Dara Calleary

Fianna Fáil · Mayo

Activity on Social Protection — 246 events (57 lobbying · 188 questions · 2 votes) full profile →

• 2026-01-23
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  Spinal Injuries Ireland Social Protection

  • Disability Allowance withdrawn because household income is too high
• 2026-01-22
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  North Connacht and Ulster Citizens Information Service Social Protection

  • Further e-mail communications sent to the Minister for the Department of Social Protection and to Pearse Doherty on behalf of a client of North Connacht and Ulster Citizens Information Service seeking a review of legislation and regulations which adversely impact on victims of the conflict in the north of Ireland.
• 2026-01-21
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  Galway Chamber Social Protection

  • Knowledge sharing with the Minister's department around key issues
• 2026-01-21
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  Rehab Group Social Protection

  • Response to provisions for Wage Subsidy Scheme in Budget 2026
• 2026-01-21
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  Society of St. Vincent de Paul 2 returns Social Protection

  • Informing of new MESL research publications
  • Distribution of Budget 2026 MESL Impact Briefing
• 2026-01-21
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  Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm Social Protection

  • Invited Minister Calleary to open a joint AsIAm-Department of Social Protection event on Work & Skills
• 2026-01-20
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  South Dublin Chamber Social Protection

  • Increased participation of long term unemployed people in the economy
• 2026-01-20
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  One Family 2 returns Social Protection

  • Requested a meeting between One Family and the Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary and his Special Advisort Craig Dwyer.
  • Sent a video of presentation One Family gave at the Taoiseach's Summit in September 2025 on structural issues related to social welfare system and lone parent families
• 2026-01-20
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  Rediscovery Centre CLG Employment

  • Letter (via email) to Minister Calleary, Minister for Social Protection and Minister Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht) encourage support for future CSP funding models, in particular for bike and other material reuse eg fashion, furniture and paint.
• 2026-01-19
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  Cork Chamber 24 returns TransportTradeTourism TaxationSocial ProtectionPublic Expenditure and ReformJustice and EqualityHousingForeign Affairs Energy and Natural ResourcesEmploymentEducation and TrainingEconomic Development and IndustryDevelopment and ZoningCommunityBudgetary matters

  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
  • Cork Chamber meeting with Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary
• 2026-01-17
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  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Social Protection

  • Farm Assist Scheme Reform
• 2026-01-16
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  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 6 returns Social Protection

  • Fair Deal & Older People in Rural Areas
  • Social Protection Measures - Class S PRSI Contributions
  • Social Protection Measures - State Pension Access & Equity
  • Social Protection Measures - Agricultural Education & Youth Participation
  • IFA Budget 2026 Submission - Social Protection Measures - Cost of Employment
  • Income Volatility Measures for All Agricultural Sectors
• 2026-01-12
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  South Connacht Citizens Information Service CLG Social Protection

  • Request for addtional Information Officers at launch of National Citizens Information Strategy on Wednesday 12th November
• 2025-12-19
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  Polio Survivors Ireland Justice and Equality

  • Wrote to the Office of the Minister for Social Protection to direct attention to issues regarding social welfare benefits affecting disabled persons in Direct Provision
• 2025-12-03
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  Crosscare Social Protection

  • Yvonne Fleming emailed Minister Dara Calleary asking about future funding for Crosscare's food poverty case work service.
• 2025-09-21
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  Association of Optometrists Ireland Health

  • 21/5/2025: Association of Optometrists (Optometry Ireland) – Notice issued to Minister for Social Protection and Minister for Health of a number of accounts of breach of Optometrists' contract regarding the Medical Card and PRSI eyecare schemes.
• 2025-09-20
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  Rehab Group Employment

  • Meeting with Minister for Social Protection, Dara Calleary, to discuss measures to increase the number of people with disabilities in employment.
• 2025-09-20
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  Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) Social Protection

  • Bereaved Partner’s Bill 2025
• 2025-09-20
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  National Safeguarding Ireland Social Protection

  • Letter to Dara Calleary T.D. Minister for Social Protection
• 2025-09-19
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  Ibec Social Protection

  • Shared key priorities on care and disability
• 2025-09-19
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  North Connacht and Ulster Citizens Information Service Social Protection

  • NCU CIS identified a disparity in legislation which placed a victim of the conflict in the north of Ireland at a disadvantage. A letter was submitted directly to the Minister for Social Protection, highlighting the anomaly.
• 2025-09-19
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  Treoir (Federation of Services for Unmarried Parents and their Children) 3 returns Social Protection

  • Meeting with Minister Calleary
  • Social protection access for Kinship Care and policy engagement
  • Department of Social Protection (DSP) Prebudget submission made for KCI and pre-budget forum attended
• 2025-09-19
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  National Youth Council of Ireland Social Protection

  • Jobseekers Allowance for young people
• 2025-09-19
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  Veterinary Ireland Agriculture

  • Communications with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Minister for Social Protection and Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, relating to Statutory Instrument (S.I.) No. 214/2025 – Control of Dogs (XL Bully) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
• 2025-09-18
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  Irish Foster Care Association 2 returns Social Protection

