Pat the Cope Gallagher — Watch Them Work

2026-01-21

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Society of St. Vincent de Paul Social Protection

Engagement with Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development

2026-01-16

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ALONE Social Protection

Meeting request to members of Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection

2026-01-05

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Irish Senior Citizens Parliament Social Protection

Industrial Relations Bill

2025-09-20

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Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) Social Protection

Bereaved Partner’s Bill 2025

2025-09-17

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European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland Social Protection

Emails to Members of the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection, Community & Local Development requesting to put combatting poverty at the top of the committees agenda, with particular reference to income adequacy, accessible public services & measures targeted at the most disadvantaged groups

2025-09-16

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Care Alliance Ireland Social Protection

Sent Pre-Budget Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection. This Submission was invited by the Committee as part of the annual Pre-Budget process. We have registered this lobbying with each member of the Committee out of an abundance of caution.

2025-09-11

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Simon Communities of Ireland Social Protection

Appearance before Joint Committee on Social Protection

2025-09-08

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Asked Social

Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Social Protection if it can be ensured that those in receipt of disability allowance and attached benefits (details supplied) are not penalised if accepted onto the proposed Budget 2026 full rollout of the basic income for the arts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47260/25]

2025-08-22

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Polio Survivors Ireland Social Protection

Wrote to the Joint Committee on Social Protection

2019-12-03

PQ

Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the interdepartmental group review into the community employment, rural social scheme and Tús has been completed; if a copy of the report will be made available to this Deputy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50162/19]

2019-10-02

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Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of ongoing meetings with community employment scheme supervisors; her views on pension entitlements for supervisors of the schemes in view of the ongoing negotiations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39995/19]

2019-07-23

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Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provision made for those on part value Irish non-contributory pensions and a United Kingdom pension in view of the continual decline in the value of sterling against the euro; if provision has been made for additional entitlement to the Irish pension rate due to the lesser or declining value in the UK pension; her plans to roll out the additional entitlement to those affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31802/19]

2019-02-19

PQ

Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the further changes she plans to make to alleviate the difficulties part-time and seasonal workers have accessing social welfare payments once their seasonal and part-time work ceases; the issues which were highlighted to her in the report by her Department on the issue; if she will circulate a copy of same to those Members of Dáil Éireann who wish to receive same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7973/19]

2019-02-19

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Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the improvements proposed for seasonal and part-time workers since she received the report into the entitlements of these categories of workers compiled by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7972/19]

2018-10-23

PQ

Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made on the report into part-time and seasonal workers rights and entitlements to obtain jobseeker's benefit which she is in receipt of for some time; the aspects of the report which she plans to incorporate into the social welfare Bill which is due for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43693/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she has taken to address the regional imbalance resulting from the recent announcement of the Ability programme grants which ignored the northwest region and failed to provide funding north of a line from counties Galway to Roscommon to Dublin; and the progress she has made since this Deputy provided a submission on the matter of regional funding imbalances with an accompanying map highlighting the funding neglect of the north west area in early June 2018. [32827/18]

2018-07-24

PQ

Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a copy of the report compiled by her Department into seasonal and part-time workers' entitlements to social protection payments will be published in view of the commitment by her predecessor in November 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32734/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she has taken to address the regional imbalance in the recent funding announced under the Ability programme; her plans regarding funding for an organisation (details supplied) which was a joint application with other disability groups in County Donegal; the efforts being made to address the need for funding for disability groups in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32744/18]

2018-06-19

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Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proposals she will bring forward to solve the problems and issues surrounding seasonal and part-time workers' rights in seasonal employment in particular the fishing industry, farming and the hospitality sector; the timeframe in which she plans to deal with these issues in view of the fact that the current anomalies are causing considerable financial strain on many workers throughout the country; if proposals to address these issues in budget 2019 are being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26537/18]

2018-06-19

PQ

Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the report on seasonal and part-time workers' rights and entitlements to social welfare payments drafted by her Department; her plans in relation to the problems experienced by those workers in obtaining social welfare payments once their part-time work ceases; if she is drafting solutions based on the report on seasonal and part-time workers' entitlements for budget 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26536/18]

2018-04-24

PQ

Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of entitlements for seasonal and part-time workers (details supplied); the proposals from the review which she is considering in the context of the 2019 budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17958/18]

2018-04-24

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Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the review conducted by her Department of the rights and entitlements of seasonal and part-time workers committed to on 24 November 2016 will be provided. [17959/18]

