Peadar Tóibín

Aontú · Meath West

Activity on Social Protection — 331 events (6 lobbying · 325 questions · 0 votes) full profile →

• 2026-03-18
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of carbon that will be emitted on all transport and related actions undertaken by him and all members of his staff during their St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026. [20615/26]
• 2026-03-18
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of carbon that will be emitted on all transport and related actions undertaken by all Junior Ministers in his Department and their members of staff during their St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026. [20633/26]
• 2026-03-18
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has paid to offset any of the carbon emitted due to St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026; and the amount paid. [20652/26]
• 2026-03-18
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of carbon that has been emitted by transport used by him, the Junior Ministers in his Department, and their staff for each of the past five years; if he has paid to offset any of the carbon emitted because of transport; and the amount paid in each year. [20670/26]
• 2026-02-12
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total spending on the hot school meals programme in each of the past ten years; the percentage of food provided through the programme that is not of Irish origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11215/26]
• 2026-02-12
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is a canteen in his Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or provided in that canteen is of Irish origin. [11189/26]
• 2026-02-04
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  Asked Climate

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 44 of 7 October 2025, the reason the deserted wives social protection payment recipients are excluded from the SEAI scheme given they are on similar means to single parent and also pension recipients and should be able to avail of the warmer homes scheme. [7741/26]
• 2026-01-28
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of fraud cases with social protection payments detected in each of the past five years. [6636/26]
• 2026-01-28
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of cases in which a person has fraudulently claimed carer's allowance for another person who was unaware of the claim made in their name; the checks which are made with the GP who signed the form, that they are the persons own GP. [6637/26]
• 2026-01-28
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the mechanisms in place to ensure that recipients of social welfare are still residing here full-time. [6638/26]
• 2026-01-28
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection to publish the operational guidelines for the auto-enrolment scheme. [6655/26]
• 2026-01-28
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection given the AE scheme was already in payment for many persons, to confirm the basics of the scheme (details supplied). [6656/26]
• 2026-01-28
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection whether a gender impact assessment was undertaken of the auto-enrolment savings scheme; if so, to provide the findings of the study. [6657/26]
• 2026-01-28
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department is in charge of the actual pension funds and investments regarding the auto-enrolment savings scheme. [6658/26]
• 2026-01-28
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if there will be an Ethics Committee within the auto-enrolment savings scheme to ensure that there are no investments made by the National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority, the investment management providers or any third party investment fund providers that go against the core values of Ireland (details supplied). [6659/26]
• 2026-01-28
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider the Bruegel paper conclusion warning against using State pensions and saving funds as surety to further political and economics projects, to confirm that the first duty of the National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority and the pensions funds is to protect and grow peoples savings. [6662/26]
• 2026-01-28
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason there has been such a delay in publishing the guidelines of the auto-enrolment scheme given this scheme was rolled out to many persons in the past weeks. [6663/26]
• 2026-01-28
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the exact number of people enrolled in the auto-enrolment scheme. [6664/26]
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Rehab Group Social Protection

  • Response to provisions for Wage Subsidy Scheme in Budget 2026
• 2026-01-21
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if he or any of his officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for his Department, or to issue responses to parliamentary questions, since he took office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4601/26]
• 2026-01-21
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has a paid subscription with a social media company (details supplied). [4619/26]
• 2026-01-20
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection in relation to regulations he signed on 23 December to exempt employees from auto-enrolment who are members of occupational pension schemes that are funded by their employers outside of payroll contributions, if he will outline which staff from which sectors this concerns; or if he will provide a sample of professions and sectors which have been effected by this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3767/26]
• 2026-01-17
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Social Protection

  • Farm Assist Scheme Reform
• 2026-01-16
  LOBBY
  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
• 2026-01-15
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider increasing the capital means threshold for women over 70 years entitled to a non-contributary pension who had previously been entitled to a full pension as part of the deserted wives' payment. [2991/26]
• 2025-12-09
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection in relation to pension auto-enrolment, the reason employees are being automatically enrolled before the public has full clarity on fees, risks, oversight, and long-term rules. [69723/25]
• 2025-12-09
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection in relation to pension auto-enrolment, how workers can permanently opt out. [69724/25]
• 2025-12-09
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection in relation to pension auto-enrolment, the guarantees in place that contribution rates will not rise again. [69725/25]
• 2025-12-09
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection in relation to pension auto-enrolment, the reason employers are being threatened with fines and prosecution before full guidance is published. [69726/25]
• 2025-12-09
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection in relation to pension auto-enrolment, the rationale as to why employees must accept a set contribution rate and a Government-assigned fund manager. [69727/25]
• 2025-12-09
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection in relation to pension auto-enrolment, the rationale as to why savings remain in the fund even if someone opts out, stops contributing, or moves abroad. [69728/25]
• 2025-12-09
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on a matter (details supplied). [70205/25]
• 2025-11-13
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have been refused the disability allowance in each of the past ten years; the numbers of whom were successful in their appeal against the refusal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61981/25]
• 2025-11-13
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who were initially refused the humanitarian assistance payment in response to storm Éowyn but were subsequently granted payment following appeal of his Department’s decision. [61982/25]
• 2025-11-12
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection whether there was a commitment given to citizens who were on invalidity pensions or other welfare payments that they could go back to work during the Covid crisis and retain their payments. [60982/25]
• 2025-10-21
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps he is taking to highlight the need for self-employed persons to pay their own PRSI (details supplied). [57345/25]
• 2025-10-14
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to be released by his Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55169/25]
• 2025-09-25
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of former An Post employees whose initial applications for pensions were refused in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51086/25]
• 2025-09-25
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the classification of employees of State and semi-State bodies (details supplied). [39838/25]
• 2025-09-25
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who qualified for the carer’s allowance, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025; and the number of persons who applied for carer’s allowance but were refused in each of those years. [49655/25]
• 2025-09-25
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who applied for job seekers allowance or job seekers benefit who listed their previous employment as agriculture, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [49654/25]
• 2025-09-25
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of delays being experienced by former An Post employees in their applications for pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51087/25]
• 2025-09-24
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection his Department’s processes in terms of purchasing Irish produce for schools under the national procurement thresholds; and to outline the economic value of Irish beef purchased by schools through his Department in the past five years. [50621/25]
