Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Employment Support Services

Brian Stanley

123. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the level of funding allocated to local employment services and jobs clubs in 2019 and 2020. [35008/21]

Youth Unemployment

Mick Barry

124. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures she will take to tackle the crisis of youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34795/21]

Programme for Government

Holly Cairns

125. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to’ develop a carer’s guarantee proposal that will provide a core basket of services to carers across the country regardless of where they live. [35288/21]

State Pensions

Richard Boyd Barrett

126. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person in their 80s who has been in receipt of the State pension (contributory) and a qualified adult increase for nearly 20 years and whose spouse is the qualified adult and is also in their 80s has received a means text request from her Department; if this is a random review; if so, if the procedure will be reviewed that allows those over 80 to be randomly reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35265/21]

Youth Unemployment

Brian Stanley

127. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered increasing the role of local employment services and jobs clubs as part of the plan to tackle increased unemployment rates for younger persons. [35009/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

128. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to extend provision of rent supplement for survivors of domestic abuse beyond 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35180/21]

Social Insurance

Richard Bruton

129. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the capacity the social insurance fund has to support workers in the face of new challenges in the work, life environment; and the way this can best be harnessed. [34509/21]

Employment Schemes

Violet-Anne Wynne

130. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing the WALK PEER employment support service model nationally; and her views on the overall use and efficacy of the programme. [35361/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Seán Sherlock

131. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications from airline workers for assistance since April 2021; and the percentage of applications that were successful. [35360/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

132. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Social Protection if the thresholds for earnings in relation to qualification for the carer’s allowance can be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35090/21]

Social Welfare Appeals

Patrick Costello

133. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection the action she will take to account for the ruling from McDonagh versus the Chief Appeals Officer and the Minister for Social Protection. [34754/21]

Crime Prevention

Emer Higgins

134. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps her Department is taking to combat the scam telephone calls and text messages that are being received in relation to her Department’s services. [35417/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

James O'Connor

135. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding requirements to apply a detail-orientated approach to ensure the removal of the pandemic unemployment payment recognising the need to balance potential labour shortages across the services sector and the protection of employees lives and livelihoods; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35273/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Paul Murphy

136. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason Covid-19 support payments for workers are to be cut; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30408/21]

Labour Activation Measures

Brendan Griffin

137. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the role labour activation measures can play in the post-Covid recovery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35296/21]

Youth Unemployment

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

138. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Social Protection the latest figures for youth unemployment; the action that is being taken to tackle the unprecedented levels of youth unemployment that have emerged during the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29301/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Seán Sherlock

139. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for rent supplement for 2020 and to date in 2021. [35358/21]

Social Insurance

Denis Naughten

140. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has read the recent NESC report on the self-employed. [34171/21]

Departmental Reports

Gary Gannon

141. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 428 of 25 May 2021, the timeline for when the report will be made available; her views on whether it will be available in time to inform Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35391/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Seán Sherlock

142. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid out in supplementary welfare for 2020 and to date in 2021; and the areas of payment per county in tabular form. [35359/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

143. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which her Department continues to respond expeditiously to applications for various social welfare payments some of which may be Covid-related and some otherwise; if she will ensure that the response is in line with the urgency of the particular case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35279/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Éamon Ó Cuív

144. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans changing the system in which there is a euro per euro deduction in relation to payments of jobseeker’s allowance for those with self-employment outside of farming and fishing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34174/21]

Employment Support Services

Bríd Smith

145. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to meet with representatives of local employment job schemes in relation to the proposed tendering of services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34949/21]

Social Welfare Appeals

Bernard Durkan

146. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects appeals against various social welfare decisions to be facilitated in early date including oral hearings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35280/21]

Youth Unemployment

Louise O'Reilly

147. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department is drafting plans to tackle youth unemployment with specific focus on those not in education, employment or training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29937/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Emer Higgins

148. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have benefited from the parent’s benefit since its introduction and since its expansion in April 2021 by county. [35416/21]

