Written answers
Thursday, 17 October 2013
Department of Social Protection
- Budget 2014
9. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the impact of Budget 2014 on poverty. [43364/13] - Social Welfare Code Review
10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that there are anomalies in the family income support system; if she has any plans to rectify these; and if she will make a statement on... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will justify the rationale in changes to community employment schemes which has resulted in for example, golf clubs having to let go staff... - European Court of Justice Rulings
12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Government proposes to act on the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union on 25 April 2013, which found that the Government... - Social Welfare Code Reform
13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether changes made in recent years to the one parent family payment create a disincentive to take up employment; her plans to change... - Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
14. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will allow leeway in the rent cap in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Budget 2014
15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that child benefit is retained at its current level; that adult social welfare rates are retained at current levels; that family... - Fuel Allowance Payments
16. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is concerned by recent reports from the St. Vincent de Paul charity that it is paying more than €10 million a year to gas and... - Farm Assist Scheme Payments
17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reversing the changes she made to farm assist in view of the fact that it has had a serious negative affect on the income levels... - Civil Registration Legislation
18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004; if she intends to close off the sham marriage loophole in the interim; and if she will make a... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
19. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the rule which provides that someone working more than three days a week is automatically excluded from receiving... - Appointments to State Boards
20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure that is followed by her Department when appointing members of the public to State boards or other agencies under the aegis of her... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps which she is taking to assist self-employed persons to avail of social assistance payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Job Initiatives
22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce a facility to apply to participate on Gateway and Tús. [43376/13] - Homeless Persons Supports
23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the proposals put forward by Novas Initiatives concerning the impact of a reduced social welfare payment on... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has completed the review of the domiciliary care allowance; the outcome of the review; the actions that will now be taken; and if... - State Pensions Reform
25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection from January 2014 workers retiring will not be able to avail of their State pensions until they are 66 years of age, the way persons retiring next... - Poverty Impact Assessment
26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that all Government policy should be poverty proofed; if she has any proposals in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the... - Unemployment Data
28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the quality of information her Department has on the individual skill sets of each of the over 14,000 persons in Kerry on the live register; if... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce measures to enable persons in receipt of carer's allowance to participate in community employment schemes or training courses... - Social Welfare Schemes
31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the recruitment embargo on local authorities, the paid employment opportunities that it is envisaged participants on the proposed gateway... - Youth Guarantee
33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of funding allocated from the European Union for the Youth Guarantee scheme here; is it adequate in her view; and if she will make a... - Labour Market Issues
34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the role of the new Labour Market Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43373/13] - National Internship Scheme Administration
35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will explore the viability and potential benefits of increasing the top up payment paid to JobBridge interns; and if she will make a statement... - Social Welfare Benefits Data
36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have turned downed reasonable offers of education, training or employment in each of the years since she began her tenure... - Anti-Poverty Strategy
37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the sharp rise in severe material deprivation recorded here since 2007; the likely consequences of the changes to social transfers... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection following her signature of Statutory Instrument S.I. 616/11, the reason no pre-existing claimants were directly informed of the changes introduced to... - Homeless Persons Data
39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications made for an emergency needs payment which were prompted because a person or family had become homeless in 2010, 2011, 2012... - Social Welfare Code
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that persons are financially better off in employment rather than on welfare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Youth Unemployment Measures
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way she plans to respond to recent calls by the OECD for Ireland to do more to tackle youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the... - Civil Registration Legislation
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43139/13] - Social Welfare Schemes
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the activation programmes in her Department will have a depressing effect on wages. [43370/13] - Child Benefit Payments
46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the persistent control savings associated with child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43136/13] - JobsPlus Issues
48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the higher subsidies for employers who employ a person who is two years unemployed under the JobsPlus scheme as against a lower... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has conducted research assessing the impact of changes to the State pension for future pensioner poverty. [43682/13] - Voluntary Work Option Issues
52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider introducing clearer guidelines for the accessibility of the voluntary work option to ensure that jobseekers can make a valuable... - Skills Development
53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to provide assistance to jobseekers to meet transport and subsistence costs associated with participation in skillsnet... - Information and Communications Technology Issues
54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made in providing a new computer software programmes for the delivery and administration of direct payment social welfare schemes; if... - Education and Training Provision
56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the supports provided by her Department to social welfare recipients who have a qualification in a discipline where there are limited opportunities... - Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will account for the high turnover rate of medical assessors in her Department; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are... - JobsPlus Scheme
58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she considered requiring employers availing of JobsPlus to pay wages at a level higher than the minimum wage. [43371/13] - State Pensions Reform
60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to Social Justice Ireland's proposal for a universal pension whereby every person over the age of 65 years would have... - Housing Assistance Payments Administration
61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which in the coming year, she expects to be in a position to transfer responsibility for meeting the housing needs of those on local... - Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review eligibility for rent supplement to include issues such as the need not to participate in anti-social behaviour; and if she will...
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