• 2025-09-23
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the time it takes to reactivate the PPS numbers for returning Irish emigrants, compared with the timescale involved in creating PPS numbers for the first time. [50294/25]
• 2025-07-29
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 629 of 17 July 2025, the reason he issued a hard copy response to the representation to this Deputy rather than to the individual who made the representation; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no hard copy has been received by this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41035/25]
• 2025-07-29
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money paid to fraudulent applicants by his Department, in each of the past ten years; and the amount which has been recouped by his Department in each of those years. [41147/25]
• 2025-07-29
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who applied for job seeker's allowance or job seeker's benefit who listed their previous employment as farming in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41148/25]
• 2025-07-29
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the social welfare payments available without habitual residence as a stipulation. [41489/25]
• 2025-07-29
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 16 July 2025, if he will intervene in relation to the matter; if he will instruct all State and semi-State bodies to investigate whether any of their workers have been affected by these issues; and if he will address these workers issues given this is denying the rights and privileges they were given by the article in question. [42325/25]
• 2025-07-16
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals currently with the scope section of the Department; and the number of these appeals that have run over one year. [39778/25]
• 2025-07-16
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals with the scope section of the Department with regard to State and semi-State body pensions; the average time they are ongoing; and the longest ongoing appeal. [39779/25]
• 2025-07-16
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals currently with the scope section of the Department with regards to a dispute over the modified rate of insurance governed by either paragraph 81, 82, 83 or 84 of S.I No. 312 of 1996, Social Welfare (Consolidated Contributions and Insurability) Regulations, 1996. [39780/25]
• 2025-07-15
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection when a response will issue to an email (details supplied) sent to his Department. [38965/25]
• 2025-06-24
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department is responsible for the Gender Recognition Act 2015. [33609/25]
• 2025-06-24
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures her Department has put in place to ensure that school leaders and boards of management are not required to undertake significant administrative responsibilities, such as the establishment of school meal programmes during the summer break; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33841/25]
• 2025-06-24
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason no formal communication has been issued from the Department acknowledging the impracticality of introducing new initiatives, such as school meals in September, without proper support or timelines; if she will clarify her expectations for implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33843/25]
• 2025-06-24
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34099/25]
• 2025-06-19
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people who have had the carer’s allowance removed from them in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32429/25]
• 2025-06-19
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons in receipt of the carers allowance at year end for each of the past ten years; and the current total number in receipt of the allowance. [32430/25]
• 2025-06-19
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on an application for disablement benefit made in October 2023; if he will outline the reason the decision has taken so long and engage with Tusla on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33339/25]
• 2025-06-10
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if the regional citizen information companies are subject to FOI, the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Public Accounts Committee. [29773/25]
• 2025-05-13
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection to state who was awarded the contract to provide the auto-enrolment pension system; the amount the contract was for; when the contract starts; and if the auto-enrolment system is postponed, the payments, if any, that will be made to the service provider during the postponed timeframe. [23273/25]
• 2025-05-01
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have appealed the Department's decision to refuse them the humanitarian assistance payment in light of Storm Éowyn; the number of these appeals which have been successful; if his attention has been drawn to any cases where there were two applicants with identical applications and circumstances but one was refused assistance while the other was granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20966/25]
• 2025-05-01
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has plans to alter, abolish or change the means test on the carer's allowance; and if so, the date upon which these changes will come into effect. [20967/25]
• 2025-04-29
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined. [20319/25]
• 2025-04-08
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17062/25]
• 2025-04-08
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if a parent is entitled to a carer's respite grant if their child has turned 16 years-of-age and has moved from the domiciliary care allowance to the disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17407/25]
• 2025-04-08
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection when it is proposed to increase the means threshold for carer's allowance; the amount it will increase by; and the date on which the changes will come into effect. [17408/25]
• 2025-04-08
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17415/25]
• 2025-03-26
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has paid for the repair of any vehicles owned by asylum seekers or Ukrainian migrants; and if so, the total amount spent on this expenditure for each of the last five years. [14357/25]
• 2025-03-20
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of PPS numbers that are still active in Ireland for people who have received deportation orders. [12973/25]
• 2025-03-20
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount in social welfare payments that have been paid out to people who have received deportation orders in each of the past five years. [12974/25]
• 2025-03-20
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) who has a shortfall on their PRSI contributions will be examined; if there are schemes they should have been entered into as a result of their circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13108/25]
• 2025-03-19
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to provide an additional, second rate of means-tested child benefit to the households containing the 90,000 children living in consistent poverty; and if he will consider the introduction of such a payment. [11887/25]
• 2025-03-19
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to deliver child benefit to mothers from the tenth week of pregnancy; and if he will consider the introduction of such a payment to help mothers with the cost of preparing for the arrival of children. [11888/25]
• 2025-03-19
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for the humanitarian assistance scheme received by his Department in 2025 and for each of the past five years; the total number of successful applications and unsuccessful applications this year and for each of the past five years; and the total amount distributed under the scheme in 2025 and for each of the past five years. [12274/25]
• 2025-03-04
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason his Department is seeking to cut the rate of carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9332/25]
• 2025-02-27
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid out in fraudulent pandemic unemployment payment payments since the start of the Covid pandemic. [7722/25]
• 2025-02-27
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who applied for the various humanitarian assistance schemes introduced after the recent storm; the number who were successful in their application; the number who were unsuccessful; and the amount paid out under the humanitarian assistance schemes. [7723/25]
• 2025-02-27
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total cost for each of the past ten years for the weekly social welfare payment given to international protection applicants; and the total cost of the additional needs payment claimed by international protection applicants for each of the past ten years. [8659/25]
• 2025-02-27
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of non-nationals that have claimed jobseeker's allowance for each of the past ten years; the total cost to the State of jobseeker's claims by non-nationals for each of the past ten years; and the proportion of all jobseeker's allowance claimed by non-nationals for each of the past ten years. [8660/25]
• 2025-02-20
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to allocate credits towards a State pension (non-contributory) for carers. [6937/25]
• 2025-02-18
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal of a pension decision (details supplied) can be examined to see if the matter could be resolved. [6141/25]
• 2025-02-12
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine the case of an appeal by a person (details supplied), which has run beyond the normal guideline times for appeals. [4929/25]
• 2025-02-12
