Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Jobseeker's Payments

Claire Kerrane

805. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing jobseeker’s payments for those aged under 24 years of age to the full maximum rate of €203. [20002/20]

Child Benefit

Claire Kerrane

806. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of making a one-off annual double payment of child benefit to recipients. [20003/20]

Child Benefit

Claire Kerrane

807. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending child benefit to 18 year olds still in secondary school. [20004/20]

Carer's Support Grant

Claire Kerrane

808. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the carer’s support grant to €2,000. [20005/20]

Jobseeker's Payments

Claire Kerrane

809. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the cut-off age of the jobseeker’s transitional payment to 18. [20006/20]

Working Family Payment

Claire Kerrane

810. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of reducing the working family payment hours threshold to lone parents from 19 to 15 hours. [20007/20]

Working Family Payment

Claire Kerrane

811. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the average working family payment by 10%. [20008/20]

One-Parent Family Payment

Claire Kerrane

812. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of raising the cut-off age of the one parent family payment scheme to 14 years. [20009/20]

One-Parent Family Payment

Claire Kerrane

813. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the earnings disregard for one parent family payment to €175. [20010/20]

One-Parent Family Payment

Claire Kerrane

814. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the earnings disregard for the one parent family payment to €175 and increasing the age limit for the payment to 14 years of age. [20011/20]

Child Maintenance Payments

Claire Kerrane

815. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of establishing a child maintenance service similar to that available in Northern Ireland. [20012/20]

State Pensions

Claire Kerrane

816. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of reintroducing the State pension transition scheme for 65 year olds. [20013/20]

State Pensions

Claire Kerrane

817. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of maintaining the State pension retirement age at 66. [20014/20]

Employment Support Services

Claire Kerrane

818. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of replicating the WALK PEER programme in each county. [20015/20]

Fuel Allowance

Claire Kerrane

819. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending the fuel allowance payment period by one week. [20016/20]

Fuel Allowance

Claire Kerrane

820. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the fuel allowance by €1. [20017/20]

Community Employment Schemes

Claire Kerrane

821. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of providing an occupational pension to community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors that have retired. [20018/20]

Community Employment Schemes

Claire Kerrane

822. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of providing an occupational pension to community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors that are in the role. [20019/20]

JobPath Programme

Claire Kerrane

823. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of immediately abolishing the JobPath scheme. [20020/20]

Community Employment Schemes

Claire Kerrane

824. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of providing for an additional 1,000 places on the community employment scheme. [20021/20]

Rural Social Scheme

Claire Kerrane

825. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of providing for an additional 500 places on the rural social scheme. [20022/20]

Community Employment Schemes

Claire Kerrane

826. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing funding to community employment by 10%. [20023/20]

Rural Social Scheme

Claire Kerrane

827. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing funding to the rural social scheme by 10%. [20024/20]

Rural Social Scheme

Claire Kerrane

828. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing funding to Tús by 10%. [20025/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Claire Kerrane

829. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2021 of maintaining the two rates of pandemic unemployment payment that is continuing the scheme as it is currently operating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20031/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Claire Kerrane

830. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated savings in 2021 arising from the scheduled reduction of pandemic unemployment payment rates announced as part of the July stimulus. [20032/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Claire Kerrane

831. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of the pandemic unemployment payment in 2021; the assumptions underpinning this estimate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20033/20]

Parental Leave

Claire Kerrane

832. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of men and women, respectively that have taken parent’s leave and benefit since it was introduced. [20070/20]

JobPath Programme

Claire Kerrane

833. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have been referred to JobPath year on year since it was established; and the number of persons referred for a second, third, fourth, fifth time plus, in tabular form. [20071/20]

JobPath Programme

Claire Kerrane

834. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid to the JobPath providers since it was established, including a breakdown of referral fees and sustainment fees. [20072/20]

