Department of Social Protection
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All records and information held by the Waterford division of the Department regarding the number
- Received 19 December 2023Decided 16 February 2024GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
All information, documents, meetings, emails & correspondence regarding 'the coming clean policy'
- Received 19 December 2023Decided 16 February 2024GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
All information pertaining to the "Coming Clean' policy/unofficial directive, relating to the issuing of
- Received 9 November 2023Decided 26 January 2024Department of Social Protection
A copy of all internal briefings prepared for the Minister between 25 September and 9 October 2023. Part Granted
- Received 30 November 2023Decided 15 January 2024RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
Correspondence between the Minister and Minister Roderic O’Gorman, Department of Integration
- Received 8 December 2023Decided 10 January 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
From 9 May 2023 any records created regarding the environmental sustainability of the proposed
- Received 1 December 2023Decided 9 January 2024GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
List of e-submissions submitted to the Minister through the e-submissions channel from 1 November
- Received 7 December 2023Decided 9 January 2024GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Copies of all correspondence and attachments, enclosures to/from the Minister and Secretary
- Received 8 December 2023Decided 9 January 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
From 3 May 2023 to present, correspondence exchanged between Department and Department of
- Received 15 December 2023Decided 5 January 2024GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Total number of PPS numbers issued to Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection from 24
- Received 22 November 2023Decided 20 December 2023RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
• Internal records/correspondence related to the purchase of Devenish Farm, as described in this
- Received 22 November 2023Decided 20 December 2023GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
E-Submission DEASP 00029-23 Pensions Council Observations arising from the ESRI report 'future
- Received 22 November 2023Decided 20 December 2023GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
E-Submission DEASP 00055-23: Note on the recognition of Covid-19 as an occupational disease.
- Received 22 November 2023Decided 19 December 2023RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
E-Submission DEASP 00032-23: PRSI Roadmap
- Received 6 November 2023Decided 18 December 2023GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
With regard to the Department of Social Protection, any record created since March 2022 -
- Received 23 November 2023Decided 18 December 2023GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Copy of all Bills or Acts (for both primary and secondary legislation) that have been initiated in
- Received 29 November 2023Decided 18 December 2023Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
1. The number of unemployed people nationally currently engaged/registered with Turas Nua and is
- Received 15 November 2023Decided 15 December 2023GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
The total number of people approved/activated for the SEMP (Self-Employed Means Payment) &
- Received 24 November 2023Decided 15 December 2023RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
• Copy of the input about smoothed benchmarking of the state pension rate to average earnings, in
- Received 11 December 2023Decided 15 December 2023GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
The total number of sick days taken by civil servants in the Department (including when it was known
- Received 22 November 2023Decided 14 December 2023RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
E-Submission DEASP 00050-23: Submission to Minister re Pension Reforms
- Received 8 November 2023Decided 6 December 2023RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
• Any records of memos/follow up correspondence/reports from 1 May to 31 July as a result of this
- Received 2 November 2023Decided 30 November 2023GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
As of 2 November 2023 the number of WTE Staff by grade working in each INTREO Office within
- Received 20 October 2023Decided 28 November 2023GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
1. The number of staff at the Department who earn more than €100,000 per year.
- Received 1 November 2023Decided 28 November 2023GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
List of e-submissions submitted to the Minister through the e-submissions channel from 1 October to
- Received 9 November 2023Decided 27 November 2023GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
A list of the payments paid to each individual optometrist/optician for eye examinations/spectacle
- Received 3 November 2023Decided 22 November 2023RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
The standard procedure for meetings, group and individual one to one when an individual signs on
- Received 19 October 2023Decided 16 November 2023GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
A list of all e-submissions sent to the Department during the period 1 July to 10 October 2023.
- Received 2 November 2023Decided 16 November 2023RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
1. List the number of devices deployed by the Department for each of the following – Desktop PCs,
- Received 18 October 2023Decided 15 November 2023Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
• All correspondence between the National Cybersecurity Centre and the Department between 1
- Received 18 October 2023Decided 14 November 2023RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
Any input made by the Department to Government in relation to benchmarking the State Pension in
- Received 16 October 2023Decided 13 November 2023Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
All minutes of meetings, memos, and reports of the SWA Needs Assessment Working Group from 1
- Received 10 October 2023Decided 8 November 2023Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Non-personal records relating to the decision (as set out in S.I. No. 279/2002 – the Occupational
- Received 25 October 2023Decided 6 November 2023RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
Aggregate statistics on the number/percentage of approved backdated payments for Child Benefit
- Received 5 October 2023Decided 3 November 2023GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Records of all (organisations, individual politicians and public figures) involved in putting together
- Received 26 October 2023Decided 3 November 2023GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
List of the payments made to optometrists/opticians for Optical Treatment Benefit ( PRSI Scheme)
- Received 2 October 2023Decided 31 October 2023GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
List of e-submissions submitted to the Minister through the e-submissions channel from 1
- Received 2 October 2023Decided 23 October 2023Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Copies of all internal audits carried out by the Department from 1 January 2021 to the present day.