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine the case of queries on the PRSI rates paid by An Post workers (details supplied). [4930/25]
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Red Cross Social Protection

  • Communications in relation to the Accommodation Recognition Payment (ARP) Programme
• 2025-01-16
  LOBBY
  European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland Social Protection

  • EAPN Ireland General Election Manifesto
• 2025-01-07
  LOBBY
  Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed Social Protection

  • To call on the Political Party leaders to support reform and investment in public services, particularly to support those marginalised and struggling to meet the cost of living; support the provision of good jobs, alongside education, training, guidance and a supportive social welfare system; to promote social cohesion and access to employment for those furthest from the labour market; future-proof Ireland’s capacity to respond to emerging global challenges.
• 2024-10-22
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of vacant properties owned by her Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43151/24]
• 2024-10-16
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of legal cases taken against her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred by her Department in relation to such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41723/24]
• 2024-10-16
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of data breaches experienced by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown will be provided on the nature of the breaches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41741/24]
• 2024-10-16
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total costs associated for her Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2024. [41759/24]
• 2024-10-16
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on public relations in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41777/24]
• 2024-10-16
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41796/24]
• 2024-10-16
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41814/24]
• 2024-10-16
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance who stated that their previous employment was in agriculture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41861/24]
• 2024-10-16
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amount paid out by her Department in pandemic unemployment overpayments as a result of fraudulent applications. [41862/24]
• 2024-09-24
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has undertaken any assessment on the merits of ending the means test on the carer’s allowance. [37630/24]
• 2024-09-24
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of fraudulent claims of payments through her Department, by payment type, of those residing in the State and those residing outside the State, by county, in each of the past ten years; the number of fraudulent claims, by payment type, currently under investigation, of those residing in the State and those residing outside the State, by country; the cost to the State of all fraudulent claims and legal investigation costs for the same time period, per year, of those residing in the State and those residing outside the State, by country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37631/24]
• 2024-09-09
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of flights she has taken to or from Shannon Airport, Cork Airport and Knock Airport since assuming office. [34764/24]
• 2024-07-23
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for aid that have been received by the State for aid in east Cork since the flooding on 18 October 2023; and the amount of money paid out to date in aid to the residents of east Cork since the flooding. [31150/24]
• 2024-07-23
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who applied for jobseeker’s allowance or jobseeker’s benefit, and who identified themselves as former farmers, in each of the past ten years. [31151/24]
• 2024-07-09
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  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or responses to Parliamentary Questions. [29286/24]
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by her Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years. [29304/24]
• 2024-05-14
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection for a breakdown, by county, of the number of times persons in receipt of carer's allowance had their allowance stopped in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21678/24]
• 2024-05-14
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection for a breakdown, by county, of the number of times persons who were initially refused disability allowance were successful on appealing the decision in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21679/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of times persons living in County Galway in receipt of carer’s allowance had their allowance stopped, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [20546/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Galway, who, having been refused the disability allowance, were successful in their appeals of her Department’s decision to refuse, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [20547/24]
• 2024-04-30
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the current number of applications for the long-term carer contributions scheme; the number of successful and unsuccessful applications since the commencement of the scheme; and the current waiting time for applications to be assessed, in tabular form. [19428/24]
• 2024-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who, having been refused the disability allowance, were successful in their appeals of her Department’s decision to refuse in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [17667/24]
• 2024-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of times an individual in receipt of carer’s allowance had their allowance stopped, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; and to provide a sample of reasons that carer’s allowance may be withdrawn from carers. [17668/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on travel and accommodation costs associated with Ministerial visits abroad to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13813/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of properties either owned or leased by her Department, which are currently vacant; the length of time the properties have been vacant for; and the location of the properties, in tabular form. [13831/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the criteria of the one parent family payment to include the entire duration of an undergraduate course in circumstances where a child is still in full time education beyond the age of 22 years such as undergraduate medicine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15341/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if former members of the Catholic clergy are entitled to a contributory pension if their bishops did not sign them up on the scheme. [11232/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection how many employee applications for clarification on PRSI and pension class have been made to scope section; how many are awaiting a decision; and how many decisions have been held due to An Post withholding service histories. [4990/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of times she embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days she abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by her Department in relation to each trip, in tabular form. [5249/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5356/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the name of the agencies, consultants and companies involved in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5374/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5392/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [5410/24]
• 2024-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of fraudulent claims of payments through her Department, by payment type of those residing in the State and those residing outside the State, by county in each of the past ten years; the number of fraudulent claims, by payment type currently under investigation of those residing in the State, and those residing outside the State, by country; the cost to the State of all fraudulent claims and legal investigation costs for the same time period, per year of those residing in the State and those residing outside the State, by country, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3771/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection how many applications for aid have been received by the State for aid in east Cork since the flooding on 18 October 2023; and how much money has been paid out to date in aid to the residents of east Cork since the flooding. [2004/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who applied for job seekers allowance/job seekers benefit, who identified themselves as former farmers in each of the past ten years. [1544/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who, having been refused the disability allowance, were successful in their appeals of her Department’s decision to refuse in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1797/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who were refused the disability allowance, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1798/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who, having been refused the carer’s allowance, were successful in their appeals of her Department’s decision to refuse in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1799/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who were refused the carer’s allowance, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1800/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who, having been refused the domiciliary care allowance, were successful in their appeals of the Department’s decision to refuse in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1801/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who were refused the domiciliary care allowance, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1802/24]
