Department of Social Protection
FOI Requests — 1,804 records (page 33 of 37)
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•Copies of reviews and audits conducted by the Department with findings of concern about use of Tus funding by organisations in receipt of that funding. •Any follow up correspondence/reports generated in each case.
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Does the department of social protection or any of its staff carry out aptitude tests for private
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using the paid services of guest speakers, broadcasters or others as required, I seek copies of records created in relation to this, to include but not be limited to, the following: •Records of events where paid services of MCs, conference hosts, aer-dinner speakers, conference or event moderators, broadcasters etc. were acquired •Records of the names of the people hired for each of these events •Individual pay for these persons per event.
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•Invesgaons carried out by social welfare inspectors annually from 1990-2010; •Reducons, terminaons and cases of fraud recorded annually from 1990-2010; and
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•Any informaon on the legal basis for prosecung persons criminally for social welfare fraud.
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for the Minister or Secretary General with regard to the introduction of a €500 grant for hair replacement. •Copy of any business case, cost benefit analysis, sancon or approval document associated with the introduction of the above.
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by Departmental officials to discontinue Community Employment Scheme funding to named Community Employment Programme in respect of the discontinuation of named environmental projects. •The records should include, but should not be limited to, correspondence between decision- makers and all relevant officials in named offices of the Department, the Department’s Policy Section and other related sections of the Department including the offices of Minister Humphreys and Minister of State O’Brien and copies of all material and departmental policies relied upon to make the decision which is the subject of this request.
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the Dietary Allowance.
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or considered by the Minister, Senior Officials Group, Cabinet Committee, or Cabinet meetings held between October 2017 and July 2021 including any briefings/memos/reports/correspondence or other documentation prepared for each meeting or arising out of the meeting. •All policy documentaon in relaon to the Work Placement Experience Programme (WPEP), prepared for or considered by the Minister, Senior Officials Group, Cabinet Committee, or Cabinet meetings held between February 2020 and July 2021 including any briefings/memos/reports/correspondence or other documentation prepared for each meeting or arising out of the meeting. •Also, any evaluaon reports relang to the Youth Employment Support Scheme (YESS) and the Work Placement Experience Programme (WPEP).
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organisation in the period March, April and May 2022. This should include any monitoring outputs, whether they are carried out internally, or by external providers and then provided to your offices.
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•Any internal guidelines, memos, circulars or communicaons giving more detailed guidance on the
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conducting of visits by social welfare inspectors. •Any communicaons, documents, or other material that detail complaints made against social welfare inspectors. •Any guidelines, memos, circulars or communicaons outlining when and how a seconded Gardai may act as social welfare inspectors in a home visit or at an Intreo office. •Any emails, memos or communicaons discussing the secondment of Gardai to the special investigations unit.
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and any other Departmental data systems - by named Information service.
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Department officials (including Secretary General etc), regarding - •exceponal needs payment •the role of community welfare officers •the current adversing campaign requesng that people in need contact CWOs or seek to access exceptional needs payments, and •the cost of living crisis and likely responses; The communications do NOT need to reference ALL of the above points, as in any communications that reference ANY of the above are requested.
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financial assistance to individuals struggling due to high fuel costs. For clarity, this would be records on foot of Minister Eamon Ryan's suggestion that people could contact their local welfare office for help in this regard.
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applications made for the original tender following the publication on 12 December 2013.
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departments and between the department and non-government agencies, referencing the possibility of fuel, electricity or food “rationing” from 24 February 2022 to date.
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since September 2021.
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1 January 2022 on the topic of pensions and the pension age.
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department officials since September 2021 on the topic of pensions and the pension age.
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Department of Social Protection and the Department of Children on policy and also all drafts
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on the policy on International Protection Support Payments between 16 November 2021 and 20 July 2022.
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Officer, Social Welfare Appeals Office in connection with requests by individuals for reviews
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of decisions and appeals against decisions in cases where the original amount of a Contributory Pension was increased following the appeal.What precedents have been set or exist in relation to qualification criteria for citizens to qualify for increased contributions or for other relevant factors to apply that have positively influenced the amount of Contributory Pension to which a citizen became entitled above and beyond contributions on record for them.
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to the Accommodation Recognition Payment. Any briefings, memos, submissions, reports, or other such high-level documents held by either the minister or the Sec Gen with regard to the Accommodation Recognition Payment.
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date.
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2015 to date for the benefit of the Minister or her officials to guide them in relation to
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decisions on applications for Gender Recognition Certificates under section 8 of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 and also on the revocation of Gender Recognition Certificates under sections 14 and 15 of the Gender Recognition Act 2015.
