Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

State Pensions

Pearse Doherty

416. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal regarding a State pension review; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29401/23]

State Bodies

Denis Naughten

417. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the implementation of circular 25/2016 by each State body under the aegis of her Department; and if she will provide, in tabular form, by State agency, the compliance with each of the standards and timelines set out in responding to Oireachtas Members’ queries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29482/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Thomas Gould

418. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the current average wait time for an additional/urgent needs payment in Cork city. [29614/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael Ring

419. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that no response has issued from the disability allowance section of her Department for a person (details supplied) considering that four queries were sent by email to that section; if the claimant can continue to be paid through their bank account rather than having to collect the payment at the post office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29629/23]

Social Welfare Code

Bríd Smith

420. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection to clarify if a social welfare claimant selected for participation in a programme (details supplied) is obliged to sign a PPP; if they do not, if there can be any sanctions applied by her Department; if the claimant has the right to appeal such sanctions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29640/23]

Departmental Data

Róisín Shortall

421. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in publishing the Review of the Reasonable Accommodation Fund; the timeline he is working towards for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29661/23]

Social Welfare Schemes

Bríd Smith

422. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if she can clarify if Seetec have been awarded the contract for operating the JobPath programme; the costs of this award; the length of time the company will operate it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29665/23]

State Pensions

Michael Creed

423. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is on a reduced rate of contributory pension. [29689/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Maurice Quinlivan

424. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of Defence Forces personnel that received family income supplement or working family payment in each of the years 2013 to 2022 and to date in 2023. [29715/23]

Departmental Data

Niall Collins

425. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department can provide any form of funding, one-off or reoccurring, to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29780/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Brendan Griffin

426. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of a decision on an exceptional needs payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29791/23]

State Pensions

Holly Cairns

427. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide her response to a campaign (details supplied) which is calling on the Government to honour its commitment to a State pension rate of at least 34% of average earnings. [29845/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Brendan Griffin

225. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a disability allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28896/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Pádraig O'Sullivan

226. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) which has been ongoing for months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28910/23]

Departmental Data

Pauline Tully

227. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of employees with a disability who applied for the wage subsidy scheme in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; the number of those who were not successful in their application over the same period; the number of those who were successful in their application over the same period; in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28940/23]

Departmental Data

Pauline Tully

228. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people with disabilities who availed of the wage subsidy scheme in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; her Department's expenditure on the wage subsidy scheme over the same period; the average number of hours worked by participants in the wage subsidy scheme, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28941/23]

State Pensions

Kathleen Funchion

229. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Social Protection to review the pension rate of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28959/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Éamon Ó Cuív

230. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection the qualification criteria for a person on a jobseeker's payment to go on an educational course and retain their payment; if it is intended to review these criteria to encourage more people on social welfare payments to go on educational courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28996/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

231. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the current and/or expected position in relation to jobseeker's benefit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29054/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

232. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for disability allowance or alternative might be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29055/23]