  • Communication to full Committee on Social Protection
  • Requesting a revision on the Back to School Allowance.
• 2025-09-18
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  Q4PR Social Protection

  • Discussion on pensions policy issues, including auto-enrollment
• 2025-09-18
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  Irish Association of Pension Funds Social Protection

  • Discussing the incoming Auto-Enrolment system
• 2025-09-17
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  The Irish Society for Autism Social Protection

  • Advocated for social inclusion of autistic people and the fulfilment of the Department’s obligations under the Autism Innovation Strategy including utilising data gathered within the department for service planning and provision.
• 2025-09-17
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  NCBI Social Protection

  • Social protection for people who are blind or vision impaired
• 2025-09-17
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  Federation of Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Health

  • Pre-budget submission to the Minister for Finance, Health, Social Protection, and Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Services, Reform and Digitalisation outlining recommendations to improve and sustain primary eye care services.
• 2025-09-16
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  Care Alliance Ireland Social Protection

  • Sent Pre-Budget Submission to the Dept of Social Protection. This Submission was invited by the Dept. as part of the annual Pre-Budget process
• 2025-09-16
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  ARI Social Protection

  • Active Retirement Ireland's policy recommendations as included in the pre-budget submission to the Department of Social Protection. Policy recommendations pertain to pension reform, income supports, Treatment Benefit Scheme (specifically inclusion of hearing tests), as well as whole of government strategies for positive aging, combatting ageism and the establishment of an Independent Commissioner for Ageing and Older People.
• 2025-09-15
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  Cork Chamber 2 returns Social ProtectionEmployment

  • A letter to the Minister for Social Protection to call for support for DEI measures
  • A letter to the Minister for Social Protection to discuss supporting pathways to work through schemes like WorkAbility
• 2025-09-11
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  Inclusion Ireland Budgetary matters

  • We contacted Minister Calleary, to invite him and or a member of his team to a briefing of Inclusion Ireland's Pre-Budget Submission's priorities, along with a full copy of the document for their consideration.
• 2025-09-11
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  Simon Communities of Ireland Budgetary matters

  • Department of Social Protection in person Pre-Budget Submission event
• 2025-09-08
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  Community Platform Social Protection

  • Consultation on successor strategy to the Roadmap for Social Inclusion
• 2025-09-04
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  Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed Social Protection

  • In July, the INOU participated in the Department of Social Protection’s Pre-Budget Forum, which took place in Chartered Accountants House, Dublin 2. In advance of this meeting a summary of the INOU's Pre-Budget Submission was emailed to the Department.
• 2025-09-02
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  National Dairy Council Social Protection

  • Wrote to the Minister for Social Protection on 15th April 2025
• 2025-08-28
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  The Alzheimer Society of Ireland Social Protection

  • Department of Social Protection Prebudget Submission Forum
• 2025-08-22
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  Polio Survivors Ireland Finance

  • Pre-Budget Submissionsfor Health and Social Protection
• 2025-08-05
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  Crosscare Social Protection

  • On 5.8.25 Yvonne Fleming of Crosscare emailed Minister Calleary to update him on the work of Crosscare Food Services and to reiterate the call for continued fiunding for this work from the DSP
• 2025-07-29
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  One Family Budgetary matters

  • Social Protection policies that impact on lone parents and their children
• 2025-05-21
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  National Women's Council of Ireland Social Protection

  • Policy recommendations on reformed social protection system
• 2025-05-21
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  Dublin Chamber of Commerce Social Protection

  • Letter to the newly appointed Minister for Social Protection
• 2025-05-21
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  Treoir (Federation of Services for Unmarried Parents and their Children) Social Protection

  • Submission to the new Statement Strategy
• 2025-05-21
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  Irish League of Credit Unions Banking and Financial Institutions

  • Meetings to discuss credit union issues specifically the personal micro credit scheme - known as the "It makes sense" loan
• 2025-05-21
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  Ibec Economic Development and Industry

  • Priorities for Department of Social Protection
• 2025-05-21
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  National Forum of Family Resource Centres CLG Children and Youth Affairs

  • The CEO Fergal Landy and FRCNF Director and Manager of Tubercurry FRC Sandra Cribben, met with the Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary, at his constituency office in Ballina on the 31st of March to brief him on the National FRC Programme.
• 2025-05-21
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  Volunteering Ireland Community

  • Post Election Engagement Letter 3
• 2025-05-20
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  Chartered Accountants Ireland Social Protection

  • Letter to Minister Dara Calleary calling for delay to launch of pensions auto enrolment to 1 January 2026.
• 2025-05-20
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  Tiglin Challenge Ltd Community

  • Reached out to Minister for Social Protection; and Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht
• 2025-05-20
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  Federation of Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Health

  • Letter to Minister Dara Calleary to congratulate him on his appointment as Minister for Social Protection and to provide background to the work of FODO Ireland.
• 2025-05-15
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  Society of St. Vincent de Paul 2 returns Social Protection

  • Meetings Road map for Social Inclusion
  • Request a meeting with the newly appointed Minister.
• 2025-05-14
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  Irish Association of Pension Funds Social Protection

