Results 21,801-21,820 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application under the habitual residency clause in the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26212/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26257/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a full application form for rent supplement is required in the case of a person (details supplied) when they are currently in payment and had recently contacted the section to update their circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26777/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 549. 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. [26778/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the grounds upon which no jobseeker's allowance payment issued to a person (details supplied) in the week commencing 11 June 2018; when payment will be restored in this instance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26779/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for various social welfare payments that have been refused in each of the past five years to date; the number referred for appeal; the extent to which appeals overturned the original decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26901/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the longest and shortest waiting times recorded in dealing with appeals in each of the past five years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26902/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she can take to ensure the time taken to deal with appeals is kept to a minimum, having particular regard to the hardship caused to those awaiting decisions over long periods which in some cases result in homelessness and desperation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26905/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which due process and natural justice remains paramount in the context of dealing with social welfare recipients whose cases come under review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26903/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether the manner in which investigations into overpayments are carried out will be reviewed to ensure strict adherence to due process and natural justice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26910/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she can take to provide extra personnel to deal with appeals against decisions made by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26904/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which information received from third parties in respect of recipients of various social welfare payments complies with GDPR; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26906/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if disability allowance or invalidity pension payments are being disallowed on the basis that a person has a serious disability such an amputation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26907/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which exceptional needs payments continue to be restricted even in cases in which the need clearly exists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26908/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for exceptional needs payments pending or refused in the past five years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26913/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which community welfare services are readily available to meet the needs of those in society who may ordinarily have had no reason to call on the social services but who may due to circumstances outside their control have to rely on exceptional needs payments in order to get by in a crisis; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Data (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer’s allowance applications in payment in circumstances in which the recipient is caring for more than one person; the extent to which these numbers have fluctuated over the past ten years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26909/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which backlogs have been addressed in respect of various headings and payments operated by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26912/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which self-employed persons can qualify for various social welfare supports now and in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26914/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current extent of long-term unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26915/18]