• 2023-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the fuel allowance in each of the past ten years, 2023 inclusive. [53694/23]
• 2023-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the disability allowance in each of the past ten years, 2023 inclusive. [53695/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a decision on their application for disability allowance. [52180/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection whether a person who applied for disability allowance before Christmas, but will not receive a decision until after Christmas, will be entitled to back payments to the date of application; and whether these back payments will also include the Christmas bonuses, lump sums and fuel allowance entitlements which accompany the disability allowance. [52181/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection when a response will be issued by her Department to this Deputy in relation to a query regarding a household benefit claim (details supplied). [52207/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the name of each company contracted to provide the hot school meals programme, in tabular form; the total cost and duration of each contract; the numbers of schools and students in each county availing of the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48218/23]
• 2023-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite a case on behalf of a person (details supplied), given the length of time the original application is on the system. [46861/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the carer’s allowance; and the number who were in receipt of the allowance in each of the past ten years. [46376/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the disability allowance; and the number who were in receipt of the allowance in each of the past ten years. [46375/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [44814/23]
• 2023-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine a case with regard to an application for a carer’s support grant (details supplied). [45888/23]
• 2023-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of legal cases taken against her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023; and the costs associated with same in each of those years. [45404/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection , further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 3 October, if she will provide detail on the nature of the data breaches suffered by her Department; the severity of the breaches; if all individuals whose information was compromised were notified of the breach; if the Data Protection Commission was notified of all data breaches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45343/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of data breaches experienced by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42373/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of fraudulent claims of payments through her Department, by payment type of those residing in the State and those residing outside the State, by county in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the number of fraudulent claims, by payment type currently under investigation of those residing in the State, and those residing outside the State, by country; and the cost to the State of all fraudulent claims and legal investigation costs for the same time period, per year of those residing in the State and those residing outside the State, by country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39640/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by her Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to her that have yet to be released by her Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40378/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if there could be consideration for a fuel allowance to be paid to polio survivors (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37752/23]
• 2023-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amounts paid out in jobseeker’s allowance and jobseeker's benefit in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [32133/23]
• 2023-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection what social welfare packages can be made available to people who lost their jobs in Tara Mines, County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32134/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of individuals receiving the supplementary welfare allowance in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [27394/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid out in supplementary welfare allowance in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [27395/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of domiciliary care allowance applications; the number of refusals on first application; the number of appeals; the number of requests for review; the number of successful and unsuccessful appeals and reviews respectively, for each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27617/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection when a reply will issue from her Department to an email received on 31 May from a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28372/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of medical assessors assigned to examining applications for domiciliary care allowance and the number of medical assessors assigned to examine DCA appeals, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if separate medical assessors are assigned to both the application and appeals process. [28391/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of deciding officers in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and the number of appeals officers assigned to assessing both applications and appeals, respectively for domiciliary care allowance. [28392/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the public in audio, text and electronic form being inadvertently exposed to unauthorised third parties within the remote setting; if she can provide a copy of the remote working best practice guidelines for civil and public service workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28641/23]
• 2023-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps being made to address the issue of foster carers having no access to PRSI contributions being paid while fostering a child (details supplied). [20426/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of Departmental staff currently on sick or stress leave; and the number who took stress or sick leave in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17786/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of allegations of bullying made by departmental staff against departmental staff in each of the past five years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will detail what actions are being taken by her Department to investigate the allegations, or if they are being investigated. [17804/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of Departmental staff dismissed in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17822/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reopen a full-time social protection office in Castlepollard, County Meath. [15407/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of individuals who availed of the winter fuel allowance payment in each of the past five years and to date in 2023. [15130/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection what measures her Department is putting in place to help those affected by the ending of the eviction ban. [15132/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on her recent visit to London. [15131/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the current average waiting time and longest waiting time for social welfare claims, and separately, for claim appeals; and the steps her Department is taking to reduce the backlog of appeals of social welfare claims and the waiting times. [15408/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from her Department since 2016. [14731/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with her recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at her Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying her, and the duration of the trip, in tabular form. [14749/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of times funding was moved across budget lines within his Department in a process known as virement; the name and purpose of the fund the money was taken from; the name and purpose of the fund the money was transferred to; the dates upon which he approved of such transfers, since he took office; if the Department of Public Expenditure was consulted prior to the transfer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12276/23]
• 2023-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection when the review of the part-time substitute service in Castlepollard will be finished and available for the public to read; and if she has carried out any research into the reduction of footfall in shops in Castlepollard since the part-time closure. [5801/23]
• 2023-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reopen a full-time social welfare office in Castlepollard, County Westmeath. [5800/23]
• 2023-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if she will provide details in relation to this spending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4859/23]