JobPath Programme

Claire Kerrane

835. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have had employment sourced for them through JobPath; and the number of persons whose employment was sustained for 13, 26, 39 and 52 weeks, respectively. [20073/20]

JobPath Programme

Claire Kerrane

836. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of times JobPath providers have reported jobseekers to her Department for non-engagement with the scheme since it was established. [20074/20]

JobPath Programme

Claire Kerrane

837. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of penalties that have been applied to jobseeker's rates for non-engagement with JobPath since it was established. [20075/20]

JobPath Programme

Claire Kerrane

838. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the oversight her Department has had on JobPath providers; and the number of inspections, both notified and unannounced, respectively, that have been carried out. [20076/20]

JobPath Programme

Claire Kerrane

839. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has had engagement with JobPath providers since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020. [20077/20]

Employment Support Services

Claire Kerrane

840. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide further details of her plans as contained in the July stimulus to enhance public employment service capacity across the Intreo system including contracted services; the contracted services to which she is referring; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20078/20]

Community Employment Schemes

Claire Kerrane

841. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider abolishing or extending the three-year rule on community employment schemes as a result of lost time on the scheme due to Covid-19 and the difficulties that can be experienced in replacing participants in local communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20079/20]

Community Employment Schemes

Claire Kerrane

842. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider abolishing or extending the six-year rule on community employment schemes for those aged over 55 years of age in view of the fact they are close to pension age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20080/20]

Rural Social Scheme

Claire Kerrane

843. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will remove the six-year rule for participants on the rural social scheme and revert to allowing participants remain on the scheme until they reach pension age in view of the fact that those on the scheme are primarily in their 50s and 60s and would struggle to find full-time employment following six years on the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20081/20]

Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times

Claire Kerrane

844. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting time for each application for social welfare payments, in tabular form. [20082/20]

Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times

Claire Kerrane

845. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting time for each social welfare payment under appeal, in tabular form. [20083/20]

Rural Transport Services

Claire Kerrane

846. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to further invest in RuralLink; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20088/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Claire Kerrane

847. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to put in place additional resources, including additional medical staff, to deal with a Covid-19 breakout on the islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20089/20]

Pensions Reform

Claire Kerrane

848. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will elaborate on the commitment in the programme for Government to establish a commission on pensions; when this commission will be set up; the way in which the membership will be made up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20090/20]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

849. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine linking social welfare payments to adequacy in order to ensure that households relying on social welfare supports achieve an income that meets the minimum essential standard of living as determined by an organisation (details supplied). [20091/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Claire Kerrane

854. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the decision to exclude workers that live in the Northern Ireland and work here where they pay their taxes was not an EU regulation as previously stated by her predecessor; her further views on whether the pandemic unemployment payment can be extended to such workers; if the payment will be extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20223/20]

Youth Services

Claire Kerrane

855. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have participated on the youth employment support scheme since it was established; the number of host organisations that signed up to provide the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20224/20]

Youth Services

Claire Kerrane

856. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount drawn down under the Irish Youth Guarantee as part of the youth employment support scheme. [20225/20]

Jobseeker's Payments

Claire Kerrane

857. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged 18 to 24 years of age in receipt of the reduced rate of jobseeker’s payment; the number of persons aged 18 to 24 years of age that live independently and therefore receive the maximum rate; the number of persons in receipt of a jobseeker’s payment; and the number of 65 year olds that receive jobseeker’s allowance and jobseeker’s benefit. [20226/20]

Social Insurance

Claire Kerrane

858. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) which is using the temporary wage subsidy scheme has placed employees on a J9 category of PRSI which is not a reckonable contribution to the State pension (contributory) in view of the fact the Revenue Commissioners state that it is intended that employees whose employer is on the temporary wage subsidy scheme will be allocated social insurance contributions appropriate to their normal employment status for the duration of the scheme which is the purpose of the Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020; the steps she will take to ensure that employees do not unknowingly lose out on PRSI contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20227/20]