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Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: And now the intermission.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she continues to monitor rent levels in counties Kildare, Meath, Dublin and Wicklow, with particular reference to the need to ensure that families affected by rent increases and dependent on private rental accommodation in lieu of local authority housing, and/or families who may become homeless arising from repossessions by...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects one-parent families to be in a position to access family income supplement, or other support payments, in the wake of reductions in the one-parent family allowance, with particular reference to the need to ensure that the incomes of such families are adequately protected; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied with the support available to families who through no fault of their own have become homeless and have difficulty accessing social protection payments thereafter on the basis of having no home address; if a procedure will be put in place to address this issue as a matter of urgency notwithstanding the existence of provisions...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she proposes to extend supports currently available through the Dublin local authorities to local authority housing applicants in the adjoining counties, with particular reference to County Kildare, where private rent increases have caused many families to become homeless; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9770/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Data (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for mortgage support refused in each of the past three years and to date in 2015; the extent to which such cases have been reviewed or appealed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9762/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Data (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a mortgage support was refused on the grounds of its unsustainability, and the mortgage was subsequently proven to be sustainable, thereby raising the question of the extent of fair treatment afforded in such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9764/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she remains satisfied that hardship is alleviated in respect of non-European Union nationals in this country who, in most cases, have been employed and paid relevant taxes in this jurisdiction for up to ten years, but who may not qualify for social welfare payments in the event of their employers being forced to dismiss them on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects lone parents to be in a position to maintain their level of income in the aftermath of a reduction in entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9765/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's assistance in each of the past four years and to date in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9766/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which waiting lists apply in respect of applications for the various means-tested social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9767/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applications for non-contributory old age pension received in her Department in each of the years from 2010 to 2014, and to date in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9768/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Waiting Times (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current average time for the processing of carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9769/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the extent of hardship and suffering caused in respect of a family (details supplied) in County Kildare who cannot qualify for child benefit due to the fact that their child’s special educational needs have been disrupted, through no fault of their own; if it is recognised that, for a period of almost a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if adult dependant allowance is payable in respect of a jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1, or if that person's partner qualifies for a payment in the partner's own right; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9779/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Dental Services (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if dental benefit is available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9785/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she has monitored the position regarding an application for rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if it is intended, or expected, that the person must first have spent all of the proceeds of the sale of the former family home before qualifying for rent support, having particular regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full entitlement and current payment of jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, who has no income from any source, including self-employment, but who has a liability for mortgage arrears of almost €50,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9789/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Appeals (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which an application for an exceptional needs payment will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9801/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the maximum amount payable under the exceptional needs payment payable in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, given that person's circumstances and the consequent need to increase the payment further; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9869/15]