• 2023-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to any instances where the public relations unit and or press office of her Department undertook to create social media accounts under false names, which were operated in order to further the messaging or communications of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4877/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of women who have been cut off the State pension (non-contributory) and QA contributory pensions in each of the past ten years (details supplied). [4259/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applications for disability allowance; the total number of successful first-time applications; the total number of appeals; the total number of successful and unsuccessful appeals; the total number of requests for a review and the number of successful and unsuccessful reviews in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2128/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide clarification under the criteria for disability allowance of the term "substantially" restricted due to one’s disability from doing work under the criteria for disability allowance; the way the criteria for being "substantially" restricted are determined when assessing an application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2129/23]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons who applied for the carer's allowance in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [58970/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of times that the fuel allowance has increased since she took office. [58969/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated total amount in euro that was allegedly taken in fraudulent or suspected fraudulent pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, claims and payments. [58955/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has conducted any investigations into alleged fraud in relation to the PUP; and if so, if she will share the details of such fraud. [58956/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of fraudulent PUP made to persons which have been recouped by the State; her views on a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58957/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider the social welfare cost-of-living bonus for persons on illness benefit long-term, given that many recipients are on this payment for over six months and who are also struggling with the cost-of-living; and if these persons will be considered for the bonus payment also. [58067/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if the €500 disability support grant will be accessible to a person who has recently signed up to a course and is paid through bodies like Louth and Meath Education and Training Board; and if she will consider these people when making the payments. [51568/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the processing time and backlog in terms of the number of applications for new invalidity pension claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51148/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the processing time and current backlog in terms of the number of appeals for invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51149/22]
• 2022-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that the community welfare service remains in Trim and Kells, County Meath to maintain face-to-face appointments; the reason that her Department insists on implementing a policy of removing such services from regional and rural towns despite local opposition from the public in such circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50187/22]
• 2022-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the current number of claims for guardian’s payment; the reason that this payment was excluded from the Budget 2023 social welfare increase; if the situation will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48774/22]
• 2022-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of farmers or agricultural workers who have sought jobseeker's allowance, jobseeker's benefit or family income support in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [47786/22]
• 2022-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason that illness benefit is not included in the SUSI special rate award of eligible Department of Social Protection payments in circumstances where the payment is claimed over a longer period; his plans, if any, to review the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46895/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total budget allocated to the additional needs payment; if she will provide a breakdown of the total amount of the budget allocated from the scheme for assistance with costs of home heating oil, electricity, gas, petrol and diesel to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42304/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims in the education sector for short-term jobseeker’s payments from substitute teachers and all non-permanent education employees in each of the past five years to date for school summer holiday periods; the average length of time for processing the claims; if her attention has been drawn to the fact there is a backlog; the reason for the delay in processing claims; if she will review the way in which claims are processed to ensure that payments are issued in a timely manner in the future to reduce the backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42888/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [39962/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; and if so, the cost; and the name of the agencies, consultants and companies involved in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [39980/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of legal cases brought against her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39998/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [40016/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [40034/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of times that she embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days that she spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by her Department in relation to each trip in tabular form. [40052/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps that have been taken by her Department to assist parents of school children with the costs associated with children returning to school in September. [38777/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of times that the fuel allowance has been increased since her Department was established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38778/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has made any changes to the family income supplement scheme since she took office. [34033/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of times that the fuel allowance has been increased or decreased in each of the past ten years. [34034/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons employed by her Department; the number who currently work remotely; and the estimated number of persons in her Department who ordinarily worked from home prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. [33982/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of her Department’s engagement with the Spanish pensions office to obtain information regarding the work and pension contributions history in Spain of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who is having difficulties in gaining a response from the Spanish pensions office. [28943/22]
• 2022-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the issue of the terms and conditions of applying for jobseeker's benefit online, which do not include the circumstances in which applicants who are still in employment but are making an application due to reduced hours of employment must declare that they are unemployed; if she will ensure that the terms and conditions will be adjusted in order that applicants who are on reduced hours of employment are not legally compromised by agreeing to such terms and conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26644/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for the social welfare office in a location (details supplied) being reopened fully; and if she will meet with the relevant stakeholders. [25743/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of investigations, internal or external, commissioned by her Department into instances in which Departmental documents or information was leaked to the media, which were commissioned or conducted in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022; the nature of such leaks and investigations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26345/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by her Department to deal with public relations; the names of firms involved; and the total amount spent on public relations by her Department. [23231/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1034 of 26 April 2022, if he plans to conduct across-Departmental budgetary analysis with the Department of Social Protection in relation to the maximum amount by which the household income earnings threshold for carer’s allowance could be raised which would be still be more cost effective to the State in many instances than a HSE-funded homecare package and would help address the shortage of homecare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22072/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to extend the fuel allowance beyond 8 April 2022 in the event of weather conditions in which there is a need for the payment. [19893/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to allow the means test assessment for carer’s allowance to be assessed on household net income; and if she has carried out a budgetary analysis of the maximum amount by which the household income earnings threshold for carer’s allowance could be raised which would be more cost effective to the State than a HSE-funded homecare package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20211/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that the social welfare office in Castlepollard, County Meath has been closed; the person who made the decision to close the office; when the decision was made; the way that the decision was made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20451/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will meet with elected representatives from County Meath regarding the closure of the social welfare office in Castlepollard. [20452/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will meet with a group (details supplied) regarding the closure of the social welfare office in Castlepollard. [20453/22]