State Pensions

Brendan Smith

149. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the Total Contributions Approach 2012 review for those effected by the 2012 rate band changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35334/21]

Departmental Schemes

Joan Collins

150. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has initiated the process to establish a dedicated and appropriately resourced employment status unit in the Workplace Relations Commission to examine and provide determinations on employment status regardless of whether they relate to social Insurance, employment or tax obligations as recommended in the report by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands in its Examination of Bogus Self-Employment of 16 June 2021. [35299/21]

Departmental Schemes

Gary Gannon

151. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to expand the free travel scheme for Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35392/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Marian Harkin

152. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will further extend the domestic violence emergency rent supplement scheme past the end of 2021 and consider continuing the scheme on a permanent basis in a post-Covid Ireland. [35377/21]

Workplace Relations Commission

Richard Bruton

153. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the scale of developmental interventions which she views will be necessary in the post-Covid-19 environment; and the innovations she is considering in their delivery. [34508/21]

Workplace Relations Commission

Joan Collins

154. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has initiated the process to amend the Workplace Relations Act 2015 given the publication by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands of its report on the Examination of Bogus Self-Employment report on 16 June 2021 (details supplied). [35332/21]

Pension Provisions

Holly Cairns

155. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to develop a pension solution for family carers that recognises their important work. [35287/21]

Crime Prevention

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

156. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps her Department is taking to combat the scam telephone calls and text messages that are being received in relation to her Department’s services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35091/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Rose Conway-Walsh

157. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the eligibility criteria in the back of education allowance and jobseeker’s allowance and payment in terms of part-time education to ensure persons on part-time courses are not excluded from both; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35410/21]

State Pensions

Pauline Tully

158. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the efforts she has made in respect of implementing a total contribution approach to the contributory pension system; when this system will be introduced; if this will include a provision for credited contributions that ensures that persons who take time out of the workforce to care for children and loved ones are not disadvantaged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35355/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Christopher O'Sullivan

159. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment will continue past September 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30181/21]

Employment Support Services

Seán Sherlock

160. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if her review of the local employment services will include a new tendering process. [35356/21]

Employment Schemes

Cathal Crowe

161. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress on the launch and implementation of the Pathways to Work strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35340/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bríd Smith

162. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the way her Department will process applications for various social protection payments that require certificates such as birth or death registration given that the recent cyber-attack seems to be impacting the ability to obtain these documents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34950/21]

Employment Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

163. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans in ensuring post-pandemic jobs schemes focus on ensuring quality employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35415/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Éamon Ó Cuív

164. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection the current number of claimants on the pandemic unemployment payment; the steps she plans taking to ensure that workers in the sectors of the economy that will be slowest to recover from the Covid-19 crisis are protected from a sudden change in the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34173/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig O'Sullivan

165. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if State supports will be extended beyond 19 July 2021 to persons unable to return to work due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35263/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Catherine Connolly

166. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 854 of 15 June 2021, her plans to defer the 13-week requalification period for partial capacity benefit until after the Covid-19 pandemic period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35304/21]

School Meals Programme

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

167. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the hot meals pilot to reach more children and schools that are under the school meals programme.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35284/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Richard Boyd Barrett

168. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment whose payment is reduced to the €203 on 7 September 2021 or the subsequent two dates will be moved to jobseeker’s allowance rather than stay on the payment at the relevant rate; her views on the way this can be justified given the payment is not a jobseeker’s allowance payment but a payment for those whose incomes or jobs continue to be impacted by public health restrictions, such as taxi drivers, musicians and those in the entertainment industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35264/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Joan Collins

169. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if a gradual tapering of the pandemic unemployment payment will be put in place to protect income if workers are returning to less hours or less pay from their employer than they had before the pandemic in view of the fact that the reopening of workplaces is very precarious especially with the delta variant and potential future variants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35348/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Violet-Anne Wynne

170. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection when the cost of disability payment will be introduced as committed to in the Programme for Government; the status on the measurement and implementation of the cost of disability payment generally. [35362/21]

Youth Unemployment

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

171. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans in place to tackle youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35343/21]

State Pensions

Brendan Smith

172. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of measures to address anomalies in the homemaker’s scheme for those who provided the majority of their caring prior to 1994; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35333/21]

State Pensions

John Lahart

173. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection the outcome of calculations of all new State pension contributory applications from April 2019 who were assessed under all possible rate calculation methods including the new total contributions approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35335/21]

Pension Provisions

Claire Kerrane

174. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the marriage requirement in existing legislation in order to qualify for the widow’s pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35183/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Moynihan

175. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the take-up of the enhanced carer’s support grant for 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35342/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

John Lahart

176. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection the take-up of parent’s leave and parent’s benefit since the extension was announced on 1 April 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35336/21]

State Pensions

Aindrias Moynihan

177. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the engagement that has been had with the Minister for Finance to ensure that adult dependant recipients who are 80 years and over an increase for a qualified adult are included for increase of payment which presently is only available to State pension recipients over 80 years and over; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35344/21]

Departmental Schemes

Denis Naughten

178. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the target processing time for schemes under her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34170/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Thomas Gould

179. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to acknowledge the phenomenal work done by carers throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. [35260/21]

School Meals Programme

Catherine Connolly

180. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the analysis her Department has carried out into the impact of the change to the new regional employment service model on local employment services and jobs clubs; the details on the second phase of the tender process; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35305/21]

School Meals Programme

Paul McAuliffe

181. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports in place for the school meals programme over the summer and the extension of the hot school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35337/21]

Departmental Reports

Pauline Tully

182. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if a report (details supplied) which was commissioned in October 2019 and was originally to be submitted to her Department by quarter 1 of 2020 has been submitted; the timeframe for the publication of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35354/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Peadar Tóibín

183. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason no proof of unemployment was required when persons were applying for the pandemic unemployment payment; and the number of instances of fraud or attempted fraud in relation to the payment that were reported to her Department. [34500/21]

Departmental Staff

Denis Naughten

184. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff in her Department that are working remotely on a permanent basis; the number working from home; the number working from a remote hub; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34169/21]

Youth Unemployment

Violet-Anne Wynne

282. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department is working on plans to combat youth unemployment with specific focus on those not in education, employment or training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30180/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Violet-Anne Wynne

283. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase expenditure on the pandemic unemployment payment if further Covid-19 restrictions are required. [32281/21]

Birth Certificates

Holly Cairns

284. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if it will be ensured that all same-sex parents are facilitated in being recognised as the parents of their children, including being permitted to have both their names on birth certificates. [28648/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Richard Boyd Barrett

285. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the period of time a person can receive jobseeker’s benefit before they are means tested for jobseeker’s allowance temporarily until the job market and the economy has recovered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35442/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Michael Healy-Rae

286. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35500/21]

Social Welfare Appeals

Brendan Griffin

287. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer’s allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35507/21]

Public Services Card

Cian O'Callaghan

288. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will receive a PPS number for their newborn daughter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35508/21]

State Pensions

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

289. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the difficult circumstances that workers who are nearing retirement are faced with whereby they cannot obtain an estimated prediction of their State pensions due to time spent working in jurisdictions outside of Ireland; if her Department is in a position to provide such estimates to persons who are close to retiring; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35514/21]

Vaccination Programme

Pearse Doherty

290. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if client identity applications can be expedited for persons (details supplied) to access the Covid-19 vaccination programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35523/21]

Social Welfare Schemes

Seán Haughey

291. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason applicants for the new transitional payment for persons aged 65 years are deemed ineligible to receive this benefit and considered to be self-employed and engaged in insurable self-employment if they are paying class S contributions arising from sole income from a self-funded private pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35531/21]