  • Seeking a credible timeline for the introduction of Auto Enrolment
• 2025-05-09
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  Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) Social Protection

  • Providing relevant TDs with FLAC’s Preliminary Analysis to the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025.
• 2025-03-25
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  Polio Survivors Ireland Social Protection

  • Cost of Disability Payment for State Pension
• 2025-01-21
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  Family Carers Ireland Social Protection

  • Social protection/ Social Welfare Bill
• 2024-03-20
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if changes are going to be made to jobseekers allowance and X and O system to allow people working as care assistants/home help assistants to claim assistance (details supplied). [13081/24]
• 2024-01-30
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the current timeframe for social welfare appeals; what resources are in place to address appeals; if she will allocate extra resources to address backlogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3915/24]
• 2023-07-25
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to continue paying child benefit beyond the age of 18 years when the person is in full-time education. [35713/23]
• 2022-10-11
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding that her Department has put in place for the 2023 school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49546/22]
• 2022-10-11
  PQ
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of a disablement pension of €190 per month is entitled to the fuel allowance. [49742/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the tender process for all public employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34926/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the work that is being carried out by her Department to match jobseekers with employment opportunities in sectors such as hospitality and construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34925/22]
• 2022-07-14
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff who are abated under her Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38959/22]
• 2022-06-23
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of directly employed job coaches who have been put in place by her Department; the number of appointments that is envisaged for the years 2022 and 2023; if all appointments will be publicly-advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33370/22]
• 2022-06-23
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to support persons currently availing of Jobs Clubs nationwide; the future of Jobs Clubs in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33371/22]
• 2022-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has any plans to review the community employment schemes. [32781/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider improving measures within the social welfare system to support existing foster carers and to encourage additional foster carers such removing the 20 year cap on homecare provision for foster carers, changes in the contributory pension to allow for periods spent fostering to count towards a state pension (contributory); and her views on the initiatives she is pursuing with the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to assist foster carers and promote foster caring. [30772/22]
• 2022-06-14
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  Asked Children

