Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
Freagraí Scríofa amháin le haghaidh Téarma Dála nó Seanaid
Leathanach 386 de 500
Déar, 3 Feabh 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Paul Kehoe
72. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the free travel pass; the way that this has increased in the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5282/22]
Déar, 3 Feabh 2022
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Public Services Card
Niamh Smyth
73. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether credit unions and other financial institutions should be able to accept the public services card as one of a number of possible identification documents for opening of an account; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5385/22]
Déar, 3 Feabh 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
74. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the household benefits package given the rising costs of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5386/22]
Déar, 3 Feabh 2022
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Social Welfare Code
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
75. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Social Protection when the changes to the domiciliary care allowance and carer’s allowance payments in respect of children in hospital will take effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5014/22]
Déar, 3 Feabh 2022
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Employment Schemes
Gino Kenny
76. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection her views regarding the level of abuse by employers of the Work Placement Experience Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5469/22]
Déar, 3 Feabh 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Aindrias Moynihan
77. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the current timelines for processing the enhanced illness benefit; the percentage of these claims to date in 2022 that have been processed within seven days of application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5424/22]
Déar, 3 Feabh 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Paul Murphy
78. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the rapidly rising cost of living she will reverse the cuts to the pandemic unemployment payment and cancel planned future cuts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5403/22]
Déar, 3 Feabh 2022
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Pension Provisions
Verona Murphy
79. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the provisions that her Department is taking to develop an individualised pension solution for family carers to ensure they have adequate income once they reach retirement age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5455/22]
Déar, 3 Feabh 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Bernard Durkan
80. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she and her Department expect to be in a position to manage the transition from a high level of dependence and support associated with Covid-19 to a return to work maintaining support where needed and reducing dependency on social welfare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5339/22]
Déar, 3 Feabh 2022
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Departmental Websites
Gary Gannon
81. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the inaccessibility of paper-based applications for social welfare supports; and if she will consider making applications available online at MyWelfare.ie enhancing the independence of persons who are blind or vision impaired to populate and submit their applications independently. [5488/22]
Déar, 3 Feabh 2022
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Employment Schemes
Catherine Connolly
82. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the analysis her Department has carried out into phase 1 of the roll-out of the new local area employment service; her plans to publish this analysis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5470/22]
Déar, 3 Feabh 2022
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Employment Schemes
Paul Murphy
83. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will withdraw the tender for local employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5401/22]
Déar, 3 Feabh 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Pádraig O'Sullivan
84. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to amend the eligibility criteria for the free fuel allowance scheme in cases in which the income of a person slightly exceeds the allowed threshold and the person has no savings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5360/22]
Déar, 3 Feabh 2022
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Social Welfare Schemes
Matt Carthy
85. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress made on the Programme for Government commitment to conduct a review of the means test disregards for farm assist with a view to better rewarding farmers who avail of the scheme for their enterprise. [4897/22]
Déar, 3 Feabh 2022
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Social Welfare Schemes
Claire Kerrane
86. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress made regarding the introduction of the parental bereavement benefit and leave given the availability of this scheme in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5327/22]
Déar, 3 Feabh 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Claire Kerrane
87. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider addressing the issue of recipients of widow and widower’s pension not being eligible to receive payments such as the Covid-19 illness benefit payment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5329/22]
Déar, 3 Feabh 2022
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Departmental Strategies
Alan Farrell
88. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020 – 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5308/22]
Déar, 3 Feabh 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Verona Murphy
89. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the provisions her Department is taking in recognising long Covid as a debilitating illness; if consideration has been given to a long-term enhanced Covid illness or Covid disability payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5456/22]
Déar, 3 Feabh 2022
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Social Welfare Code
Pádraig O'Sullivan
90. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will urgently review the financial assessment element of the carer’s allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5359/22]
Déar, 3 Feabh 2022
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Social Welfare Code
Claire Kerrane
91. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the findings outlined in the Cost of Disability report; the way social protection payments will be reformed to support persons with a disability; the timeline for this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5328/22]