expand these supports including by the introduction of a German-style support scheme or a scheme which supports workers in their transition back to full-time employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25448/21]

National Economic and Social Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

135. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has read the NESC report on the position of the self-employed. [1330/21]

Pension Provisions

Gary Gannon

136. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date on addressing the pension gap for carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26233/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Thomas Pringle

137. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the changes that will be made to the disability allowance given the fact that the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payments were significantly higher than the rate of the disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25552/21]

Departmental Strategies

Cathal Crowe

138. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress on the implementation of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26259/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gary Gannon

139. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding paid for the free travel pass in each of the years 2015 to 2020. [26230/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Peadar Tóibín

140. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of a carer’s allowance payment; and the breakdown of the number in each of the past five years. [26147/21]