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has had or intends to have engagement with the Minister for Social Protection around issues within the social welfare system to support existing foster carers and to encourage additional foster carers, including removing the 20 year cap on homecare provision for foster carers, changes in the State pension (contributory) system to allow for periods spent fostering to count towards same; the initiatives that he is pursuing with the Minister for Social Protection to assist foster carers and to promote foster caring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30770/22]
• 2022-05-31
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures that are in place to support people with chronic illnesses and with disabilities who require additional heating to access the fuel allowance on compassionate grounds. [28059/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the tender process for all public employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24668/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection her Department’s strategy to make sure that social protection payments keep pace with the higher cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24667/22]
• 2022-05-10
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of community welfare officers in each county in tabular form; if she has plans to expand these numbers given the importance of ease of access to a CWO; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23321/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for the domiciliary care allowance in each of the years 2019 to 2021; the percentage of these applications that were successful on the first application in each year; the percentage of unsuccessful applications that were appealed; the percentage of these applications that were successful in their appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23322/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if she supports the extension of the parental leave allowance to the parents of foster children in order to assist the parents and the children and to encourage more persons to come forward to act as foster parents. [23323/22]
• 2022-03-22
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection her strategy to address any decrease in income arising from a removal of an exemption to pay PRSI on supplementary pension income, occupational and personal pensions, and public sector pensions as contained in the Commission on Pensions report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14818/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the tender process for all public employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14819/22]
• 2022-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection her strategy to link jobseekers and employers as a means to address labour shortages in the economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5381/22]
• 2022-02-03
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of her strategy for the procurement of public employment services; the reason she is proceeding to a new model of local employment service delivery; the cost basis on which the new model will be delivered; the relevant technical and previous experience necessary for a potential tender applicant; the proposed timeline for the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5380/22]
• 2022-02-01
  PQ
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of social welfare appeals that were successful in the past two years. [4305/22]
• 2022-02-01
  PQ
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has considered increasing the base rate for the school meals programme; her views on whether the €1.40 that is currently paid to providers for supplying one substantial item plus one small item plus one drink is minimal in view of inflation and cost of living increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4869/22]
• 2021-11-25
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who no longer qualify for the fuel allowance due to their living circumstances changing as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and relatives returning to live with them due to care services closing, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58003/21]
• 2021-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the strategy for the procurement of public employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58002/21]
• 2021-11-25
  PQ
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of discussions she has had on the issue of pensions for community employment scheme supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55838/21]
• 2021-11-11
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a service to allow for the renewal of public services cards has been discontinued at a location (details supplied) in County Sligo; her views on whether it is not acceptable for residents of the area and its vast hinterland to have to travel 20 miles or more to avail of the service; her further views on whether such a move to discontinue the service is not in line with the Our Rural Future initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55322/21]
• 2021-10-07
  PQ
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the detail of the changes to community employment service criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48634/21]
• 2021-10-07
  PQ
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons availing of the fuel allowance; her plans to widen eligibility for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48635/21]
• 2021-10-07
  PQ
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of her engagement in dealing with the issue of pensions for community scheme supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45422/21]
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if long-Covid myalgic encephalomyelitis chronic fatigue syndrome will be added to the list of prescribed diseases for the occupational injuries benefit scheme; if long-Covid will be recognised as a disability for the purpose of disability allowance and the invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47482/21]
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a settlement between a State agency (details supplied) and the Revenue Commissioners; if there are any agencies under her Department’s remit that have had a similar issue or have made a settlement with the Revenue Commissioners in relation to any issue in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48031/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered the implications of the six-year rule which was introduced in 2017 that will see participants forced off the rural social scheme in 2023; if she will reconsider this rule and allow these participants continue on the scheme; if not, the alternatives her Department is proposing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42021/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps being taken to facilitate remote working within her Department in particular to encourage remote working for those who live in the regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42714/21]
• 2021-07-01
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress on the provision of pensions for community employment scheme supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35338/21]
• 2021-06-02
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection further to previous Parliamentary Questions in relation to a potential RFT for local employment services in areas with existing providers and for those areas with no local employment services at present, the specific EU procurement rules she cites in her responses as necessary to issue a RFT; if she has sought a derogation from any potential requirement on the basis that the local employment services provides a vital social service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30080/21]
• 2021-05-19
  PQ
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to ensure that the forthcoming report and conclusions of the Pensions Commission will be appropriately gender proofed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26827/21]
• 2021-05-19
  PQ
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the contract of each participant on affected schemes such as community employment, Tús, the rural social scheme and so on as a consequence of Covid-19 restrictions in view of the disruption to the activities of employment activation schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26828/21]
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Mayo currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; the number of persons in County Roscommon currently in receipt of the payment; the number in each county who were in receipt of the payment on the same date in April 2021; the number of persons in each county that have received the payment since the introduction of the payment; the total expenditure on such payments in each county over that time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26256/21]
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of extending community employment contracts for participants whose term on a scheme and opportunities for learning have been impacted by Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26257/21]
• 2021-05-12
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending end dates for persons in receipt of the back to enterprise allowance in view of the fact that such persons' businesses have been closed and non-operational during the Covid-19 pandemic and for persons whose allowance runs out in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25020/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the position in respect of parents in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment in the circumstance in which they have been unable to return to employment due to childcare issues; if the payment remains available until 30 June 2021 as per the information available on her Department’s website; if the return of schools has any bearing on such payment claims; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Department has revoked the payment from some parents in this position citing the return of schools as the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23657/21]
• 2021-04-28
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the basis for the denial of the pandemic unemployment payment to those over 66 years of age that are self-employed and have lost their income as a consequence of Covid-19; the supports that may be available for those persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21686/21]
