Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Citizens Information Services

Thomas Pringle

389. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection when she expects the review of the draft service level agreements for citizens information service companies will be completed, as it appears from the board minutes of the Citizens Information Board obtained under FOI that the delay in rolling out these contracts sit with her Department, and it is almost two years since the previous service level agreements expired; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32257/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Frank Feighan

390. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department is currently considering applications under disablement benefit from former coal miners based in Arigna, County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32293/23]

Fire Service

David Cullinane

391. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection the manner in which a retained firefighter is assessed for jobseeker’s payments; the types of income which are reckonable and the types of income which are not; if there are any exemptions which apply to income earned by retained firefighters for call-out duties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32335/23]

Departmental Data

Paul Donnelly

392. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE staff, by grade, working in the Blanchardstown Intreo centre as of 1 January 2022 and 27 June 2023, in tabular form. [32342/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Anne Rabbitte

393. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect to have a decision on the financial review on their disability allowance completed in view that they are in financial poverty as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32374/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Anne Rabbitte

394. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect to have a decision on an application for carer’s allowance completed; the reason the working family payment was suspended on submission of a carer’s allowance application as this has placed the family in financial poverty as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32375/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Anne Rabbitte

395. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect to have a decision on their application for carer’s allowance completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32376/23]

State Pensions

Pádraig O'Sullivan

396. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) does not qualify for a State pension (contributory or non-contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32385/23]

Pension Provisions

Gerald Nash

397. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection when she plans to introduce a pensions cost-transparency initiative, as referenced in the Pensions (Amendment) (Transparency in Charges) Bill 2021 Second Stage Dáil Éireann debate on 22 September 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32434/23]

Pension Provisions

Gerald Nash

398. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has carried out an “examination and assessment of the issues pertaining to the provision of information to pension scheme members in relation to costs and charges incurred by pension schemes and, if deemed to be required, to identify and develop the appropriate policy responses and associated methodologies”, as referenced in her Second Stage speech on 22 September 2022 on the Pensions (Amendment) (Transparency in Charges) Bill 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32435/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

399. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the eligibility for household benefits in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32503/23]

Community Employment Schemes

Michael Ring

400. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will fund the external statutory audit costs for community employment scheme considering that the external statutory audit is now a requirement of community employment guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32582/23]

Pension Provisions

Mark Ward

401. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline what will happen to the pension entitlements of an individual born in 1944, who does not qualify for the full contributory pension, in the event of their spouse passing away; if they will be entitled to the widow’s pension; if so, the rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32584/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Paul McAuliffe

402. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the process used to select individuals for a review of carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32643/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Brendan Griffin

403. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a review for carer's allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) from County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32649/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Anne Rabbitte

404. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was not switched automatically from disability allowance to a State pension (non-contributory) on reaching the maximum allowable age limit for the allowance; if she is aware that the local office and the social welfare inspector are still conducting inquiries six months after the person's sole financial assistance was suspended; the reason for the delay in its decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32654/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Catherine Murphy

405. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the household benefits package increased to €45 per month based on 2022 figures. [32669/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael Ring

406. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the spring cost of living bonus has not yet issued to a person (details supplied) despite being promised payment within two weeks in a previous reply to a Parliamentary Question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32818/23]

Social Welfare Payments

David Stanton

407. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of payments currently being made under the rent supplement scheme; the total cost per week; the total amount paid out under this scheme in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32832/23]

Gender Recognition

Catherine Connolly

313. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to provide legal recognition for non-binary people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31747/23]