2018-02-20

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Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons on JobPath cannot transfer to social employment or community employment schemes, such as community employment or rural social schemes, when such vacancies arise while they are on JobPath; the status of the review of the rights of persons that work seasonal and part-time in view of the report submitted to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8340/18]

2018-02-20

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Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of seasonal and part-time workers entitlements; her plans to improve the rights and entitlements of this group of persons; if she has examined the proposals within the commissioned review in its entirety; her views on whether outstanding issues affecting seasonal workers will be solved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8339/18]

2018-02-13

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Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to set out the number of persons on JobPath in County Donegal as of 1 February 2018; the number of persons who were on JobPath for the same date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6795/18]

2018-02-13

PQ

Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if recommendations contained in the report on part-time and seasonal workers' entitlements presented to her in 2017 have been decided on; when legacy issues which are adversely affecting this sector of employment will be addressed; her plans for dealing with the issues affecting these workers; the timeframe for implementing the necessary changes to help this sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6796/18]

2018-02-13

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Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons on JobPath cannot transfer to either community employment schemes or rural social schemes in rural areas, even in cases in which there is a clear willingness to work on such schemes on the part of the JobPath participants (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6969/18]

2018-01-17

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Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to solve the problems and issues surrounding seasonal and part time workers' rights in seasonal employment, in particular the fishing, farming and the hospitality sectors; the timeframe to deal with these issues in view of the fact that these anomalies are causing financial strain on many persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2017/18]

2018-01-17

PQ

Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the report into seasonal and part time workers' rights and entitlements to social welfare payments drafted by her Department; her plans regarding the problems experienced by those persons in obtaining social welfare payments once their part time work ceases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2016/18]

2017-11-29

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Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the social welfare entitlements of seasonal and part time workers (details supplied); the steps she has taken to deal with this matter thus far in her department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50387/17]

2017-11-29

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Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of entitlements for seasonal and part-time workers as committed to by the former Minister for Social Protection on 24 of November 2016 on Committee Stage of the Social Welfare Bill 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50386/17]

2017-10-17

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Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of participants on the rural social scheme and community employment scheme in County Donegal on either a municipal area or employment exchange area basis, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43526/17]

2017-10-03

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Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of the additional 500 rural social scheme posts announced in budget 2017 by the former Minister for Social Protection which have been filled to date; the number that remain unfilled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41868/17]

2017-09-26

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Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for reintroducing the bereavement grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40597/17]

2017-09-21

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Asked Employment

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to solve the problems facing part-time and seasonal workers in trying to access social protection payments; her further plans to deal with the constraints surrounding the requirement to make 13 work contributions within the last 78 days of an existing claim, the income level of the subsidiary income threshold which mitigate against seasonal and part time workers’ rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40070/17]

2017-06-27

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Asked Social

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the considerable time delays in approving domiciliary care allowance applications; her plans to improve the timeframe for processing applications in view of 18-week delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30122/17]

2017-06-20

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Asked Social

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to honour the commitment given by her predecessor concerning the review of part-time and seasonal workers' entitlements to social protection payments in view of the delay in issuing the report which was due in March or April 2017 but has yet to be published; when same will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29065/17]

2017-03-28

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Asked Social

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider allowing mortgage payments as an income disregard when assessing means for eligibility for farm assist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15362/17]

2017-03-28

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Asked Social

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the review of part-time and seasonal workers entitlements to jobseeker's benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15363/17]

2017-01-31

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Asked Social

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Social Protection further to his commitment to review the issues and concerns for seasonal and part-time workers and their entitlement to jobseeker's benefit, the progress to date and the further steps he plans to take in order to solve the ongoing problems for these workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4580/17]

2016-10-05

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Asked Social

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to increase the number of participants and positions available on the rural social scheme from the present number of 2,600; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28902/16]

2016-07-05

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Asked Social

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps he will take to compensate social protection recipients who receive sterling payments with top-up payments from his Department in view of the decline in sterling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19684/16]

2016-06-28

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Asked Social

Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Social Protection why he continues to correspond with persons in receipt of social welfare payments requesting them to consider opting for payment by electronic fund transfer despite the fact these same persons have indicated they want to continue using the post office; if he is aware of the importance of these transactions to the post office network; why he is continuing with this policy while a Government backed process is under way to secure and develop the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18230/16]