• 2022-03-30
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the long-term future plans for an Intreo centre and social welfare office (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17100/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of application claims for illness benefit nationally; the length of time for processing applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16401/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of application claims for illness benefit in County Meath; the length of time for processing applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16402/22]
• 2022-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons enrolled in the activation and family support programme; and the amount of funding allocated to the scheme for 2022. [15140/22]
• 2022-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent on child benefit since 2017 by year ; the number of recipients of child benefit since 2017 by year; and the effect means testing child benefit would have on the amount allocated to child benefit and the number in receipt of child benefit in tabular form. [15141/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools participating in the schools meals scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and the total amount of funding made available for the scheme per year. [15139/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the salaries and pensions paid out to special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State in her Department in 2020 and 2021, broken down by Minister in tabular form. [11393/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of commissions of investigation under the remit of her Department currently ongoing in the State; the cost of each commission to date; and the projected costs of each in tabular form. [12559/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the services and licences whereby a citizen must have a Government services card. [14070/22]
• 2022-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff currently employed by her Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons respectively, employed by her Department; and the various pay scales for persons working in her Department. [12483/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the remaining service within a service (details supplied) given the tendering process under way for the new local area employment service, which is to replace the existing services provided by the local employment service and job clubs; if her Department still plans to publish a tender for this service; and, if so, the timeframe for the tender. [10099/22]
• 2021-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of the pandemic unemployment payment, since its introduction and until its projected cessation. [57982/21]
• 2021-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amount spent by her Department on advertisements, including traditional forms of advertisement and online advertising, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021. [54915/21]
• 2021-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid out in pandemic unemployment payments in each month since the start of the pandemic. [54935/21]
• 2021-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid out in jobseeker’s allowance in each month since the start of the pandemic. [54936/21]
• 2021-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of instances of fraud in relation to the pandemic unemployment payment identified by her or her Department to date; the nature of the incidents; and the estimated cost to the State of said fraud in each incident. [54937/21]
• 2021-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the fact that proof of unemployment was not required as part of the application for receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; if she regrets same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54938/21]
• 2021-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has evidence or statistics which suggest that persons who were in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance prior to the pandemic applied successfully for the pandemic unemployment payment once the pandemic started; if so, the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54939/21]
• 2021-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of pandemic unemployment payments which were made to persons resident outside of the State. [54940/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason community employment schemes are being closed down (details supplied); if this policy will be reversed; and if social welfare offices will be allowed to refer to persons to community employment schemes. [52002/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has plans to allow for the option of domiciliary care allowance to be extended to children under 18 years of age in line with the rules for child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50659/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated amount spent by her Department on the procurement, purchase and rent of new office space; and the amount spent on the procurement, purchase and rent of office equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021. [51111/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of offices currently being rented or in ownership of her Department that are not in use by the Department. [51128/21]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the provision that her Department made for redundancy payments accruing from postponed redundancies from 2020 and to date in 2021; and the estimated number of persons that will apply for this facility. [49418/21]
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if the fuel allowance will be extended to those in receipt of illness benefit experiencing fuel poverty who are unable to work due to illness or ongoing medical treatment. [48187/21]
• 2021-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of domiciliary care allowance applications that have been made for phenylketonuria; and the number of applications that have been rejected in each of the past five years. [44284/21]
• 2021-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for domiciliary care allowance in each of the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by county. [37333/21]
• 2021-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of refusals for domiciliary care allowance in each of the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by county. [37334/21]
• 2021-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of refusals for domiciliary care allowance for children with autistic spectrum disorder in each of the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by county. [37335/21]
• 2021-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of domiciliary care applications refused on first application in each year since 2017, by county. [37336/21]
• 2021-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of domiciliary care applicants who were successful in their applications when their initial refusal was reviewed in each of the years since 2017, by county. [37337/21]
• 2021-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage and number of successful domiciliary care applications who were successful after an oral review in each of the years since 2017, by county. [37338/21]
• 2021-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of legal cases brought against her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021; and if he will provide details on the nature of these cases. [37817/21]
• 2021-07-01
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has met with or engaged with employers in particular with small business owners who are experiencing difficulties with staff recruitment allegedly due to the fact that persons are reluctant to come off the pandemic unemployment payment. [34501/21]
• 2021-07-01
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason no proof of unemployment was required when persons were applying for the pandemic unemployment payment; and the number of instances of fraud or attempted fraud in relation to the payment that were reported to her Department. [34500/21]
• 2021-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the nature of the data breaches experienced by her Department since 2018. [29315/21]
• 2021-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of protected disclosures made to her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [29641/21]
• 2021-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the investment made by her Department and State agencies under its remit in each year in cyber security for the past ten years. [28850/21]
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; and the monthly breakdown of spending on the payment since the start of the pandemic. [26146/21]
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of a carer’s allowance payment; and the breakdown of the number in each of the past five years. [26147/21]
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools participating in the school meals scheme in each year between 2010 and 2020; and the amount of funding made available for the scheme per year between 2010 and 2020. [26027/21]
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons enrolled in the activation and family support programme; and the amount of funding allocated to the scheme per annum. [26028/21]