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and 2022 to date. Also, correspondence in relation to WPEP with stakeholders and other government departments in Ireland for 2021 and 2022 to date.
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between the Minister and Minister Michael McGrath in relation to the report of the Commission of Pensions. All correspondence within the Department in relation to the proposed raising of the State pension age.
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were leaving the state temporarily, for the purpose of securing continuation payment of Social Welfare payments on return?
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in the Social Welfare Appeals Office which relate to the High Court decision in Georgeta
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Voican v. Chief Appeals Officer, Social Welfare Appeals Office, Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Ireland and the Attorney General [2019] No.748 J.R. and the determination of related appeals.
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116-204861. Specifically this relates to:
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a.Any bidding and supporng documentaon relang to the tendering and bidding process submitted by the winning tenderer. b.The evaluaon of the bids including scores for the winning tenderer. c.Presentaons, meeng minutes and emails which relate to the evaluaon of the winning tenderer from submission of the bid up to the point where the evaluation committee completed their work. Please include internal communication in DSP as well as communications between DSP and the winning tenderer. These should cover the period from submission of the tender to the signing off and submission of the evaluation report of the tender evaluation board.
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176739. Specifically this relates to:
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a.Any bidding and supporng documentaon relang to the tendering and bidding process submitted by the winning tenderer. b.The evaluaon of the bids including scores for the winning tenderer. c.Presentaons, meeng minutes and emails which relate to the evaluaon of the winning tenderer from submission of the bid up to the point where the evaluation committee completed their work. Please include both internal communications within DSP as well as communications between DSP and the winning tenderer. This should cover the period from submission of the tender to the signing off and submission of the evaluation report of the tender evaluation board.
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minutes of meetings, emails and other correspondence involving the relevant Minister(s) or senior officials, the relevant government department(s) or other State agencies or bodies, notes in any format, and research papers around the setting of the upper age limit for the Early Childhood Care and Education Programme (ECCE) and the basis for that age limit. Also, requesting the submissions, underlying data, research papers and other relevant documents held by, sent by or received by your Department in relation to setting the parameter of 5 years 6 months in the Report of Inter-Departmental Working Group: Future Investment in Childcare in Ireland or otherwise.
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by inspectors in the following years: 2019, 2020 and 2021. Also, how many Social Welfare
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Inspectors are employed in County Kerry at present?
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Kerry in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and of those applied for how many were accepted?
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Kerry in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and of those applied for how many were accepted?
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the decision to maintain the state pension at 66 from May to present. Any correspondence /memos reports from Alan Flynn and/or Tim Duggan sent to the Secretary General or the Minister in relation to policy development on pensions from May to present. Any correspondence sent back to Alan Flynn and/or Tim Duggan by the Secretary General or the Minister in relation to same policy.
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uses Signal or WhatsApp for official government business and/or for exchanging messages with officials and colleagues. Does the Minister store or delete WhatsApp messages relating to government business to and from officials and colleagues. Does the Minister uses a private email account for official government business and/or exchanging messages with officials and colleagues. Any guidance that have been issued to the Minister on the use of messaging systems, such as WhatsApp or Signal. Screengrabs of all WhatsApp messages in relation to government business sent to and from the Minister's work phone on September 27, 2022.
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2022 and the date of this request (to include the Minister's office and advisers). • Correspondence between officials in the Department of Social Protection with the rank principal officer and above regarding the social protection budget for Budget 2023 between 1 August 2022 and the date of this request. • Correspondence between officials in the Department of Social Protection with the rank principal officer and above and officials in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the social protection budget for Budget 2023 between 1 August 2022 and the date of this request Correspondence should include (but not be limited to) text messages, emails, letters, briefing notes, memos, WhatsApp messages etc
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and D1 stamps. Please note request is regarding general information and I enclose illustrative example as follows: Person is retiring on a D1 Public Sector occupational pension scheme with 35 years D1 contributions and has 5 years A1 contributions from previous employment(s), before they joined the public sector. • Can that person get a mixed rate pro rata contributory pension in relation to their A1 PRSI record when they have less than 520 contributions • Can you advise how the mixed rate contributory pension would be calculated
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relating to the lack of regulations surrounding the assessment of needs diagnoses for ASD in the private sector. Please include records relating to the Department's policy on dealing with psychologists who are unqualified or who are not members of accredited bodies in Ireland. Please also include records in relation to threats of legal action arising from the Department's refusal to not accept reports from unqualified psychologists.
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Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) in which the forms have been signed by a psychologist rather than a doctor or qualified specialist. Please include records relating to the Department's policy on what constitutes a specialist on the application form for DCA payments.
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• Death statistics by week for 2021 • Death statistics for the end of year for 2020 and 2019