- Received 23 June 2021Decided 18 August 2021GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
The amount of money spent in euros on advertising through paid-for or “sponsored” social media posts or campaigns, with a breakdown by social media outlet and nature of advertisement in each of the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021.
- Received 28 June 2021Decided 26 July 2021Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
• Copies of any briefings, submissions, memos, speaking notes, or other such review/overview/discussion documents prepared for the Minister or the Department's Secretary General regarding the proliferation of mobile phone scam calls. This request to cover the period 1 Jan 2021 to date of receipt of the request.
- Received 28 June 2021Decided 26 July 2021RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
• A breakdown of BTEA data (in electronic format/via email) per year, per course and if possible - per region/local office (e.g. Master's in Education: 3 BTEA approved applications in 2020, 4 in 2019 etc. - Cork Street). • Would this data be available for the past 7 years or longer. • Provide data on employment status stats of candidates post-BTEA completion (and if employment is specifically related to the BTEA qualification gained). E.g. a candidate with a craft trade (plumber, carpenter etc.) who completes a degree (e.g. in IT programming/software development or other), what is the proportion of candidates who gain employment in the new qualification (versus return to trade/previously acquired skills). • You could also provide me with a gender breakdown on approved BTEA application breakdown of *highest (prior) qualifications obtained* of BTEA candidates/students (per year, per local office approved, gender and most importantly in relation to the BTEA approved qualifications.
- Received 28 June 2021Decided 23 July 2021RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
With regard to the Special Investigation Unit within the Department of Social Protection to which Gardai are seconded to help investigate Pandemic Unemployment Payment claims: • What is the exact current number of Gardai investigating Pandemic Unemployment Payment claims in the unit. • How many Gardai have been brought in to work at the Special Investigation Unit since 2014? Specifically, how many new Gardai have joined the unit each year since 2014, with the breakdown provided annually to date. • How much does it cost to employ Gardai in the unit per year? I would like the following information broken down by year from 2014 to 2020, as well as for the period January 2021 to date: The overall cost of wages for Gardai seconded to the unit. • Can you provide a breakdown of the ranks of Gardai currently seconded to the Special Investigation Unit? • How much overtime has been paid to Gardai seconded to the Special Investigation Unit for the year 2019, for the year 2020, from the period March 2020 to date, and for the period January 2021 to date.
- Received 23 June 2021Decided 21 July 2021Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
1. Has the Department commenced to roll out diversity and inclusion training in the workplace to promote the visibility of the LGBTQI+ Community. 2. Who is providing this training i.e. in-house training branch or specific organisations such as Teni, BelongTo, Shout Out etc. 3. Has the Department signed up as members of any of these organisations? Please specify which organisations if you have. 4. How many training days will each staff member receive, and is this training compulsory. 5. Please provide a copy of documents/manuals provided for the diversity and inclusion training.
- Received 23 June 2021Decided 21 July 2021Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
1. Has the Department commenced to roll out diversity and inclusion training in the workplace to promote the visibility of the LGBTQI+ Community. 2. How much to date has been spent on diversity training and what is budgeted for future spend. 3. What amendments will you be making to your HR policies, if any, as a result of this inclusion initiative. 4. Do you have a policy around the use of pronouns by your staff. If so, what are the policies.
- Received 9 June 2021Decided 6 July 2021Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
All payments for legal services made to Named Barrister for the period 1 November 2013 to 8 June 2021.
- Received 10 June 2021Decided 5 July 2021GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
In respect of the Recovery of Certain Benefits and Assistance Scheme established by sections 13 and 14 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2013:- • The number of statements of recoverable benefits received by the Department of Social Protection in each year since the commencement of the scheme. • The number of such claims in respect of which payment has not been received, broken down by year if possible. • The total value of unrecovered recoverable benefits, or if the exact figure is not known, the estimate on record. • The total value of recoverable benefits actually recovered by the Department to date.
- Received 26 May 2021Decided 24 June 2021Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Access to the correspondence listed in the following lobbying return: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/71967/ryanair Please include any further correspondence with Ryanair in 2021, including letter of 18 March to Heather Humphreys. Please also include any internal correspondence / briefings regarding the correspondence listed in the lobbying return.
- Received 24 May 2021Decided 22 June 2021Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
• The number of incidents of fake PUP claims being made using people's PPS numbers without their knowledge. This would be in situations where a criminal uses someone else's PPS number to make a claim for pandemic payment, and the owner of that PPS number finds out later when they get a tax cert etc. • How many individual people (from the beginning of PUP payments in March 2020 and up to today's date 23 May 2021) have been affected by this type of fraud? • How much money has been claimed by falsely using these PPS numbers? • What is the highest amount (that we know of at this point in me) that has been claimed in PUP using a fraudulently obtained PPS number?
- Received 1 June 2021Decided 15 June 2021Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
All internal audits conducted by or for the Department from 1 January 2021 to date.