Social Welfare Schemes

David Cullinane

292. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection the annual spend on the treatment benefit scheme in 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35598/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

293. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused the wage subsidy scheme to enable them to employ a person with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35599/21]

Social Welfare Schemes

Brendan Griffin

294. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports that are available for single parents with 50% or less custody of their child and or children; if her Department has considered the issue of single parents with significant minority custody time who may be struggling financially to provide for their children while in their care due to their ineligibility for child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35602/21]

Social Welfare Appeals

Kieran O'Donnell

295. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35604/21]

Social Welfare Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

296. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if the payment of the fuel allowance for the full year will be examined (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35632/21]

Social Welfare Schemes

Gary Gannon

297. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the research being carried out in association with an organisation (details supplied) into the cost of bereavement. [35636/21]

Social Welfare Rates

Róisín Shortall

298. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2022 and in a full year for every 1% and every €1 per week increase in basic social welfare rates by each social welfare payment. [35682/21]

Social Welfare Rates

Róisín Shortall

299. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2022 and in a full year of a €20 per week increase in the basic rate of disability allowance with a proportionate increase for qualified adults and no proportionate increase for qualified adults. [35683/21]

Social Welfare Rates

Róisín Shortall

300. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2022 and in a full year of every €10 increase in the upper income disregard currently €350 applying to disability allowance. [35684/21]

Employment Schemes

Róisín Shortall

301. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the approximate number of job coaches in whole-time equivalent terms currently funded through EmployAbility; the way in which the number has changed in recent years; and the full year cost of every ten additional job coaches. [35685/21]

Social Welfare Rates

Róisín Shortall

302. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2022 and in a full year of restoring the subsidy under the wage subsidy scheme for persons with disabilities to 55%, 60% and 65% of the national minimum wage. [35686/21]

Social Welfare Schemes

Róisín Shortall

303. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which she plans to meet the commitment in the Programme for Government to expand the Ability Programme; the funding set aside in 2020 and 2021 for this programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35687/21]

Employment Equality Training

Róisín Shortall

304. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding currently devoted to training for employers in relation to diversity and disability awareness. [35688/21]

Employment Support Services

Róisín Shortall

305. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding currently devoted to disability grants and other supports for employers and to the promotion of these amongst employers. [35689/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Bernard Durkan

306. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the level of Covid-19 related payments has tapered off in recent weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35713/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Bernard Durkan

307. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which there are indications that persons on the pandemic unemployment payment have returned to their previous employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35714/21]

Youth Unemployment

Bernard Durkan

308. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she and her Department have continued to monitor youth unemployment levels; the extent to which such levels have increased or otherwise in recent weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35715/21]

Labour Market

Bernard Durkan

309. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she foresees an improvement culminating in a drop in unemployment levels in all age cohorts as we approach quarter four in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35716/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

310. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which exceptional needs payments have been availed of in the past 12 months by various applicants in terms of age profile; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35717/21]

Social Welfare Schemes

Bernard Durkan

311. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which satisfactory provision has been made for those retiring at 65 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35718/21]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Bernard Durkan

312. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the degree to which cross-Border employment trends and opportunities are being restored as the levels of Covid-19 recede; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35719/21]

Departmental Budgets

Bernard Durkan

313. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects the budgetary requirements of her Department to fluctuate in the next 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35720/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

314. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the number of applications for various social welfare payments has fluctuated over the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35721/21]

State Pensions

Bernard Durkan

315. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of State pension (contributory) or State pension (non-contributory) aged 100 years or more; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35722/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

316. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a carer’s allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) will be accepted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35753/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Brendan Griffin

137. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the request for a disability allowance rate review by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35040/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Richard Bruton

138. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to adjusting the term of short-term working support to ensure that workers in sectors which continue to be seriously reduced in activity due to continuing Covid-19 restrictions will be able to continue to receive this important supplement to their income which would otherwise expire due to limits on the duration of claims. [35053/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

139. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) involving an application for the over 65s benefit payment. [35082/21]