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of data breaches suffered by her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26106/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons employed by her Department; and the collective total salary received by employees of her Department. [24460/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she or her Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by her Department to deal with public relations; the names of any firms involved; and the amount spent on public relations by her Department. [24461/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount in legal fees incurred by her Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23576/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the options that will be available to the current employees of the existing contracted public employment services including the jobsclub, local employment services and employability regarding the tendering process for the local employment services scheme and the expected roll-out of new models of employment services which are scheduled to be in place for January 2022; if provision will be made to ensure they are included in the tender process; if they will be given the option of accessing and or applying for the new roles in new employment services; if redundancy will be an option and available to those eligible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16499/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number receiving pandemic unemployment payments per week to date in 2021; and the cost of these payments per week to date in 2021. [16540/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the pandemic unemployment payment was set at €36 below the poverty line; and if she plans to bring the payment at least in line with the poverty line. [16541/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of the process through which her Department drafts and produces legislation; if her Department outsources the drafting of legislation; if so, the Bills for which the drafting was outsourced since she took office; and the costs associated with the drafting of each Bill. [14427/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons applying for the pandemic unemployment payment are required to provide proof of unemployment as a result of Covid-19; and if so, the proof required. [15719/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the mechanisms in place by which employers or recruitment agencies may report instances of suspected fraudulent pandemic unemployment claims to her Department. [15720/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment by each of the four payment rates by age, gender and occupation in County Wexford from 16 October 2020 to date in tabular form. [13441/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date of the child maintenance review group; when the public consultation process will begin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7955/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to address circumstances in which there is joint co-parenting and equal shared custody of children following a relationship breakdown in which one parent receives all social welfare benefits and allowances and the other parent has no entitlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3775/21]
• 2020-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) aged over 66 who has had their employment impacted by Covid-19, had been making PRSI contributions while in employment and was also in receipt of a contributory widow’s pension is excluded from being eligible to apply for the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42319/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons with Down's syndrome are eligible to use the EmployAbility service. [41877/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if audits are conducted annually for each EmployAbility service; if an audit has been conducted for each service annually for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41878/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost per placement for each jobseeker successfully placed in employment by the EmployAbility service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41879/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the breakdown of funding for each EmployAbility service; and the funding of the programme nationally. [41880/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number jobseekers registered with the EmployAbility programme in each of the past five years. [41881/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobseekers who exited the EmployAbility programme without having secured employment in each of the past five years. [41882/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobseekers who exited the EmployAbility programme after 18 months or more without having secured employment in each of the past five years. [41883/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of the total jobseekers with EmployAbility currently in employment having secured employment through the programme under the wage subsidy scheme. [41884/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of jobseekers registered with EmployAbility who secured employment of less than ten hours per week and between ten and 20 hours per week, respectively, through the programme in each of the past five years. [41885/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has conducted research to determine the percentage of jobseekers who had gained employment through EmployAbility that were still in employment six months or more after exiting the programme. [41886/20]
• 2020-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment. [40081/20]
• 2020-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of the funding issued through the restart grant plus scheme which has been sought back; and if there have been other instances in which her Department has retrospectively sought the return of funding issued through various grant schemes. [40080/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to implement the Labour Court 2008 recommendations to put a pension scheme in place for community employment scheme supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26550/20]
• 2020-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the monthly costs for March and April 2020 with regard to all welfare supports as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown; and the estimated monthly costs for May, June, July and August 2020 with regard to all welfare supports as a result of the announced restrictions. [5692/20]
• 2019-10-09
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing persons in receipt of a permanent invalidity pension to attend college. [41298/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the provision in the Water Services Act 2014 to cease the collection of PPSN numbers was not commenced until four years after the Act became law; the reason Irish Water is legally entitled to collected PPSN numbers from persons for four years after the Act's enactment; and the further reason it took Irish Water four years to delete the data in view of the fact it took Irish Water eight weeks to collect the numbers. [39862/19]
• 2019-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for a cap of 1,040 for State contributory pension credits; and if same will be rectified in the case of a person (details supplied). [38280/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on digital marketing in each of the past eight years; the items on which funds were spent; the criteria by which target audiences were selected; the amount of the digital spend targeted here; the amount targeted abroad; the amount that related to private companies; the amount that related to policy initiatives; and the purpose of the digital advertisements. [29391/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive notice regarding their application for disability allowance which was confirmed as having been received by the HSE on 10 January 2019. [22285/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she signed into law section 11 of the Water Services Act 2014; the data collected prior to the signing of this legislation into law; the reason these data were collected; the length of time personal data were collected by her Department; the reason it took her four years to sign section 11 of the Act into law; if Irish Water still has this information; and if not, if it has been expunged. [18689/19]
• 2019-04-02
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied). [15065/19]
• 2018-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a payment will issue for an application by a person (details supplied) for illness benefit. [45989/18]
• 2018-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for delays in applications for illness benefit; and the steps she is taking to rectify the situation. [45990/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in providing illness benefit to those who are entitled to it; the number of persons experiencing delays in illness benefit payments; the average delay; the longest delay; the value of illness benefit payments that have been delayed; and the reason it has become impossible to make phone contact with the providers of illness benefit. [45056/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the categories of funding available to local authorities through her Department; the amount of funding provided for each scheme in 2016 and 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43729/18]
• 2018-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the land her Department or agencies under its remit own in County Meath; the location of same; the use to which the land is put; the location of the land that is vacant, not in use or being used for agricultural purposes; the land which has been made available to Meath County Council or other housing agencies for the purpose of house building; and the amount of this land that could be made available for housing. [38056/18]
• 2018-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps taken by Scope to ensure that much of the self-employment in the film industry is not bogus self-employment; and the investigations Scope has made in the past five years to ensure that those registered as self-employed are actually self-employed. [8674/18]
• 2018-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the persons on State boards under the aegis of her Department who are also serving on other State boards; the persons on State boards under the aegis of her Department who have served previously on other State boards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6462/18]