• 2021-04-22
  PQ
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the period of training and upskilling of the present community employment participants for an additional 12 months in lieu of the year lost due to Covid-19 restrictions; if she will acknowledge that to carry through the ethos of the community employment schemes to train and upskill participants in their chosen occupation for a period of three years and have them fully prepared for the labour market on the satisfactory completion of their three-year training and upskilling period would not be fulfilled for the current participants if their contract is not extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21484/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason she is proceeding with a new model of local employment service delivery; the cost basis on which the new model will be delivered; the relevant technical and previous experience necessary for a potential tender applicant; the proposed timeline for the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20291/21]
• 2021-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans for reviewing the six-year rule on participation on rural social schemes; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this rule is restricting the potential of the rural social scheme programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9089/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
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  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the eligibility criteria for the fuel allowance and the living alone allowance to recipients of a public service pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8661/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the eligibility criteria for the fuel allowance and the living alone allowance to recipients of public service pension in circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8662/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the time limits for back to work enterprise allowance to recipients given that many will see their payment cease in 2021 and have not had the opportunity to achieve the full benefit of the payment due to Covid-19 lockdowns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4225/21]
• 2021-01-21
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of eligible persons in each county referred to community employment schemes and to a JobPath company, respectively in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form. [3398/21]
• 2021-01-21
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the amounts paid in each of the years 2017 to 2020 to each of the companies involved in the JobPath programme; and the amount spent by her Department in each of those years managing the programme. [3399/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if advice can be provided for a PAYE employee who incorrectly applied for the temporary wage subsidy scheme (details supplied). [44829/20]
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection when it is expected that PPSN applications from outside the State will resume; her views on the fact that the current pause in such applications has severely impacted business in areas such as property sales; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31535/20]
• 2020-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection when the case of a person will be examined (details supplied). [30073/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the establishment of a commission on pensions as per the programme for Government; the timeline for its establishment, if it will be ensured key economic stakeholders are members of the commission in a similar manner to the Low Pay Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26291/20]
• 2020-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if community employment and Tús schemes can be extended by six months for participants due to finish in view of the fact that some participants lost out on six months due to Covid-19 and other participants worked tirelessly during the pandemic and training new participants will be much more difficult due to Covid-19. [24712/20]
• 2020-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be heard [25433/20]
• 2020-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the means test for carer’s allowance; if she considers it a fair assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24480/20]
• 2020-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the income disregard for carer’s allowance; if consideration has been given to the consequences of the measure for working families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24481/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason those in receipt of farm assist payments are excluded from receiving the enterprise support grant in order to assist in returning an off-farm business after Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23388/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the social welfare supports in place for a person (details supplied) that lives here but pays tax in the UK. [22235/20]
• 2020-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied). [11000/20]
• 2020-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied). [11001/20]
• 2020-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the extension of the operation and funding for the school meals scheme will be considered beyond the end of June 2020 to assist families on low incomes particularly during the Covid-19 emergency period. [9674/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Intreo offices are actively distributing forms to change social protection payments from the post office to bank payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4610/20]
• 2019-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the conclusions of the 1995 technical committee as reported on in 2007 regarding roles and duty definitions within her Department were implemented; the person or body that monitors the implementation of the conclusions; if PMDS recognises the conclusions of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49822/19]
• 2019-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if information (details supplied) will be provided in tabular form. [48545/19]
• 2019-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to move the responsibility for the rural social scheme, RSS, to another Department; if she or her officials have had or are having discussions on the issue; if so, the status of the discussions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49042/19]
• 2019-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans in place for persons that have to retire at 65 years of age but cannot receive the pension until they are 67 years of age. [48363/19]
• 2019-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work practice changes for clerical officers who were introduced in her Department in 2017; if clearly defined responsibilities and expected workloads were made available to the various staff grades; if workloads and responsibilities were assigned proportionally to the various grades; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47976/19]
• 2019-11-19
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans for pensioners who have to retire from their employment at 65 years of age but cannot apply for pension until they are 67 years of age. [47183/19]
• 2019-11-12
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, adjudication (details supplied); and if she will reply in the context of its impact on discussions within her Department in relation to pension provision for community employment supervisors. [46082/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the decision to remove lone parents from jobseeker's transitional payment automatically when the youngest child turns 14 years of age is having a negative impact on such applications for other funding streams such as SUSI (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44903/19]
• 2019-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment of the occupational injury benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40368/19]
• 2019-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of work in relation to addressing the pension situation of community employment scheme supervisors; if she has had discussions with the Minister for Finance or the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39994/19]
• 2019-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the State agencies and bodies under the remit of her Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and part-time persons employed in each such body. [18231/19]
• 2019-04-10
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 929 of 15 January 2019, the number of reviews completed, by county, by 28 February 2018 on the review of the 2012 pension changes; the number of reviews that remained to be completed at that date; the number of persons in each county who will receive an increase in their pensions as a consequence of the review, in tabular form; the avenues open to persons who do not receive an increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16773/19]
• 2019-04-02
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has an operating language scheme in accordance with the Official Languages Act 2003; and the date when such a scheme was introduced. [15490/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of reviews completed by county by 28 February 2019 in respect of the review of the 2012 pension changes; the number of reviews remaining to be completed at that date; the number of persons in each county who will receive an increase in their pension as a consequence of the review, in tabular form; the avenues open to persons who do not receive an increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13018/19]
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position on pension claims by community employment scheme supervisors; the number of times the community employment departmental forum has met since January 2018; if her attention has been drawn to the Dáil Éireann motion of April 2018 supporting the claims of community employment scheme supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7661/19]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of the post-2012 pension entitlements; when increased payments will begin; the number of persons written to by 19 October 2018, by county; the number of persons remaining to be written to by county; and the estimated timeline for writing to them in tabular form. [44736/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason community employment sponsors are not given the same access to potential participants as RSS or Tús sponsors; her plans to review this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44737/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will implement new arrangements for the contributory State pension; if those who reached pension age after 2012 will still need 520 paid contributions to qualify for a full-rate pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45785/18]
