Results 8,941-8,960 of 12,637 for speaker:Willie O'Dea
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (15 Dec 2015)
Willie O'Dea: 103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will award a backdated increase to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who is in receipt of a disability allowance which had been recently reduced to €42 per week based on spousal income, as this income has now ceased from 13 November 2015 and the spouse is now due to recommence employment on a casual...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (17 Dec 2015)
Willie O'Dea: 43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for a decision on appeal for social protection payments paid on a weekly basis, in cases where there is no oral hearing and in cases where there is an oral hearing, in 2015, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45666/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Data (17 Dec 2015)
Willie O'Dea: 44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons classified as not in education, training or employment; the percentage of youth unemployment; the way this number compares with the European Union area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45667/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Reform (17 Dec 2015)
Willie O'Dea: 45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has analysed the impact of the increase in the national minimum wage from January 2016 on income disregards pertaining to schemes and payments under the auspices of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45668/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Ministerial Advisers Remuneration (17 Dec 2015)
Willie O'Dea: 46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the name, position and annual salary awarded to her special advisers; the details of requests for increases above the special adviser pay cap as set by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45670/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (17 Dec 2015)
Willie O'Dea: 70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for the carer's allowance and the disability allowance; the number who were initially refused each of these allowances; the number who were granted the allowances on appeal; the administrative cost to her Department of the appeals process; the cost of processing each appeal in each year since 2011 to...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Payments (17 Dec 2015)
Willie O'Dea: 71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the average payment under the family income supplement scheme in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46081/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (17 Dec 2015)
Willie O'Dea: 72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has examined the feasibility of extending the family income supplement to those who are self-employed; the cost of this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46082/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (17 Dec 2015)
Willie O'Dea: 73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the financial implications in 2016 of changing the eligibility for jobseeker's benefit from days worked to number of hours worked over the course of a seven-day week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46083/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (17 Dec 2015)
Willie O'Dea: 74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the financial implications of basing eligibility for jobseeker's benefit on having worked 14 hours or less, 21 hours or less, and 28 hours or less per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46084/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (17 Dec 2015)
Willie O'Dea: 88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of replacing the three-day rule for the payment of jobseeker’s benefits with a sliding scale system determined by hours worked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46211/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (17 Dec 2015)
Willie O'Dea: 75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost in 2016 of increasing the disability allowance payment by €5, €6, €7, €9 and €12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46085/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (17 Dec 2015)
Willie O'Dea: 78. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost in 2016 of increasing all working-age benefits and payments under the auspices of her Department by €3, €4, €5, €6, €7, €9 and €10 per week, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46088/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (17 Dec 2015)
Willie O'Dea: 99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the Fuel Allowance from 26 to 32 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46322/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (17 Dec 2015)
Willie O'Dea: 76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending jobseeker's benefit to self-employed pay-related social insurance contributors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46086/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (17 Dec 2015)
Willie O'Dea: 77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the average cost of activating a person who is unemployed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46087/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (17 Dec 2015)
Willie O'Dea: 80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of extending the Youth Guarantee to those under 25 years of age who are in receipt of disability Allowance and are currently excluded from the guarantee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46134/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Data (17 Dec 2015)
Willie O'Dea: 81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the projected increase, due to changing demographics, in the number of persons availing of the free travel scheme over the next five years; the cost of maintaining the scheme at current levels, taking account of the projected increase in users; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46135/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (17 Dec 2015)
Willie O'Dea: 89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of replacing the 38-hour threshold for family income supplement qualification with a sliding scale system that would reflect the fact that many persons may be working, or wish to work, fewer than 19 hours per week and may be in just as much need as current recipients of this supplement; and if she will make a...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)
Willie O'Dea: 1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the changes made to the one-parent family payment given the data in the Survey on Income and Living Conditions which show those living in households with one adult and one or more children had the highest deprivation rate, at 58.7%, in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1190/16]