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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for exceptional needs payments and the number approved in each of the past five years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1531/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of exceptional needs payments made to families in each of the past six years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1536/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (13 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if and when an oral hearing will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of a pending appeal under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1436/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if rent allowance will continue to be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who wishes to give to her Department notice of being out of the country from 18 January 2016 to 4 February 2016 while visiting an ill sibling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1452/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (13 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to review the eligibility of a person (details supplied) in County Meath under the disability allowance scheme with particular reference to the attached medical documentation outlining medical appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1468/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant (13 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if and when a water conservation grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, who has registered with Irish Water and whose account is up to date with particular reference to the information supplied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1469/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (13 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the State pension (contributory); the extent to which this figure has fluctuated over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1526/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Numbers (13 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the State pension (non-contributory); the extent to which this figure has fluctuated over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1527/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Applications (13 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for the State pension (contributory) refused in each of the past five years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1528/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (13 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the State pension (contributory) to women who retired from the workforce while rearing their children, and later returned to employment, only to find themselves ineligible for this pension; if eligibility for a reduced level of pension might be considered in such cases; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (13 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of women whose employment and as a consequence, insurance contributions were interrupted by the rearing of their families, and who may or may not have later returned to the workforce, and who may have found themselves ineligible for the State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1530/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (13 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the time taken to process applications for various social protection payments has improved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1532/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Application Numbers (13 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants in receipt of a carer's allowance payment; the extent to which this number has fluctuated over the past six years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1533/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (13 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of payments under the jobseeker's allowance scheme and under the jobseeker's benefit scheme; the extent to which these numbers have fluctuated in the past six years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1534/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (13 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the number of persons in receipt of a long-term unemployment payment have fluctuated in the past six years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1535/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Work Allowance (13 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the back to work allowance or similar return to employment incentives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1538/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (13 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the eligibility for the back to education allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1548/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant Eligibility (13 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will qualify for the water conservation grant, with particular reference to the fact that the person is in receipt of a disability payment, and the amount to which the person is in arrears equals the amount of the grant amount available; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes Status (13 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which funding will be made available to facilitate the various and ongoing flood alleviation and drainage proposals throughout County Kildare, with particular regard to the beneficial impact of the work to date and the need for a satisfactory conclusion of the programme as put forward by Kildare County Council; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if and when a single payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1471/16]