Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Homeless Persons Supports

Cian O'Callaghan

314. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps her Department is taking to increase employment participation among people who are homeless; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31913/23]

Departmental Consultations

Seán Sherlock

315. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid out to all consultancy firms for any services rendered; and the cost per contract for the year-to-date 2023, in tabular form [31696/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Healy-Rae

316. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae 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. [31707/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Seán Haughey

317. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Social Protection the class of PRSI paid by pre-1995 civil servants at clerical officer and executive officer level; if she will make appropriate changes to allow these taxpayers claim the fuel allowance and the living alone allowance, and to make them eligible for other schemes which require a qualifying social welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31710/23]

State Pensions

Bernard Durkan

318. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the grounds upon which a person (details supplied) is receiving a reduced rate of the State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31748/23]

Gender Recognition

Bríd Smith

319. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that the 2018 review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 made several recommendations around the development of non-binary legal recognition; if she is further aware that in her report on the review, dated 26 November 2019, then-Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (details supplied) stated that her Department had carried out an initial scoping exercise on the implications of non-binary recognition, that an interdepartmental group had been established to progress this issue, and that the group was due to complete its work by the end of 2020; if she will provide an update on the work of her Department towards non-binary legal recognition, or on the work of this interdepartmental group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31753/23]

Pension Provisions

Colm Burke

320. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people who are currently on invalidity pension, broken down by gender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31756/23]

Pension Provisions

Colm Burke

321. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of those who applied for invalidity pension in 2022; the total number of applicants who were refused prior to an appeal in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31757/23]

Pension Provisions

Colm Burke

322. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people who appealed a decision not to award them an invalidity pension in 2022; the total number who were subsequently successful in their appeal in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31758/23]

Data Protection

Paul Murphy

323. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm if a jobseeker is obligated to share personal data with a third-party private company (details supplied); the exact scope of the data they are legally required to disclose; the mechanisms of data processing; whether the data could be transferred outside Ireland/the EU; and what safety measures are in place, especially in the context of The Bara judgement, which pertains to data sharing between public and private sectors. [31768/23]

Pension Provisions

Brendan Griffin

324. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31780/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

325. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange to issue a decision to a person (details supplied) in County Cork in relation to their domiciliary care allowance appeal. [31792/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

326. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department purchased or produced any memorabilia such as pens, stationery, pins, badges, mugs or other types of souvenirs to mark or celebrate Pride 2023; if so, the costs incurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31817/23]

Departmental Policies

Cathal Crowe

327. Deputy Cathal Crowe 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. [31869/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

328. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for an exceptional need's payment towards funeral expenses, currently refused, might be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31964/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

329. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection whether the traditional response whereby a recipient of a lower rate of pension in another EU member state, qualifies the applicant who now lives here for an Irish non-contributory pension to bring the applicant up to the overall level of Irish non-contributory pension rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31966/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

330. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the grounds upon which a person (details supplied) was found not to be habitually resident despite their reliance on their daughter for care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31967/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

331. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if and when urgent consideration might be applied in respect of an application for an appropriate disability payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31968/23]

Departmental Staff

Brendan Griffin

332. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 828 and 829 of 13 June 2023, what benefits, if any, accrued to Department employees who were former community welfare officers who paid a 5% levy on their incomes from October 2011 to December 2015; if no pension benefit has accrued in respect of these payments, if her Department will return these payments to the employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31988/23]

Departmental Staff

Brendan Griffin

333. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of employees of her Department who were Class B PRSI contributors between October 2011 and December 2015; the total number of employees who were Class B PRSI contributors who paid a 5% levy on their incomes from October 2011 to December 2015; if she will provide details of the context of the payment of this levy; if any of the total number of overall employees who paid the levy were not former community welfare officers who transferred to her Department from the HSE in October 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31989/23]