102. 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]
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103. 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]
105. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection to publish the operational guidelines for the auto-enrolment scheme. [6655/26]
106. 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]
107. 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]
108. 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]
109. 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]
110. 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]
111. 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]
112. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the exact number of people enrolled in the auto-enrolment scheme. [6664/26]
173. 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]
174. 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]
697. 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 effec…
405. 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]
560. 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]
561. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection in relation to pension auto-enrolment, how workers can permanently opt out. [69724/25]
562. 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]
563. 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]
564. 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]
565. 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]
574. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on a matter (details supplied). [70205/25]
113. 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]
156. 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]
648. 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]
535. 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]