• 2018-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if cuts to administrative costs have been imposed on rural social schemes; the rationale behind these cuts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13284/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons holding Civil Service positions above clerical officer grade in her Department who entered the Civil Service via a route other than through an open competition run by the Public Appointments Service or its predecessors; the grades of each; and the basis for the non-standard recruitment. [11857/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons in receipt of carer's allowance who were self-employed at the time their carer duty commenced are denied a credited contribution; her views on whether this means that effectively two persons in receipt of carer's allowance are being treated differently by the contributions system; her further views on whether some persons are being penalised as a result of their prior employment history; if this anomaly will be rectified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12900/18]
• 2018-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to set out in tabular form the amount spent by her Department on photography, by photographer and-or agency; the amount spent on public relations or communications advice external to the media officers of her Department, by agency; the use of public relations or communications advice by an agency fully funded by her Department, by agency and month, since 1 January 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6747/18]
• 2018-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of freedom of information requests received by her Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the average time taken in these years to complete the requests by her Department; the number of requests to her Department for these years that ran beyond the deadline for the request; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6891/18]
• 2018-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the €2 million in capital underspend in her Department as outlined in the fiscal monitor for December 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2496/18]
• 2018-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her key priorities in relation to the forthcoming capital review; the projects submitted for priority inclusion in the review; the status of negotiations with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2289/18]
• 2018-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there have been bullying or sexual harassment claims lodged within her Department in each year since 2011; if so, the number of either complaints on an annual basis, in tabular form; if these complaints have been investigated; the outcome of each investigation; and the policies in place within her department to combat bullying and sexual harassment. [2315/18]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that clerical officers within her Department have had to take on extra responsibilities in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49242/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the business object model implementation, BOMi, system within her Department is sufficiently accurate in its calculations; the procedures in place to assess the information inputted into BOMi; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49243/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of complaints made about participation in or interaction with the JobPath programme, by county, in tabular form; her plans to review the operation of this programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49244/17]
• 2017-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress on his discussions with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to the implementation of Labour Court recommendation, LRC 19293, concerning the rights of community employment scheme supervisors in view of commitments made by his predecessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47265/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a new rule has been issued which requires persons designated by pensioners to collect pensions from post offices to produce a public services card as identification; the basis for this requirement; the reason personal data from the card is entered into An Post computers; the use to which the data is put; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45774/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she has taken to ensure that grant-aided organisations are spending their moneys appropriately in view of the revelations regarding a charity (details supplied) in 2016; if her attention has been drawn to concerns regarding organisations funded by her Department; if so, the action she has taken; if her Department has issued new procedures regarding the use of credit cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46093/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the time that persons aged 62 years and over can spend on community employment schemes, in view of the fact that such persons will exit the scheme short of the old age pension age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47013/17]
• 2017-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that insurance premiums for community schemes have increased dramatically from 2016 to 2017; if she will increase the materials grant for community employment schemes as a result of these increases; her views on whether such increases in premiums leave many schemes in danger of collapse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43061/17]
• 2017-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding retained firemen seeking jobseeker's allowance while their availability is restricted due to fire service commitments. [41093/17]
• 2017-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Ministers of State attached to her Department; the responsibilities of each; if designated powers have been signed by her and assigned to the relevant Ministers of State; the date on which each designation was signed; the reason in circumstances in which no such designation has been made, this has not occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40798/17]
• 2017-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress on his Department's discussions with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection regarding the implementation of Labour Court recommendation, LRC 19293, regarding the rights of community employment scheme supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40448/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the rule that parents of those who are 18 years or over do not receive child benefit even if they remain in full-time secondary level education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37440/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of disability allowance applications received on a monthly basis by county in 2016 and for the first six months of 2017; the number of these applications that were successful, unsuccessful or returned for further information; the number of applications that were unsuccessful which were granted on the second application or on appeal; the number of the persons who met a doctor on assessment of their first application and in cases in which an appeal was submitted or a second application submitted; the number who met a doctor, for the same period in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38342/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether Labour Court recommendations should be adhered to; and the circumstances in which in her view it is appropriate that they be ignored. [38343/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which families can access the PPS number of a sibling that has been in residential care for that person's lifetime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35245/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the latest profiles in value and outruns forecasted in her Department for the end of December 2017 and any variances that may arise based on her Department’s performance against profile in gross voted expenditure at the end of June 2017. [36573/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care application by a person (details supplied). [33635/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding work of her Department on the future provision of pensions; if she will engage with groups in the public service that are subject to early retirement rules but that remain subject to substantial pension contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32624/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the criteria changed in budget 2017 for the wage subsidy scheme for employers (details supplied). [30055/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will have their farm assist appeal decision issued; his views on whether the appeal is taking an excessive amount of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23691/17]
• 2017-04-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount provided under the capital plan for the information technology infrastructure across his Department; the amount spent to date; the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19290/17]
• 2017-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of EO vacancies in the Sligo social welfare office at present; the panels in place to fill these vacancies; and when these vacancies will be filled. [14662/17]
