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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for jobseeker's allowance will be reopened in case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55236/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (16 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1640. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when carer's allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1252/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1645. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a supplementary payment will issue to a person (details supplied); if the payment will issue in the near future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1318/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1646. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a jobseeker's allowance will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); if payment will be made in the near future due to the hardship being experienced by this family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1319/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Data (16 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1669. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for carer's allowance received in each of the past five years to date in 2018; the number approved initially; the number refused and-or referred for appeal; the number on appeal subsequently granted and-or refused in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1873/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (16 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1670. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the appropriate level of jobseeker's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1874/18]

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: "Caoine Cill Cháis".

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (17 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for exceptional needs payments in each of the past three years and to date in 2018; the number approved, refused or pending respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2373/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (17 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which funding for exceptional needs payments became exhausted in her Department before the end of 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2385/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (17 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 43. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if extra staff are required to facilitate a more rapid process of appeals having particular regard to the hardship and stress caused by delays which appear to affect the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2033/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (17 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 44. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which her attention has been drawn to the impact of cessation of a means tested payment for any reason affecting in particular persons dependent on rent support while on local authority housing lists which, in many cases, can lead to accumulated arrears of rent and as a consequence homelessness; if the issue...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (17 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that interruptions in respect of payment of rent support will almost certainly lead to homelessness in view of the fact that persons in receipt of rent support have no other means of providing themselves with a home and that incurring arrears makes it virtually impossible for them...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the history of stamp 4 held by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2153/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (17 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which efforts are being made to address long term youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2374/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions Payments (17 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which efforts are being made to award State pensions to those persons whose contribution record was interrupted for family or other reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2375/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (17 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of restoring State pension levels to those applicable previously; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2376/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (17 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual cost of State pensions from 2004 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2377/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Data (17 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons with insufficient insurance contributions to meet the requirements for State pension purposes; the degree to which they may qualify for a means-tested or non-contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2378/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (17 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average length of time taken to deal with appeals in respect of disallowance of jobseeker's allowance, carer's allowance, disability allowance and other payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2379/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance (17 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which a hardship clause has been invoked in the course of dealing with various circumstances in which persons found themselves in serious financial difficulty on a monthly basis over the course of the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2380/18]