• 2018-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Castlepollard social welfare branch office is to be closed; her plans in relation to this office; and if services will be delivered to the population of north County Westmeath into the future. [3756/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the name and number of organisations here that are in receipt of funding from her Department that have expended resources seeking the repeal of the eighth amendment; the amount of funding these organisations have received from the State in the past five years; the amount of money that they have spent on this particular campaign during that time; the number of organisations here that are in receipt of funding from her Department that have expended resources seeking the retention of the eighth amendment; the amount of funding these organisations have received from the State in the past five years; and the amount of money that they have spent on this particular campaign during that time. [54765/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the vacant properties and land not in use, owned, rented or leased by her Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of her Department by square footage for buildings and acres for land, in tabular form; the address and location of these properties; and the last date of occupancy or use of these properties. [55211/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make an additional Christmas payment to persons in emergency accommodation in view of the increase in numbers in this regard in order to make Christmas a little more bearable in terms of meals and clothing. [52917/17]
• 2017-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons employed by a company (details supplied) are refusing to talk to Deputies on matters concerning persons in cases in which persons have given personal authority to the company to discuss the issues with Deputies; and if she will direct the company to allow this representation in future. [52329/17]
• 2017-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to allow mothers that have lost their sons or daughters before 24 weeks' gestation to have their children's names registered on the stillbirth register (details supplied). [44467/17]
• 2017-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount her Department paid to a company (details supplied) since the beginning of the contract in summer 2015; the number of unemployed persons who have remained in sustainable employment for more than 12 months after having been referred to the company by her Department in view of the fact that the company is an employment advisory company; and the procedures for redeployment the company has in place when making its own Irish employees redundant. [41165/17]
• 2017-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons under 26 years of age on jobseeker's allowance, jobseeker's benefit and signing for credits for 12 months or more. [21260/17]
• 2017-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons under 26 years of age on jobseeker's allowance, jobseeker's benefit and signing for credits for 36 months or more. [21261/17]
• 2016-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has been involved in any court proceedings that involved non-disclosure agreements in the past five years; and if so, if the specific court ruling prevented knowledge of the court proceeding from being made known and knowledge of the participants to the court proceedings from being made known for each of these agreements. [39873/16]
• 2016-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements his Department holds with the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority, the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman, the Pensions Council and the Social Welfare Tribunal. [39094/16]
• 2016-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 29 November 2016, the legislative and legal basis for his statement (details supplied) in reply to the question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39095/16]
• 2016-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in reply to a question on non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements, the Minister for Health was able to furnish the information (details supplied); the way in which the Department of Health can furnish such information while his Department contends that to provide such information is not appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39096/16]
• 2016-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department, or the agencies that report to his Department, entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements with any organisation due to court action or a threatened court action; and if so, the persons or groups with which these agreements exist. [37634/16]
• 2016-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether it is fair that a person (details supplied) who has paid all the necessary stamp contributions to receive a pension will be refused it. [27826/16]
• 2016-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the properties his Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the number of the lessors who were involved with the National Asset Management Agency or with any of the State banks; and the details of each lease. [16606/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the State bodies under his remit which have developed memoranda of understanding with his counterpart in Northern Ireland with regard to the efficient delivery of services on the island of Ireland; if he has carried out a cost-benefit analysis of the development of further memorandums of understanding; the details of the cost-benefit analysis; and the new memoranda of understanding he will be creating between State bodies under their remit through the lifetime of this Government. [14288/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is satisfied with the level of data that is collected on the issues which come under his Department's remit; the steps he will take to work with the administration in Northern Ireland to collect data under his aegis on a North-South basis; and the budgets he will put in place to undertake this work (details supplied). [14447/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on correspondence regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [14731/16]
• 2016-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if bank charges for community employment schemes are to be paid for by her Department or by the sub-schemes involved. [7345/16]
• 2016-04-14
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the details of vacant State properties and land, including car parks not in use, owned by her Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of her Department by square footage, by location, by local authority, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6920/16]
• 2016-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on the allocation of a carer's allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be made. [1834/16]
• 2016-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of new claims she has approved and the percentages for the number of refusals based on financial grounds under the disability allowance scheme in each year since 2011 to date. [46560/15]
• 2015-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of providing an in-work benefit to all working families to guarantee an hourly income rate of €11.75 per hour. [44864/15]
• 2015-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of providing an in-work benefit to all individual workers ensuring a minimum hourly income rate of €11.75 per hour. [44865/15]
• 2015-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the employee pay related social insurance exemption threshold to €377 and the introduction of a maximum relief of €12 per week (details supplied). [41787/15]
• 2015-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the first-year and full-year cost of increasing the employer pay related social insurance rate of 8.5% from €376 to €377. [40856/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has considered postponing three-monthly and six-monthly community welfare reviews of rent supplement entitlements for tenants, which are providing landlords with the opportunity to increase the cost of the rent mid-lease; if she is aware that many persons are becoming homeless, having run into arrears, while their payments are suspended during these reviews. [37639/15]
• 2015-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost, in tabular form, of increasing the monthly child benefit rates by certain margins (details supplied). [33222/15]
• 2015-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the medical assessors who determine applications for disability allowance and other illness-related claims are qualified medical professionals; and their qualifications to make contradictory judgments based on medical facts and evidence supplied by other highly-qualified physicians in support of their patients' claims. [33228/15]
• 2015-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the first-year and full-year cost of restoring the bereavement grant, which was abolished by the Government in budget 2014. [33343/15]
• 2015-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the first-year and full-year cost of extending the school meals programme to all primary schools. [33346/15]
• 2015-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the first-year and full-year cost of extending the school meals programme to all secondary schools. [33347/15]
• 2015-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the first-year and full-year cost of expanding the school meals programme by 15%, and of extending the expanded programme to include an additional breakfast meal. [33348/15]
• 2015-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the first-year and full-year cost of increasing the current funding for the school meals programme to local groups and voluntary organisations which operate their own school meals projects by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%. [33349/15]