• 2017-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will, by virtue of the powers vested in him by the Comhairle Act 2000 and the Citizens Information Act 2007, direct the Citizens Information Board to suspend implementation of the proposed defunding of the national network of independent countywide and area-wide citizens information services pending the completion by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection of its ongoing review of that strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14668/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of old age pensioners whose weekly State pension payment is affected by his Department's practice of averaging contributions; his views on whether it is grossly unfair that some persons receive the full State pension with considerably less contributions than some persons that receive a reduced rate pension; the steps being taken to rectify this unfair anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11495/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the benefits of JobPath; the way in which JobPath operates; if he will provide a breakdown by county of successful participation leading to full-time employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8860/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that employment scheme sponsors, such as rural social schemes and community employment schemes, are no longer receiving recommendations from local social welfare offices for vacancies that arise on such schemes; the reason this is the case; his views on whether JobPath is obstructing such schemes from filling vacancies that arise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8861/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection to set out the eligibility criteria being used to fill vacancies on employment schemes such as rural social schemes and community employment schemes; his Department's short, medium and long-term plans for such schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8862/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the first-year cost in 2017 and the full-year cost in 2018 of measures announced in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5445/17]
• 2017-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within his Department at 1 Jan 2017; the expected change in that pay as a consequence of the provisions of the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2914/17]
• 2017-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of Assistant Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Assistant Secretary General within his Department at 1 January 2017; the expected change in that pay as a consequence of the provisions of the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2930/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason farmers who were in receipt of farm assist and who paid an annual self-employed stamp are not receiving the benefit of that stamp in their contributory pensions for the years 1999 to 2007; his plans to rectify this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41743/16]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline all funding announcements made by him or by his Department for projects in County Mayo since January 2015, in tabular form; the details of each project; the status of the project at 31 December 2016; the amount of funding drawn down at 31 December 2016; and the reason for the delay in the project or funding draw down. [1065/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the waiting period at 31 December 2014, 31 December 2015 and 31 December 2016 for social protection appeals, under each different payment heading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1197/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection his policy in relation to part-time retained firefighters and their eligibility for jobseeker's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1198/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider the anomaly that arises from the exclusion from the class S PRSI charge on self-employed to the farm assist scheme from 1999 to 2006 inclusive, which in turn has resulted in a small number of farmers not having the required number of PRSI contributions to establish entitlement to either a contributory or non-contributory pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1786/17]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the gender balances on each of the State boards under his remit. [40732/16]
• 2016-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the criteria for a Norwegian citizen to attain a PPS number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39297/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the provisions to be taken to ensure the successful roll out of the schools meals scheme as announced in budget 2017; if storage, waste and administrative costs have been factored into the funding announced in 2017; the way in which the scheme will be administered by the participating schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38472/16]
• 2016-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff from his Department currently seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Cervice per annum from 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36971/16]
• 2016-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff from his Department who have appealed against secondment per annum from 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form; the appeals mechanism involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36987/16]
• 2016-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff from his Department currently seconded to a firm in the private sector per annum from 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form; the details of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37003/16]
• 2016-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff from his Department currently seconded from a firm in the private sector per annum from 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form; the details of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37019/16]
• 2016-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of vacancies on boards or agencies within his Department's remit that currently exist; the number that have been filled since 8 May 2016; the number of these that were filled through the Public Appointments Service; the timeline for filling remaining vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36653/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the delegated responsibilities he has given to Ministers of State in his Department; when the order of delegated responsibility was signed; if he included his Ministers of State in direct discussions or meetings with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform as part of pre-budget discussions; if so, the dates of such meetings and the attendance at each meeting; if the Minister of State was not included, the reason this was the position, in view of the designated responsibilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31921/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in his Department; the amount spent on credit cards by his Department in 2014 and in 2015; the amount of bank interest paid on credit cards in 2014 and 2015; the controls in place to monitor the issuing of and the expenditure on these cards; the controls in place in each agency to monitor expenditure on personally held credit card bills that are subsequently used to recoup work-related expenses; if these controls are being reviewed in view of recent events in agencies funded by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24748/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of credit cards issued to staff working in each State agency funded by his Department, in tabular form; the number of cards per funded agency; the amount spent by credit card in 2014 and 2015 by each agency; the amount of bank interest paid on credit cards in 2014 and 2015; the controls in place to monitor the issuing of and the expenditure on these cards; the controls in place in each agency to monitor expenditure on personally held credit card bills that are subsequently used to recoup work related expenses; if these controls are being reviewed in view of recent events in agencies funded by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24763/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of credit cards issued to staff working in any third party agency funded by his Department, in tabular form; the number of cards per funded agency; the amount spent by credit card in 2014 and 2015 by each agency; the controls in place to monitor the issuing of and the expenditure on these cards; the controls in place in each agency to monitor expenditure on credit card bills that are subsequently used to recoup work related expense; if these controls are being reviewed in view of recent events in agencies funded by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24778/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the number of vacant positions; when each vacancy occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20690/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to review the abolition of income and child disregards for the farm assist scheme introduced by his predecessor; and his further plans to review the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20816/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of farm assist and the total amount paid in each county, in each of the years from 2012 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20817/16]
• 2016-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if adoptive mothers who gave up work under adoption rules and who subsequently had children of their own are entitled to claim credits for the period from the adoption to the birth of their own child (details supplied); if not, the reason; to examine the possibility of allowing these credits to be claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13851/16]
• 2016-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the stipulation in the tenant purchase scheme that a tenant must have a minimum income of €15,000 to be eligible to purchase and that social protection income can only count as a secondary source to get to the €15,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13448/16]
• 2016-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to expand the number of places available on employment schemes across the country (details supplied), in particular for existing participants and potential applicants over the age of 55; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13366/16]
• 2016-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if students availing of the back to education allowance are permitted to work during the summer period when not in college; if, by doing so, they will lose their entitlement to the allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11260/16]
• 2016-05-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding sources that exist for community services programme scheme sponsors to provide the areas of activity as outlined on page 10 of the operating manual for community services programme contract holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11018/16]
• 2016-05-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans for the future of a social protection office (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the present service will be retained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11117/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of the back to education allowance can work during the summer without it affecting the person's payment on returning to education in September 2016. [9491/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of companies that have been disqualified from the JobBridge scheme following investigations by his Department, the number of recipients who were participating in the scheme in companies that were subsequently disqualified, by year since the scheme was established, by employment sector, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9856/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number and percentage of participants in the JobBridge scheme who have secured paid employment within three, six, nine and 12 months of completing an internship, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9857/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have participated in the JobBridge national internship programme and the number who dropped out before completion, by county, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9858/16]
• 2016-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of staff, vacancies, and new staff appointed, by grade, and the number of clients, by social protection offices, from 2008 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8249/16]
• 2016-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of the roll-out of the Intreo service, since it commenced, by year, to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8250/16]
• 2016-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a social protection deciding officer must be appointed by the Minister to a specific role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8251/16]
• 2016-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amounts paid out for flooding to applicants from County Mayo in January and February 2016 and the number of applications still to be paid at the end of February 2016 under the humanitarian assistance scheme, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5369/16]
• 2016-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the financial support available to a family (details supplied) who have no house insurance and have suffered great financial loss after their house was flooded twice. [4295/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the projected increase in the yield from employer's pay related social insurance, further to the increase in the minimum wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3467/16]
• 2016-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has implemented all the steps outlined in the European Union Council Recommendation COM (2015) 462, final, on the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market; the status of implementing actions outlined in the recommendation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2493/16]
• 2016-01-20
  VOTE
  Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 82–32
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 81–34
• 2016-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to clarify the statement made by a Minister (details supplied) in Seanad Éireann regarding extra supports being made available to community services programme companies in connection with the increase in the minimum wage; how these supports can be accessed; how much of a budget has been allocated to these specific supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1038/16]
• 2016-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection how many persons in County Mayo have applied for assistance and how many have received assistance under her flooding hardship scheme since 4 December 2015; the total value of payments made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1039/16]
• 2016-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the discussions her Department has had with suppliers or service contractors to her Department or to agencies of her Department to ensure that employees of such suppliers and contractors are paid the living wage of €11.50 per hour; the cost of implementing this wage for these employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1378/16]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed by her Department or in agencies funded by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46412/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending social protection supports to the self-employed and permitting such persons to opt into the existing class A structure, paying the rate corresponding to their income level. [46422/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has examined a scheme that focuses on early-stage companies and rewards growth by offering exemptions from and reductions in employers' pay-related social insurance relative to the number of staff employed or the company's payroll bill, in 2016; the cost for the first additional employee taken on to be exempt from employers pay-related social insurance for a period of two years and for the next five employees, subject to a reduction of 50% on the first €50,000 of gross salary. [46423/15]
• 2015-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons participating in JobBridge schemes, by county, in each of the years 2011 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45525/15]
• 2015-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons participating in community employment schemes, by county, in each of the years 2011 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45526/15]
• 2015-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why additional funding has not been awarded to the sponsors of the community services programme to account for the increase in the minimum wage in 2016; if this will negatively impact on the ability of the sponsors to deliver on the programme's objectives; if she will re-examine the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43757/15]
• 2015-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of participants on the community services programme, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43758/15]
• 2015-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in relation to her Department's Estimates for 2008, if a sum of €3.75 million was accrued under provision of a review of community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42581/15]
• 2015-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she granted relativity with Civil Service grades to community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors; the grade they have been aligned with; and the benefits that have accrued to them as a consequence. [42582/15]
• 2015-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the impact increasing insurance costs are having on budgets of community employment schemes and their ability to deliver a service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42583/15]
• 2015-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [42806/15]
• 2015-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the current number of persons participating in the JobBridge scheme, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41469/15]
• 2015-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the current number of persons participating in community employment schemes, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41470/15]
• 2015-11-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications, successful applications and unsuccessful applications, respectively, for partial capacity benefit since its inception in February 2012; her plans to revert to the previous exemption arrangements for persons on illness benefit and-or invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40984/15]
• 2015-11-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to reverse the cuts experienced by recipients of illness benefit and invalidity pension in respect of training allowances; her views on whether these cuts are unjust, especially for persons in rural Ireland who cannot avail of public transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40985/15]
• 2015-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to locate a social protection office in the Lucan area of County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38554/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to alter the section of the Civil Registration Act 2004 dealing with the registration of births (details supplied); if she agrees that this situation is causing distress to such separated mothers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38117/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on a social welfare appeal by a person (details supplied). [37980/15]
• 2015-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the amount of employer's pay related social insurance collected by her Department in each year from 2011 to 30 June 2015, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34896/15]
• 2015-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the discussions she or her Department have had with suppliers or service contractors to her Department, or to agencies of her Department, to ensure that employees of such suppliers and contractors are paid the living wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34898/15]
• 2015-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the employment supports currently in place for persons with disabilities. [33147/15]
• 2015-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the way in which she will assist persons with disabilities to enter the workforce. [33146/15]
• 2015-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to direct community welfare officers to issue payments in relation to exceptional needs grants to assist with funeral costs directly to those who provided the relevant service to the bereaved family, for example an undertaker, the local authority and so on, rather than to the family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32512/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if any community employment schemes exist for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30437/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the budget for community employment schemes in County Mayo in order that additional places can be created for a charitable organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31501/15]